2025-26 FA Cup/FA Community Shield

Information compiled by fishlipsmcgee

This post documents all of the ESPN, BBC, TNT Sports, S4C, and World Feed [via ESPN+ and Rogers Sportsnet] commentators/reporters for all of the televised FA Cup matches for the 2025-2026 season (including the FA Community Shield). Games not on North American TV are available online via ESPN+ [US] and Sportsnet Now Premium [Canada], which would take the World Feed. Information used from Digital Spy UK, the 506Sports users, Twitter (Ramon Valencia, DeportivaCR, commentators, etc.), and maybe my viewing opportunities. Any help or correction is appreciated. Any personnel italicized is reporting. All times Eastern.

NOTE: This will be the first season where TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) will broadcast this competition in the UK since the 2020/21 season, when they relinquished their rights to ITV after that.

FA COMMUNITY SHIELD (FA Cup winner vs. Premier League winner @ Wembley Stadium)

8/10:

10:00am

Crystal Palace vs. Liverpool—

ESPN+: Jon Champion and Craig Burley

ESPN+ ES: Ricardo Ortiz and Mario Alberto Kempes

WORLD (SNET-E/O/W/P/WL): Daniel Mann and Clive Allen

TNT SPORTS 1: Darren Fletcher, Ally McCoist, and Becky Ives

FA CUP

1ST ROUND

10/31:

3:30pm

Luton Town vs. Forest Green Rovers—

WORLD (ESPN+, SNET-WL): Martin Tyler and Stewart Robson

TNT SPORTS 1: Darren Fletcher, Ally McCoist, and Liam MacDevitt

BBC MOTD: Cameron Pope

11/1:

8:00am

Chelmsford City vs. Braintree Town—

WORLD (ESPN+, SNET-WL, BBC MOTD): Richard Wolfenden

TNT SPORTS 1 / 3: Adam Summerton, Steve Sidwell, and Olivia Buzaglo

1:30pm

Brackley Town vs. Notts County—

WORLD (ESPN+, SNET-WL): Dan Mason

BBC2: Martin Fisher and Pat Nevin

TNT SPORTS 3: Sam Matterface, Martin Keown, and Natalie Quirk

11/2:

7:00am

South Shields vs. Shrewsbury Town—

WORLD (ESPN+, SNET+, BBC MOTD): Simon Brotherton

TNT SPORTS 1: Jamie Lyall, Kevin Davies, and Danny Jamieson

9:15am

Eastleigh vs. Walsall—

WORLD (ESPN+, SNET+): Nigel Adderley

BBC2: Mark Scott and Matthew Upson

TNT SPORTS 2: Joe Speight, Adam Virgo, and Liam MacDevitt

10:00am

Port Vale vs. Maldon and Tiptree—

WORLD (ESPN+, SNET+, BBC MOTD): Jonathan Pearce

TNT SPORTS 1: Sam Matterface, Lucy Ward, and Jeff Brazier

12:15pm

Gainsborough Trinity vs. Accrington Stanley—

WORLD (ESPN+, SNET-WL): Phil Blacker

TNT SPORTS 1 / 2: Mike Minay and Kevin Watson

11/3:

2:30pm

Tamworth vs. Leyton Orient—

WORLD (ESPN+, SNET-WL, BBC MOTD): Ben Andrews

TNT SPORTS 1: Adam Summerton, Steve Sidwell, and Liam MacDevitt