{"id":819,"date":"2025-01-24T14:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/?p=819"},"modified":"2025-02-07T10:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T10:01:33","slug":"motd-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/motd-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch MotD Online Anywhere in the World in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-size: medium; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_MOTD_Online_Free_of_Charge_%E2%80%93_Direct_from_the_BBC\"><\/span>Watch MOTD Online Free of Charge\u00a0 &#8211; Direct from the BBC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>There are of course lots of ways to enjoy the Premiership coverage online irrespective of which country you are in.\u00a0 Last year I watched the full show including the Manchester derby on Indian TV in a bar in Goa.\u00a0 This was streamed live via a broadcaster called Star TV who at that time had rights to all Premier League matches. This worked great until they moved the show to their premium channel, however for most British Premiership fans there&#8217;s something more enjoyable about watching it with familiar commentators on Match of the Day from UK TV.\u00a0 \u00a0Unfortunately for most of these you have to be in the United Kingdom to watch, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b007t9y1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Match of the Day<\/a> (or MotD) is no exception.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_75 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/motd-in-europe\/#Watch_MOTD_Online_Free_of_Charge_%E2%80%93_Direct_from_the_BBC\" >Watch MOTD Online Free of Charge\u00a0 &#8211; Direct from the BBC<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/motd-in-europe\/#latest_Nord_VPN_discounts_here\" >latest Nord VPN discounts here.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/motd-in-europe\/#How_to_Watch_MotD_Online_Anywhere\" >How to Watch MotD Online Anywhere<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/motd-in-europe\/#Watch_MotD_Online_for_Free\" >Watch MotD Online for Free<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/motd-in-europe\/#Updated_Questions_%E2%80%93_Watching_Match_of_the_Day_Online\" >Updated Questions &#8211; Watching Match of the Day Online<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/motd-in-europe\/#How_to_Watch_Match_of_the_Day_in_the_US\" >How to Watch Match of the Day in the US?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/motd-in-europe\/#How_to_Watch_MotD_in_Australia\" >How to Watch MotD in Australia?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/motd-in-europe\/#How_to_Watch_MoTD_outside_UK\" >How to Watch MoTD outside UK?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/motd-in-europe\/#Can_I_Watch_Match_of_the_Day_Online_Free_of_Charge\" >Can I Watch Match of the Day Online Free of Charge?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/motd-in-europe\/#_You_can_access_the_Free_Trial_of_Smart_DNS_Proxy_here\" >\u00a0You can access the Free Trial of Smart DNS Proxy here.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/football-1406106_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-820 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/football-1406106_640.jpg\" alt=\"motd bbc match\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/football-1406106_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/football-1406106_640-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, although every episode of Match of the Day can be watched live and through their archive section, if you&#8217;re outside the United Kingdom then you can&#8217;t access it.\u00a0 There was some talk that it would be made available throughout Europe through the EU&#8217;s digital marketplace initiatives but that&#8217;s unlikely to happen now because of Brexit.\u00a0 \u00a0Yet there&#8217;s no need to worry, you can enjoy Motd streaming on BBC iPlayer from anywhere in the world pretty easily.<\/p>\n<p>Every visitor to the BBC&#8217;s website has their IP address checked.\u00a0 If it&#8217;s outside the United Kingdom, then it&#8217;s routed through to the international version of the site without all the TV and iPlayer links.\u00a0 Even if you go directly to the streaming section of the site, none of the programs will play and you&#8217;ll be greeted with the message &#8216;not available outside the UK&#8217;.\u00a0 This will happen on all the programs not just Match of the Day, which is further restricted mainly due to the licensing arrangements with the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>So, to <a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/enjoy-a-match-of-the-day-stream-from-anywhere\/\">enjoy all the Premier League action on Match of the Day anywhere<\/a> then you need to be able to hide your IP address.\u00a0 It&#8217;s this which is used to identify your location and blocks the MoTD BBC coverage and all the BBC match coverage.\u00a0 You need to bypass this to watch Match of the Day online and any of the online UK TV content.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, there is a workaround as you can see in the following section and video demonstration &#8211; we&#8217;re using NordVPN to access the site &#8211;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"latest_Nord_VPN_discounts_here\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/nord\">latest Nord VPN discounts here<\/a>.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: medium; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Watch_MotD_Online_Anywhere\"><\/span>How to Watch MotD Online Anywhere<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v7o3MethDqo\" width=\"760\" height=\"615\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nAs you can see when the site is first accessed, the non-UK IP address is easily detected. However, by using a connection to a VPN you can hide your real location. When connected the BBC will only see the address of the VPN server which as long as it&#8217;s located in the UK will grant full access.\u00a0 It means you can actually <a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/\">watch BBC iPlayer<\/a> from anywhere.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_MotD_Online_for_Free\"><\/span>Watch MotD Online for Free<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Many millions of people, use these VPN services to access all sorts of resources which are blocked by location. Virtually every major media site for example, uses this &#8216;geo-blocking&#8217; technology to restrict access to certain locations. Mostly they restrict access to the domestic market although it&#8217;s likely this will increase to include different locations and even demographics.<\/p>\n<p>I often get asked if using a VPN to watch things like Match of the Day online is legal? The simple fact is that you&#8217;re simply using a tool to provide some privacy to your internet connection.