How DAZN will give fans another way to watch Worthing’s National League adventure
Worthing are about to embark on their first season in the top division of English non-league football – and plenty of their campaign will be shown live on TV.
DAZN and the National League have announced every live pick until the end of January to give supporters ample time to prepare for the changes in kick-off and how that may affect travel arrangements.
NLTV on DAZN is available on any device, including Smart TVs, mobile devices, tablets, streaming devices, games consoles, and, for viewers in the UK, Sky boxes.
As things stand, more than 30 of the Reds’ National League matches will be broadcast live. During international breaks, the 3pm Blackout Rule that prevents matches that kick off at that specific time slot on a Saturday afternoon doesn’t apply. And the first two matchweeks fall before the start of the Premier League campaign and are being treated as an international break window would.
Worthing’s curtain raiser away to Carlisle United on Saturday, August 8 and their first ever home match in the National League against Forest Green Rovers on the following Saturday will be both be available to watch live.
Their second contest of the campaign at the Sussex Transport Community Stadium against Wealdstone on Saturday, August 22 has been moved to a 12:30pm kick-off to accommodate broadcast, while games over the Bank Holiday weekend away to Tamworth (Friday 28 August (7:45pm KO) and at home to Boreham Wood on the following Monday (3pm KO) will also be available to watch on DAZN.
In September, only the trip to AFC Fylde on the first weekend of the month will be unable to be live streamed due to the blackout rule. Kick-off for the tussle with Barrow on home soil has been set for 12:30pm on Saturday, September 12, while the Tuesday night encounter with fellow former National League South side at Hornchurch under the lights on September 15 can be streamed.
It’s an early start away to Hartlepool United as Adam Hinshelwood and his players tackle the challenge the Pools will pose at lunchtime on Saturday, September 19.
The home battle with FC Halifax Town and away trip to Gateshead can be streamed despite starting at 3pm on Saturday, September 26 and Saturday, October 3, as the Blackout Rule doesn’t apply to international breaks. Sandwiched in between those meetings is a midweek journey to Yeovil that will also be available to watch live.
In October, the Reds welcome Solihull Moors and Sutton United on Saturday afternoons, which is unable to be streamed. The away clash to Kidderminster Harriers on Saturday, October 24 has been altered to an evening kick-off (5:30pm) to allow DAZN to show the showdown at Aggborough. The following Tuesday, Southend United visit Sussex Transport Community Stadium during midweek, with the television cameras also in town.
Two of the four scheduled league matches in November will be broadcast as the Rebels visit former EFL outfit Scunthorpe United on the November 14 (3pm) and Woking away on a Tuesday night (Nov 24).
Over the festive period, Hinshelwood’s side have four successive matches being broadcast live, concluding with the Monday, December 28 hosting of Aldershot Town at Woodside Road.
All fixtures and kick-off timings are subject to change. Selections for the second half of the season will be confirmed in due course.