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 50 : 3rd June 2003: International Friendly
June. 03,2003
Highlights of England's friendly with Serbia and Montenegro from Leicester City's Walkers Stadium. Presented by one-time Leicester player Gary Lineker, with guest Alan Hansen.
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Episode 49 : 22nd May 2003: International Friendly
May. 22,2003
Highlights of today's friendly in Durban between South Africa and England, which offered a chance for Sven-Goran Eriksson to assess his players' form ahead of next month's Euro 2004 qualifier with Slovakia.
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Episode 48 : 21st May 2003: Uefa Cup Final: Celtic v FC Porto
May. 21,2003
Coverage from the Estadio Olimpico in Seville, where treble-chasing Portuguese titans FC Porto stand between Martin O'Neill's Celtic side and their first European silverware since 1967.
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Episode 47 : 17th May 2003: FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Southampton
May. 17,2003
Coverage from Cardiff's Millennium Stadium of the 131st FA Cup final, where the holders from north London are taking on the south-coast underdogs.
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Episode 46 : 5th May 2003: Women's FA Cup Final: Fulham Ladies v Charlton
May. 05,2003
Cup holders Fulham Ladies return to Selhurst Park looking to retain the women's FA Cup title they won against Doncaster Belles last year. In this year's final they face Charlton, who beat their
London rivals Arsenal 1-0 in the semi-finals.
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Episode 45 : 27th April 2003
April. 27,2003
Rangers v Celtic. Coverage from Ibrox of the season's final Old Firm league meeting. In terms of SPL clashes, the score this season is 1-1 (with one draw) but Rangers defeated their city rivals 1-0 in their last meeting, which brought them the League Cup.
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Episode 44 : 24th April 2003: Uefa Cup
April. 24,2003
Boavista v Celtic. Coverage of the second leg of this Uefa Cup semi-final from the Estadio do Bessa in Porto, Portugal.
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Episode 43 : 13th April 2003: FA Cup Semi-Final 2
April. 13,2003
Highlights of today's second FA Cup semi-final at Villa Park between Southampton and Watford, who will be hoping to be the first club outside the top flight to reach the final since the formation of the Premiership. But they will have to be at their best to repel Gordon Strachan's on-form Southampton side.
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Episode 42 : 13th April 2003: FA Cup Semi-Final 1
April. 13,2003
Sheffield United v Arsenal. Coverage from Old Trafford of the first of today's FA Cup semi-finals.
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Episode 41 : 10th April 2003: Uefa Cup
April. 10,2003
Celtic v Boavista. Live coverage of the first leg of the Uefa Cup semi-final between Celtic and Boavista of Portugal. Once again Celtic Park will be packed to the rafters with 60,000 fans, as Martin O'Neill 's men enjoy their first European semi-final since 1974
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Episode 40 : 2nd April 2003: Euro 2004 Qualifier
April. 02,2003
England v Turkey. The Stadium of Light in Sunderland plays host to the most important game yet in England's campaign to qualify for next year's European championships.
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Episode 39 : 29th March 2003: Euro 2004 Qualifier
March. 29,2003
Liechtenstein v England. Coverage from Vaduz of the first of England's two crucial Euro 2004 qualifiers this week.
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Episode 38 : 25th March 2003: FA Cup Sixth Round Replay
March. 25,2003
Highlights from Stamford Bridge of tonight's Chelsea v Arsenal FA Cup sixth-round replay, the winners of which will face Sheffield United in the semi-finals. The initial encounter at Highbury ended in a 2-2 draw.
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Episode 37 : 20th March 2003: Uefa Cup
March. 20,2003
Liverpool v Celtic. Anfield hosts the second leg of this all-British Uefa Cup quarter-final match between two footballing greats.
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Episode 36 : 13th March 2003: Uefa Cup
March. 13,2003
Celtic v Liverpool. Coverage from Celtic Park, Glasgow, of this mouth watering all-British Uefa Cup quarter-final.
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Episode 35 : 9th March 2003: FA Cup Sixth Round
March. 09,2003
Highlights from this weekend's sixth-round FA Cup ties.
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Episode 34 : 9th March 2003: FA Cup Sixth Round: Watford v Burnley
March. 09,2003
Coverage from Vicarage Road of the FA Cup quarter-final between Watford and Burnley.
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Episode 33 : 8th March 2003: FA Cup Sixth Round: Arsenal v Chelsea
March. 08,2003
Coverage of the stand-out tie from the FA Cup quarter-finals between these two London giants at Highbury, a rerun of last year's final. Chelsea will be especially keen to avenge their 2-0 defeat last May.
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Episode 32 : 8th March 2003: Scottish Premier League
March. 08,2003
Celtic v Rangers. Coverage from Celtic Park of this season's third Old Firm league clash. The previous two games have seen 11 goals, the first ending 3-3 and the next won 3-2 by Rangers.
