Match of the Day
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8.6
1964
News
, Talk
BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015.
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- Cast:
- Gary Lineker , Gabby Logan , Ian Wright , Alan Shearer
Episode 42 : International Match of the Day: 22nd May 1971
May. 22,1971
England v Scotland from Wembley and Northern Ireland v Wales from Belfast
David Coleman is the commentator at Wembley Stadium for the oldest soccer international in the world - England v Scotland.
Kenneth Wolstenholme is the commentator at Windsor Park, Belfast, for N Ireland v Wales and yet another spectacular home appearance from Ireland's favourite footballer - George Best of Manchester United.
BBC soccer experts Don Revie, Jock Stein, Joe Mercer, Noel Cantwell and Bobby Charlton analyse the key action and sum up the 1971 Home International tournament.
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Episode 40 : Cup Final Match of the Day
May. 08,1971
David Coleman introduces action highlights from this afternoon's Arsenal v Liverpool 1971 Cup Final from the winners' celebration hotel in London's West End.
The Expert View-from Don Revie (Manager of Leeds United), Joe Mercer (Manager of Manchester City) and Bobby Charlton (Captain of Manchester United).
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Episode 39 : 1st May 1971
May. 01,1971
News, views, analysis... David Coleman introduces the key issues from the Saturday scene.
Liverpool v Southampton
Fulham v Preston North End
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Episode 38 : 24th April 1971
April. 24,1971
Introduced by David Coleman.
Southampton v Leeds United
Millwall v Hull City
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Episode 37 : 17th April 1971
April. 17,1971
Introduced by David Coleman.
Leeds United v West Bromwich Albion
Arsenal v Newcastle United
Cardiff City v Watford (Wales only)
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Episode 36 : 10th April 1971
April. 10,1971
Promotion: Soccer action from the Second Division where clubs have been fighting it out at the top.
Leicester City v Sheffield United
Relegation: Soccer action from the First Division where desperate attempts are being made to prevent the drop to the Second.
Burnley v Blackpool
Introduced by David Coleman.
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Episode 35 : 3rd April 1971
April. 03,1971
Bristol Rovers v Preston North End
Coventry City v Tottenham Hotspur
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Episode 34 : Match of the Day: The FA Cup Semi-Final
March. 27,1971
Action from one of today's FA Cup Semi-Finals, the last stage before the Wembley Final on 8 May.
Everton v Liverpool
All the Cup news, views and interviews plus the parade of March goals for the return of the 'Goal of the Month' competition.
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Episode 32 : 13th March 1971
March. 13,1971
David Coleman introduces action from two important First Division matches.
Blackpool v Leeds United
Coventry City v Liverpool
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Episode 31 : Match of the Day: FA Cup Quarter-finals
March. 06,1971
Match action from two of today's FA Cup Sixth Round ties.
David Coleman and Kenneth Wolstenholme are the commentators on a Cup afternoon when Fourth Division Colchester United and Second Division Leicester City and Hull City attempt to move into the lucrative last four on the Wembley trail.
David Coleman introduces the two-match action and news, analysis, views and interviews.
Everton v Colchester United
Leicester City v Arsenal
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Episode 30 : 27th February 1971
February. 27,1971
David Coleman introduces action highlights from two First Division matches and the 'Goal of the Month' competition.
Derby County v Arsenal
Crystal Palace v Burnley
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Episode 29 : 20th February 1971
February. 20,1971
Featuring action highlights from two of today's attractive Football League fixtures.
Portsmouth v Luton Town
West Ham United v Manchester City
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Episode 28 : Match of the Day: FA Cup Fifth Round
February. 13,1971
Three of today's leading Fifth Round FA Cup ties as the battle for places on the Wembley Cup Final trail narrows down to the last eight clubs. David Coleman, Kenneth Wolstenholme and Barry Davies are the commentators at the matches.
David Coleman introduces news, interviews, action analysis.
Colchester United v Leeds United
Liverpool v Southampton
Leicester City v Oxford United
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Episode 27 : 6th February 1971
February. 06,1971
David Coleman introduces action, news, analysis, interviews.
Leeds United v Liverpool
Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur
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Episode 26 : 30th January 1971
January. 30,1971
Chelsea v West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crystal Palace
The January goal parade from matches shown in both League and Cup matches for the sixth 'Goal of the Month' competition this season.
