Friendlies Finder
A matchday companion for English football supporters that tells you exactly where, how, and at what cost you can watch your club's pre-season friendlies, with text commentary as a guaranteed fallback.
supporters of Championship, League One, and League Two clubs whose friendlies rarely make mainstream TV
- club-by-club 'watch options' view across UK broadcasters, club YouTube channels, and official streams with a legality rating
- live text and audio commentary for every friendly so you are never stuck with a black screen
- calendar export that drops each pre-season fixture into Google/Apple Calendar with the broadcaster attached
- team-news push notifications 60 minutes before kickoff for every fixture you track
Stoke City's friendly stream is trending in GB, evidence that even casual fans hit a wall finding pre-season coverage that is not on Sky or TNT.
Pre-season coverage interest is real but narrow and seasonal — only ~6-8 weeks/year, and Sky Sports+ now broadcasts 1,000+ EFL games from 1,891 matches, reducing the 'no coverage' problem the idea targets.Sky Sports+ for EFL: Fixtures, channel and subscription ↗All Confirmed EFL Pre-Season Friendlies - Football Lowdown ↗
Multiple competitors already aggregate EFL/lower-league TV and streaming info — wheresthematch.com, Live Football TV app, JustWatch Sports, MatchCast, footballlowdown.com and the official EFL site — so the niche is fragmented, not empty.Live 2026/27 Pre-Season Friendlies on TV - UK schedules ↗Live Football TV: Live Scores App - App Store ↗
Willingness to pay is proven via EFL iFollow at £140/season, £25/month, £10/match, but an aggregator monetizing only pre-season has a ~6-8 week monetization window per year, making sustained subscription hard.How much does an iFollow subscription cost? ↗Football TV Subscriptions UK — Full Comparison ↗
Pre-season friendlies are inherently seasonal (summer only); a friendlies-only companion has a 6-8 week useful life per year and faces obsolescence risk as Sky Sports+/iFollow keep expanding lower-league coverage.Live 2026/27 Pre-Season Friendlies on TV - UK schedules ↗Sky Sports+ for EFL: Fixtures, channel and subscription ↗
Aggregating 72 EFL clubs' pre-season schedules globally (many friendlies are abroad) plus producing text commentary as fallback is technically doable but operationally heavy; TV data sources like wheresthematch are reachable but scattered.All Confirmed EFL Pre-Season Friendlies - Football Lowdown ↗Where to watch Stoke City FC — TV channel, live stream & fixtures ↗