Match of the Day
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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 83 : 28th July 2013: Women's Euro 2013 Final: Germany v Norway
July. 28,2013
Coverage of Germany v Norway in the Women's Euro 2013 final. Though Germany are going for a sixth consecutive title, Norway actually beat them 1-0 in the group stage.
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Episode 82 : 25th July 2013: Women's Euro 2013: Semi-Final 2
July. 25,2013
Jacqui Oatley is in Norkopping in Sweden for coverage of the second semi-final at the Women's European Football Championship, as Norway take on Denmark.
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Episode 81 : 24th July 2013: Women's Euro 2013: Semi-Final 1
July. 24,2013
Former England captain Faye White joins Jacqui Oatley in Gothenburg for coverage of the first semi-final at the Women's European Football Championship, as Sweden face Germany.
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Episode 80 : 22nd July 2013: Women's Euro 2013: France v Denmark
July. 22,2013
Coverage of the last quarter-final as France take on Denmark, plus expert analysis, reaction and highlights of the day's other quarter-final.
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Episode 79 : 21st July 2013: Women's Euro 2013
July. 21,2013
Jacqui Oatley presents highlights from the first two quarter-finals of the Women's European Football Championships in Sweden, plus a look ahead to the other two quarter-finals.
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Episode 78 : 18th July 2013: Women's Euro 2013: France v England
July. 18,2013
Coverage of England's vital match against France as the group stages of the UEFA Women's European Football Championship in Sweden reach their conclusion.
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Episode 77 : 17th July 2013: Women's Euro 2013
July. 17,2013
Highlights from the final matches in Group B at the Women's European Football Championship in Sweden. Germany meet Norway in Kalmar, while Iceland play the Netherlands in Vaxjo.
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Episode 76 : 16th July 2013: Women's Euro 2013: Sweden v Italy
July. 16,2013
Action from Sweden as Group A reaches its climax, with the hosts playing their final group match against Italy in Halmstad.
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Episode 75 : 15th July 2013: Women's Euro 2013: Spain v France
July. 15,2013
Jacqui Oatley introduces action as Spain face France in another key game in England's group at the Women's Euros in Sweden. Plus reaction to England's game against Russia.
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Episode 74 : 15th July 2013: Women's Euro 2013: England v Russia
July. 15,2013
Jacqui Oatley introduces coverage of England's second match at the UEFA Women's Football Championship against Russia.
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Episode 73 : 14th July 2013: Women's Euro 2013: Germany v Iceland
July. 14,2013
Action from the UEFA Women's Football Championship in Sweden, introduced by Jacqui Oatley. In Vaxjo, rank outsiders Iceland take on tournament favourites Germany.
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Episode 72 : 13th July 2013: Women's Euro 2013: Finland v Sweden
July. 13,2013
Jacqui Oatley introduces live football from the women's Euros as hosts Sweden take on Finland in Gothenburg and action from the other match in Group A between Italy and Denmark.
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Episode 71 : 12th July 2013: Women's Euro 2013: England v Spain
July. 12,2013
Jacqui Oatley introduces coverage of England's opening game against Spain at Uefa Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden. Plus highlights of France v Russia.
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Episode 70 : 11th July 2013: Women's Euro 2013: Germany v Netherlands
July. 11,2013
Jacqui Oatley introduces coverage as Germany begin the defence of their title against the Netherlands. Plus highlights of the other match in Group B, Norway v Iceland.
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Episode 69 : 10th July 2013: Women's Euro 2013: Sweden v Denmark
July. 10,2013
Jacqui Oatley introduces coverage of the first day of Uefa Women's Euro 2013 as hosts Sweden take on Denmark in Gothenburg. Plus highlights of Italy v Finland.
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Episode 68 : 30th June 2013: Confederations Cup Final: Brazil v Spain
June. 30,2013
Gary Lineker presents coverage of the Confederations Cup final between hosts Brazil and world champions Spain at the iconic Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
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Episode 67 : 27th June 2013: Confederations Cup: Spain v Italy
June. 27,2013
Gary Lineker introduces coverage of the second semi-final between Spain and Italy at the Fifa Confederations Cup in Brazil. Commentary by Guy Mowbray and Martin Keown.
