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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.
Episode 45 : 19th May 2018: FA Cup Final: Chelsea v Manchester United
May. 19,2018
Highlights of the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester United from Wembley Stadium.
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Episode 43 : 5th May 2018
May. 05,2018
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights and analysis, with guests Martin Keown and Frank Lampard. The games include Tottenham's visit to West Brom and Everton hosting Southampton.
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Episode 42 : 28th April 2018
April. 28,2018
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the Premier League, including Liverpool’s home game against Stoke and Chelsea’s trip to Swansea. There are also several matches involving sides threatened with relegation including Huddersfield against Everton and the south coast derby between Bournemouth and Southampton.
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Episode 41 : 22nd April 2018: FA Cup Semi Final: Chelsea v Southampton
April. 22,2018
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Episode 40 : 21st April 2018: FA Cup Semi Final: Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur
April. 21,2018
Dan Walker presents highlights of the FA Cup semi-final between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley.
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Episode 39 : 21st April 2018
April. 21,2018
Dan Walker introduces highlights of the day’s Premier League game between Watford and Crystal Palace at Vicarage Road. For Roy Hodgson’s Palace points remain vital as they battle to secure their Premier League status. They face a tricky game against a Watford side that have also improved under new management since Javi Gracia took over.
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Episode 37 : 7th April 2018
April. 07,2018
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's Premier League games, including Manchester City's home game against Manchester United. There are also games with relegation implications, including West Brom against Swansea, Brighton versus Huddersfield and Bournemouth taking on Crystal Palace.
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Episode 35 : 17th March 2018: FA Cup Quarter Final
March. 17,2018
Dan Walker introduces highlights of the day's four Premier League games, including crucial encounters towards the foot of the table as West Brom travel to Bournemouth and Huddersfield host Crystal Palace. Also includes highlights of the day's FA Cup quarter-finals as Manchester United host Brighton and Swansea face Tottenham.
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Episode 34 : 10th March 2018
March. 10,2018
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's Premier League games, including Liverpool's trip to fierce rivals Manchester United, with both sides battling to secure Champions League football next season. West Brom, in need of points to preserve their top-flight status, host Leicester.
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Episode 33 : 3rd March 2018
March. 03,2018
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's Premier League games, including the match between Liverpool and Newcastle United. The visitors' manager, Rafael Benitez, spent six successful years in charge of the Reds, but he returns to Anfield with his current side in need of points as they struggle to secure their top-flight status.
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Episode 32 : 24th February 2018
February. 24,2018
Gary Lineker is joined by Alan Shearer and Frank Lampard to present highlights and analysis from the day's Premier League fixtures. The action includes a midlands derby between Leicester City and Stoke City, as well as West Ham United's trip to Liverpool.
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Episode 31 : 17th February 2018: FA Cup Fifth Round
February. 17,2018
Action from the latest fifth-round matches, which included Brighton & Hove Albion v Coventry City and West Bromwich Albion v Southampton, featuring analysis of the main talking points and post-match reaction from managers and players. Plus, a look back at the two matches from Friday night, which were Leicester City v Sheffield United and Chelsea v Hull City.
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Episode 30 : 10th February 2018
February. 10,2018
Highlights and reaction from the day's six top-flight games, introduced by Gary Lineker. The top fixture was at Wembley, with Spurs seeking to avenge defeat by Arsenal in November.
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Episode 29 : 3rd February 2018
February. 03,2018
Gary Lineker presents highlights of the day's seven games, including Manchester City's clash with Burnley at Turf Moor and Manchester United's match against Huddersfield at Old Trafford.
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Episode 28 : 31st January 2018
January. 31,2018
Gary Lineker presents highlights of all the midweek Premier League fixtures, which include Liverpool's trip to Huddersfield and Tottenham hosting Manchester United at Wembley.
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Episode 27 : 27th January 2018: FA Cup Fourth Round
January. 27,2018
Highlights from the day's games in the FA Cup fourth round, including Newport v Tottenham, Liverpool v West Brom and Peterborough v Leicester.
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Episode 26 : 20th January 2018
January. 20,2018
Gary Lineker presents highlights of eight Premier League matches including title hopefuls Manchester City's clash with Newcastle United, Arsenal's London derby with Crystal Palace and Chelsea's trip to Brighton & Hove Albion.
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Episode 25 : 13th January 2018
January. 13,2018
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including Leicester's trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea. Other matches include Huddersfield against West Ham, Crystal Palace versus Burnley, and Everton's trip to Spurs.
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Episode 24 : 6th January 2018: FA Cup Third Round
January. 06,2018
Highlights from the third round of the FA Cup, the stage at which Premier League and Championship sides join the competition.
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Episode 23 : 2nd January 2018
January. 02,2018
Highlights of the day's four games, including Manchester City v Watford and Swansea v Tottenham, as well as a chance to catch up on Monday's five Premier League fixtures, which included Manchester United's trip to Everton.
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Episode 22 : 30th December 2017
December. 30,2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, featuring Stoke's trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea and Liverpool hosting Leicester. Other games include Manchester United v Southampton, Bournemouth v Everton, Huddersfield v Burnley, Newcastle v Brighton and Watford v Swansea.