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Episode 25 : Match of the Day: The FA Cup Fourth Round
January. 23,1971
Action from three of today's 16 Fourth Round FA Cup ties. The Fourth Round draw lives up to its reputation for providing classic pairings.
Action, analysis, news and views about the teams seeking Wembley glory and Cup Final profits.
Derby County v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Portsmouth v Arsenal
Everton v Middlesbrough
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Episode 24 : 16th January 1971
January. 16,1971
Huddersfield Town v Arsenal
Manchester United v Burnley
Barry Davies introduces this two-match action plus analysis.
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Episode 23 : 9th January 1971
January. 09,1971
Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City v Crystal Palace
Today's goals can be included in the January parade for 'Goal of the Month', the most popular football competition on television.
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Episode 22 : Match of the Day: The FA Cup Third Round
January. 02,1971
Football match action from three of the leading ties in the third round of the FA Cup.
This is the round which brings in Chelsea, the present holders of the FA Cup; also Leeds United, beaten by Chelsea after two thrilling, extra-time Cup Finals last season; and Manchester United, who were involved in three semi-finals against Leeds last March.
Blackpool v West Ham United
Manchester City v Wigan
Nottingham Forest v Luton Town
The result of the December 'Goal of the Month' competition.
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Episode 21 : 26th December 1970
December. 26,1970
Two First Division matches; the December 'Goal of the Month' parade; top news and views from the holiday fixture list.
Derby County v Manchester United
Cardiff City v Swindon Town
Goals from the December matches for the fifth month of the highly popular 'Goal of the Month' competition which attracts an average monthly entry of 60,000 postcards.
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Episode 20 : 19th December 1970
December. 19,1970
David Coleman introduces two-match action plus the real news and the right views from the day's Football League fixture list.
Manchester United v Arsenal
Leicester City v Queens Park Rangers
More goals on parade for the 'Goal of the Month' competition which has now attracted more than 200,000 postcard entries since the season began last August.
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Episode 19 : 12th December 1970
December. 12,1970
David Coleman presents this two-match action soccer programme plus the news, views, and analysis from the day's football league programme.
Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Cardiff City v Sunderland
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Episode 17 : 28th November 1970
November. 28,1970
Introduced by David Coleman.
Fulham v Aston Villa
Everton v Tottenham Hotspur
The best November goals go on parade for the 'Goal of the Month' competition - winning result next Saturday.
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Episode 16 : 21st November 1970
November. 21,1970
Introduced by David Coleman.
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leeds United
Oxford United v Swindon Town
Goals shown from tonight's two matches can be included in the November 'Goal of the Month' competition which reaches its four-match finale next Saturday in Match of the Day. Last month's postcard entry totalled 65,000.
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Episode 15 : 14th November 1970
November. 14,1970
David Coleman introduces action from two First Division matches prominent on the day's Football League fixture list.
Manchester City v Derby County
West Bromwich Albion v Southampton
Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers (Wales only)
Goals of the day: news of the day: views and analysis.
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Episode 14 : 7th November 1970
November. 07,1970
Hull City v Luton Town
Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley
Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City (Wales only)
The winning 1-2-3 selection will be shown from the October 'Goal of the Month' competition.
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Episode 13 : 31st October 1970
October. 31,1970
Introduced by David Coleman.
Newcastle United v Manchester United
Torquay United v Fulham
Cardiff City v Hull City (Wales only)
Who will win the October 'Goal of the Month' competition which last month attracted a remarkable total of 35,000 postcards?
Tonight all the key October goals are on parade. The winner will be announced next Saturday.
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Episode 12 : 24th October 1970
October. 24,1970
David Coleman introduces two-match First Division action and a news - views analysis of the Saturday talking points.
Derby County v Leeds United
Ipswich Town v Liverpool
The fourth Saturday of goal action for the October 'Goal of the Month' competition which last month attracted 35,000 entries.
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Episode 11 : 17th October 1970
October. 17,1970
Arsenal v Everton
Cardiff City v Leicester City
Goals scored in this programme count in the 'Goal of the Month' competition.
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Episode 10 : 10th October 1970
October. 10,1970
David Coleman introduces two-match action, the important news and the vital views from Saturday's Football League programme.