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Episode 66 : 26th June 2013: Confederations Cup: Brazil v Uruguay
June. 26,2013
Gary Lineker introduces coverage of the first semi-final at the Fifa Confederations Cup in Brazil from Belo Horizonte's Estadio Mineirao, as the hosts take on Uruguay.
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Episode 65 : 23rd June 2013: Confederations Cup: Uruguay v Tahiti
June. 23,2013
Coverage of the Confederations Cup match between Uruguay and Tahiti.
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Episode 64 : 23rd June 2013: Confederations Cup: Nigeria v Spain
June. 23,2013
Mark Chapman hosts coverage of the final Group B matches at the Fifa Confederations Cup, as Nigeria face Spain in Fortaleza.
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Episode 63 : 22nd June 2013: Confederations Cup
June. 22,2013
Mark Chapman presents highlights of the concluding matches in Group A. Hosts Brazil take on Euro 2012 runners-up Italy and Asian Cup winners Japan play North American champions Mexico. The top two countries in the group progress to the semi-finals.
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Episode 62 : 22nd June 2013: Confederations Cup: Japan v Mexico
June. 22,2013
Coverage of the Confederations Cup match between Japan and Mexico from Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Episode 61 : 22nd June 2013: Confederations Cup: Italy v Brazil
June. 22,2013
Mark Chapman introduces coverage from Group A of the Fifa Confederations Cup, as hosts Brazil meet Italy in Salvador.
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Episode 60 : 20th June 2013: Confederations Cup: Nigeria v Uruguay
June. 20,2013
Coverage of the fourth Group B match of the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup, as African champions Nigeria face South American champions Uruguay in Salvador.
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Episode 59 : 20th June 2013: Confederations Cup: Spain v Tahiti
June. 20,2013
Mark Chapman presents coverage of the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup, as world champions Spain take on tiny Tahiti at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in Group B.
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Episode 58 : 19th June 2013: Confederations Cup: Italy v Japan
June. 19,2013
Gary Lineker presents coverage of the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup as Italy take on Japan in Group A. Former Netherlands midfielder Clarence Seedorf is pitch-side in Recife.
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Episode 57 : 19th June 2013: Confederations Cup: Brazil v Mexico
June. 19,2013
Mark Chapman presents coverage of the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup, as next year's World Cup hosts Brazil take on Concacaf champions Mexico in Fortaleza.
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Episode 56 : 17th June 2013: Confederations Cup: Tahiti v Nigeria
June. 17,2013
Dan Walker presents live coverage of the second Group B match of the Fifa Confederations Cup, as African champions Nigeria take on little-fancied Tahiti in Belo Horizonte.
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Episode 55 : 16th June 2013: Confederations Cup: Spain v Uruguay
June. 16,2013
Gary Lineker presents coverage of the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup as Group B gets underway with World and European champions Spain up against Copa America winners Uruguay.
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Episode 54 : 16th June 2013: Confederations Cup: Mexico v Italy
June. 16,2013
Mark Chapman presents coverage of the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup, as Mexico take on Italy in Rio de Janiero.
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Episode 53 : 15th June 2013: Confederations Cup: Brazil v Japan
June. 15,2013
Mark Chapman presents coverage of the opening match of the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup, as hosts Brazil take on Japan in Group A.
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Episode 52 : 19th May 2013
May. 19,2013
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from seven Premier League games including Stoke v Tottenham, Sunderland v Southampton, Manchester United v Swansea and Fulham v Liverpool.
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Episode 51 : 12th May 2013
May. 12,2013
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from seven Premier League games including Stoke v Tottenham, Sunderland v Southampton, Manchester United v Swansea and Fulham v Liverpool.
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Episode 50 : 11th May 2013
May. 11,2013
Highlights of the Premier League game between Aston Villa and Chelsea, with Chelsea in need of a strong finish to the season if they are to qualify for the Champions League.
