Match of the Day
NR
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 39 : 29th April 1972
April. 29,1972
International Match of the Day from Wembley featuring The European Football Championship Quarter Final (First Leg)
England v West Germany
Commentator DAVID COLEMAN with action replays, analysis and expert opinion from DON REVIE , BRIAN CLOUGH , JOCK STEIN, BOBBY CHARLTON and BOB WILSON.
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Episode 38 : 22nd April 1972
April. 22,1972
Two-match action from the last full Saturday Football League programme in season 1971/72.
David Coleman introduces action, analysis, interviews.
Manchester City v Derby County
Birmingham City v Middlesbrough
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Episode 37 : 15th April 1972
April. 15,1972
Match of the Day: The FA Cup Semi-Finals
Birmingham City v Leeds United
Action from one of today's FA Cup semi-final ties as Birmingham v Leeds United and Arsenal v Stoke City fight it out for the right to appear in the Wembley Centenary Cup Final on 6 May.
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Episode 36 : 8th April 1972
April. 08,1972
Match of the Day Special
Two-match action from Division 1 and The Grand National.
Introduced by David Coleman.
Manchester City v West Ham United
Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers
The Grand National
Another look at the world's greatest steeplechase event and the triumphs of Aintree 1972.
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Episode 34 : 25th March 1972
March. 25,1972
Two-match action and the 'Goal of the Month' goals parade for March.
David Coleman introduces action, interviews and the 'Goal of the Month'.
Brighton & Hove Albion v Aston Villa
Newcastle United v Manchester City
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Episode 33 : 18th March 1972
March. 18,1972
The FA Cup Sixth Round.
Action highlights from two of today's quarter-final FA Cup Ties as eight teams seek to follow Arsenal as Cup Final victors.
Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United v Stoke City
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Episode 32 : 11th March 1972
March. 11,1972
David Coleman introduces championship soccer action from the First and Second Divisions.
Norwich City v Sunderland
Newcastle United v Arsenal
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Episode 31 : 4th March 1972
March. 04,1972
David Coleman introduces two-match action, analysis and views from the Saturday Football League programme.
The result of the February 'Goal of the Month' competition with £100-worth of Premium Bonds for the winner.
Leeds United v Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United
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Episode 30 : 26th February 1972
February. 26,1972
The FA Cup Fifth Round.
Action highlights involving six of the 16 clubs battling today.
David Coleman, Barry Davies and John Motson are commentators at three of the top Cup Ties and the 'Goal of the Month'.
Leyton Orient v Chelsea
Cardiff City v Leeds United
Manchester United v Middlesbrough
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Episode 29 : 19th February 1972
February. 19,1972
First Division action highlights introduced by Barry Davies.
Leeds United v Manchester United
Coventry City v Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Episode 28 : 12th February 1972
February. 12,1972
Barry Davies introduces two-match action, news, views and analysis from the Football League programme.
Aston Villa v Bournemouth
Sheffield United v Manchester City
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Episode 26 : 29th January 1972
January. 29,1972
Barry Davies introduces two-match action and January's 'Goal of the Month' competition.
Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United
West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United
The pick of January's League and Cup goals on parade for a prize of £100-worth of Premium Bonds.
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Episode 25 : 22nd January 1972
January. 22,1972
David Coleman introduces action analysis and interviews from the Saturday Football League programme.
Sheffield Wednesday v Millwall
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool
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Episode 23 : 8th January 1972
January. 08,1972
David Coleman introduces action, analysis and the key interviews from the busy Football League Saturday.
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City
Stoke City v Arsenal
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Episode 22 : 1st January 1972
January. 01,1972
David Coleman introduces two-match action and the result of the December 'Goal of the Month' competition.
Queens Park Rangers v Burnley
Arsenal v Everton
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Episode 21 : 18th December 1971
December. 18,1971
Two-match action, 'Goal of the Month', analysis and interviews - introduced by David Coleman.
Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion
Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur
Goal parade features the most spectacular scoring efforts from the December matches on BBC1.
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Episode 20 : 11th December 1971
December. 11,1971
David Coleman introduces two-match action, analysis and the top news from the busy Football League fixture list.
Southampton v West Ham United
Chelsea v Leeds United
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Episode 18 : 27th November 1971
November. 27,1971
Two-match action from today's Football League programme and the 'Goal of the Month ' parade from the November matches.
David Coleman introduces action, analysis and the 'Goals of the Month': in August Wyn Davies (Manchester City) scored the winning goal; in September Bobby Charlton of Manchester United; last month the honour went to Millwall's Gordon Bolland.
Southampton v Manchester United
Burnley v Swindon Town
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Episode 17 : 20th November 1971
November. 20,1971
David Coleman introduces match action from two leading First Division grounds. Goals, news, views from the busy Saturday football scene.
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal
West Ham United v Manchester City
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Episode 16 : 13th November 1971
November. 13,1971
David Coleman introduces two-match action which could have a bearing on two championships. Action plus analysis plus views plus the key news from the day's busy Football League programme.
Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur
Aston Villa v Notts County
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Episode 15 : 6th November 1971
November. 06,1971
Two-match action and the result of the October 'Goal of the Month' competition.
Hull City v Norwich City
West Ham United v Sheffield United
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Episode 14 : 30th October 1971
October. 30,1971
Action from two First Division matches and the Goal of the Month entry for October.
Manchester United v Leeds United
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Coventry City
David Coleman introduces one hour of action, analysis and views.
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Episode 13 : 23rd October 1971
October. 23,1971
David Coleman introduces two-match action plus analysis and views from the Saturday soccer scene.
Derby County v Arsenal
Blackpool v Queens Park Rangers
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Episode 12 : 16th October 1971
October. 16,1971
David Coleman introduces two-match action, news and views, with the League tables still wide open after two months of a new season with refreshing pace-making by teams like Sheffield United, Notts County, Norwich and Brentford.
Leeds United v Manchester City
Millwall v Bristol City
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Episode 11 : 9th October 1971
October. 09,1971
David Coleman introduces two-match action from the First Division plus the news, analysis and views of the day.
Derby County v Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool v Chelsea
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Episode 10 : 2nd October 1971
October. 02,1971
Four First Division teams in action. The result of September's 'Goal of the Month' competition. News, views and analysis.
Manchester United v Sheffield United
Southampton v Arsenal
David Coleman introduces one hour of match action and the selected 1-2-3 goals during the month of September.
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Episode 9 : 25th September 1971
September. 25,1971
Liverpool v Manchester United
West Ham United v Stoke City
David Coleman introduces the 'Goal of the Month' parade.
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Episode 8 : 18th September 1971
September. 18,1971
Two-match action introduced by David Coleman.
Everton v Arsenal
Leicester City v Sheffield United
Today's action goals will be considered for the September 'Goal of the Month' competition.
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Episode 6 : 4th September 1971
September. 04,1971
David Coleman introduces one hour of soccer action, news and analysis from the Saturday football programme.
Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool
Swindon Town v Queens Park Rangers
Who will be the first winner in season 1971-72 of the popular 'Goal of the Month' competition?
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Episode 2 : Match of the Day: The Watney Cup Final
August. 07,1971
Match of the Day features The Watney Cup Final.
West Bromwich Albion v Colchester United
Action from the final stage of football's pre-season knock-out tournament which has involved the highest-scoring teams from the four divisions of the Football League.
Last year's final produced five goals when Derby County defeated Manchester United 4-1.
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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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