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Gillingham home game selected for Sky Sports coverage
05.11.26, 16:57
The latest batch of live televised games has been unveiled by the EFL and Sky Sports, with the broadcaster selecting one Gillingham match for its coverage running up until the beginning of March, 2027.
Gillingham's home game with Colchester United, scheduled for Saturday, February 28, 2027, will now be aired live on Sky Sports, with the match kick-off time pushed forward from its usual 3:00pm slot to a 12:30pm lunchtime slot.
The game will be broadcast live on Sky Sports+, alongside the League Two clash between Barnet and Walsall, the League One games between Cambridge United and Peterborough United, and Oxford United and Luton Town.
Also set for that timeslot is a trio of Championship matches, with Bristol City taking on Charlton Athletic, Norwich City v Swansea City and Queens Park Rangers v West Ham United,
Sky Sports Live Broadcast Selections: 15 January – 3 March 2027
Friday 15 January
- 20:00: West Ham United v Swansea City (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Saturday 16 January
- 12:30: Queens Park Rangers v Birmingham City (Championship) - Sky Sports+ Linear
- 12:30: Stoke City v Derby County (Championship) - Sky Sports+ Linear
- 12:30: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Burnley (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
- 12:30: Bromley v Stockport County (League One) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Luton Town v Milton Keynes Dons (League One) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Bristol Rovers v Shrewsbury Town (League Two) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Chesterfield v Port Vale (League Two) - Sky Sports+
Sunday 17 January
- 12:00: Charlton Athletic v Watford (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Tuesday 19 January
- 20:00: Newport County v Rotherham United (League Two) - Sky Sports Football
Wednesday 20 January
- 20:00: Wigan Athletic v Oxford United (League One) - Sky Sports Football
Friday 22 January
- 20:00: Preston North End v Stoke City (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Saturday 23 January
- 12:30: Birmingham City v Lincoln City (Championship) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Queens Park Rangers v Southampton (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
- 12:30: West Bromwich Albion v West Ham United (Championship) - Sky Sports+ Linear
- 12:30: Sheffield Wednesday v Doncaster Rovers (League One) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Wigan Athletic v Huddersfield Town (League One) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Colchester United v Northampton Town (League Two) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Salford City v Walsall (League Two) - Sky Sports+
Sunday 24 January
- 12:00: Cardiff City v Wolverhampton Wanderers (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Monday 25 January
- 20:00: Plymouth Argyle v Cambridge United (League One) - Sky Sports Football
Tuesday 26 January
- 20:00: Norwich City v Derby County (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Wednesday 27 January
- 20:00: Swansea City v Portsmouth (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Friday 29 January
- 20:00: Lincoln City v Queens Park Rangers (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Saturday 30 January
- 12:30: Bolton Wanderers v Derby County (Championship) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Swansea City v Birmingham City (Championship) - Sky Sports Football & ITV
- 12:30: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Wrexham (Championship) - Sky Sports+ Linear
- 12:30: Huddersfield Town v Bradford City (League One) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Luton Town v Peterborough United (League One) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Rotherham United v Swindon Town (League Two) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: York City v Grimsby Town (League Two) - Sky Sports+
Sunday 31 January
- 12:00: Norwich City v Bristol City (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Friday 5 February
- 20:00: Bristol City v Middlesbrough (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Saturday 6 February
- 12:30: Charlton Athletic v Wolverhampton Wanderers (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
- 12:30: Watford v Sheffield United (Championship) - Sky Sports+ Linear
- 12:30: Wrexham v Lincoln City (Championship) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Leicester City v Milton Keynes Dons (League One) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Reading v Oxford United (League One) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Crewe Alexandra v Port Vale (League Two) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Tranmere Rovers v Newport County (League Two) - Sky Sports+
Sunday 7 February
- 12:00: Blackburn Rovers v Burnley (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Tuesday 9 February
- 20:00: Walsall v Crewe Alexandra (League Two) - Sky Sports Football
Wednesday 10 February
- 20:00: Plymouth Argyle v Leicester City (League One) - Sky Sports Football
Friday 12 February
- 20:00: Birmingham City v Derby County (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Saturday 13 February
- 12:30: Bristol City v Southampton (Championship) - Sky Sports+ Linear
- 12:30: Millwall v Blackburn Rovers (Championship) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Portsmouth v Charlton Athletic (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
- 17:30: Lincoln City v Preston North End (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
- 12:30: Mansfield Town v Bradford City (League One) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Milton Keynes Dons v Wycombe Wanderers (League One) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Oldham Athletic v Tranmere Rovers (League Two) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Port Vale v Salford City (League Two) - Sky Sports+
Sunday 14 February
- 12:00: Cardiff City v Bolton Wanderers (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Tuesday 16 February
- 20:00: Blackburn Rovers v Bristol City (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Wednesday 17 February
- 20:00: Watford v Cardiff City (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Thursday 18 February
- 20:00: Rochdale v Walsall (League Two) - Sky Sports Football
Friday 19 February
- 20:00: Middlesbrough v Birmingham City (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Saturday 20 February
- 12:30: Sheffield United v Stoke City (Championship) - Sky Sports+ Linear
- 12:30: Watford v Bristol City (Championship) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: West Bromwich Albion v Wolverhampton Wanderers (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
- 12:30: Leicester City v Stockport County (League One) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Wigan Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday (League One) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Cheltenham Town v Crawley Town (League Two) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Exeter City v Port Vale (League Two) - Sky Sports+
Sunday 21 February
- 12:00: West Ham United v Millwall (Championship) - Sky Sports Football & ITV
Friday 26 February
- 20:00: Birmingham City v West Bromwich Albion (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Saturday 27 February
- 12:30: Bristol City v Charlton Athletic (Championship) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Norwich City v Swansea City (Championship) - Sky Sports+ Linear
- 12:30: Queens Park Rangers v West Ham United (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
- 12:30: Cambridge United v Peterborough United (League One) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Oxford United v Luton Town (League One) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Barnet v Walsall (League Two) - Sky Sports+
- 12:30: Gillingham v Colchester United (League Two) - Sky Sports+
Sunday 28 February
- 12:00: Portsmouth v Southampton (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Tuesday 2 March
- 20:00: Bristol City v Birmingham City (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
Wednesday 3 March
- 20:00: Portsmouth v Lincoln City (Championship) - Sky Sports Football
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A veteran sports journalist and editor with more than 25 years in the industry, Simon has written for major news outlets, broadcasters and sports organisations around the world. Simon is a longtime Gillingham season ticket holder, and has been a regular at Priestfield since the mid-1990s.





