Friday 31 July 2015 10:12, UK
Sky Sports has announced an additional batch of live Football League fixtures, with several mouth-watering derbies to look forward to in October and November, including Blackburn v Burnley, Birmingham v Wolves and Nottingham Forest v Derby.
A further 11 matches have been selected for broadcast to complete a schedule that will see 36 Football League games shown live during the first three months of the season.
The East Lancashire derby between Blackburn and Burnley at Ewood Park on Saturday, October 24 is followed a week later by the West Midlands derby between Birmingham and Wolves and Bolton's trip to Preston.
The East Midlands derby kicks off Sky Sports' coverage in November when Derby make the short journey along Brian Clough Way to face Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Friday, November 6, while the West Yorkshire derby between Huddersfield and Leeds follows on Saturday, November 7.
Sky Sports will kick off its biggest-ever season of Sky Bet Football League coverage with three live matches across the opening weekend - starting with Brighton's home game against Nottingham Forest on Friday, August 7 - and will show 21 of the Sky Bet Championship clubs by the start of October.
Thanks to the start of the new broadcasting partnership between Sky and the Football League, viewers can enjoy more matches than ever before: 127 live fixtures, including the play-off matches and three finals from Wembley.
Sky Sports' Head of Football Gary Hughes said: "Last season's Championship was one of the most exciting in recent memory and what you can guarantee with the Football League is competitive games from the opening weekend to the final day of the play-offs.
!With more games than ever on Sky Sports, we'll be able to show more of that story, and cover more clubs up and down the country that the fans are so passionate about."
From August, Sky Sports will be the only place to see the big kick-off with Scottish Premiership champions Celtic starting at home against Ross County on Saturday, August 1, before the Premier League gets underway a week later.
As the domestic leagues shape up in August and September, viewers will also be able to follow the climax to UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying, with all the home nations in contention for a place in France next summer.
Any teams that finish in the top two of their qualifying groups will be heading to France, while third-place teams could also make it via a play-off in November.
Sky Sports' coverage of the Football League will include the analysis and expert views of new signing Ian Holloway, Don Goodman, Peter Beagrie and Andy Hinchcliffe, and will be hosted by Simon Thomas.
Sky Sports' live Football League fixtures (additional games in bold)
August
Fri 7: Brighton & Hove Albion v Nottingham Forest (7.45pm)
Sat 8: Leeds United v Burnley (12.30pm)
Sun 9: Preston North End v Middlesbrough (12 noon)
Sat 15: Burnley v Birmingham City (12.30pm)
Sat 15: Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City (5.15pm)
Sun 16: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Hull City (12 noon)
Fri 21: Birmingham City v Derby County (7.45pm)
Sat 22: Leeds United v Sheffield Wednesday (12.30pm)
Sat 22: Cardiff City v Wolverhampton Wanderers (5.15pm)
Fri 28: Blackburn Rovers v Bolton Wanderers (7.45pm)
Sat 29: Derby County v Leeds United (12.05pm)
September
Sat 5: Southend United v Peterborough United (12.05pm)
Sun 6: Bristol Rovers v Oxford United (12.15pm)
Sun 6: Burton Albion v Coventry City (2.30pm)
Fri 11: Reading v Ipswich Town (8pm)
Sat 12: Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest (12.30pm)
Sun 13: Fulham v Blackburn Rovers (12 noon)
Fri 18: Ipswich Town v Birmingham City (7.45pm)
Sat 19: Nottingham Forest v Middlesbrough (12.30pm)
Sun 20: Bradford City v Sheffield United (12 noon)
Fri 25: Fulham v Queens Park Rangers (7.45pm)
Sat 26: MK Dons v Derby County (12.30pm)
Sun 27: Middlesbrough v Leeds (1.15pm)
October
Fri 2: Rotherham United v Burnley (7.45pm)
Sat 3: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Huddersfield Town (12.30pm)
Sun 11: Exeter v Stevenage (12.15pm)
Sun 11: Notts County v Plymouth (2.30pm)
Fri 16: Bristol City v Nottingham Forest (7.45pm)
Sun 17: Sheffield Wednesday v Hull City (12.30pm)
Sun 18: Derby County v Wolverhampton Wanderers (13.15pm)
Fri 23: Rotherham v Sheffield Wednesday (7.45pm)
Sat 24: Blackburn Rovers v Burnley (12.30pm)
Sat 31: Birmingham v Wolverhampton Wanderers (12.30pm)
Sat 31: Preston North End v Bolton Wanderers (6pm)
November
Fri 6: Nottingham Forest v Derby County (7.30pm)
Sat 7: Huddersfield v Leeds (12.30pm)
Find all Sky Live fixtures at www.skysports.com/football or via the Sky Sports apps.
