Channel 5 steals Football League highlights away from the BBC

If you support a football team that's in the Championship, League One or League Two, watching match highlights in the UK is a real pain. The BBC's Football League Show starts at 11:55pm, which means staying up past midnight just to see 5 seconds of your favourite striker missing an open goal. Well, that's about to change. Channel 5 has stolen the rights to Football League highlights from the BBC, and next season it'll be launching a new 90-minute show on Saturdays at 9pm. That means it'll finish just in time for Match of the Day -- the perfect appetiser while you wait for Gary Lineker and friends to recap the Premier League. Channel 5 isn't known for offering top-tier sports coverage, but at least this way you stand a chance of seeing your local side before falling asleep in front of the telly.

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Via: Guardian

Source: Football League