If you’re looking for the FA Cup TV schedule for fans in the United States, you’ve come to the right place.
FOX Sports had the US TV and Internet rights to the FA Cup through until the end of the 2017/18 season. But in August 2018, ESPN has acquired the US media rights to the FA Cup for the 2018/19 to 2020/21 seasons. The agreement will bring 79 FA Cup matches – beginning with the First Round in November and running through the Final – exclusively to ESPN+. None of the games will be shown on television.
Third Round coverage of the tournament begins in early January each year.
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Here’s the FA Cup TV schedule:
FA Cup TV schedule
Last updated: December 5, 2019
Monday, December 16
Boston United vs. Rochdale (FA Cup), 2:30pm, ESPN+
Tuesday, December 17
Plymouth Argyle vs. Bristol Rovers (FA Cup), 2:30pm, ESPN+
Saturday, January 4
Rochdale or Boston vs. Newcastle (FA Cup 3rd Round), 7:30am, ESPN+
Wolves vs. Man United (FA Cup 3rd Round), 12:30pm, ESPN+
Sunday, January 5
Middlesbrough vs. Spurs (FA Cup 3rd Round), 9am, ESPN+
Liverpool vs. Everton (FA Cup 3rd Round), 11am, ESPN+
Gillingham vs. West Ham (FA Cup 3rd Round), 1:15pm, ESPN+
Monday, January 6
Arsenal vs. Leeds (FA Cup 3rd Round), 3pm, ESPN+
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Will the Final definitely be on FS1 or is it TBD? Surprised as the Fox broadcast did well last year.
It’s to be determined right now, but it’ll most likely be televised on the FOX over-the-air network.
What time is Spurs vs Millwall?
Sorry, didn’t see 9am
I can’t believe Fox is showing NASCAR instead of the Chelsea vs. Spurs (FA Cup semi-final) on TV (FS1 or Fox.) WT? How long does Fox have rights to FA Cup? When it’s up I hope ESPN bids for it and gets it. So tired of Fox Soccer. They port the majority of Bundesliga game over to FS2 or Fox Soccer2go, same for Europa league and quite a few of the Champions League games.
At least the German DFB Pokal semi between Dortmund and Bayern is being shown on ESPN2.
It’s definitely a tough weekend for Bundesliga fans during the next few days. Every single game televised is on FS2.
FOX has the FA Cup rights through until the end of the 2017/18 season.
Thanks. Well it turns out the Chelsea-Tottenham FA Cup semi was on over-the-air Fox. I missed it. Last night it was still listed on Comcast and LiveSoccer TV as being shown on FoxSoccer2go and other. When did Fox change it?
Ticks me off that I didn’t notice until last 5 minutes of the game.
R.O, that’s why you should always use the TV schedules at World Soccer Talk. They’re more reliable and updated first (and more frequently) than at LiveSoccerTV. We have contacts at all of the different soccer TV networks.
Head to World Soccer Talk for all of your TV schedules!
Are the commentators set for the FA Cup semi-finals? I need to plan which game I watch at home (with great commentary), and which game i watch at the pub (drowning out the commentary).
Unfortunately FOX rarely announces the commentators ahead of the game. I’ve asked them in the past for the list of announcers, but nothing. If I find out the names ahead of time, I’ll post them here.
Is there a US channel showing the FA Vase and FA Trophy games in May?
Unfortunately, no. If there ever is, we’ll post the listings on our EFL Championship schedule at http://www.worldsoccertalk.com/championship-tv-schedule
Will there be any tv coverage for the FA Cup 3rd round draw tomorrow?
FOX has no plans to air it on TV or streaming unfortunately, so no.
You need to update your schedule for the FA Cup fourth round . FOX 1 & 2 have more games listed on the 27th & 28th . Also Fox Soccer Plus have a boat load of games on the 27th
Thanks for the heads-up!
