ITV confirm five Championship games to be shown for FREE including Millwall vs West Ham and more monster derbies

FIERCE rivals Millwall and West Ham are set to lock horns for the first time in 14 years next month – and ITV will be screening the showdown for free. The Hammers, who sold Freddie Potts to Club Brugge earlier today, are among the favourites to win the Championship title this season. Jarrod Bowen and his West Ham team-mates will have two Championship clashes screened on ITV Credit: Alamy Alex Neil’s Millwall are set to host the Hammers in a televised derby next month Credit: Shutterstock Editorial West Ham are desperate to seal an immediate return to the Premier League after suffering relegation on the final day of last term. But Millwall are also heading into the new campaign dreaming of bagging a place in the top flight. Sign up for the Football newsletter Thank you! And ITV have announced they will broadcast the monster derby between the Lions and West Ham on September 19. It will be the first meeting since the ten-man Hammers notched a 2-1 win over their hated rivals before going on to seal promotion via the play-offs in 2012. ITV are also set to show four other Championship clashes before the turn of the year. Middlesbrough’s contest with West Brom will be the opening second tier game on free-to-air TV this season. Boro, who lost to Hull City in last season’s play-off final, are in line to battle it out with the Baggies at the Riverside Stadium on August 29. A fiery south coast derby between Southampton and Portsmouth will be on the box as well. Most read in Sport SUN VEGAS WELCOME OFFER: GET UP TO £100 BONUS ITV will show five Championship clashes before the end of the year Credit: Getty Saints, whose boss Tonda Eckert received death threats following Spygate, take on Pompey on October 11. ITV have also bagged the rights to screen Burnley’s encounter with neighbours Blackburn Rovers on November 22. The Clarets notched a narrow 1-0 win when the Lancashire foes met last year. And ITV’s final Championship offering of 2026 will be West Ham’s trip to Birmingham. The Blues have been preparing for the new season with some eye-catching friendlies, including against LaLiga title holders Barcelona. Jarrod Bowen and his West Ham team-mates are on course to make the trip to St Andrews for the televised game on December 19. Comment now