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 39 : 18th May 1985: FA Cup Final: Everton v Manchester United
May. 18,1985
Jimmy Hill presents the best moments and follows the after-match celebrations of the winners.
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Episode 38 : 11th May 1985
May. 11,1985
On the last Saturday of the Canon League programme, Match of the Day cameras bring action highlights from two matches involving championship honours, promotion and relegation.
Manchester City v Charlton Athletic
Southampton v Coventry City
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Episode 37 : 4th May 1985
May. 04,1985
As the season draws to a close, Match of the Day cameras bring action highlights from two Canon League matches affecting championship honours, promotion and relegation. Plus the result of the April Goal of the Month competition.
Sheffield Wednesday v Everton
Blackburn Rovers v Portsmouth
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Episode 36 : 27th April 1985
April. 27,1985
Action highlights from two Canon League First Division matches with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check. Also in tonight's programme a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the April Goal of the Month competition.
Manchester United v Sunderland
Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur
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Episode 35 : 20th April 1985
April. 20,1985
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check.
Liverpool v Newcastle United
Oxford United v Oldham Athletic
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Episode 34 : 13th April 1985: FA Cup Semi-Final
April. 13,1985
Can Luton Town reach an FA Cup final for only the second time in the club's history, having last appeared there in 1959 ending as runners-up? They face the current Cup holders Everton, eager to retain the trophy, at Villa Park in one of this afternoon's FA Cup Semi-finals.
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Episode 33 : 6th April 1985
April. 06,1985
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Also, the result of the March Goal of the Month competition.
Everton v Sunderland
Portsmouth v Brighton & Hove Albion
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Episode 32 : 30th March 1985
March. 30,1985
Action highlights from two First Division matches. Also a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the March Goal of the Month competition.
Southampton v Everton
Stoke City v Arsenal
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Episode 31 : 24th March 1985: League Cup Final: Norwich City v Sunderland
March. 24,1985
North East meets East Anglia in a major final for the first time. Sunderland have travelled the hard path, needing to beat four First Division clubs on the way, whereas Norwich City faced lower division opponents in every round before the semi-final. The winners will receive £64,000 - the top team prize in British sport - and the chance of further rich rewards with a place in Europe next season in the UEFA Cup. BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you live coverage of the action and after-match scenes on this Silver Jubilee occasion -the 25th Final of the competition launched by the Football League in 1960.
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Episode 30 : 15th March 1985: West Ham United v Manchester United
March. 15,1985
In the last of this season's live Canon League fixtures on BBC television, Manchester United's pursuit of their eighth championship takes them to one of the First Division's most compact grounds, Upton Park, the home of West Ham United, who often make life difficult for the best.
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Episode 29 : 9th March 1985: FA Cup Sixth Round
March. 09,1985
Action highlights from this afternoon's games plus all the atmosphere and tension that surrounds the Cup.
Manchester United v West Ham United
Everton v Ipswich Town
Luton Town v Watford
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Episode 28 : 2nd March 1985
March. 02,1985
Action highlights from Canon League First and Third Division matches. Plus the results of the February Goal of the Month competition.
Manchester United v Everton
Bradford v Gillngham
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Episode 27 : 23rd February 1985
February. 23,1985
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check. Also a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the February Goal of the Month competition.
Leicester City v Everton
Blackburn Rovers v Oxford United
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Episode 26 : 15th February 1985: FA Cup Fifth Round: Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United
February. 15,1985
The FA Cup Fifth Round begins with live coverage of a real 'Lancashire hotpot' tonight as Manchester United continue their bid for a sixth triumph in the competition that Blackburn have already won that many times.
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Episode 25 : 9th February 1985
February. 09,1985
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches, with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check.
Manchester City v Carlisle United
Barnsley v Portsmouth
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Episode 24 : 2nd February 1985
February. 02,1985
Action highlights from two Canon League First Division matches with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check. Also in tonight's programme the result of the January Goal of the Month competition.
Luton Town v Tottenham Hotspur
Sheffield Wednesday v Liverpool
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Episode 23 : 26th January 1985: FA Cup Fourth Round
January. 26,1985
Action highlights from three matches in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Also a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the January Goal of the Month competition.
York City v Arsenal
Leyton Orient v Southampton
Grimsby Town v Watford
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Episode 22 : 19th January 1985
January. 19,1985
Highlights from two Canon League matches.
Chelsea v Arsenal
Manchester City v Wimbledon
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Episode 21 : 12th January 1985
January. 12,1985
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches, with analysis and interviews, plus news round-up and pools check.
