Match of the Day
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1964
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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 46 : 24th May 1980: Home International Championship
May. 24,1980
Introduced by Jimmy Hill featuring highlights of Scotland v England played this afternoon at
Hampden Park, Glasgow. This game is the climax of the Home International Championship and Scotland will be trying to make up for the failure of not qualifying for the European Championship, while England, because of club commitments and injuries, will be fielding very much an experimental team.
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Episode 45 : 23rd May 1980: Home International Championship
May. 23,1980
Featuring highlights of tonight's match from Ninian Park, Cardiff.
Wales v Northern Ireland
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Episode 44 : 20th May 1980: Home International Championship
May. 20,1980
Jimmy Hill presents action highlights of tonight's match from the Empire Stadium, Wembley.
England v Northern Ireland
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Episode 43 : 17th May 1980: Home International Championship
May. 17,1980
Action highlights of this afternoon's match in the Home International Soccer Championships.
Wales v England from the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
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Episode 42 : 16th May 1980: Home International Championship
May. 16,1980
Action highlights of tonight's opening match in the Home International Soccer Championship. This is the first time for ten years that a full Scottish side has played in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland v Scotland from Windsor Park, Belfast.
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Episode 41 : 13th May 1980: International Match of the Day featuring England v Argentina
May. 13,1980
Jimmy Hill introduces action highlights of tonight's match from the Empire Stadium, Wembley, where England entertain the current World Champions Argentina.
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Episode 40 : 10th May 1980: FA Cup Final - Arsenal v West Ham United
May. 10,1980
Highlights of the 1980 FA Cup Final. Jimmy Hill presents the best action, analyses the key moments with Southampton manager Lawrie McMenemy and follows the after-match celebrations of the winners.
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Episode 38 : 26th April 1980
April. 26,1980
Tonight's two matches affect the relegation struggle at the bottom of the First Division, and the battle to replace those teams next season from the top of Division II. There's the important headlines of the day from Bob Wilson and Jimmy Hill's match analysis.
Sunderland v Watford
Manchester United v Coventry City
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Episode 37 : 19th April 1980
April. 19,1980
Action highlights of two Football League matches affecting championship honours, promotion and relegation. Plus interviews with the personalities of the day, analysis of the key moments and the important news from Bob Wilson.
Birmingham City v Luton Town
Manchester City v Bristol City
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Episode 36 : 12th April 1980: FA Cup Semi Finals
April. 12,1980
Jimmy Hill presents one of football's days of the year, the semi-finals of the FA Cup. Match of the Day's cameras bring you the special excitement and tension that surrounds a Cup semi-final.
West Ham United v Everton
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Episode 35 : 5th April 1980
April. 05,1980
Jimmy Hill presents action highlights of two Football League games. Bob Wilson gathers together the day's news, and there's the result of the March Goal of the Month competition.
Sheffield United v Sheffield Wednesday
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur
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Episode 34 : 29th March 1980
March. 29,1980
Football League Action and The Sun Grand National Steeplechase. Football
Highlights of two outstanding First Division matches ... plus analysis, comment and the news of the day from Bob Wilson.
Ipswich Town v Derby County
Brighton & Hove Albion v Nottingham Forest
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Episode 33 : 22nd March 1980
March. 22,1980
Featuring highlights of two outstanding Football League games. Plus interviews, analysis and comment and the news of the day from Bob Wilson.
Queens Park Rangers v Luton Town
Manchester United v Manchester City
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Episode 32 : 15th March 1980
March. 15,1980
Action highlights of two Football League matches affecting the First Division championship, and the promotion battle at the top of the Third Division. Plus analysis, interviews and news round-up of the day from Bob Wilson.
Grimsby Town v Millwall
Bristol City v Liverpool
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Episode 31 : 8th March 1980: FA Cup Sixth Round
March. 08,1980
Introduced by Jimmy Hill featuring the Sixth Round of the FA Cup. Highlights of today's games, plus all the atmosphere and tension that surrounds the Cup.
Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool
Watford v Arsenal
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Episode 30 : 1st March 1980
March. 01,1980
Jimmy Hill introduces action highlights of two outstanding First Division matches. Bob Wilson gathers together the news of the day and there's the result of the February Goal of the Month competition.
Everton v Liverpool
Southampton v West Bromwich Albion
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Episode 29 : 23rd February 1980
February. 23,1980
Jimmy Hill presents action highlights of two Football League games from the First and Second Divisions. Plus the February Goal of the Month competition.
Manchester United v Bristol City
Sunderland v Luton Town
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Episode 28 : 16th February 1980: FA Cup Fifth Round
February. 16,1980
Highlights of three outstanding games, and the important Cup and League news of the day.
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Watford
Blackburn Rovers v Aston Villa
Everton v Wrexham
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Episode 27 : 9th February 1980
February. 09,1980
Norwich City v Liverpool
Swindon Town v Sheffield Wednesday
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Episode 26 : 2nd February 1980
February. 02,1980
Action highlights of two Football League matches; plus interviews, analysis and comment. Bob Wilson gathers together the day's headlines including the late-night Pools Check; and there's the result of the January Goal of the Month competition.
Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion
Leicester City v Newcastle United
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Episode 25 : 26th January 1980: FA Cup Fourth Round
January. 26,1980
Tonight, highlights of three outstanding ties which encompass the glamour, the romance and the excitement of the FA Cup. Bob Wilson gathers together the day's other headlines, including the late-night Pools Check, plus the January Goal of the Month competition.
Nottingham Forest v Liverpool
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Norwich City
Watford v Harlow Town
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Episode 24 : 19th January 1980
January. 19,1980
Action highlights of three outstanding Football League matches. Plus analysis, comment and interviews with the personalities involved. Bob Wilson gathers together the day's news including the late-night Pools Check.
Coventry City v Liverpool
Southampton v Manchester City
West Ham United v Preston North End
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Episode 23 : 12th January 1980
January. 12,1980
Action highlights of two Football League matches, plus interviews, analysis and comment. Bob Wilson gathers together the day's headlines, including the late-night Pools Check.
Chelsea v Newcastle United
Bolton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion
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Episode 22 : 5th January 1980: FA Cup Third Round
January. 05,1980
The most romantic football Saturday of the season where the minnows from the Third and Fourth Divisions and outside the Football League meet the mighty teams from the First Division. Tonight, action highlights from three games plus interviews, analysis and comment. Plus the result of the December Goal of the Month competition.
Leeds United v Nottingham Forest
Cardiff City v Arsenal
Yeovil Town v Norwich City
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Episode 20 : 22nd December 1979
December. 22,1979
Jimmy Hill introduces highlights of two top matches on a Saturday with a curtailed League programme.
Notts County v Newcastle United
Derby County v Liverpool
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Episode 19 : 15th December 1979
December. 15,1979
Two First Division games, interviews and analysis. Bob Wilson brings you the day's news, including the late-night Pools Check.
Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion v Arsenal
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Episode 18 : 8th Decemeber 1979
December. 08,1979
Action highlights of two Football League matches. Bob Wilson gathers together the day's headlines including the late-night Pools Check.
Manchester United v Leeds United
Queens Park Rangers v Wrexham
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Episode 17 : 1st December 1979
December. 01,1979
Jimmy Hill presents action highlights of two outstanding First Division games, plus comment, analysis and interviews with the day's personalities. There's also the result of the November Goal of the Month competition and a round-up of the day's news with Bob Wilson.
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
Liverpool v Middlesbrough
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Episode 16 : 24th November 1979
November. 24,1979
Introduced by Jimmy Hill. Action highlights of two First Division matches, plus interviews, analysis and comment. Bob Wilson gathers together the day's news and there's £100-worth of Premium Bonds to be won in the November Goal of the Month competition.
