Best football YouTube channels

YouTube continues to grow in popularity, especially as the primary platform for football vloggers who want to express their passion for the game. With more than four billion fans worldwide, the best football YouTube channels have amassed millions of views, thanks to their substantial followings.

However, finding the best football YouTube channel to follow can be challenging due to the vast number available. Whether you're interested in a channel that covers football transfers, showcases football grounds, features gaming content, or provides weekly updates on Premier League results, it's essential to have reliable reviews and guidelines to help you get started.

From simple videos of fans sharing their enthusiasm for the sport to professional productions and live broadcasts of games and leagues in the UK and around the world, we have reviewed the best football YouTube channels below.

Best football YouTube channels

Sky Sports

The Sky brand is synonymous in the UK with its coverage of the Premier League. Sky Sports has been the main broadcast partner of England's flagship football competition for more than 30 years. They also hold rights for the Football League, EFL Cup, Women's Super League, Scottish Premiership, and German football, adding to their extensive coverage.

In previous years, Sky hosted La Liga as well as MLS, but losing those rights has seen Sky's football coverage diversify, with much of it being available online. Today, the news media have one of the best football YouTube channels out there.

Their offerings on YouTube include dedicated Premier League coverage, including highlights, transfer stories, mini-documentaries and analysis. Beyond that, there is EFL and SPFL coverage as well as live action from the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. All of this is offered across different brands, ‘Sky Sports Premier League' and ‘Sky Sports Football'.

Copa 90 Stories

The Copa brand has become one of the best football YouTube channels and, importantly, a trustworthy platform for fans eager to explore football fan culture. The channel features compelling narrative and storytelling with authenticity, respect and passion.

Copa 90 isn't about what is trendy, its basis is telling the stories of what football means to the people who matter most, the supporters. They have covered derbies across the world, their most famous documentary telling the huge story of the Copa Libertadores final between Boca Juniors and River Plate.

Their heart-warming ‘once in a lifetime' series followed the likes of Trabzonspor, Freiburg and Real Betis in their respective quests for domestic silverware, battling amongst the big boys and perennial winners. These are underdog stories, not necessarily with a happy ending in terms of winning, but the glory remains in some ways. With that, the Copa90 channel is highly recommended.

Away Days

This channel is produced and hosted by Ellis Platten, a Leeds fan from Norfolk who has amassed 334,000 subscribers since 2014. Away Days tells the story of matchday experiences near and far, as well as the search for vintage football shirts and some other quirky football stories.

There is an element of controversy with these types of ‘vloggers' who aren't universally popular at football grounds as they are talking into phones and cameras, filming themselves instead of being there to support the team. There is an audience for this type of content, given its popularity on YouTube. It plays into that distinction of how people, especially youngsters, want to consume their football in different ways.

Platten has a self-deprecating style; he doesn't take himself and the channel too seriously, but he has a grounded approach, often avoiding the sensationalism and over-the-top manner that some YouTubers prefer.

EA Sports FC

EA Sports FIFA on YouTube has gained traction over the years to become a popular channel among football enthusiasts. With nearly a billion views since it was established in 2009, the EA Sports FC channel on YouTube is the place to be if you love football gaming videos. A great alternative to EA Sports FC is EA Sports FC Pro, which is gaining momentum, now with nearly a million followers.

Footy Adventures

Footy Adventures from Sam North has similar elements to Away Days. However, the major difference is that the platform takes a documentary approach to creating content. North focuses on Scottish Football, where he is based, despite being an Englishman.

He has also featured content and stories about the game in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, attempting to shine a light on lesser-known clubs down the football pyramid. He has also ventured abroad to some far-flung places to report on their football landscape, such as Mexico, Singapore and Gibraltar.

Bleacher Report

The Bleacher Report YouTube channel has its unique way of telling football stories using animations. Since its establishment on 14 September 2007, it has gained over 4.6 million followers.

The channel features Sports Highlights, feature stories and news. With this, Bleacher Report's YouTube channel takes football fandom to the next level, making sports culture even more vibrant. The fact that Bleacher Report tackles football matters from a neutral standpoint makes it particularly appealing to millions of fans who love the beautiful game.

FIFA TV

FIFA is all about football, and this is evident in the FIFA TV YouTube channel, which currently boasts over 23.5 million subscribers. While the channel primarily focuses on FIFA matches and select federation events, it is always worthwhile to follow it, as it offers a unique perspective from the world governing body of football. Created on September 6, 2006, the FIFA TV channel has since amassed more than 6 billion views.

The Overlap

Gary Neville's ‘The Overlap' YouTube channel has quickly become one of the most popular sports YouTube channels around in recent years due to the variety of content on it. At first, the channel was used by Neville for long-form interviews with current and former footballers and managers, but it has since evolved into much more.

The two most popular features on the channel at the moment are the ‘Stick to Football' show, where Neville is joined by Roy Keane, Ian Wright, Jill Scott and Jamie Carragher to discuss the latest football news, and the fan debate, hosted by Carragher and Paul Scholes, where fans of Premier League clubs are invited on to discuss their clubs' situations.

Podcasts, fan media and club content on football YouTube

Fans of different clubs have developed various successful content models which work for their respective fan bases, whilst some go for a sensationalist approach to bring in ‘rage-clicks' and often, fans of opposing clubs come to have a look and a chuckle at what is unfolding.

An often-overlooked source of football content is the official channels of football clubs, from the elite down to the non-league sides.

Premier League clubs with significant resources now have dedicated YouTube channels, featuring bespoke programmes as well as match highlights and different packages based around a matchday. This is replicated to a lesser extent for many clubs across different leagues, with good examples being Hashtag FC and Bunch of Amateurs channels on YouTube.

FGG says

The various forms of football content available on YouTube demonstrate its richness and diversity, complementing the traditional television broadcasts. TV no longer holds a monopoly on football coverage and rights as it once did. For instance, Amazon is already providing streaming services for the Premier League. The trend keeps evolving.