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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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- verified Status: Returning Series
- person By: Unknown
- calendar_month Release Date: 1964-08-22
- update Lastly Aired: 2025-01-04
- video_camera_front Companies BBC Sport
- list_alt Seasons & Episodes: 61 Seasons, 3187 Episodes
- timer Episode Runtime: 80 Mins/Episode
- star Rating: 7.4 / 10
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Seasons
All seasons
61 Seasons in total-
Match of the Day Season 1964/65
Match of the Day begins on 22 August 1964, for coverage of Liverpool versus Arsenal. Kenneth Wolstenholme opens the programme with the words: "Welcome ...
37 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1965/66
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 af ...
33 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1966/67
In the year that saw England win the World Cup, Match of the Day moves to BBC ONE. ...
40 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1967/68
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 fi ...
42 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1968/69
Grandstand presenter David Coleman begins regularly presenting Match of the Day. ...
38 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1969/70
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 gam ...
40 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1970/71
1970 saw the introduction of the Goal of the Month competition, which led to thousands of postcards being sent to the BBC. ...
43 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1971/72
John Motson makes his debut as a Match of the Day commentator. ...
43 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1972/73
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. ...
43 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1973/74
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 ...
42 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1974/75
Match of the Day signs a new three-year contract with the Football League. ...
43 Episode(s) -
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Match of the Day Season 1977/78
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 childre ...
41 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1978/79
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 ...
41 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1979/80
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. ...
46 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1980/81
After 16 seasons in the Saturday night slot, Match of the Day moved to Sunday afternoons. ...
40 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1981/82
The programme returned to Saturday nights. Only two games were allowed to be shown per show. ...
42 Episode(s) -
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Match of the Day Season 1983/84
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 al ...
37 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1984/85
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 ...
39 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1985/86
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 weeken ...
14 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1986/87
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 S ...
14 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1987/88
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 Leag ...
19 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1988/89
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 broad ...
13 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1989/90
Des Lynam continued to present the show, joined by Jimmy Hill and Terry Venables as regular pundits. ...
16 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1990/91
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. ...
21 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1991/92
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 w ...
22 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1992/93
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 ...
46 Episode(s) -
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Match of the Day Season 1995/96
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 fro ...
53 Episode(s) -
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Match of the Day Season 1997/98
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 th ...
71 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1998/99
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 hos ...
55 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 1999/2000
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 ...
90 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 2000/01
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 Cu ...
57 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 2001/02
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 ...
93 Episode(s) -
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Match of the Day Season 2003/04
In August 2003, it is announced that the BBC has won back the right to show Premiership highlights from 2004, for three years. ...
113 Episode(s) -
Match of the Day Season 2004/05
Match of the Day returns to the BBC for the new season, as part of a new football package on the BBC. ...
81 Episode(s) -
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