Match of the Day
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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 41 : 20th May 1978: Home International Championship
May. 20,1978
Scotland v England from Hampden Park, Glasgow
Highlights of today's final match in the 1978 Home International Championship - Scotland's last game before they fly to Argentina for the World Cup Finals. Scotland, Champions in 1976 and 1977, were aiming for more than a hat-trick of titles: Ally MacLeod's men were also after a third successive win over England whom they've beaten 2-1 for the last two years, and three wins running over the English at Hampden Park.
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Episode 40 : 19th May 1978: Home International Championship
May. 19,1978
Wales v Northern Ireland from the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Action highlights from tonight's match in the Home International Championships.
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Episode 39 : 13th May 1978: Home International Championship
May. 13,1978
Northern Ireland v Scotland from Hampden Park, Glasgow
Wales v England from Ninian Park, Cardiff
Last year Scotland beat Northern Ireland 3-0 at Hampden, and went on to win the Championship outright for the second season running. Wales beat England for the first time ever at Wembley, and were unbeaten to finish as runners-up. England were third and Northern Ireland fourth.
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Episode 38 : 6th May 1978: FA Cup Final
May. 06,1978
Direct from the 1978 FA Cup-Winners' Victory Banquet in London's West End. Jimmy Hill introduces highlights from this afternoon's match between Arsenal and Ipswich Town, and talks to the winners as they celebrate their Wembley triumph with their wives and friends. Jimmy Hill analyses the action with the BBC match experts - England's Trevor Brooking, and Southampton manager Lawrie McMenemy.
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Episode 36 : 22nd April 1978
April. 22,1978
Action highlights from two of today's important Football League fixtures. Jimmy Hill analyses the key action of the day, plus the round-up of the day's soccer: the players in the news and the League tables.
Coventry City v Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough v Everton
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Episode 35 : 15th April 1978
April. 15,1978
Action highlights from two of today's crucial Football League matches. Jimmy Hill presents his personality action analysis, plus the round-up of the day's soccer: the players in the news and the League tables.
Watford v Southend United
Everton v Ipswich Town
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Episode 34 : 8th April 1978: FA Cup Semi-Finals
April. 08,1978
BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you the action from one of today's games - the last hurdle before Wembley, and the Cup Final itself on 6 May.
Ipswich Town v West Bromwich Albion
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Episode 33 : 1st April 1978
April. 01,1978
Highlights from two of today's key Football League matches, plus the news round-up of the day's soccer, and the result of the March Goal of the Month competition.
Preston North End v Peterborough United
Arsenal v Manchester United
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Episode 32 : 25th March 1978
March. 25,1978
Jimmy Hill presents his analysis of the key men and the key moves, plus the round-up of the day's news with the League tables and the Score-Draw Check, and the March Goal of the Month competition with £100 in Premium Bonds to be won.
West Ham United v Chelsea
Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United
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Episode 31 : 18th March 1978
March. 18,1978
Jimmy Hill presents his personality action analysis, plus the regular round-up of the day's soccer with the League tables and the late-night Score-Draw check.
Bristol Rovers v Tottenham Hotspur
Derby County v Birmingham City
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Episode 30 : 11th March 1978: FA Cup Quarter-Finals
March. 11,1978
Action highlights from two of today's outstanding FA Cup Quarter-final ties. Cup analysis, interviews and news as eight clubs battle for places in the Semi-finals.
West Bromwich Albion v Nottingham Forest
Millwall v Ipswich Town
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Episode 29 : 4th March 1978
March. 04,1978
Action highlights from two of today's crucial Football League fixtures involving Championship and promotion issues. Jimmy Hill analyses the key action of the day, plus the League tables, the late-night Score-Draw check, and the result of the February Goal of the Month competition.
Arsenal v Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion
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Episode 28 : 25th February 1978
February. 25,1978
Highlights of two of today's top First Division matches, featuring four of the most famous clubs in the Football League. Action analysis by Jimmy Hill, news, interviews and opinions, and the February Goal of the Month competition.
Liverpool v Manchester United
Leeds United v Chelsea
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Episode 27 : 18th February 1978: FA Cup Fifth Round
February. 18,1978
Introduced by Jimmy Hill. Cup analysis, interviews and news as 16 clubs battle for places in the Quarter-finals.
Wrexham v Blyth Spartans
Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest
Arsenal v Walsall
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Episode 26 : 11th February 1978
February. 11,1978
Jimmy Hill introduces one hour of football action, news, interviews and analysis, with coverage of two of today's important League fixtures.
Leicester City v Arsenal
Blackburn Rovers v Luton Town
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Episode 25 : 4th February 1978
February. 04,1978
Football League action, news, interviews, analysis. Plus the result of January's Goal of the Month competition.
Burnley v Southampton
Coventry City v Liverpool
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Episode 24 : 28th January 1978: FA Cup Fourth Round
January. 28,1978
Action highlights from three of today's outstanding FA Cup Fourth Round ties. Analysis, interviews and news of today's Cup triumphs and surprises as the competition is reduced to the final 16 clubs.
Manchester United v West Bromwich Albion
Newcastle United v Wrexham
Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Episode 23 : 21st January 1978
January. 21,1978
Football action from two top First Division matches involving clubs challenging for the League Championship.
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
Norwich City v Manchester City
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Episode 22 : 14th January 1978
January. 14,1978
The 1978 World Cup Draw. David Coleman reports by satellite from Buenos Aires, where the groupings of the final 16 nations in the World Cup '78 are decided tonight - with on-the-spot reaction about Scotland's opponents in Argentina from team manager Ally MacLeod. Football League Action Highlights from two of today's First Division matches.