The Friday Febuary 16th game LeicesterCity v Sheffield United is on Fox Soccer Plus tape delay at 4: 30pm . The Brighton v Coventry on Saturday 17th is on 2:30pm tape delay
Will Fox Sports replay the Manchester City v Wigan match? Sounds like I missed a cracker!
Well, it is now for sure that Fox won’t cover the FA Cup for the 2018/19 season (as speculated already in Feb 2018: http://worldsoccertalk.com/2018/02/22/img-combining-fa-cup-tv-rights-serie-try-force-sale-usa-says-source/) as they announced which sports they cover via foxsoccermatchpass.com:
You can stream the following content on FOX Soccer Match Pass for the 2018/19 Season:
Soccer: Bundesliga, Bundesliga 2, FIFA Confederations Cup, CONCACAF Gold Cup, MLS, Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, German Super Cup, USA friendlies, Mexico friendlies, England friendlies, CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers, International friendlies, FIFA Club World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup India, FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic.
FOX Soccer Match Pass also streams content outside of live games including: Bundesliga weekly and monthly shows.
Rugby: AFL, NRL, Stobart Super League
Quite frankly, I’m only interested in 1. & 2. Bundesliga. 🙂 And I hope they will now lower the subscription fee with the loss of the FA Cup rights.
There are too many problems with cup competitions, most importantly their irregular schedule – games maybe once a month and only for about 4 months a year (w/ Premier League clubs: 1st round proper is Jan05, the final is May18). Plus, you have the ancient rule of replays. But I hope someone like ESPN+ will cover it…
Sounds like ESPN+ is the right channels to cover the FA. With Apple TV, you can watch a four channel, multiview of four games. i would love to watch all the games.
I read the Fox announcement but I suppose there is still a chance they could reconsider. Is there any solid news at all on what is happening with FA Cup rights for next year? I’d be fine with them going on ESPN+ if we could be guaranteed to be able to see most of the games.
No decision has been made yet.
When NBC gets the fa cup coverage?
It would be wonderful if NBC bought the rights and it would make sense in one way since for many weeks the FA Cup and the Premier League aren’t scheduled at the same times
Anything on the FA TV rights? Is there a deadline to make the purchase or is it open until someone buys it.
No word yet but we should find out by the end of the month.
Can not see it happening . NBC has 4 seasons of EPL left . Don’t be surprised if they don’t bid on it . Cost my friend . That’s what happened to the FACup . The Community Shield which is the curtain raiser to the new season which is part of the FA Cup package is on August 5th . No broadcaster has bought it
FA Cup is a TV provider nightmare. No one is interested until at least Jan even though it starts in Sept. Also due to the fact that teams are drawn together does not help advertisers build on strength of TV schedule. EPL is fixed so you know what you are getting in advance. If FA Cup is overpriced then I really don’t blame providers not bidding.
Don’t forget that it is being packaged with the Serie A rights. With R0naldo’s move to Juventus and overall improvement in Serie A play in the last couple of years, someone will probably pick it up. My guess is ESPN +
Oh, they sure did.
Bein sports running summer promo with la liga ,league 1 and serie a wonder what would happen with fa cup now
beIN SPORTS no longer has the rights to Serie A, so it either must be an old promo that they’re running or it’s misleading to say the least.
With the FA Community Shield being on ESPN+, one has to wonder if the ESPN networks are ultimately where they’re putting the FA Cup (and probably Serie A), which is going to complicate things, with ESPN’s college basketball commitments blocking out linear coverage of the 12:15/12:30 game. It would be a shame if they put every match on ESPN+ except for the final (and maybe the 7:00 hour games), though, but the FA Cup as a whole has lost a lot of its luster since it’s taken a backseat to Premier League survival.
At least for Serie A, Sunday afternoons seem to be in the clear.
The BBC did show some first and second round games the last couple of years and I think Fox did, although I don’t totally remember. If first and second round games are shown in the UK then I hope ESPN+ would pick them up as well.
