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 48 : MOTD - 22nd May 2022
May. 22,2022
Gary Lineker presents highlights of a dramatic final day of the Premier League season at both ends of the table. Defending champions Manchester City host Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium, while Liverpool welcome Wolves to Anfield. Everton travel to Arsenal and Burnley take on Newcastle.
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Episode 47 : FA Cup Final Highlights
May. 14,2022
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Episode 46 : MOTD - 11 May 2022
May. 11,2022
Gary Lineker presents highlights from three midweek Premier League fixtures, which include Leeds United v Chelsea and Watford v Everton.
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Episode 45 : MOTD - 7th May 2022
May. 07,2022
Gary Lineker introduces highlights, reaction and analysis from the day’s eight Premier League fixtures, including a heavyweight clash between Liverpool and Tottenham.
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Episode 44 : MOTD - 30th April 2022
April. 30,2022
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Saturday’s seven Premier League matches, including Leeds v Manchester City, Newcastle v Liverpool and Watford v Burnley.
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Episode 43 : MOTD - 23rd April 2022
April. 23,2022
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Saturday’s six Premier League fixtures, including the clash between top-four rivals Arsenal and Manchester United.
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Episode 42 : MOTD - 20th April 2022
April. 20,2022
Premier League highlights including Liverpool v Manchester United and Chelsea v Arsenal. Champions Manchester City were also in action against Brighton.
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Episode 41 : FA Cup Semi-Final Highlights
April. 17,2022
Highlights of the weekend's two FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. Manchester City faced Liverpool, while Chelsea took on Crystal Palace.
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Episode 40 : MOTD - 16th April 2022
April. 16,2022
Highlights from today’s Premier League games, which included several key fixtures in the race for Europe: Southampton v Arsenal, Tottenham v Brighton and Manchester United v Norwich.
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Episode 39 : MOTD - 9th April 2022
April. 09,2022
Gary Lineker presents highlights from Saturday’s Premier League games, including Tottenham’s visit to Aston Villa and Manchester United’s trip to Everton.
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Episode 38 : MOTD - 2nd April 2022
April. 02,2022
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of a bumper day of Premier League football, as Liverpool and Manchester City continue to battle it out for the title.
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Episode 37 : FA Cup Quarter-Final Highlights
March. 20,2022
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Episode 36 : MOTD - 19th March 2022
March. 19,2022
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Saturday's Premier League clash between Aston Villa and Arsenal, plus highlights of Wolves v Leeds from Friday night.
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Episode 35 : MOTD - 12th March 2022
March. 12,2022
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of six Premier League games, including Manchester United v Tottenham, Brighton v Liverpool and Brentford v Burnley.
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Episode 34 : MOTD - 5th March 2022
March. 05,2022
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day’s seven Premier League fixtures, including Liverpool’s home game against top-four challengers West Ham.
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Episode 33 : MOTD - 26th February 2022
February. 26,2022
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's Premier League football, including Everton v Manchester City, plus action from Friday's clash between Southampton and Norwich.
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Episode 32 : MOTD - 19th February 2022
February. 19,2022
Gary Lineker introduces highlights, reaction and analysis from a bumper day of Premier League football, including Tottenham’s trip to take on champions Manchester City.
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Episode 31 : MOTD - 12th February 2022
February. 12,2022
Gary Lineker introduces highlights, reaction and analysis from the weekend’s Premier League fixtures so far, including Manchester United’s match with Southampton.
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Episode 30 : MOTD - 9th February 2022
February. 09,2022
Gary Lineker presents highlights from a packed set of midweek fixtures in the Premier League, featuring Manchester City’s clash with promoted Brentford.
You can also see all of the goals from Tuesday’s three matches, including Newcastle United versus Everton.
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Episode 29 : Fourth Round Highlights (2)
February. 06,2022
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Episode 28 : Fourth Round Highlights (1)
February. 05,2022
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Episode 27 : MOTD - 22nd January 2022
January. 22,2022
Gary Lineker introduces highlights, reaction and analysis from the weekend’s Premier League fixtures so far, including Manchester United’s match with West Ham.
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Episode 26 : MOTD - 15th January 2022
January. 15,2022
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of eight Premier League fixtures, as Manchester City face Chelsea, Newcastle host Watford, and Aston Villa meet Manchester United for the second time in five days.
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Episode 25 : FA Cup Third-Round Highlights (2)
January. 09,2022
The best of Sunday's FA Cup action, with Premier League and Championship sides hoping to avoid falling victim to a giant-killing in the third round. Notable games include West Ham versus Leeds and Tottenham versus Morecambe.
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Episode 24 : FA Cup Third-Round Highlights (1)
January. 08,2022
All the goals and highlights from the FA Cup third round, the stage at which Premier League and Championship clubs enter the competition. Notable games include Leicester versus Watford, West Brom versus Brighton and Chelsea versus Chesterfield.
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Episode 23 : MOTD - 1st January 2022
January. 01,2022
Gary Lineker introduces all the goals and highlights from Saturday’s three Premier League fixtures, including Arsenal’s clash with Manchester City. Elsewhere, Tottenham Hotspur travelled to Watford, and Crystal Palace faced West Ham United.
