Sky Sports News HQ reports exclusively to the on-trade

Sky Sports News HQ presenters Kirsty Gallagher and Ed Draper have recorded a special promotional broadcast for the on-trade, looking ahead to the start of the 2016/17 Premier League season.

The new season, which kicks off on Saturday August 13 as the Champions Leicester City visit newly-promoted Hull City, exclusively live on Sky Sports 1 at 12.30pm. 

Pubs with Sky Sports will have more football than previously offered this season, including 126 matches from the Premier League, 127 matches from the Sky Bet EFL, the EFL Cup, SPFL football including every Old Firm derby and exclusive coverage of Celtic and Rangers’ home games, as well as hundreds of matches from Spain's La Liga, the Copa del Rey Final, the William Hill Scottish Cup, the Eredivisie and MLS.

Sky Sports will also show live coverage of qualification matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup for Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as well as highlights of England’s matches.