FA Cup TV schedule 2025/26: 3rd round TV fixtures and live stream
Your complete guide to watching the FA Cup in 2025/26, featuring a full TV schedule of games coming up.
The third round of the FA Cup is special.
A weekend stuffed to the brim with football, with the introduction of Premier League and Championship clubs meaning that there will be no shortage of mismatches, upsets, and giant-killings.
This year is no different, as from Friday to Monday, football's oldest club competition will throw up a heady mix of derbies, dingdongs, and David v Goliath clashes.
In the latter category, non-league Macclesfield will aim to spring the upset of the round against defending champions Crystal Palace on Saturday, while there is a sprinkling of FA Cup magic in the seaside meeting between League Two side Grimsby Town and National League South outfit Weston Super Mare later that day.
Fans across the nation will be digging out their tin foil trophies as the magic of the cup threatens to grip football once again.
RadioTimes.com brings you the complete FA Cup TV schedule, including every game you can watch live in the UK.
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FA Cup TV schedule 2025/26
All UK time. Subject to change. Televised matches only.
Third round
Friday 9th January 2026
- MK Dons v Oxford United (7:30pm) discovery+
- Port Vale v Fleetwood Town (7:30pm) discovery+
- Preston North End v Wigan Athletic (7:30pm) TNT Sports 5/discovery+
- Wrexham v Nottingham Forest (7:30pm) TNT Sports 1/discovery+
Saturday 10th January 2026
- Cheltenham Town v Leicester City (12:15pm) TNT Sports 7/discovery+
- Everton v Sunderland (12:15pm) TNT Sports 5/discovery+
- Macclesfield FC v Crystal Palace (12:15pm) BBC One/TNT Sports 1/BBC iPlayer/BBC Sport Website/discovery+
- Wolves v Shrewsbury Town (12:15pm) TNT Sports 6/discovery+
- Bristol City v Watford (5:45pm) TNT Sports 7/discovery+
- Cambridge United v Birmingham City (5:45pm) TNT Sports 6/discovery+
- Grimsby Town v Weston Super Mare (5:45pm) TNT Sports 5/discovery+
- Tottenham v Aston Villa (5:45pm) BBC One/TNT Sports 1/TNT Sports 2/BBC iPlayer/BBC Sport Website/discovery+
- Charlton Athletic v Chelsea (8pm) TNT Sports 1/discovery+
Sunday 11th January 2026
- Derby County v Leeds United (12pm) TNT Sports 2/discovery+
- Portsmouth v Arsenal (2pm) TNT Sports 1/discovery+
- Hull City v Blackburn Rovers (2:30pm) TNT Sports 7/discovery+
- Norwich City v Walsall (2:30pm) TNT Sports 9/discovery+
- Sheffield United v Mansfield Town (2:30pm) TNT Sports 8/discovery+
- Swansea City v West Brom (2:30pm) TNT Sports 6/discovery+
- West Ham United v QPR (2:30pm) TNT Sports 5/discovery+
- Man Utd v Brighton (4:30pm) TNT Sports 1/discovery+
Monday 12th January 2026
- Liverpool v Barnsley (7:45pm) TNT Sports 1/discovery+
FA Cup TV rights 2025/26
TNT Sports and BBC share the live broadcasting rights for the FA Cup in 2025/26.
If you already have BT Broadband, you can add TNT Sports to your existing contract. You can also access TNT Sports via discovery+ and stream directly to your smart TV.
You can watch the matches on TNT Sports via discovery+ on Amazon Prime Video on a monthly basis without signing up to a contract.
You can also catch FA Cup matches on BBC TV and BBC iPlayer.
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Michael Potts is the Sport Editor for Radio Times, covering all of the biggest sporting events across the globe with previews, features, interviews and more. He has worked for Radio Times since 2019 and previously worked on the sport desk at Express.co.uk after starting his career writing features for What Culture. He achieved a first-class degree in Sports Journalism in 2014.
