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 : 15th March 1993: FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Sheffield Wednesday
May. 15,1993
Highlights of this afternoon's FA Cup final between Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday. Arsenal have won the Cup five times. Sheffield Wednesday's last win was in 1935.
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Episode 45 : 9th May 1993
May. 09,1993
Highlights of today's two Premier League matches involving title-chasers Manchester United at Wimbledon and Aston Villa at Queens Park Rangers.
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Episode 44 : 8th May 1993
May. 08,1993
Highlights of today's matches which will finally settle the relegation issues in the inaugural Premier League season. Plus the result of the April Goal of the Month competition.
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Episode 43 : 1st May 1993
May. 01,1993
Highlights of this afternoon's important Premier League matches, with relegation issues being at the centre of attention. Plus a chance to enter April's Goal of the Month competition.
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Episode 42 : 17th April 1993
April. 17,1993
Highlights of two of the top games in the Premier League, plus action and reaction from all the other matches.
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Episode 41 : 10th April 1993
April. 10,1993
Highlights of two of the top games as the race for the Premier League title hots up. Plus action and reaction from the rest.
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Episode 40 : 4th April 1993: FA Cup Semi-Final 2: Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur
April. 04,1993
The two great north London rivals meet in a repeat of their semi-final at Wembley two years ago. On that occasion Spurs were victorious, winning 3-1 with former stars Gary Lineker and Paul Gascoigne playing major roles.
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Episode 39 : 3rd April 1993: FA Cup Semi-Final 1: Sheffield Wednesday v Sheffield United
April. 03,1993
Highlights of the first of this weekend's FA Cup semi-final meetings at Wembley. United won through on penalties after their quarter-final with Blackburn Rovers. They meet a Wednesday side who have beaten four First Division teams to reach this stage and who boast the skills of Chris Waddle and the goal-scoring record of defender turned striker Paul Warhurst.
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Episode 38 : 20th March 1993
March. 20,1993
Highlights from two of this afternoon's top Premier League matches, plus action from the day's other games.
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Episode 37 : 13th March 1993
March. 13,1993
Highlights from two of this afternoon's top Premier League matches, plus analysis and action from the day's other games.
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Episode 36 : 8th March 1993: FA Cup Sixth Round: Derby County v Sheffield Wednesday
March. 08,1993
Highlights from tonight's FA Cup quarter-final tie between First Division Derby County and one of the Premier League's top sides, an in-form Sheffield Wednesday.
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Episode 35 : 7th March 1993: FA Cup Sixth Round: Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur
March. 07,1993
Coverage of this FA Cup Sixth Round game, followed by the draw for the FA Cup semi-finals.
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Episode 34 : 6th March 1993: FA Cup Sixth Round
March. 06,1993
In the FA Cup Sixth Round today, Blackburn Rovers were at home to Sheffield United and Ipswich Town played host to Arsenal. Match of the Day presents highlights from this afternoon's ties and a roundup of key action from today's Premier League fixtures. Plus the result of February's Goal of the Month competition.
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Episode 33 : 27th February 1993
February. 27,1993
Highlights from two of this afternoon's top Premier League matches, plus all the day's other goals.
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Episode 32 : 20th February 1993
February. 20,1993
Highlights from two of this afternoon's top Premier League matches plus all the goals from the day's other fixtures.
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Episode 31 : 14th February 1993: FA Cup Fifth Round: Sheffield United v Manchester United
February. 14,1993
Coverage of this FA Cup Fifth Round match.
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Episode 30 : 13th February 1993: FA Cup Fifth Round
February. 13,1993
Highlights from three of today's FA Cup Fifth Round matches, plus action and reaction from the rest.
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Episode 29 : 6th February 1993
February. 06,1993
Highlights from two of the day's top Premier League matches plus all the goals from the rest of this afternoon's fixtures, and the result of last month's Goal of the Month competition.
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Episode 28 : 30th January 1993
January. 30,1993
Highlights from two of the day's top Premier League matches, and all the goals from the rest of this afternoon's fixtures. Plus a chance to vote in January's Goal of the Month competition.
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Episode 27 : 25th January 1993: FA Cup Fourth Round
January. 25,1993
Action from tonight's FA Cup Fourth Round tie.
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Episode 26 : 24th January 1993: FA Cup Fourth Round
January. 24,1993
Coverage of one of the key matches in this weekend's FA Cup Fourth Round.
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Episode 25 : 23rd January 1993: FA Cup Fourth Round
January. 23,1993
Highlights from three of today's top FA Cup Fourth Round ties and the goals, action and reaction from the afternoon's other fixtures.
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Episode 24 : 16th January 1993
January. 16,1993
Highlights from two of today's top Premier League matches and the goals, action and reaction from the afternoon's other fixtures.
