Huge blow for soap fans as football takes priority – again!

Soap fans are fuming as football takes priority once again (Picture: Getty / ITV / Shutterstock)

Coronation Street and Emmerdale fans are facing another change to their usual viewing plans, with both ITV soaps set to be taken off air next week to make way for live football.

The latest schedule shake-up will see an evening of Weatherfield and Yorkshire drama replaced by a Carabao Cup clash, marking yet another interruption for soap fans after a summer packed with sporting changes.

ITV has confirmed that the second round of the Carabao Cup will get a pr...