The $4.99 will be worth paying if the entire schedule of each round were available. But only selective games is a rip off
Fox was fine nbcsn was fine bein fine TNT Sucks ESPN + SUCKS WE PAY AN ARM AND A LEG FOR CABLE WHY DO we HAVE TO pAY MORE FOR ESPN + THIS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS tried to watch UEFA on TNT NO MAN U GAME AJAX IN STEAD TNT MAN IS THE MOST WATCHED SOCCER TEAM IN THE WORLD I GUESS U FORGOT THAT MORE MAN U GAMES PLS TY
Get the fa cup back on regular tv no espn+ ur kidding espn+ this sucks screw the money its a game we need a break free tv pls
Please, is there anyway we could get to watch the competition all through here in Nigeria? Or is there any decoder we could possibly purchase to gain access to watching all the FA matches? Thanks.
why cant you show the fa cup games most people get like espn and espn 2 just greed for more money i suppose. disappointed already with espn coverage or non coverage of fa cup
Why are the FA Cup games only on ESPN+ instead of your other ESPN channels? We have all the channels that normally show all the soccer games but not this one!
Why? ESPN made the business decision to offer the games only on ESPN+ in order for people to subscribe to their streaming service. ESPN+ is only available online. More info can be found at http://worldsoccertalk.com/2018/08/13/espn-acquires-fa-cup-rights-for-us-market-source-confirms/
Hello Chris,
ESPN also made the business decision to offer some UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE games on TV & some on ESPN3 with the majority of UNL games on ESPN+ Why not do the same with the FA Cup? Where is ESPN Deportes in all of this. ESPN Deportes can be the home for some big FA Cup games just like Univision Deportes is home for the big UNL games? Where am I going wrong?
Martin Shkreli made the business decision to overcharge for medicine.
ESPN$ is making a greedy business decision to show the FA Cup of PPV. If they don’t show it, why did they buy it?
I made the business decision to downgrade my cable package to not include ESPN, and ignore what’s on there. Trying to avoid anything Disney for a while.
I really despise these greedy bastards who don’t care about US soccer fans, and hope that they rot in hell. If they don’t show it, why did they buy it?
Meanwhile, I am watching the FA Cup through VPN from elsewhere.
If they don’t show it, why did they buy it?
I’ve enjoyed watching the FA Cup for years, the David vs Goliath aspect, the neat venues some of the lower division teams play at. To have it all on ESPN+ is a shame. I hope soccer fans tune it out and get it back on TV. I pay a very steep price to have the sports package. It is a slap to the face. ESPN doesn’t care about sports, it is all about greed. I went looking for the FA cup today and just foun]nd out. It is a shame, extremely disappointing.Does ESPN really want more suscribers to bail on them?
The FA has its head up its ass on this one. Screwing around with a streaming only broadcast with the likes or the Especially Stupid Production Netwrork is JUST PLAIN DUMB. Following F1 to oblivion huh? For me it means I can’t watch because of slow internet speed. For many it’s just too big a nuisance.
TOO OFTEN THE ASSUMPTION IS EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAS THE $2,000 smart tv and will pay the monthly subscription. Not here folks.
GET IT BACK ON FOX NOW BEFORE YOU LOSE SUBSTANTIAL FAN BASE AND DEDICATION.
My $280 smart TV has ROKU built in and I can justify paying the $4.99 a month for ESPN+. The soccer catalogue that ESPN+ has built makes it quite worth the cost. Also, Fox didn’t bid on the FA cup rights, they gave them up without a fight.
What is happening for the 2019/2020 season? (I think is may be a typo in the article.)
Proundly watching the FA Cup, just not on ESPN +…
*proudly
Chris, can you explain (or ask) why ESPN+ has simultaneously made the EXCELLENT decision to show ALL of the Third & Fourth round proper initial fixtures, while NOT showing most of the (arguably more interesting) replays???? I saw that they did this for the third round replays, and they appear to be doing it again for the fourth round replays, where, for example, they are only showing ONE match today! Why?