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Episode 23 : 9th January 1993
January. 09,1993
Highlights from two of today's top Premier League matches and the goals, action and reaction from the afternoon's other fixtures.
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Episode 22 : 4th January 1993: FA Cup Third Round: Queens Park Rangers v Swindon Town
January. 04,1993
Many think QPR are one of the best footballing sides in the Premier League. Their manager, former England captain Gerry Francis, has successfully moulded experience with young talent to take on clubs with greater resources. But Glen Hoddle's Swindon are one of the best passing teams in the country and should prove a test for them.
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Episode 21 : 3rd January 1993: FA Cup Third Round: Nottingham Forest v Southampton
January. 03,1993
The FA Cup is still the one domestic honour to have eluded Brian Clough. But the signing of Neil Webb and the form of Roy Keane could prove decisive. Meanwhile Southampton had a poor start in the league but have improved recently.
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Episode 20 : 2nd January 1993: FA Cup Third Round
January. 02,1993
Some say it's the best day of the football calendar - the FA Cup third round. Highlights from two of the best ties of the round and the goals from all the other significant games.
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Episode 19 : 28th December 1992
December. 28,1992
Highlights from two of the day's top Premier League games. There's a double helping of roundups, with all of today's other goals and a look at how everyone fared on Boxing Day. Plus a chance to vote in December's Goal of the Month competition.
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Episode 18 : 19th December 1992
December. 19,1992
Highlights from two of this afternoon's top Premier League matches, plus all the goals, action and reaction from the day's other fixtures.
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Episode 17 : 12th December 1992
December. 12,1992
Highlights of two of this afternoon's top Premier League matches plus a roundup of all the goals, action and reaction from the day's other fixtures.
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Episode 16 : 5th December 1992: FA Cup Second Round
December. 05,1992
An extended edition combining highlights of two top Premier League matches with all the goals from the rest, and action from the most intriguing ties in today's FA Cup second round. Plus the result of November's Goal of the Month.
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Episode 15 : 28th November 1992
November. 28,1992
Highlights of two of this afternoon's top Premier League matches plus all the goals, action and reaction from the day's other fixtures.
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Episode 14 : 21st November 1992
November. 21,1992
Highlights of two of this afternoon's top Premier League matches plus all the goals, action and reaction from the day's other fixtures.
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Episode 13 : 14th November 1992: FA Cup First Round
November. 14,1992
The FA Cup first round marks the start of this season's Wembley trek for the clubs from the Football League's Second and Third Divisions. Highlights from two of this afternoon's top ties, plus a roundup of all the day's other main FA Cup stories.
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Episode 12 : 7th November 1992
November. 07,1992
Highlights from two of today's top Premier League matches plus the goals, action and reaction from the remaining fixtures.
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Episode 11 : 31st October 1992
October. 31,1992
Highlights of two of today's top Premier League games plus action and reaction from the rest. Also a chance to vote in October's Goal of the Month competition.
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Episode 10 : 24th October 1992
October. 24,1992
Highlights of two of today's top Premier League games and all the goals action and reaction from the others.
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Episode 9 : 17th October 1992
October. 17,1992
Highlights from two Premier League games and goals and reaction from all the other matches.
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Episode 8 : 3rd October 1992
October. 03,1992
Highlights of two of the top Premier League games of the day and all the goals and reaction from the others.
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Episode 7 : 26th September 1992
September. 26,1992
Highlights of two of the day's top FA Premier League fixtures plus the action and reaction from the other seven matches.
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Episode 6 : 19th September 1992
September. 19,1992
Extended highlights of two of this afternoon's fixtures in the new Premier League, plus the key action and reaction from the remaining eight fixtures.
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Episode 5 : 12th September 1992
September. 12,1992
Highlights of two of the day's top Premier League matches plus key action and reaction from the other seven fixtures.
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Episode 4 : 5th September1992
September. 05,1992
Extended highlights of two of this afternoon's fixtures in the new Premier League, plus the key action and reaction from the remaining seven fixtures.
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Episode 3 : 29th August 1992
August. 29,1992
Extended highlights of two of this afternoon's fixtures in the new Premier League, plus the key action and reaction from the remaining seven fixtures.
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Episode 2 : 22nd August 1992
August. 22,1992
Extended highlights of two of this afternoon's fixtures in the new Premier League, plus the key action and reaction from the remaining seven fixtures.
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Episode 1 : 15th August 1992
August. 15,1992
A new season, a new league and Match of the Day, first broadcast in August 1964, returns to the Saturday night screen. Extended highlights of two of this afternoon's inaugural fixtures in the new Premier League, plus the key action and reaction from all the remaining matches.
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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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