Football Daily: BBC rolls out accessibility links ahead of new podcast

BBC’s Football Daily podcast aired on 10 August 2026, delivering a 52‑minute discussion on Premier League headlines while the corporation simultaneously rolled out new accessibility links on its homepage, including a ‘Skip to content’ shortcut and an ‘Accessibility Help’ option for users.

New accessibility tools on BBC homepage

The site’s JavaScript now creates a status bar with the identifier “idcta-statusbar” marked as publicly cacheable, as shown in the snippet “Accountrequire([\"idcta/statusbar\"],function(a){new a.Statusbar({id:\"idcta-statusbar\",publiclyCacheable:!0})})”. It also removes the “no‑js” class from the wrapper element, ensuring a smoother experience for all visitors.

Navigation has been expanded to list sections such as Home, News, Sport, Weather, iPlayer, Sounds, Bitesize, CBeebies, CBBC, Food, Business, Technology, Health, Culture, Arts, Travel, Earth, Audio, Video, Live, More, Search and Close, with a Notifications area and a prominent App link for mobile users.

Football Daily episode tackles Premier League issues

The 52‑minute episode, recorded for Radio 5 Live on 10 Aug 2026, features Chris Sutton, Izzy Christiansen and Sami Mokbel alongside Kelly Sommers. It opens with analysis of Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola’s comments on squad fitness and speculation about Jeff Bezos’ reported bid for a Liverpool stake.

Further discussion probes Manchester City’s potential loss of Rodri to Barcelona, Arsenal’s unsuccessful pursuit of Vinícius Junior, and Manchester United’s plan to reintegrate Marcus Rashford after an 18‑month loan spell. The panel also explores how a Norwich City fan’s name appeared on a Brazilian club’s shirt.

Time‑coded segments include a 02:00 look at the Bezos consortium, 07:00 on Iraola’s fitness remarks, 22:00 the Guardiola‑Maresca transition at City, 27:00 Arsenal’s Vinícius saga, 32:15 Rashford’s return, and 45:30 the Norwich fan story.

Listeners can stream the episode via Radio 5 Live, the BBC App or the BBC website, where it remains available for 29 days. The programme is part of the broader Football Daily series that regularly examines top‑flight football topics.