FOOTBALL · UNITED KINGDOM

Football on UK TV — Premier League, Champions League and Cup Broadcasters

Sky, TNT, Amazon, BBC and ITV — the four-way UK football map, written down so you do not have to re-derive it every Saturday.

Upcoming fixtures · next 7 days

The UK football broadcast picture changed materially with the 2025-28 rights cycle. Sky Sports and TNT Sports still carry the lion’s share, but the package has expanded and the matrix is finer-grained than the old binary split. This page is the practical decision tree for “which subscription do I actually need”.

Premier League — 2025-26 season

Sky Sports holds 215 matches per season under the new cycle, including the Sunday 14:00, Sunday 16:30 and Monday 20:00 windows, plus a midweek round each month. TNT Sports holds 52 matches per season — the Saturday 12:30 slot plus a midweek round. Amazon Prime Video shows 20 matches a season, almost all bundled into the early December round. BBC iPlayer carries no live Premier League fixtures but does broadcast Match of the Day on Saturday night with highlights from every match.

The 3pm Saturday blackout remains. No UK broadcaster shows live 3pm Saturday Premier League fixtures by domestic rights agreement.

The standalone subscription cost for the full Premier League slate is roughly £40-£46 per month on Sky’s Sports HD package, plus £30.99 per month for TNT Sports Standalone, plus Amazon Prime at £8.99 per month for the December round. A NOW Sports Membership at £34.99 per month is a Sky Sports streaming-only alternative without the long-term contract.

Champions League — 2025-26

TNT Sports holds the full UEFA Champions League package for the 2024-27 cycle: every group stage match, every knockout tie, the final. The complete weeknight schedule, including the secondary streamed-only matches that don’t appear on the linear TNT Sports channels, is on Discovery+ (Premium tier) — which bundles TNT Sports for £30.99 per month. There is no free-to-air Champions League fixture in the UK this cycle.

FA Cup and domestic cups

The FA Cup is split between BBC and ITV under the current cycle. The BBC shows roughly half the live fixtures across BBC One and the iPlayer, and ITV shows the other half. Both broadcasters carry the Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Final live. Sky Sports has the Carabao Cup (EFL Cup) live, with the final on Sky Sports and Sky Showcase.

Useful editorial sources

Below are the upcoming Premier League fixtures pulled from the public competition feed. Times are local UK and updated daily.

From the editorial desk

Frequently asked questions

Which UK broadcasters carry Premier League football?
Sky Sports holds the majority of Premier League fixtures (Saturday early kickoff, Sunday afternoon, Monday Night Football). TNT Sports carries Saturday 5:30pm + Champions League exclusively. Amazon Prime Video has selected midweek rounds. BBC + ITV carry FA Cup fixtures and England internationals on free-to-air. Every UK match page on this site names the broadcaster for kickoff.
Is VIPLeague.video the same as vipleague.ws or vipleague.im?
No. VIPLeague.video is an independent editorial publication and is not affiliated with vipleague.ws, vipleague.im, vipleague.be, or any other site using the VIPLeague name. We list only official UK broadcasters and we do not link to unauthorised feeds.
Where can I watch rugby, darts, and F1 legally in the UK?
TNT Sports carries Premiership Rugby and Six Nations alongside ITV (free-to-air). Sky Sports holds the dedicated PDC Darts and Formula 1 channels. Channel 4 carries free-to-air F1 highlights and select Six Nations matches. Our dedicated /rugby/, /darts/, and /f1/ pages list every event.