FA Cup TV schedule 2025/26: 1st 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 FA Cup first round proper signals the start of the main draw for the world's oldest football competition.
Non-league teams will be joined by all 48 sides across League One and League Two as the competition heats up following the intense preliminary rounds.
Eighth-tier Maldon & Tiptree enter the weekend as the lowest-ranked side left in the competition. They will face third-tier Port Vale at Vale Park on Sunday.
Other sizeable mismatches include Brackley Town against Notts County and Gainsborough Trinity, who dispatched Hartlepool in the qualifiers, versus Accrington Stanley.
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.
First round
Friday 31st October 2025
Luton Town v Forest Green Rovers (7:30pm) TNT Sports 1 / discovery+ Premium
Saturday 1st November 2025
- Chelmsford City v Braintree Town (12:00pm) TNT Sports 1 / TNT Sports 3 / discovery+ Premium
- Brackley Town v Notts County (5:30pm) TNT Sports 3 / discovery+ Premium / BBC Two / BBC iPlayer / BBC Sport Website
Sunday 2nd November 2025
- South Shields v Shrewsbury Town (12:00pm) TNT Sports 1 / discovery+ Premium
- Eastleigh v Walsall (2:15pm) TNT Sports 2 / discovery+ Premium / BBC Two / BBC iPlayer / BBC Sport Website
- Port Vale v Maldon & Tiptree (3:00pm) TNT Sports 1 / discovery+ Premium
- Gainsborough Trinity v Accrington Stanley (5:15pm) TNT Sports 1 / TNT Sports 2 / discovery+ Premium
Monday 3rd November 2025
Tamworth v Leyton Orient (7:30pm) TNT Sports 1 / discovery+ Premium
FA Cup TV rights 2025/26
TNT Sports and BBC share the live broadcasting rights for the Europa League 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.
