Disney+ secures Gary Neville’s Overlap football podcasts
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Disney+ has agreed a multimillion-pound rights and title-sponsorship deal to distribute Gary Neville’s The Overlap football podcasts, expanding the brand’s reach while retaining its existing YouTube presence. The agreement places Neville’s shows in direct competition with Gary Lineker’s Netflix-backed The Rest is Football, highlighting streaming platforms’ growing interest in established independent football media.
Disney+ will show 40 episodes of Stick to Football, featuring Neville, Jamie Carragher, Jill Scott, Ian Wright and Roy Keane, plus 50 episodes of the new Stick to United with Wayne Rooney and Mark Goldbridge. Six additional Stick to Football episodes will initially be exclusive to Disney+ subscribers before reaching YouTube, while Disney+ has also acquired rights to Rooney family documentary The Real Rooneys. The Overlap says it attracts 38 million monthly YouTube views, after recording 2.2 billion views across platforms in 2025.
- Disney+ gains The Overlap podcast rights in a multimillion-pound deal.
- YouTube releases continue alongside Disney+ distribution.
- Neville’s shows will compete with Lineker’s Netflix-backed football podcast.
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The Overlap is a football media company founded by former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville. Its shows feature players, managers and pundits discussing matches, clubs and their experiences, and have built a large audience mainly through free videos and podcasts online.
Neville is joined on different programmes by well-known football figures, including former England striker Wayne Rooney, while Mark Goldbridge is a prominent online football commentator. Disney+ is a subscription streaming service owned by Disney, which already carries sport-related documentaries and entertainment alongside its wider catalogue.
The deal reflects a wider shift in which major streaming services are investing in football discussion shows as well as live sport. Another example is The Rest is Football, led by former England striker Gary Lineker and backed by Netflix, showing how established football personalities are creating media brands outside traditional television.
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Originally published by The Guardian as “Disney+ buys rights to Gary Neville’s Overlap content in riposte to Lineker’s Netflix deal”.