Late Kick Off will feature in depth coverage behind-the-scenes with the teams, players, managers and backroom stories from Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham Town, Swindon Town, and Yeovil Town together with teams from the South West and South.
The show, which starts on January 18 on BBC1 at 11.35pm, will get right to the heart of local football with a mix of discussion, opinion, interviews and match analysis.
More than just a highlights programme, it promises to get to grips with the issues fans want to talk about as well as giving some insightful reports both on and off the pitch.
Jonathan Pearce, a well known voice from BBC’s Match of the Day will bring his own sporting expertise to the programme, and if that’s not enough football broadcasting royalty the show’s co-executive producer is his Match of the Day colleague John Roder. Andy Steggall is producing the show and is co-executive producer.
Jonathan will be joined each week by different names and faces from the world of football to talk about the weekend’s biggest games.
Plus he’ll be getting the latest on football life in the West with regular guest presenters Saints player and former Reading skipper Graeme Murty and former Torquay boss and ex Bristol City player Leroy Rosenior.
Jonathan said: "I’m delighted to be presenting a football TV programme targeted at my region’s clubs.
"I live in Sussex, was brought up in Bristol, lived my early years in Cornwall and was born in Plymouth!
"The show will bring you all the updated news from your local Football League teams with interviews, goal action and thought provoking comment from our guests.
“Football has been my life since my first connection with Bristol City when I was 12.
"I am lucky enough to be able to commentate on matches and now returning to studio presentation is a bonus on top.”
John Roder added: “Late Kick Off is something that is completely new and it really is good news for Football League fans, a chance to see more of their local teams but in a way they may not have seen before.
"They’ll get to see highlights but we’ll also examine stories and issues of the day from a different perspective, providing high quality sports journalism.”
And fans don’t have to worry about missing a thing as the programmes will also be on BBC iPlayer at
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer.
Late Kick Off complements coverage of the Football League which returned to the BBC in August for the first time since 1988 building on the success of the network highlights programme, The Football League Show, along with live coverage of two Carling Cup semi finals and the League final.
Along with action from the Premier League on Match Of The Day and BBC Radio 5 Live, the BBC provides sports fans with access to all the goals and all the action, the length and breadth of the country.
Late Kick Off will cover all the Football League teams across the South, South West and West including Aldershot, Bournemouth, Brighton, Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham, Exeter, Plymouth, Reading, Southampton, Swindon, Torquay, Wycombe and Yeovil.