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Episode 49 : 4th May 2013
May. 04,2013
Action from seven top-flight Premier League matches, including West Bromwich Albion v Wigan, Fulham v Reading, QPR v Arsenal, Norwich v Aston Villa and West Ham v Newcastle.
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Episode 48 : 27th April 2013
April. 27,2013
Action from the Premier League. Including Wigan v Tottenham, Stoke v Norwich, Man City v West Ham, Everton v Fulham and Southampton v West Brom.
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Episode 47 : 20th April 2013
April. 20,2013
Gary Lineker introduces the best of the action and reaction from the Premier League. Much of the focus is on the bottom end of the table, and the fight to avoid relegation.
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Episode 46 : 13th April 2013
April. 13,2013
Gary Lineker presents highlights of five crucial Premier League games, with analysis from Alan Hansen, Martin Keown and David Moyes.
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Episode 45 : 6th April 2013
April. 06,2013
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights featuring Reading v Southampton, Norwich v Swansea, Stoke v Aston Villa and West Brom v Arsenal.
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Episode 44 : 30th March 2013
March. 30,2013
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from seven Premier League games, including Manchester City against Newcastle, Sunderland v Manchester United and Swansea v Tottenham.
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Episode 43 : 26th March 2013: World Cup Qualifier: Wales v Croatia
March. 26,2013
Jason Mohammad with action and reaction from Wales' must-win World Cup qualifier against Croatia at the Liberty Stadium. Plus, highlights of Wales U21 v Moldova U21.
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Episode 42 : 26th March 2013: World Cup Qualifier: Northern Ireland v Israel
March. 26,2013
Stephen Watson and Iain Dowie present extended highlights of Northern Ireland's match against Israel. Commentary comes from Jackie Fullerton.
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Episode 41 : 16th March 2013
March. 16,2013
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League action and reaction, with matches including Everton v Manchester City, Aston Villa v QPR and Southampton v Liverpool.
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Episode 40 : 9th March 2013
March. 09,2013
Dan Walker introduces the best of the action from the Premier League. Southampton travel to Norwich, QPR host Sunderland, Reading welcome Aston Villa, and West Brom play Swansea.
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Episode 39 : 2nd March 2013
March. 02,2013
Gary Lineker presents highlights of Saturday's eight Premier League games, with analysis from Alan Shearer. Manchester United host Norwich at Old Trafford
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Episode 38 : 23rd February 2013
February. 23,2013
Gary Lineker introduces the best of the action and reaction from the day's six Premier League matches, which include QPR v Manchester United and Arsenal v Aston Villa.
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Episode 37 : 9th February 2013
February. 09,2013
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the Premier League. Matches include Southampton v Manchester City, Tottenham v Newcastle and Sunderland v Arsenal.
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Episode 36 : 6th February 2013: International Friendly
February. 06,2013
Wales v Austria. Jason Mohammad presents highlights of Wales' friendly with Austria at The Liberty Stadium. Plus highlights of Wales U21 v Iceland U21. Robbie Savage guests.
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Episode 35 : 2nd February 2013
February. 02,2013
Gary Lineker introduces the best of the action from the Premier League, with matches including Fulham v Manchester United, Arsenal v Stoke and Newcastle v Chelsea.
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Episode 34 : 30th January 2013
January. 30,2013
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Arsenal v Liverpool, Manchester United v Southampton, Reading v Chelsea, Norwich v Tottenham, Everton v West Brom, and Fulham v West Ham.
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Episode 33 : 19th January 2013
January. 19,2013
Gary Lineker introduces the best of the action and reaction from the day's seven Premier League matches, including West Ham v QPR, West Brom v Aston Villa and Liverpool v Norwich.
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Episode 32 : 12th January 2013
January. 12,2013
Gary Lineker introduces the best of the action and reaction from the day's eight Premier League matches, which include Stoke v Chelsea, Everton v Swansea and Reading v West Brom.
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Episode 31 : 2nd January 2013
January. 02,2013
Colin Murray presents highlights of the night's three Premier League games: Chelsea v Queens Park Rangers, Liverpool v Sunderland, and Newcastle United v Everton.
