EFL Championship season 2025/26 started on August 8, 2025. Browse the English Championship schedule below for games from the English Football League shown on US streaming and TV.
EFL Championship TV schedule
All times Eastern.
Friday, October 23
- 03:00 PM ET
Bolton Wanderers vs. Middlesbrough (English Championship)
Saturday, October 24
- 07:30 AM ET
Portsmouth vs. Millwall (English Championship)
- 07:30 AM ET
Charlton Athletic vs. Norwich City (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Blackburn Rovers vs. Wrexham AFC (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
West Ham United vs. Southampton (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Cardiff City vs. Birmingham City (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Watford (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Lincoln City vs. Burnley (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Preston North End vs. West Bromwich Albion (English Championship)
Friday, October 30
- 04:00 PM ET
Sheffield United vs. Wrexham AFC (English Championship)
Saturday, October 31
- 08:30 AM ET
Lincoln City vs. Birmingham City (English Championship)
- 08:30 AM ET
Stoke City vs. Preston North End (English Championship)
- 11:00 AM ET
Southampton vs. Queens Park Rangers (English Championship)
- 11:00 AM ET
Millwall vs. Derby County (English Championship)
- 11:00 AM ET
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Cardiff City (English Championship)
- 11:00 AM ET
West Ham United vs. West Bromwich Albion (English Championship)
Tuesday, November 03
- 02:45 PM ET
Queens Park Rangers vs. Burnley (English Championship)
- 03:00 PM ET
West Bromwich Albion vs. Southampton (English Championship)
- 03:00 PM ET
Birmingham City vs. Millwall (English Championship)
Wednesday, November 04
- 02:45 PM ET
Wrexham AFC vs. Middlesbrough (English Championship)
- 02:45 PM ET
Cardiff City vs. West Ham United (English Championship)
- 03:00 PM ET
Bristol City vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (English Championship)
Friday, November 06
- 03:00 PM ET
Derby County vs. Bolton Wanderers (English Championship)
Saturday, November 07
- 07:30 AM ET
Wrexham AFC vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (English Championship)
- 07:30 AM ET
Bristol City vs. Norwich City (English Championship)
- 07:30 AM ET
Portsmouth vs. Stoke City (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Charlton Athletic vs. Sheffield United (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Blackburn Rovers vs. West Ham United (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
West Bromwich Albion vs. Millwall (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Birmingham City vs. Swansea City (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Watford vs. Middlesbrough (English Championship)
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EFL History
The English Football League dates back to 1888, making it the oldest league competition in the world.
After the game began to allow professionalism (paying players) in 1885, the first Football League season was played in 1888-89. By 1892, the Second Division was formed by absorbing the 12 teams from the rival Football Alliance.
In 1898, automatic promotion and relegation between the First and Second Divisions was added. This succeeded a system of test matches and/or election of clubs that was used prior.
After World War I, the Third Division started. Initially, this was individual north and south leagues. 1958 saw the expansion of the official Football League setup again. A single, nationwide third tier came to be and a Fourth Division joined the fray. For decades after that, 92 total clubs made up the Football League.
But in the early 1990s, a major shakeup occurred that would change the face of club football forever. The 22 First Division clubs resigned from the Football League, in 1992, creating the Premier League. Promotion and relegation remained the same between the top division and the second (re-named the Football League First Division). In 1995 the EPL contracted to 20 clubs, relegating an extra two teams that season.
Since then, the EFL has consisted of 72 clubs. As of 2024, 68 of these clubs are in England, and the other four are in Wales.
In 2004, the remaining three divisions of the EFL again rebranded, this time to what we know today – the EFL Championship (2), League One (3), and League Two (4).
The bottom two teams of League Two at the end of each season drop to the National League (division five).