Ipswich Town v Southampton
Derby County v Nottingham Forest
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Episode 15 : 17th November 1979
November. 17,1979
Highlights of two Football League games presented by Jimmy Hill. Plus manager and player comment and a round-up of the day's news from Bob Wilson.
Nottingham Forest v Brighton & Hove Albion
Arsenal v Everton
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Episode 14 : 10th November 1979
November. 10,1979
Jimmy Hill introduces highlights of two top Football League matches, together with his expert analysis of the talking points of the day. Bob Wilson rounds up the day's news and brings you the late night Pools Check.
Manchester City v Manchester United
Birmingham City v Cambridge United
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Episode 13 : 3rd November 1979
November. 03,1979
Two Football League matches and World Championship Boxing. There's the usual match analysis from Jimmy Hill and the day's other news from Bob Wilson. Plus the result of the October Goal of the Month competition.
Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Middlesbrough v Tottenham Hotspur
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Episode 12 : 27th October 1979
October. 27,1979
Action highlights of three top Football League games. Plus interviews, action analysis and a round-up of the day's news from Bob Wilson including the late-night Pools Check. There is also £100 to be won in the October Goal of the Month competition.
Queens Park Rangers v Burnley
Southampton v Leeds United
Manchester City v Liverpool
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Episode 11 : 20th October 2020
October. 20,1979
Action highlights from two Football League matches.
Manchester United v Ipswich Town
Arsenal v Stoke City
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Episode 10 : 13th October 1979
October. 13,1979
Action highlights of two outstanding Football League games. Plus interviews, analysis and comment presented by Jimmy Hill. Bob Wilson looks at the other news stories of the day, plus the late night Pools Check.
Luton Town v Sunderland
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Norwich City
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Episode 9 : 6th October 1979
October. 06,1979
Highlights of two Football League matches plus analysis and interviews. Bob Wilson gathers together the day's other news, including the late night Pools Check. There's also the result of the August/ September Goal of the Month competition.
Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur
Coventry City v Everton
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Episode 8 : 29th September 1979
September. 29,1979
Highlights of two Football League games, with interviews, analysis and expert comment. Bob Wilson gathers together the day's important news stories, plus the late night Pools Check. Also in tonight's programme, the August/September Goal of the Month competition. Your chance to win £100 in Premium Bonds.
Nottingham Forest v Liverpool
Sheffield United v Oxford United
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Episode 7 : 22nd September 1979
September. 22,1979
Highlights of two outstanding Football League games. Bob Wilson with the day's news and, as usual, there's expert analysis and the Late Night Pools Check.
Stoke City v Crystal Palace
Newcastle United v Wrexham
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Episode 6 : 15th September 1979
September. 15,1979
Jimmy Hill introduces the action and analyses the key moments from the two games.
West Bromwich Albion v Manchester City
West Ham United v Sunderland
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Episode 5 : 8th September 1979
September. 08,1979
Jimmy Hill presents action highlights, analysis and interviews from today's Football League programme.
Liverpool v Coventry City
Aston Villa v Manchester United
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Episode 4 : 1st September 1979
September. 01,1979
Action highlights of today's Football League programme plus the news and the views of the football personalities involved.
Leicester City v Luton Town
Leeds United v Arsenal
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Episode 3 : 25th August 1979
August. 25,1979
Presented by Jimmy Hill featuring highlights of today's Football League action.
Sunderland v Fulham
Derby County v Everton
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Episode 2 : 18th August 1979
August. 18,1979
Jimmy Hill presents match highlights from today's opening day of the 1979-80 Football League season. He is joined by Bob Wilson who will be gathering together the day's headlines on the Saturday that Liverpool begin their defence of the First Division Championship.
Southampton v Manchester United
Manchester City v Crystal Palace
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Episode 1 : 11th August 1979: The FA Charity Shield: Arsenal v Liverpool
August. 11,1979
The annual curtain-raiser between the Football League champions and the FA Cup holders played at the Empire Stadium, Wembley. Jimmy Hill presents the highlights, talks to the personalities involved and analyses the key moments from this afternoon's game.
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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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