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Episode 30 : 1st January 2013
January. 01,2013
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the first seven Premier League fixtures of 2013, including Wigan v Manchester United, Manchester City v Stoke City, and West Ham v Norwich.
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Episode 29 : 29th December 2012
December. 29,2012
Gary Lineker presents highlights of the day's eight Premier League games, including Manchester City's trip to Norwich, and Manchester United's clash with West Brom.
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Episode 28 : 26th December 2012
December. 26,2012
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's Premier League games, with expert analysis from Mark Lawrenson and Alan Shearer. Fixtures include Manchester United v Newcastle.
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Episode 27 : 22nd December 2012
December. 22,2012
Gabby Logan introduces the best of the action from Saturday's Premier League matches, with studio guest Alan Hansen. Fixtures include Manchester City v Reading.
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Episode 26 : 16th December 2012: FIFA World Club Cup Final
December. 16,2012
Coverage of the Fifa World Club Cup final between Champions League winners Chelsea and Copa Libertadores holders Corinthians, from the International Stadium Yokohama.
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Episode 25 : 15th December 2012
December. 15,2012
Dan Walker introduces highlights from the Premier League, with fixtures including the clash between Newcastle United and Manchester City and Manchester United v Sunderland.
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Episode 24 : 13th December 2012: FIFA World Club Cup Semi Final 2
December. 13,2012
CF Monterrey vs Chelsea FC. Coverage of the second Fifa Club World Cup semi-final as the 2012 Uefa Champions League winners, Chelsea, take on Mexican outfit CF Monterrey, current holders of the Concacaf Champions League trophy.
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Episode 23 : 12th December 2012: FIFA World Club Cup Semi Final 1
December. 12,2012
AL-Ahly SC vs Corinthians.
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Episode 22 : 8th December 2012
December. 08,2012
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's six Premier League matches, with Alan Hansen and Alan Shearer. Chelsea travel to Sunderland while Arsenal host West Brom.
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Episode 21 : 1st December 2012
December. 01,2012
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the Premier League, with fixtures including the clash between Manchester City and Everton and West Ham v Chelsea.
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Episode 20 : 28th November 2012
November. 28,2012
Gary Lineker presents highlights from a busy midweek of Premier League action, with analysis from Alan Hansen and Alan Shearer. Fixtures include Manchester United v West Ham.
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Episode 19 : 24th November 2012
November. 24,2012
Gary Lineker presents highlights of Saturday's six Premier League games, with analysis from Mark Lawrenson and Dion Dublin. Fixtures include Manchester United v QPR.
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Episode 18 : 17th November 2012
November. 17,2012
Gary Lineker presents the best of the action from the Premier League, with Alan Hansen and Harry Redknapp. Matches include Arsenal v Tottenham and Norwich v Manchester United.
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Episode 17 : 14th November 2012: World Cup Qualifier
November. 14,2012
Northern Ireland v Azerbaijan. Stephen Watson presents highlights of Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifying match against Azerbaijan at Windsor Park. Commentary comes from Jackie Fullerton.
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Episode 16 : 10th November 2012
November. 10,2012
Gary Lineker presents the best of the action from the Premier League, with analysis from Alan Shearer and Martin Keown. Matches include Aston Villa v Manchester United.
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Episode 15 : 3rd November 2012
November. 03,2012
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the Premier League. Arsenal visit Old Trafford to face Manchester United, Chelsea travel to Swansea and Tottenham battle Wigan.
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Episode 14 : 27th October 2012
October. 27,2012
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of six Premier League games, including champions Manchester City taking on Swansea City and a London derby between Arsenal and QPR.
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Episode 13 : 20th October 2012
October. 20,2012
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from eight Premier League games, including the clash between Tottenham and Chelsea at White Hart Lane.
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Episode 12 : 20th October 2012: Women's International Friendly
October. 20,2012
France v England. Coverage of England's friendly international against Olympic semi-finalists France from the Charlety Stadium in Paris. Both teams qualified in style for next season's Euro 2013 Championships in Sweden and Hope Powell's side will be looking to lay down an early marker ahead of the tournament against opponents sure to figure strongly at the finals.