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Episode 22 : MOTD - 28th December 2021
December. 28,2021
The Premier League highlights come thick and fast over the busy festive period, with today’s games including Brendan Rodgers’s Leicester City hosting his former side Liverpool. Other games saw Arsenal and Wolves meeting at the Emirates while Antonio Conte’s Tottenham travelled to Southampton.
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Episode 21 : MOTD - 26th December 2021
December. 26,2021
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from all the Boxing Day games in the Premier League. Chelsea visited Aston Villa while Manchester City hosted Leicester, who beat the champions in the Community Shield in August. Other matches include Liverpool v Leeds, West Ham v Southampton and Tottenham v Crystal Palace.
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Episode 20 : MOTD - 18th December 2021
December. 18,2021
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of six Premier League matches, including Arsenal’s trip to take on Leeds United at Elland Road.
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Episode 19 : MOTD - 16th December 2021
December. 16,2021
Mark Chapman presents highlights of tonight’s three matches from the Premier League, including Liverpool v Newcastle, Leicester v Tottenham and Chelsea v Everton.
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Episode 18 : MOTD - 15th December 2021
December. 15,2021
Gary Lineker presents highlights of tonight’s four matches from the Premier League, including Arsenal v West Ham, Brentford v Manchester United and Manchester City v Leeds.
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Episode 17 : MOTD - 11th December 2021
December. 11,2021
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Saturday’s five Premier League matches, which includes Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa side taking on his old club Liverpool.
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Episode 16 : FA Cup Second-Round Highlights
December. 05,2021
The best of the action from the weekend's FA Cup matches, with the remaining non-league sides battling it out for a place in the third round of the competition.
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Episode 15 : MOTD - 4th December 2021
December. 04,2021
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Saturday’s five Premier League matches, including West Ham v Chelsea and Wolves v Liverpool.
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Episode 14 : MOTD - 1st December 2021
December. 01,2021
Highlights and reaction from the Merseyside derby and all seven other midweek Premier League games played so far.
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Episode 13 : MOTD - 27th November 2021
November. 27,2021
Gary Lineker introduces highlights, reaction and analysis from Saturday’s five Premier League fixtures, including title-chasing Liverpool’s home meeting with Southampton.
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Episode 12 : MOTD - 20th November 2021
November. 20,2021
Mark Chapman introduces highlights of Saturday’s eight Premier League matches, including Arsenal’s trip to face Liverpool at Anfield. Elsewhere, Leicester City hosted Chelsea and Brentford travelled to Newcastle United.
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Episode 11 : MOTD - 6th November 2021
November. 06,2021
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Saturday’s five Premier League matches, including the crunch derby clash between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford.
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Episode 10 : MOTD - 30th October 2021
October. 30,2021
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Saturday’s seven Premier League matches, including Tottenham v Manchester United, Leicester v Arsenal and Newcastle v Chelsea.
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Episode 9 : MOTD - 23rd October
October. 23,2021
Gary Lineker presents all the goals and highlights from Saturday’s Premier League games, which include champions Manchester City’s visit to Brighton. Other matches saw title hopefuls Chelsea host struggling Norwich, and Everton and Watford doing battle at Goodison Park.
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Episode 8 : MOTD - 16th October 2021
October. 16,2021
Gary Lineker presents highlights of Saturday’s action from the Premier League, featuring Leicester City’s clash with Manchester United. Elsewhere, Brentford hosted Chelsea, Liverpool travelled to Watford and Manchester City faced Burnley.
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Episode 7 : MOTD - 2nd October 2021
October. 02,2021
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Saturday’s action from the Premier League, including Everton’s visit to Old Trafford to face Manchester United.
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Episode 6 : MOTD - 25th September 2021
September. 25,2021
Gary Lineker presents highlights of Saturday’s seven top-flight games, including Chelsea v Manchester City, Manchester United v Aston Villa and Brentford v Liverpool.
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Episode 5 : MOTD - 18th September 2021
September. 18,2021
Gary Lineker presents all the goals and highlights from Saturday’s six Premier League games, including Man City v Southampton, Liverpool v Crystal Palace and Burnley v Arsenal.
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Episode 4 : MOTD - 11th September 2021
September. 11,2021
Gary Lineker presents all the goals and highlights from Saturday’s Premier League games, with both Manchester sides, Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal all in action.
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Episode 3 : MOTD - 28th August 2021
August. 28,2021
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from Saturday’s Premier League matches, including Manchester City v Arsenal and Chelsea’s visit to Anfield to play Liverpool.
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Episode 2 : MOTD - 21st August 2021
August. 21,2021
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the second weekend of Premier League action, including Liverpool at home to Burnley and Everton travelling to face Leeds United.
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Episode 1 : MOTD - 14th August 2021
August. 14,2021
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the opening round of fixtures in the new Premier League season, including Manchester United’s clash with trans-Pennine rivals Leeds United.
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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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