Football on New Year's Day 2025: TV schedule and kick-off times

There's just one Premier League match on New Year's Day, a hangover from the previous round of matches, but there's a full slate coming over the weekend.

RadioTimes.com brings you the full round-up of New Year's Day fixtures across the leagues.

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Football on New Year's Day 2025

Wednesday 1st January

Premier League

• Brentford v Arsenal (5:30pm) TNT Sports / discovery+

Championship

• Plymouth v Bristol City (12:30pm) Sky Sports+
• QPR v Watford (12:30pm) Sky Sports Football
• Millwall v Oxford (1pm) Sky Sports+
• Burnley v Stoke (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Cardiff v Coventry (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Leeds v Blackburn (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Luton v Norwich (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Portsmouth v Swansea (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Sheffield Wednesday v Derby (3pm) Sky Sports+
• West Brom v Preston (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Hull v Middlesbrough (5:30pm) Sky Sports Football
• Sunderland v Sheffield United (8pm) Sky Sports Football

League One

• Barnsley v Wrexham (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Blackpool v Shrewsbury (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Bristol Rovers v Leyton Orient (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Burton v Peterborough (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Cambridge United v Reading (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Crawley v Charlton (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Lincoln v Rotherham (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Mansfield v Bolton (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Northampton v Stevenage (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Stockport v Birmingham (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Wigan v Huddersfield (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Wycombe v Exeter (3pm) Sky Sports+

League Two

• Accrington Stanley v Grimsby (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Barrow v Bradford (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Chesterfield v MK Dons (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Crewe v Carlisle (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Doncaster v Fleetwood (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Harrogate v Salford (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Morecambe v Tranmere (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Notts County v Walsall (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Port Vale v Cheltenham (3pm) Sky Sports Football
• Swindon v Colchester (3pm) Sky Sports Football

Football in 2025

Thursday 2nd January

League Two

• Gillingham v Bromley (7:45pm) Sky Sports+
• Newport v Wimbledon (7:45pm) Sky Sports+

Scottish Premiership

• Rangers v Celtic (3pm) Sky Sports Football

Saturday 4th January

Premier League

• Tottenham v Newcastle (12:30pm) TNT Sports / discovery+
• Brighton v Arsenal (5:30pm) Sky Sports Premier League

Championship

• Blackburn v Burnley (12:30pm) Sky Sports Football
• Stoke v Plymouth (12:30pm) Sky Sports+
• Swansea v West Brom (12:30pm) Sky Sports+

League One

• Burton v Northampton (12:30pm) Sky Sports+
• Cambridge United v Bristol Rovers (12:30pm) Sky Sports+

League Two

• Cheltenham v Walsall (12:30pm) Sky Sports+
• Notts County v Swindon (12:30pm) Sky Sports+

Sunday 5th January

Premier League

• Fulham v Ipswich (2pm) Sky Sports Premier League
• Liverpool v Man Utd (4:30pm) Sky Sports Premier League

Championship

• Sunderland v Portsmouth (3pm) Sky Sports+

Monday 6th January

Premier League

• Wolves v Nottingham Forest (8pm) Sky Sports Premier League

Championship

• QPR v Luton (8pm) Sky Sports Football

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