Queens Park Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur
Norwich City v Southampton
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Episode 20 : 4th January 1985: FA Cup Third Round: Leeds United v Everton
January. 04,1985
Traditionally the most enthralling stage of the season, as First and Second Division clubs join the 20 survivors from the Leagues' lower reaches and beyond.
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Episode 19 : 29th December 1984
December. 29,1984
Action highlights from two Canon League First Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Plus News Round-up and Pools Check. Also, a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the December Goal of the Month competition.
Newcastle United v Arsenal
Ipswich Town v Everton
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Episode 18 : 21st December 1984: Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool
December. 21,1984
Since spending £350,000 to install England's only artificial playing pitch in 1981, QPR have put together the finest home record of any club in the four divisions of the Football League-better even than that of Liverpool, champions for the past three seasons. Liverpool's one previous experience of this wall-to-wall carpet pitch brought no complaints-substitute Steve Nicol's lone goal earned them three points in October last year.
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Episode 17 : 15th December 1984
December. 15,1984
Jimmy Hill presents highlights from two Canon League First Division matches.
West Ham United v Sheffield Wednesday
Coventry City v Southampton
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Episode 16 : 8th December 1984
December. 08,1984
Action highlights from two Canon League First Division matches with analysis and interviews. Plus news round-up and pools check.
Nottingham Forest v Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United
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Episode 15 : 1st December 1984
December. 01,1984
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches with analysis, interviews, news round-up and pools check. Plus the result of the November Goal of the Month Competition.
Arsenal v Luton Town
Oldham Athletic v Manchester City
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Episode 14 : 24th November 1984
November. 24,1984
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches with analysis and interviews. Plus news round-up and pools check. Also a chance to win £100-worth of Premium Bonds in the November Goal of the Month competition.
Sunderland v Manchester United
Oxford United v Leeds United
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Episode 13 : 17th November 1984
November. 17,1984
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches. Plus news round-up and pools check.
Watford v Sheffield Wednesday
Charlton Athletic v Birmingham City
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Episode 12 : 10th November 1984
November. 10,1984
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches. Plus news round-up and pools check.
Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur
Blackburn Rovers v Brighton & Hove Albion
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Episode 11 : 2nd November 1984: Manchester United v Arsenal
November. 02,1984
At the start of the season, opinion was widely held that if Liverpool were to be denied a fourth successive Championship, the prize would be most likely to go to Manchester United or Arsenal. Experts are sometimes right, and in the early months of 1984-85 United and Arsenal have gone above Liverpool in both the table and the odds.
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Episode 10 : 27th October 1984
October. 27,1984
Action highlights from two First Division matches, plus analysis and interviews. There's also a chance to win E100 worth of Premium Bonds in the October Goal of the Month competition.
West Ham United v Arsenal
West Bromwich Albion v Southampton
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Episode 9 : 20th October 1984
October. 20,1984
Action highlights from two first division matches plus analysis and interviews.
Liverpool v Everton
Ipswich Town v West Bromwich Albion
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Episode 8 : 12th October 1984: Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool
October. 12,1984
Match of the Day's second live transmission of the season brings together the clubs who earned European honours for Britain last spring -Tottenham, UEFA Cup winners, and Liverpool, European Cup winners.
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Episode 7 : 6th October 1984
October. 06,1984
Jimmy Hill presents highlights from two First Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Also, the result of the August/September Goal of the Month competition.
Aston Villa v Manchester United
Nottingham Forest v Stoke City
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Episode 6 : 29th September 1984
September. 29,1984
Action highlights from First and Second Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Also, the chance to win £100-worth of premium bonds in the August-September Goal of the Month competition.
Manchester City v Crystal Palace
Newcastle United v West Ham United
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Episode 5 : 22nd September 1984
September. 22,1984
Action highlights from two First Division matches plus analysis and interviews.
Manchester United v Liverpool
Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur
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Episode 4 : 15th September 1984
September. 15,1984
Action highlights from First and Third Division matches plus analysis and interviews.
Southampton v Norwich City
Hull City v Preston North End
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Episode 3 : 8th September 1984
September. 08,1984
Jimmy Hill presents action highlights from two First Division games, plus analysis and interviews.
Arsenal v Liverpool
Sheffield Wednesday v Tottenham Hotspur
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Episode 2 : 31st August 1984: Chelsea v Everton
August. 31,1984
Two of last season's prize-winners provide an intriguing clash in the first Canon League fixture of 1984-85 to be shown live.
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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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