BBC Sport is taking men’s football coverage up a gear this season with four brand-new YouTube formats, a new 20-club fan collective, new Match of the Day guest voices alongside Wayne Rooney, Micah Richards, Alan Shearer, Joe Hart and more, as well as more personalised and interactive ways to follow the game on the BBC Sport app.
As the 2026/27 season kicks off, BBC Sport will bring fans closer to the stories, personalities, debates and moments that matter with live matches, highlights and clips from the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, Europa League, Bundesliga, LaLiga, Serie A and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland internationals across TV, radio, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sounds, YouTube, social and the BBC Sport website and app.
Alex Kay-Jelski, BBC director of sport, said: “Football means something different to every fan, and this season BBC Sport is putting those fans even more firmly at the heart of the game. We’re bringing together the unrivalled expertise of former players and managers with the passion, personality and perspectives of supporters themselves to create a richer football experience wherever and however audiences follow the game.
“There are new shows, new voices and new ways to get closer to the action – alongside the trusted coverage millions of fans already turn to, from Match of the Day to BBC Radio 5 Live. Whether you want the big debate, the inside story, the fan perspective or simply every goal, BBC Sport will be there all season.”
The new BBC Football YouTube channel launches four new formats designed to take fans deeper into the game – with more debate, personality, insight and entertainment.
FANS² puts diehard rival supporters in a room and gives them one impossible mission: agree on a single answer to a burning football question. No agreeing to disagree. No draws.
The Truth About Football goes beyond the pitch to uncover the forces shaping the game. Using animation, tactics, data, history, psychology and culture, each 90-second episode tackles a big football question.
Golden Goal takes a physical goal into unexpected locations and challenges famous football fans to showcase their skills while answering football questions and revealing what the game means to them. Every guest competes for a place on the leaderboard.
Football Hub is a weekly deep dive into the weekend’s action, unpacking the tactics, tackles and talking points – and putting the biggest takes of the weekend under the microscope.
Group Chat and Game Changes both launched around the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and return for the new season, continuing to fuel debate and dissect the moments that shape the game.
For the first time, BBC Sport is also bringing together a fan collective representing all 20 Premier League clubs, putting supporters at the heart of the football conversation.
The collective brings together a diverse mix of passionate fans, personalities and creators who will provide the reactions, opinions and debates that matter most to supporters throughout the season.
Their voices will feature across new fan-led formats on the BBC Sport app’s Shorts feed and the BBC Football YouTube channel, sitting alongside the trusted journalism, reporting and analysis audiences expect from BBC Sport.
The BBC Sport app has had a refresh too, giving football fans more ways to make the experience their own.
Fans can select their club through ‘My Sport’ to receive personalised updates and live score alerts direct to their mobile, while the BBC Sport Shorts feed expands with new fan content, weekly contributions from the fan collective and content from clubs across the football pyramid.
Following the success of the BBC Sport World Cup predictor, MOTD Predictor launches for the new season, challenging fans to predict match results and put their football knowledge to the test, while the popular Who Am I? brainteaser returns with a new challenge every day.
Following an unforgettable 2026 FIFA World Cup, Match of the Day returns and will evolve throughout the season, bringing technology showcased during the 2026 World Cup into the BBC’s domestic football coverage as enhanced studio analysis will give fans new ways to understand the action and what is happening on the pitch.
Kelly Somers will be back in The Football Interview, with candid conversations exploring what drives them, their ambitions and their lives beyond the pitch. The first episode of the new season, available Saturday 22 August sees Kelly sit down with Tottenham Hotspur’s James Maddison and
The Football Interview will be available on BBC One at 12:45 every Saturday during the Premier League season, as well as on BBC iPlayer, BBC Football YouTube and the BBC Sport website and app.
BBC Sport’s coverage plans for the women’s football season will be announced very soon.
