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The Premier League has announced its broadcast selections for fixtures across the Christmas period, including the Boxing Day and New Year’s Day weekends, following discussions the Football Supporters’ Association (FSA).

This month’s EFL Cup second-round fixture announcement has been beset by scheduling issues caused by Sky Sports selecting Fulham vs Chelsea for a Monday night kick-off.

Back in March, a delegation of supporter representatives from the FSA’s Premier League Network, who have set up a working group on broadcast issues, met with senior executives from Sky Sports as part of efforts to create meaningful dialogue between fans and broadcasters.

Following TNT Sport’s decision to keep the Champions League final, taking place on Saturday evening, behind a paywall and unavailable to the British public via free-to-air supporter groups from nine Premier League clubs in Europe this season have issued the following statement – supported by the Prime Minister and FSA.

Everton have been scheduled for another Monday night game – their seventh of the season – and now fans of the club are calling for greater protection.

Here at the FSA we love the FA Cup and the 3rd Round draw is one of the highlights of the domestic football calendar – but games being moved for TV and higher ticket prices are in real danger of spoiling that magic.

On Friday 31st October, the Premier League announced its latest TV selections covering the Christmas and New Year period. Only one Premier League game will be taking place on Boxing Day – at 8pm – and the league outlined the reasons for its scheduling here. The FSA issued the following statement in response:

This week La Liga’s plans to host a competitive fixture in the US collapsed as the league u-turned on Barcelona vs Villarreal being held in Miami, Florida.

Players from two of the clubs planning overseas competitive fixtures this season have spoken out against the plans with one World Cup winner describing the idea as “absurd”.

UEFA’s executive committee met in Albania this week but postponed its decision on overseas competitive fixtures pending the outcome of consultation with all stakeholders – including fans.

Australian football supporters are the latest to speak out against competitive overseas fixtures as Italy’s top division seeks to relocate a game to Perth.

The Spanish Football Federation has given the green light for the first ever competitive European league game to be played overseas – and Spanish supporters have vowed to fight back.

We’ve been contacted by supporters’ groups from numerous top-flight clubs who are still waiting on September’s TV fixtures to be released.

Nine out of ten fans back the principle of increasing the promotion and relegation spaces between the EFL and the National League from two to three, according to a new FSA survey.

Supporter groups from the finalists of this weekend’s League Cup have written to the EFL calling for greater consideration of supporters at the fixture.

Earlier this week Leeds United manager Daniel Farke hit out at TV scheduling in the EFL Championship and supporter groups have backed him up, calling for better treatment.

Leeds United boss Daniel Farke says he has “given up hope” over his team’s fixture list as the Championship leaders have had yet more games moved for TV.

By now we’re all very familiar with broadcasters messing about matchgoing fans as they rip up the fixture schedule – but it’s not often they choose to ditch a match which they’ve already said they’re going to broadcast.

The decision to extend the FA Cup third round “weekend” across five days has drawn the ire of one affected club – and they’re calling on the FA to move their game.

The FA’s decision to scrap FA Cup replays in all rounds of the competition has been met with what can only be described as anger by many EFL and non-league clubs, football figures and supporters at all levels of the game.