\u00a0 Sure, this does allow you to watch MoTD and other BBC One shows, but there&#8217;s no laws against it.\u00a0 The only proviso is that you&#8217;re technically breaching the BBC iPlayer terms of service.\u00a0 However literally millions of people do it all over the world! A huge proportion of people who enjoy the full show and watch MoTD on a Saturday night are outside the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s lots of these VPN services available if you want to join them.\u00a0 However, the version demonstrated in the video above is called <a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/nord\">NordVPN<\/a> and works as well as any of them.\u00a0 You can also install it easily on all your devices, yes you can watch Match of the Day on your mobile phone too.\u00a0 \u00a0With the <a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/how-to-use-bbc-download-abroad\/\">BBC iPlayer download<\/a> feature, you can even store it to enjoy your favorite BBC match later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/nord\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-843 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paid-banners-Q1-affiliate-728x90-eur.png\" alt=\"motd bbc match\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paid-banners-Q1-affiliate-728x90-eur.png 728w, https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paid-banners-Q1-affiliate-728x90-eur-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paid-banners-Q1-affiliate-728x90-eur-720x89.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are always changing their special offers, but if you click the above logo, you&#8217;ll go to the latest best deal available.\u00a0 You can literally install the software and be enjoying Match of the Day in a few minutes.\u00a0 Although due to the restrictions in the Premier League die to the Corona virus, it&#8217;s often at different times if you want to enjoy it live.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Updated_Questions_%E2%80%93_Watching_Match_of_the_Day_Online\"><\/span>Updated Questions &#8211; Watching Match of the Day Online<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some of the additional questions, this page has received over the years.\u00a0 \u00a0Some of the information may be slightly duplicated but repeated for ease of access.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Watch_Match_of_the_Day_in_the_US\"><\/span>How to Watch Match of the Day in the US?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In exactly the same way as anywhere outside the UK.\u00a0 You simply need a VPN or proxy to hide your real location and make it look like you&#8217;re in the UK.\u00a0 You then need to create a BBC account, input a UK postcode (any valid one will do) and log on to the BBC iPlayer site.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll be asked if you have a UK TV license (which you must say you have &#8211; there&#8217;s no check) then you can watch Match of the Day when it&#8217;s broadcast.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not archived for long so make sure\u00a0 you watch it quickly &#8211; usually the week of broadcast.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Watch_MotD_in_Australia\"><\/span>How to Watch MotD in Australia?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;ll be blocked until you change your IP address from an Australian one to a British one.\u00a0 Just sign in to your VPN service and then click on a UK server.\u00a0 Then you can watch Match of the Day on Saturday night like everyone else.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll need to create a BBC account while you&#8217;re VPN is connected just enter a valid <a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/get-a-valid-postcode-for-itv\/\">UK postcode<\/a> when prompted (anyone will do as long as it&#8217;s valid) and any email address.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest challenge from users in Australia we&#8217;ve heard about it the internet speeds.\u00a0 Routing all your traffic through to the UK and then to a BBC server and back will take up a little bandwidth and will reduce your overall connection speed a little. The minimum recommended speed for BBC iPlayer is 2Mbs for standard definition and 5Mbs for High definition.\u00a0 When you use a VPN I suggest you&#8217;d double that to take into account the extra routing.<\/p>\n<p>Streaming through a slow internet connection is\u00a0 painful, although remember you can download programs to watch offline if you find you can&#8217;t stream MotD easily!<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Watch_MoTD_outside_UK\"><\/span>How to Watch MoTD outside UK?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s simple you just need to hide your IP address and make it look like you&#8217;re actually in the UK.\u00a0 \u00a0It&#8217;s easily done by connecting to a UK VPN server which you can purchase online at a very low cost.\u00a0 Then create a free BBC account, use a UK postcode and you&#8217;ll be able to watch live or from the archive.\u00a0 You will be asked if you have a UK TV license but you can just say YES as there&#8217;s no actualy verification of any kind currently in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_I_Watch_Match_of_the_Day_Online_Free_of_Charge\"><\/span>Can I Watch Match of the Day Online Free of Charge?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As explained, BBC iPlayer which hosts Match of the Day is available free of charge outside the UK if you have a UK VPN to bypass the restrictions.\u00a0 The costs of these VPN services are fairly small, you can get NordVPN for a few bucks a month.\u00a0 There&#8217;s no real long term free solution that works anymore unfortunately as all the free VPNs have been blocked years ago. However there is a free 14 day trial of one product that works &#8211; Smart DNS Proxy which works in a similar way and will let you watch MotD anywhere.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_You_can_access_the_Free_Trial_of_Smart_DNS_Proxy_here\"><\/span>\u00a0You can access the <a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/smart\">Free Trial of Smart DNS Proxy here<\/a>.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch MOTD Online Free of Charge\u00a0 &#8211; Direct from the BBC There are of course lots of ways to enjoy the Premiership coverage online irrespective of which country you are in.\u00a0 Last year I watched the full show including the Manchester derby on Indian TV in a bar in Goa.\u00a0 This was streamed live via a broadcaster called Star TV who at that time had rights to all Premier League matches. This worked great until they moved the show to their premium channel, however for most British Premiership fans there&#8217;s something more enjoyable about watching it with familiar commentators on <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk-tv","category-bbc"],"modified_by":"dotslash","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions\/2520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}