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Episode 11 : 12th October 2012: World Cup Qualifier
October. 12,2012
Wales v Scotland. Can Chris Coleman's men bounce back from two straight defeats? Jason Mohammad presents highlights of Wales's must-win World Cup qualifier against Scotland from Cardiff City stadium.
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Episode 10 : 6th October 2012
October. 06,2012
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the Premier League, with analysis from Alan Shearer and Martin Keown. Fixtures include Manchester City v Sunderland and Chelsea v Norwich.
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Episode 9 : 29th September 2012
September. 29,2012
Gabby Logan presents highlights from the day's Premier League games, which include Arsenal v Chelsea, Fulham v Manchester City, Everton v Southampton and Norwich v Liverpool.
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Episode 8 : 22nd September 2012
September. 22,2012
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the Premier League. Chelsea host Stoke at Stamford Bridge, while Sam Allardyce's West Ham welcome Martin O'Neill's Sunderland.
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Episode 7 : 19th September 2012: Women's Euro 2013 Qualifier
September. 19,2012
England v Croatia. Coverage of England's final Euro 2013 qualifier against Croatia at the Banks' Stadium in Walsall. A win will secure England's place in next year's finals in Sweden, and Hope Powell's side will go into the game full of confidence as they are unbeaten so far, and thrashed Croatia 6-0 in the reverse fixture in Vrbovec in March. That game featured two goals from Steph Houghton, who was the star of Team GB's run to the quarter-finals at London 2012.
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Episode 6 : 15th September 2012
September. 15,2012
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's Premier League matches, including Stoke v Manchester City, Manchester United v Wigan and West Brom v Fulham.
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Episode 5 : 11th September 2012: World Cup Qualifier
September. 11,2012
Stephen Watson presents highlights of Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifying match against Luxembourg. Jim Magilton provides analysis, and commentary comes from Jackie Fullerton.
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Episode 4 : 7th September 2012: World Cup Qualifier
September. 07,2012
Jason Mohammad presents highlights of Wales' World Cup qualifier against Belgium from Cardiff City Stadium. Studio guest is Robbie Savage.
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Episode 3 : 1st September 2012
September. 01,2012
Gary Lineker introduces the best of the action and reaction from the day's Premier League matches. Including Chelsea v Newcastle, Southampton v Wigan and Man Utd v Fulham.
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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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The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games are officially here and who better to cover it than the cast of The Last Leg? Returning to their disability positive routes, the comedy trio will be providing us with laughs and Paralympic insight throughout the Game.
Pardon the Interruption
Pardon the Interruption is a sports television show that airs weekdays on various ESPN TV channels, TSN, ESPN America, XM, and Sirius satellite radio services, and as a downloadable podcast. It is hosted by Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, who discuss, and frequently argue over, the top stories of the day in "sports... and other stuff". They had previously done this off-air in The Washington Post newsroom. Either Tony Reali or the uncredited "producer over the loudspeaker" serves as moderator for parts of the show, which is filmed in Washington, D.C.; Around The Horn also originates from the same studio.
Similar in format to Siskel and Ebert, PTI is known for its humorous and often loud tone, as well as the "rundown" graphic which lists the topics yet to be discussed on the right-hand side of the screen. The show's popularity has led to the creation of similar shows on ESPN, and similar segments on other series, and the rundown graphic has since been implemented on the morning editions of SportsCenter among many imitators. The show won a Sports Emmy Award for best Daily Outstanding Studio Show for 2009.
Kickin' It
Run by Sensei Rudy, the Bobby Wasabi Martial Arts Academy is the worst dojo in the nationwide Bobby Wasabi chain and is in danger of closing. But things change when Jack reluctantly joins the dojo and meets his new crew, including tough guy slacker Jerry and confident martial arts expert Kim. The crew teaches a group of neighborhood goofballs about life, karate, and how to "kick it." Jack and the gang quickly realize their newfound friendship will take them places they've never imagined and, united, they can become unstoppable.
The Men In Blazers Show
A celebration of the Premier League, the world's greatest sporting telenovela, with Roger Bennett and Michael Davies.