With no Championship matches scheduled this weekend due to the international break, ESPN3 has decided to stream several matches from League One instead.
It’s incredibly rare for viewers in the United States to see any matches from League One (unless you subscribe to iFollow), so to have three available from the third tier of English football will be a treat. The matches will feature current League One leaders Peterborough United as well as former Premier League clubs Portsmouth and Bradford City.
Bristol Rovers, Rotherham and Doncaster are also featured.
BAMTech recently acquired the US rights to the Football League, which include the Championship, League Cup, League One and League Two. ESPN sublicensed the rights from BAMTech in order to show Championship and League Cup games via ESPN3. But when there are breaks in the club seasons as we have this weekend, it’s welcome news that ESPN has decided to broadcast games from League One.
If you’re a cord cutter or you don’t have access to ESPN3, you can watch the matches with a free 7-day trial to Sling Orange.
Here’s the streaming schedule for viewers in the United States (all times Eastern):
Saturday, September 2
Bradford City vs. Bristol Rovers, 7:30am, ESPN3 and Sling Orange (free 7-day trial)
Doncaster vs. Peterborough United, 10am, ESPN3 and Sling Orange (free 7-day trial)
Sunday, September 3
Portsmouth vs. Rotherham, 9:30am, ESPN3 and Sling Orange (free 7-day trial)
ESPN3 will also be streaming a game from League Two later in September:
Friday, September 22
Forest Green Rovers vs. Swindon, 2:45pm, ESPN3 and Sling Orange (free 7-day trial)
Enjoy ESPN3 for “free” while you can since it will surely be a pay service next year.
Should be fun. Hope the will show more.
Any idea when they will show the highlight show
ESPN3 is not showing any of the highlight shows for the EFL. The ESPN FC website has individual highlights for Championship games.
Thanks Gaffer! I’m always sad during the international break of the lack of club football, but I’m looking forward to watching these matches.
****because of the lack of club football…
Also it looks like ESPN has added Blackburn Rovers vs Fleetwood Town on Sunday as well.
If you have direct tv and it’s connected to the internet all you have to do is be on an ESPN channel, press the red button on remote and you have WatchESPN on your tv. Pretty convienient.
Thank you for this excellent info.
Blackburn vs Fleetwood was supposed to be televised, but it got postponed due to international call-ups (if a League 1/2 club has 3 players selected for their national teams, they are allowed ask the EFL to reschedule the match).
“allowed to ask the EFL to reschedule the match.” Pardon my lack of proofreading.
Any help in streaming this if I’m not in the USA?? The Sling Orange link doesn’t work. A Portsmouth fan in New Zealand would love to watch this!!
You can stream every single Pompey match home and away by subscribing to their iFollow package via https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/ifollow/subscribe#
I hope ESPN repeat this, showing live League One games, at the next international break in a few weeks.