The Football League Show

BBC now have the rights to show the Football League highlights as well as the Premier League, so for us fans who don't care about every tiny detail of whether Sir Alex Ferguson thought a referee was unfit or whether Rafa Benitez is turning into one of the Sopranos this show allows us to catch a glimpse of just how well or badly our football teams have done on Saturday afternoon. The show is on Saturday Nights on BBC1 after Match of the Day, times can vary depending on what the BBC is doing with its primetime 'Strictly come dancing' schedule that week but its generally on around 23:00-23:30 and can also be watched on Sunday by pressing your red ...  Read the complete review

The Football League show is shown on a Saturday Night on BBC 1. It is usually shown after Match of the Day although the start time varies from week to week. It is also repeated & can be watched in full on BBC's I-Player or you can watch the highlights that they show of just your team be going online too. It is hosted by Manish Bhasin & is based in a Studio. Manager Steve Claridge tends to be the co hosting pundit although guest pundits also occasionally appear, like Ian Holloway. They show Extended Highlights & Highlights from every game played that day in the Coca Cola football leagues comprising of the Championship, League 1 & League 2. ...  Read the complete review

"The Football League Show" is a new late night football program shown just after "Match of The Day. They all the goals from around the lower leagues (Championship to League 2). They aslo let you have your own say on the show by emailing them about how your club did today and they read them out. The show is presented by Manish Bhasin and the analysis of the games is normally done by Steve Claridge and the other presenter varies. They start off the show in the studio and show the featured game which is the longest of the other games. They also on some other games do a build up to the match by asking fans and the manager, and by taking a tour ...  Read the complete review

As you may or may not know, the BBC has won the rights to broadcast live games and highlights from the Football league for the next 3 seasons. The Football League consists of the 3 divisions below the Premier League - The Championship, League 1 and League 2. Fans of clubs in these leagues will tell you that they're infinitely more competitive and unpredictable than the boring Premier League. With the Premier league you can predict the results with a good deal of confidence, but you can't generally do this with the Football League - look at Peterborough and Exeter who've achieved 2 successive promotions, and look at how big clubs like L**ds, Southampton, ...  Read the complete review

The Football League Show, presented by Manish Bhasin with expert opinion from Steve Claridge follows Match Of The Day on saturdays on BBC1. What is confusing is that they dont do it if there are midweek games so I am waiting to see if they show both gmaeweek games in one saturday program. I doubt it. Aswell as the show you now have the chance to watch highlights and all the goals from the Football League (Championship, League 1 & 2) online on the BBC Sport website. Manish is a very good presenter in this show and seems to show a strong rapport with the guest analysts on the show. The BBC have been accused in recent years on showing poor programming ...  Read the complete review