Everton v Aston Villa
Bristol City v Leicester City
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Episode 21 : 7th January 1978: FA Cup Third Round
January. 07,1978
Action highlights from today's FA Cup Third Round ties. Plus interviews and news of the day's shocks and surprises as 20 would-be 'giant killers' - non-Leaguers as well as Third and Fourth Division clubs - are joined on the Wembley trail by the big names from Divisions One and Two, including the holders, Manchester United.
Carlisle United v Manchester United
Leeds United v Manchester City
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Episode 20 : 31st December 1977
December. 31,1977
Two-match action from the Football League, news, analysis. Goal of the Month ... the best goals seen on BBC1 in December, with £100 in Premium Bonds for the competition winner.
Manchester City v Aston Villa
Luton Town v Brighton & Hove Albion
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Episode 19 : 17th December 1977
December. 17,1977
First Division Soccer Action and International Show Jumping. Introduced by Jimmy Hill. Highlights from two of today's top Football League matches.
Manchester United v Nottingham Forest
Birmingham City v Everton
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Episode 18 : 10th December 1977
December. 10,1977
Jimmy Hill introduces one hour of football action, news, interviews and analysis, with coverage of two of today's important League fixtures.
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur
Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion
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Episode 17 : 3rd December 1977
December. 03,1977
Analysis by Jimmy Hill, views and opinions from the football men in the news, the regular round-up of the day's soccer, including the League tables and the Score-Draw check, and the result of the November Goal of the Month competition.
Leeds United v Queens Park Rangers
Oxford United v Shrewsbury Town
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Episode 16 : 26th November 1977
November. 26,1977
Analysis by Jimmy Hill, plus the regular round-up of the day's soccer, and the November Goal of the Month competition.
Bolton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur
Leicester City v Liverpool
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Episode 15 : 19th November 1977
November. 19,1977
Jimmy Hill introduces one hour of football action, news, interviews and analysis - with coverage of two of today's intriguing Football League matches.
Wrexham v Colchester United
West Bromwich Albion v Manchester City
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Episode 14 : 12th November 1977
November. 12,1977
Action: highlights from two of today's important Football League matches. Analysis: Jimmy Hill puts the replay spotlight on the men and the moves that mattered today. News: the late-night round-up of the day's soccer with the League tables and the Score-Draw check.
Everton v Birmingham City
Southampton v Blackpool
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Episode 13 : 5th November 1977
November. 05,1977
Action highlights from two of today's First Division matches. Analysis, interviews, news of today's soccer including the League tables and the result of the October Goal of the Month competition.
Liverpool v Aston Villa
Coventry City v West Ham United
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Episode 12 : 29th October 1977
October. 29,1977
Action highlights from two of today's Football League matches. Jimmy Hill presents his personality action analysis, plus interviews, news, the League tables, and the October Goal of the Month competition with your chance to win £100 in Premium Bonds.
Derby County v Norwich City
Bolton Wanderers v Luton Town
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Episode 11 : 22nd October 1977
October. 22,1977
Jimmy Hill introduces one hour of football action, news, interviews, and analysis - with coverage of two of today's intriguing League matches.
Tottenham Hotspur v Bristol Rovers
Liverpool v Everton
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Episode 10 : 15th October 1977
October. 15,1977
Action highlights from two top First Division games - plus news, interviews and analysis.
Nottingham Forest v Manchester City
Chelsea v Middlesbrough
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Episode 9 : 8th October 1977
October. 08,1977
Action from two of today's top matches in the First and Second Divisions of the Football League.
Southampton v Sunderland
Newcastle United v Derby County
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Episode 8 : 1st October 1977
October. 01,1977
Action highlights from two of today's top First Division matches.
Arsenal v West Ham United
Manchester United v Liverpool
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Episode 7 : 24th September 1977
September. 24,1977
Action highlights from two of today's important Football League matches.
West Bromwich Albion v Birmingham City
Brighton & Hove Albion v Sheffield United
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Episode 6 : 17th September 1977
September. 17,1977
Action from two of today's top matches in the First and Second Divisions of the Football League.
Blackpool v Tottenham Hotspur
Ipswich Town v Liverpool
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Episode 5 : 10th September 1977
September. 10,1977
Jimmy Hill introduces one hour of football action, news, interviews and analysis - with coverage of two of today's intriguing League matches.
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest
Crystal Palace v Sunderland
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Episode 4 : 3rd September 1977
September. 03,1977
First Division Soccer Action and International Athletics Introduced by Jimmy Hill. Highlights of two of today's top football league matches.
Queens Park Rangers v Leicester City
Derby County v Manchester United
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Episode 3 : 27th August 1977
August. 27,1977
Jimmy Hill introduces action highlights from two top First Division games - plus news, interviews and analysis.
West Ham United v Manchester City
Leeds United v Birmingham City
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Episode 2 : 20th August 1977
August. 20,1977
The 500th edition introduced by Jimmy Hill. BBC Television's Saturday-night soccer programme brings you the first action of the new 1977-78 Football League season. Plus a memory or two from 13 years of Match of the Day. which began with Liverpool v Arsenal in August 1964.
Ipswich Town v Arsenal
Manchester City v Leicester City
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Episode 1 : 13th August 1977: The FA Charity Shield
August. 13,1977
Liverpool (League Champions and European Cup winners) v Manchester United (FA Cup winners)
This year is an intriguing 'replay' of the FA Cup Final in May, when Manchester United thwarted Liverpool's hopes of a 'treble' with a 2-1 win. Since then Dave Sexton has replaced Tommy Docherty as manager of United, and Kevin Keegan has left Liverpool for Hamburg. Can United confirm their Cup Final victory, or will Bob Paisley's team produce the form that made them European champions in Rome?
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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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