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Episode 31 : 27th February 2003: Uefa Cup
February. 27,2003
Liverpool v Auxerre. Coverage from Anfield as Liverpool face French side Auxerre in the crunch second leg of this fourth-round Uefa Cup tie.
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Episode 30 : 26th February 2003: FA Cup Fifth Round Replays
February. 26,2003
FA Cup fifth-round replay highlights.
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Episode 29 : 16th February 2003: FA Cup Fifth Round: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Rochdale
February. 16,2003
This FA Cup fifth-round tie sees the Third Division giant-killers pit their skills against one of the top teams in the First Division at Molineux.
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Episode 28 : 15th February 2003: FA Cup Fifth Round
February. 15,2003
Highlights from today's key FA Cup fifth-round matches.
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Episode 27 : 15th February 2003: FA Cup Fifth Round: Manchester United v Arsenal
February. 15,2003
The biggest FA Cup fifth-round tie in years awaits as United face Arsenal at Old Trafford. The Reds looked awesome in the last round, demolishing West Ham with a display that saw Giggs and Van Nistelrooy both net twice. Defending champions Arsenal also racked up the goals in their last cup match - putting five past Farnborough.
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Episode 26 : 12th February 2003: International Friendly
February. 12,2003
Highlights of England's friendly against Australia at West Ham's Boleyn Ground, hosted by Gary Lineker. Sven-Goran Eriksson will be hoping the team can secure their first win since their World Cup victory over Denmark last June.
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Episode 25 : 5th February 2003: FA Cup Fourth Round Replays
February. 05,2003
Highlights of the fourth-round replays in the FA Cup. At this stage last season, Chelsea v West Ham was the only tie that required a replay, and the Blues went on to snatch a 3-2 win.
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Episode 24 : 26th January 2003: FA Cup Fourth Round
January. 26,2003
Shrewsbury Town v Chelsea. The second of today's FA Cup fourth-round ties is this intriguing fixture from Gay Meadow in which the Third Division giant-killers try their luck against three-times cup winners Chelsea. Claudio Ranieri 's team will be anxious to avoid the same fate as the last cup visitors to this ground - Everton were thwarted by a double strike from experienced forward Nigel Jemson. Will the Londoners' squad, boasting world-class quality in every department, prove a bridge too far for the Shrews?
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Episode 23 : 26th January 2003: FA Cup Fourth Round
January. 26,2003
Manchester Utd v West Ham Utd. An all-Premiership battle for a place in the last 16 of the FA Cup in this fourth-round clash from Old Trafford. This was becoming something of a bogey fixture for Alex Ferguson's side, who, as cup holders, were sunk two years ago and again defeated in the league the next season. But the most recent meeting saw the Red Devils cruise to a 3-0 win.
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Episode 22 : 25th January 2003: FA Cup Fourth Round
January. 25,2003
Highlights from today's key FA Cup fourth-round matches, plus a roundup of all the goals.
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Episode 21 : 15th January 2003: FA Cup Third Round Replays
January. 15,2003
Will any of the lower-division and non-league sides be celebrating acts of "giant-killing" this evening?
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Episode 20 : 5th January 2003: FA Cup Third Round
January. 05,2003
Manchester City v Liverpool. Two Premiership teams come face-to-face at Maine Road for this FA Cup third-round tie. Cup holders Liverpool beat City on their way to the title last season, but City's subsequent promotion to the Premiership under Anfield hero Kevin Keegan will mean a hard-fought battle.
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Episode 19 : 4th January 2003: FA Cup Third Round
January. 04,2003
Highlights from today's FA Cup third-round action.
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Episode 18 : 18th December 2002: FA Cup Second Round Replays
December. 18,2002
FA Cup second-round replay action. With the big clubs entering in round three, motivation is high for minnows to earn a money-spinning clash.
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Episode 17 : 12th December 2002: Uefa Cup
December. 12,2002
Liverpool v Vitesse Arnhem. Coverage from Anfield of this Uefa Cup third-round, second-leg match. Gerard Houllier 's men - winners of the Cup in 2001-were forced into settling for a place in the competition after their Champions' League dreams died, after their valiant comeback to force a 3-3 draw in Basle last month failed to see them progress beyond the group stages.
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Episode 16 : 8th December 2002: FA Cup Second Round
December. 08,2002
Oxford United v Swlndon Town. Coverage of today's FA Cup second-round game as division three Oxford Utd take on division two Swindon. Ian Atkins 's men have had mixed fortunes in the third division and advanced to the second round of the FA Cup only after a hard-fought 1-0 away victory over Dover, climaxing with a stunning close-range goal from 34-year-old former Manchester City player David Oldfield. Swindon had an equally tough time dispatching fellow second-division team Huddersfield, with captain Andy Gumey securing a 1-0 score after the tie looked to be heading for a replay.