Chelsea v Manchester City
Birmingham City v Sheffield United
The pick of the goals from the two matches above count in the 'Goal of the Month' competition.
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Episode 6 : 12th September 1970
September. 12,1970
David Coleman introduces two-match action, news, views, and analysis from Saturday's Football League fixture parade.
Sheffield Wednesday v Queens Park Rangers
West Bromwich Albion v West Ham United
Each goal from these matches can feature at the end of the month in Match of the Day's new "Goal of the Month" competition.
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Episode 5 : 5th Septmber 1970
September. 05,1970
Introduced by David Coleman. Analysis from Bob Wilson.
The start of the September action in the new 'Goal of the Month' competition.
Liverpool v Manchester United
Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur
The goals scored in these two Colour matches will be shown at the end of the month and viewers will be asked to nominate their 1-2-3 selections.
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Episode 4 : 29th August 1970
August. 29,1970
David Coleman introduces one hour of action, news, views, and analysis from the third Saturday of the new League season.
Everton v Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur v Coventry City
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Episode 3 : 22nd August 1970
August. 22,1970
David Coleman introduces the national two-match soccer programme plus expert big-game action analysis from Bob Wilson, Arsenal's goalkeeper and a member of the BBC World Cup panel of experts.
Arsenal v Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur
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Seasons
Season 41
Match of the Day returns to the BBC for the new season, as part of a new football package on the BBC.
Season 40
In August 2003, it is announced that the BBC has won back the right to show Premiership highlights from 2004, for three years.
Season 38
With Saturday night highlights now being shown on ITV's The Premiership, Match of the Day reverted to covering live FA Cup and England matches as well as some UEFA Cup games.
Season 37
ITV won back the Premier League highlights as part of a three year deal. They also obtained Nationwide League rights whilst the BBC regained the FA Cup and England games. It was a major blow to the BBC, but Match of the Day continued to show live FA Cup and European games.
Season 36
Before the season began, on 2 August, Des Lynam resigned from the BBC and moved to ITV to become their main football presenter. Gary Lineker took over as the main presenter for the show.
Season 35
Des Lynam presented 36 of the 45 League and Cup programmes plus eight more UEFA Cup shows. Gary Lineker also fronted five editions with Ray Stubbs hosting the remaining four.
Season 34
A new four year deal secured Premier League highlights on the BBC. Mark Lawrenson joined Trevor Brooking and Alan Hansen as a regular pundit during the second half of the season.
Season 32
When Alex Ferguson's side were discussed on Match of the Day on the opening day of the season Des remarked that "United were scarcely recognizable from the team we've known over the past couple of seasons, what's going on do you feel?" Alan Hansen famously replied: "You can't win anything with kids... he's got to buy players, it's as simple as that."
Season 29
With the new season came a new Premier League, a new contract and a new show, fronted by Des Lynam. Des was joined by new regular pundits, Alan Hansen and Trevor Brooking, and the show reverted to the classic format of extended highlights from three main games. Now, however, as well as all the extra analysis, viewers were also able to see the goals from all the other matches as well.
Season 28
After several years of speculation it was announced in February that a new, breakaway FA Premier League was going to be formed. ITV were expected to win the TV rights but the BBC and BSkyB combined to place a counter bid and had strong influence within the new organisation. In May 1992 the rights were decided and each club had one vote. BSkyB were awarded live matches on Sundays and Mondays and the BBC gained the Saturday night highlights as part of a five year deal. The two companies also joined forces to sign a new five year deal to cover FA Cup and International matches. ITV would be covering the Football League and the League Cup.
Season 27
In the third season of the new contract there were 20 editions of Match of the Day but they were still restricted to covering FA Cup matches.
Season 26
Des Lynam continued to present the show, joined by Jimmy Hill and Terry Venables as regular pundits.
Season 25
Match of the Day celebrated its 25th anniversary and had to cope with the fact that, for the first time since its inception in 1964, it couldn't broadcast any League football. Instead, the team settled into the four year contract with the intention of breathing new life into the FA Cup. With the new contract came a totally revamped show.
Season 24
The focus was still on the big clubs and the shows were very irregular. They followed the same format as the previous year with a mixture of live League games on Sunday afternoons and highlights shows for the FA Cup. This was also Jimmy Hill's final season as presenter after a record 15 years in charge of the show.