I thought I read at the start of the season that ESPN+ announced that they would show ALL of the FA Cup matches starting with the first round, but most of the 4th round replays were not available. I’m also curious why the replays were not shown.
I contacted ESPN+ and they said that their ability to stream the replay games depends on the availability from IMG. From here on out, they will likely show any replays for the remainder of the competition.
There are no replays from the 5th Round onward. Scrapping of replays at the 5th Round stage was schedule to be introduced in 2020 but was brought forward to 2019 just before Christmas 2018. All games, if level after 90 minutes will go into 30 extra time followed by penalties, if still level.
So ESPN buys the rights to the tournament, then doesn’t show it on TV?? I’m so sick of networks trying to force people over to their apps, I’m not going to pay for 8 different streaming services! Looks like I’m watching Chelsea-United on some pirated stream again.
The League Cup Final is on Sunday and ESPN won’t show it on TV. At least Turner Sports decided to show the Europa League Final on TV, ESPN won’t even do that. Not even in Spanish on ESPN Deportes. Will the FA Cup Final be on TV? I’m not betting on it. Expect ESPN to show some High School Sports instead.
Probably some HS basketball for ESPN spends more hrs throughout the year, on all its platforms showing BB (it’s cheap to produce & quick so they can show 6 games in a day on just 1 channel), All that said I believe the FA final will be on TV either ESPN or ABC.
Just more cash for the networks,they should be showing all the cup games on regular tv
.retirees can’t afford xtra cash ontop of expensive monthly charges
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in canada we have dazn. wil it be on them.?
No more extra money for the greedy networks.
plenty of free streams out there
I don’t think it’s an 8 am ko here in US east coast
Think noon.
ESPN sticking with + only?
ESPN is a despicable group of knot-head suits. Forcing soccer fans to pay extra for the FA Cup Final is not only a stab in the back but to me an incredibly stupid decision. I cannot imagine that they can make more money for the pay-TV instead of offering it on their primary platform. The way you make money is to have more viewers. That’s what advertisers look for. Put the FA Cup Final on regular ESPN and I think the network could charge more in commercial rates than what they will extract from fans paying extra. Remember, this is the same network that removed a football announcer whose last name is Lee from calling a game in the south during the confederate statue controversy. In truth, announcer Lee is Chinese. Amazing.
For a true soccer fan, the English FA Cup is the biggest match of the year.
You should be ashamed for not carrying it live for US fans if you have purchased the rights to it!
Richard Smith, Portsmouth NH
i have att tv with dir.tv what sta. can i get the fa cup……….
It’s exclusively on ESPN+, which is available via streaming only and won’t be on television.
You can start a free trial to ESPN+ at http://espn.zlbu.net/c/330866/531511/9070
I really like the Especially Stupid Production Network acronym. NBC and Fox have done a great job televising world football. It’s a terrible, money-driven mistake to trust it to Disney (ESPN).
This guy will be watching the FA Cup Final.
This guy will NOT be watching the FA Cup Final on ESPN +.
The greedy creatures at ESPN can go and fornicate with themselves.
At some a consumer says, enough is enough. I already pay these disgusting creatures at ESPN monthly, not paying them a dime more.
ESPN choose to show the Coppa Italia Final on ESPN2 this past Wednesday. Why not the FA Cup Final? instead both networks will show NCAA College Softball. It’s not even on ESPN Deportes.
Can’t believe ESPN or their affiliates are not showing the most important soccer event the FA CUP after the World Cup.
The Super Bowl of The English Premier and we’re taking it in the arse . I wonder if the BBC will be blocking out the American Super Bowl in trade ? Facking Idiots
To be fair the EPL and the Champions League have long surpassed the FA cup in prestige. The big clubs generally field reserve players for cup games, and moving the semis to Wembley also helped diminish the importance of the Final