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Episode 15 : 7th December 2002: FA Cup Second Round
December. 07,2002
FA Cup second-round highlights.
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Episode 14 : 7th December 2002: Rangers v Celtic
December. 07,2002
Coverage of the second Old Firm clash of the season, with Ibrox this time hosting the famous derby. The last league meeting of these two was a memorable affair, with Chris Sutton's late goal for Celtic salvaging a 3-3 draw in October. Victory for either side would be a big step towards the league title.
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Episode 13 : 27th November 2002: FA Cup First Round Replays
November. 27,2002
Non-league sides tackle teams from divisions two and three in a roundup of replays from the FA Cup first round.
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Episode 12 : 17th November 2002: FA Cup First Round
November. 17,2002
Forest Green Rovers v Exeter City. Coverage from The Lawn, Gloucestershire, of this intriguing first-round FA Cup tie. History shows that non-league teams can be notoriously tricky FA Cup opponents, and this could prove an especially tough proposition for Exeter, who are currently languishing near the foot of Division Three.
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Episode 11 : 17th November 2002: FA Cup First Round
November. 17,2002
Highlights of today's matches in the first round of the FA Cup, including news of any upsets.
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Episode 10 : 14th November 2002: Uefa Cup: Blackburn Rovers v Celtic
November. 14,2002
Coverage from Ewood Park of the Uefa Cup second-round, second-leg encounter. Blackburn strikers Dwight Yorke and Damien Duff will hope to capitalise on homeground advantage after their good form in the first leg at Celtic came to nothing, with Henrik Larsson shooting the Scottish champions to victory with five minutes to go. Plus highlights from Loftus Road as Fulham take on Croatian side Dynamo Zagreb.
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Episode 9 : 31st October 2002: Uefa Cup: Celtic v Blackburn Rovers
October. 31,2002
Coverage from Celtic Park of the Uefa Cup second-round, first-leg clash between Celtic and Blackburn Rovers - a true Battle of Britain. Martin O'Neill 's Celtic have dominated the Scottish Premier League during the past couple of seasons but have yet to translate this into success on the European stage. After breezing through the first round of this tournament against Lithuanian outfit FK Suduva , they are certain to face a far tougher test against Blackburn, a side managed by Graham Souness - the former boss of their fierce Glasgow rivals, Rangers.
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Episode 7 : 12th October 2002: Euro 2004 Qualifier
October. 12,2002
Coverage of the opening game in England's campaign to qualify for Euro 2004. In the first of two matches England will play within four days, Sven-Goran Eriksson's men will be aiming for maximum points in this Group Seven clash against a team they have never played before and which lost 0-3 to Turkey in their own opening match. Formerly part of the old Czechoslovakia national side, Slovakia do not have a great record against stronger international sides while England must win their group to be assured of an automatic place at the tournament finals in Portugal.
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Episode 6 : 6th October 2002: Celtic v Rangers
October. 06,2002
Coverage from Celtic Park of the first of this season's Old Firm battles between the two Glasgow titans. Derbies between the two clubs are always something to savour and once again Celtic and Rangers are setting the pace in the Scottish Premier League. Aberdeen were the last team, in the 1984/5 season, to break the two teams' title stranglehold.
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Episode 5 : 7th September 2002: International Friendly: England v Portugal
September. 07,2002
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of England's friendly against Portugal at Villa Park.
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Episode 4 : 30th August 2002: Uefa Super Cup: Real Madrid v Feyenoord
August. 30,2002
Last season's Champions' League winners, Real Madrid, take on the Uefa Cup holders from the Netherlands, Feyenoord, in the annual European Super Cup final at Monaco's Stade Louis II. Madrid will start as favourites, with their glittering squad that includes the world's most expensive footballer, French midfield maestro Zinedine Zidane. But Liverpool showed last season, when beating Bayern Munich, that the Uefa Cup winners are not necessarily the poor relations in this fixture.
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Episode 3 : 27th August 2002: Uefa Champions League: Manchester United v Zalaegerszeg
August. 27,2002
Coverage from Old Trafford of this Uefa Champions' League third qualifying round second-leg. After their shock injury-time defeat by this Hungarian side in the first leg, Manchester United will be taking no chances tonight. Failure to qualify for the Champions' League would be a major embarrassment, and Alex Ferguson will want to deploy some of his biggest weapons to ensure their one-goal deficit is overturned.
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Episode 2 : 14th August 2002: Uefa Champions League: Zalaegerszeg v Manchester United
August. 14,2002
Manchester United travel to Hungary for this Uefa Champions' League third qualifying round first-leg match, as they look to make amends for last season's disappointments.
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Episode 1 : 11th August 2002: FA Community Shield: Arsenal v Liverpool
August. 11,2002
Highlights of today's FA Community Shield, the traditional opener to the English football season. As Arsenal won both the Premiership and the FA Cup last season, it is Premiership runners-up Liverpool whom they faced at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
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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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