English football's oldest cup ends on a spring Saturday afternoon in London, which on this side of the Atlantic means coffee and eggs. This page covers the 2027 final for viewers in the US and Canada: the date, the likely start time in each zone, who holds the rights, and what is still unknown. Dates, results and broadcasters come from thefa.com and ESPN's press room, read on November 9, 2026. We sell Vivimate, an IPTV service, hold no FA Cup rights, and didn't test any stream for this page.
The 2027 final in five lines
- Date: Saturday, May 22, 2027, from The FA's 2026-27 round dates.
- Venue: Wembley Stadium, London, confirmed in The FA's June 2026 announcement.
- Kick-off: not announced yet. 2026's was 3pm UK time.
- US rights: ESPN, through the 2027-28 season, with ESPN+ as the main home.
- Finalists: decided by the semi-finals on the weekend of April 24, 2027.
What time will it start where you live?
The FA announced the 2026 kick-off just 24 days before the match: its April 22, 2026 notice set 3pm BST and said international broadcasters would follow. Expect a similar wait for 2027. By May 22 both the UK and North America are on summer time, so a repeat of the 3pm slot is five hours ahead of the East Coast.
That makes it 10:00 AM in New York and Toronto, 9:00 AM in Chicago and Winnipeg, and 7:00 AM in Los Angeles and Vancouver. In 2026, ESPN's coverage began at 9 a.m. ET, an hour before kick-off. Treat these as a likely pattern until The FA confirms.
Watching in the US: ESPN and ESPN+
In May 2024, ESPN and The FA extended the US rights for four seasons, 2024-25 through 2027-28. The release makes ESPN+ the exclusive home of 79 FA Cup matches a season, from the first round through to the final, in English with some matches in Spanish. ESPN+ has carried the competition in the US since 2018-19.
The final itself went wider in 2026. ESPN's weekend schedule put it on ESPN2 and ESPN+ from 9 a.m. ET, and on ESPN Deportes from 9:50 a.m. Whether 2027 gets the same TV simulcast is ESPN's call, so check its listings in final week. We didn't read ESPN+ prices, so none appear here.
Watching in Canada
This is the gap in the public record. We re-read The FA's global broadcast partners page on November 9, 2026: it names no US or Canadian broadcaster on the page itself and points instead to a broadcaster sheet for each round. For 2026, The FA confirmed the final's international broadcasters shortly before the match, so look at that page again in mid-May. Kick-off in Canada follows the same zones as the US, so the chart above applies.
If you're in the UK on May 22
Rights are sold by country, so the broadcaster where you are applies, with its terms and the local law. Under the deal The FA announced in May 2024, the BBC is the free-to-air broadcaster for four seasons from 2025-26, showing the final co-exclusively with TNT Sports. The 2026 running order listed BBC One, BBC iPlayer and TNT Sports 1. TNT Sports needs a subscription; we didn't read its prices.
The road still ahead
The first round proper was played around November 7, 2026. These are the round weekends that remain before Wembley:
A listed date is the weekend, not the day. The FA's first-round sheet spread ties from Friday evening to Monday evening for television, so look up your club's exact slot. For North American fans the semi-finals are the useful dress rehearsal: same rights holders, same Saturday-morning time pattern, four weeks before the final.
Last May's final
The 2025-26 final was played at Wembley on May 16, 2026, at 3pm BST. The FA's match report records Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea: Antoine Semenyo turned in Erling Haaland's cross on 71 minutes, after City had an earlier goal ruled out for offside. It was City's eighth FA Cup and their fourth final in a row.
A Saturday-morning setup checklist
- Sign in the night before. App updates and forgotten passwords are what usually go wrong at 9:55 AM.
- Check the speed on the TV that plays it. We use 10 Mbps for HD, 15 Mbps for Full HD and 25 Mbps for 4K, per stream; see the internet speed guide.
- Count the screens at a watch party. Two TVs and a phone are three streams; how multiple connections work explains the limits.
- Silence score alerts. Every stream runs a little behind, and a notification can spoil the winner.
- Plan for HD. We found no broadcaster announcing a 4K production of the 2027 final. How to watch sports in 4K explains what has to line up when one is offered.
Where Vivimate fits
Vivimate is a prepaid IPTV subscription with a TV guide, no contract and no automatic renewal. We don't promise the FA Cup, the final or any channel, and we don't publish the rights agreements behind our channels. IPTV is legal as a technology; whether a seller is lawful depends on its rights, which our guide to whether IPTV is legal covers. Search the guide for what you watch during the 24-hour free trial, with no card taken.
| Plan | One device | Two devices | Per month, one device |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month | $19.99 | $31.98 | $19.99/mo |
| 3 Months | $29.99 | $47.98 | $10.00/mo |
| 6 Months | $39.99 | $63.98 | $6.67/mo |
| 12 Months + 2 FREE | $69.99 | $111.98 | $5.00/mo |
A first plan has a 7-day money-back guarantee when a service problem you report can't be fixed; see the refund policy. For the final itself, ESPN in the US is the dependable route. Other big games work the same way: see how to watch the Champions League final and what channel the Premier League is on.
Frequently asked questions
When is the FA Cup final 2027?
Saturday, May 22, 2027, at Wembley Stadium in London, according to The FA's 2026-27 round dates. The semi-finals are on the weekend of April 24, so the finalists are known about four weeks ahead.
What time is the FA Cup final in Eastern time?
The FA hadn't set the 2027 kick-off when we checked on November 9, 2026. The 2026 final started at 3pm UK time. The same slot on May 22, 2027 would be 10:00 AM Eastern, 9:00 AM Central, 8:00 AM Mountain and 7:00 AM Pacific.
Is the FA Cup final on ESPN+?
ESPN holds the US rights through the 2027-28 season and names ESPN+ as the home of the 79 matches it shows each season, through to the final. In 2026 the final also aired on ESPN2, with ESPN Deportes in Spanish. Check ESPN's listings in final week.
How can I watch the FA Cup final in Canada?
The FA's global broadcaster page that we read on November 9, 2026 named no Canadian broadcaster on the page itself; it links to a broadcaster sheet for each round. Check that sheet in May, when The FA confirmed international broadcasters for the 2026 final.
Who won the FA Cup final in 2026?
Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 at Wembley on May 16, 2026. Antoine Semenyo scored in the 71st minute, and The FA's report records it as City's eighth FA Cup win.
Sources
Read November 9, 2026; times converted the same day with the IANA time zone database. Links pay us nothing.
- The FA: Emirates FA Cup round dates, 2026-27
- The FA: 2026-27 round dates announced (June 5, 2026)
- The FA: FA Cup final 2026 kick-off confirmed (April 22, 2026)
- The FA: running order for the 2026 final (May 15, 2026)
- The FA: 2026 final match report (May 16, 2026)
- The FA: BBC Sport deal to show the FA Cup (May 14, 2024)
- The FA: global broadcast partners (re-read November 9, 2026)
- ESPN Press Room: four-year extension of FA Cup US rights (May 2024)
- ESPN Press Room: FA Cup final headlines the weekend (May 2026)
Couldn't read: The FA's February 2024 TNT Sports announcement (server error), its list of past finals (loads by script), and ESPN+ and TNT Sports prices (not read). Not yet published by anyone: the 2027 kick-off, finalists and international broadcasters.
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