Season 23
With highlights out of fashion there were only 14 editions of Match of the Day all season and the only League action came in the seven live games on Sunday afternoons.
Season 22
In 1985 the television rights came up for renegotiation and BBC and ITV offered £16m for four years. This was in return for 19 live games plus weekend highlights. The Football League met on Valentine's Day and rejected it. Football was, however, in a weak negotiating position as the game was rife with hooliganism and the two sides became deadlocked. The result was a total black-out for the first part of the season which annoyed fans and concerned the sponsors. The Football League finally backed down and agreed a deal that gave them less money per game than before on a short term two and a half year contract. The remaining six months was worth £1.3m with a two year £6.2m extension confirmed in June. The supporters were delighted and Match of the Day resumed in January. It concentrated mainly on FA Cup highlights and the occasional live League match on a Sunday.
Season 21
The show celebrated its 20th anniversary and matches were still being broadcast on Fridays. Most other sports were now seen live on television so the production team wanted to continue the football experiment as well. Jonathan Martin, the Head of Sport at the time, recalled that the experiment was disappointing: "We only got six or seven million viewers on a Friday night which was poor for the slot so we moved to Sundays in the following year." This was to be the last time that Match of the Day contained weekly League highlights until the beginning of the 1992-93 season.
Season 20
Match of the Day was back on Saturday nights as a highlights show but was supplemented by live matches on Friday evenings. The BBC and ITV had been allocated seven games each with the commercial channel choosing to broadcast theirs on Sunday afternoons. This was a radical change in strategy by all involved as prior to this new two year contract the only regular live domestic football had been the FA Cup Final, England against Scotland and the European Cup Final. Match of the Day was cancelled from 15 October to 19 November due to strike action at the BBC.
Season 18
The programme returned to Saturday nights. Only two games were allowed to be shown per show.
Season 17
After 16 seasons in the Saturday night slot, Match of the Day moved to Sunday afternoons.
Season 16
For the first time Match of the Day was allowed to screen additional games, and on 13 weekends there were highlights from three different matches.
Season 15
In November ITV signed a secret three year deal with the Football League to show edited highlights on Saturday nights instead of Sundays in an attempt to break away from the joint negotiating strategy and replace Match of the Day.
A ruling by the Office of Fair Trading prevented ITV's exclusive contract being signed but a compromise was reached.
For the duration of the next four year contract it was agreed that the BBC and ITV would have to alternate their programme coverage with Match of the Day switching to Sunday afternoons for the 1980-81 and 1982-83 seasons.
Season 14
Match of the Day celebrates its 500th edition, marked with a special Radio Times cover and a new set of opening titles with hundreds of school children holding up cards that depicted Jimmy Hill's face and the Match of the Day logo.
Season 10
Match of the Day appoints Jimmy Hill as the new presenter, after signing him from LWT. He was the first to both present the programme and offer expert analysis.
Season 9
The current contractual agreement meant that Match of the Day had to lead with a Division Two fixture, and twice with a match from Division Three.
Season 7
1970 saw the introduction of the Goal of the Month competition, which led to thousands of postcards being sent to the BBC.
Season 6
From 1969, the programme becomes live and studio based, rather than being pre-recorded at the ground of the featured match, and there were now two games seen each week.
Season 4
Once again, protracted negotiations during the summer ensured the return of the show. In order to secure the deal the BBC had to agree to broadcast five matches from Division Two and two from Divisions Three or Four as well as the 23 Division One games that they wanted.
Season 3
In the year that saw England win the World Cup, Match of the Day moves to BBC ONE.
Season 2
Despite attempts by some clubs to prevent its return due to fear over ticket sales, Match of the Day returned to the BBC in October 1965 two months after the start of the new season.
The duration of each programme had been reduced to 45 minutes in length and it could no longer be broadcast before 10.00pm.
Season 1
Match of the Day begins on 22 August 1964, for coverage of Liverpool versus Arsenal. Kenneth Wolstenholme opens the programme with the words: "Welcome to Match of the Day, the first of a weekly series coming to you every Saturday on BBC TWO. As you can hear we're in Beatleville for this Liverpool versus Arsenal match." The programme began on BBC TWO where it remained until 1966.
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