Everton's first Premier League game against Brighton & Hove Albion will now take place on Sunday 24 August 2025 (kick-off at 2 pm BST).

The game has been moved from Saturday 23 August at 3 pm as it has been selected for live TV coverage on Sky Sports. 

With the new TV deal in place next season, typically 6 or 7 of the 10 games scheduled for each matchweek will be shown on UK TV next season, a substantial increase from previous years, but still not up to the 100% level of TV coverage provide in many other countries for fans who want to watch the Premier League live. 

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Stephen Meighan
1 Posted 09/07/2025 at 16:01:11
Everton v Brighton first home game live on Sky.

Sunday 2pm, for fuck's sake.

Si Cooper
2 Posted 09/07/2025 at 21:57:41
Are we going to get complaints every time one of our games is selected for live coverage and so isn’t played at 3 pm on a Saturday?

The club gets extra money if the game is televised live doesn’t it?

Do some not realise that the more money the club brings in the more it can spend on (hopefully) better players and (hopefully) make us more successful in the future?

If we get successful enough we may end up in a European competition and have even less Saturday fixtures.

I recognise Evertonians have been tremendously loyal but some do seem to get a little too upset when things aren’t laid out exactly to their preferred schedule.

Mark Murphy
3 Posted 09/07/2025 at 22:09:20
Ffs! Already booked my hotel for the Saturday night!
Basterds
Danny O'Neill
4 Posted 09/07/2025 at 22:23:29
I think we all understand that Si @2.

But a lot of us have a long way to travel and need to plan ahead, so these changes impact on people who have booked hotels and trains.

And believe me, travelling by train on the Avanti West Coast on a Sunday lately has been nigh on impossible. Strikes, engineering or cancellations due to lack of staff. A normal 2hr 15 minute direct line from Euston to Lime Street and the same the other way, turns into over 4 hours each way, connecting on various networks.

Believe me it's not fun, but it's always worth it and we find a way.

I'm fortunate, I've got my sisters and cousins who put me up.

Derek Thomas
5 Posted 09/07/2025 at 23:50:00
Anybody who makes travel arrangements in advance based on the official 3.00pm Saturday Kick Off is either extremely optimistic or extremely naive.
I've given myself a Friday afternoon - Tuesday morning window.

Anybody got 2 tickets for Villa weekend Fri. 12th Sept.? I'll take 1 at a Pinch.

Si Cooper
6 Posted 10/07/2025 at 01:27:39
Fair enough Danny (4), but I don’t think it’s always those travelling from afar who complain about these things.

We are a good 6 weeks off the 23rd of August, and it’s a earlyish kick-off on the Sunday. Will people be unable to switch things around a bit?

Biggest problem I can imagine is if you had an outbound international flight booked early on the Sunday and couldn’t get a later one booked now. Everything else seems relatively ‘small potatoes’.

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