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Episode 19 : 16th December 2017
December. 16,2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the heavyweight clash between Manchester City and Tottenham, Arsenal's encounter with Newcastle, Chelsea's meeting with Southampton and Crystal Palace's trip to Leicester. Brighton play Burnley, Huddersfield visit Watford, and Stoke host West Ham.
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Episode 18 : 13th December 2017
December. 13,2017
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from all ten midweek Premier League games. West Ham entertain London rivals Arsenal, Manchester City travel to Swansea, and Newcastle meet Everton.
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Episode 17 : 9th December 2017
December. 09,2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the lunchtime kick-off between London rivals West Ham and Chelsea. Other games include Tottenham against Stoke, Crystal Palace playing Bournemouth, Watford visiting Burnley, Huddersfield hosting Brighton, Swansea against West Brom and Leicester's trip to Newcastle.
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Episode 16 : 2nd December 2017
December. 02,2017
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Arsenal v Manchester United. The Gunners ended United's 25-match unbeaten run in the Premier League in the corresponding fixture last May, which also gave Arsene Wenger his first competitive victory over Jose Mourinho at the sixteenth attempt. Other games include Tottenham's visit to Watford and Brighton's first Premier League game against Liverpool.
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Episode 15 : 29th November 2017
November. 29,2017
Dan Walker presents all the action from the midweek Premier League games. Arsenal host Huddersfield, Chelsea entertain Swansea City and Liverpool travel to Stoke. Other games include Brighton & Hove Albion taking on rivals Crystal Palace and Manchester United heading south to face Watford.
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Episode 14 : 25th November 2017
November. 25,2017
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Manchester United v Brighton, Tottenham v West Brom, Crystal Palace v Stoke, Newcastle v Watford, Swansea v Bournemouth and, in the late kick-off, Liverpool v Chelsea.
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Episode 13 : 18th November 2017
November. 18,2017
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including the north London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham. In the other games Manchester City visited Leicester, Manchester United hosted Newcastle, Liverpool played Southampton, West Brom welcomed Chelsea, Bournemouth hosted Huddersfield, Swansea visited Burnley, and Crystal Palace and Everton met at Selhurst Park.
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Episode 12 : 4th November 2017
November. 04,2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including West Ham's early evening kick-off with Liverpool at the London Stadium, Stoke's clash with Leicester and Southampton's encounter with Burnley at St Mary's.
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Episode 11 : 28th October 2017
October. 28,2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the heavyweight clash between Manchester United and Tottenham at Old Trafford. Other matches include Manchester City's trip to West Brom, Bournemouth against Chelsea, Crystal Palace's London derby with West Ham, Arsenal against Swansea, Watford hosting Stoke and Huddersfield visiting Liverpool.
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Episode 10 : 21st October 2017
October. 21,2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights. Champions Chelsea host Watford, Newcastle play Crystal Palace, Manchester City face Burnley, Huddersfield take on Manchester United, Bournemouth visit Stoke, Swansea welcome Leicester, and Southampton play West Brom.
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Episode 9 : 14th October 2017
October. 14,2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the lunchtime kick-off at Anfield between old adversaries Liverpool and Manchester United. Other matches include the clash between struggling Crystal Palace and reigning champions Chelsea, plus Watford v Arsenal, Burnley v West Ham, Manchester City v Stoke, Swansea v Huddersfield and Tottenham v Bournemouth.
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Episode 8 : 30th September 2017
September. 30,2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the visit of Pep Guardiola's Manchester City to champions Chelsea. Other games include Huddersfield v Tottenham, Manchester United v Crystal Palace, Bournemouth v Leicester, Stoke v Southampton, West Brom v Watford and West Ham v Swansea.
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Episode 7 : 23rd September 2017
September. 23,2017
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Manchester United's trip to Southampton and West Ham's home clash with Tottenham. Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool head to Leicester, and Stoke host last season's title winners Chelsea.
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Episode 6 : 16th September 2017
September. 16,2017
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Tottenham v Swansea, Watford v Manchester City, Huddersfield v Leicester, Liverpool v Burnley, Newcastle v Stoke, West Brom v West Ham and Crystal Palace v Southampton.
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Episode 5 : 9th September 2017
September. 09,2017
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Manchester City v Liverpool, Leicester v Chelsea, Everton v Tottenham, Brighton v West Brom, Arsenal v Bournemouth, Southampton v Watford and Stoke v Manchester United.
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Episode 4 : 26th August 2017
August. 26,2017
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's six Premier League games, including Watford v Brighton, Bournemouth v Manchester City, Huddersfield v Southampton, Newcastle v West Ham, Crystal Palace v Swansea and Manchester United v Leicester.
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Episode 3 : 19th August 2017
August. 19,2017
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's Premier League matches, which include Swansea v Manchester United, Stoke v Arsenal, Liverpool v Crystal Palace, Bournemouth v Watford, Burnley v West Brom, Leicester v Brighton and Southampton v West Ham.
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Episode 1 : 6th August 2017: Community Shield: Chelsea v Arsenal
August. 06,2017
Manish Bhasin presents highlights of the traditional curtain-raiser to the Premier League season as Champions Chelsea face FA Cup winners Arsenal at Wembley. Antonio Conte's team will be looking to quickly forget that 2-1 FA Cup Final loss to the Gunners at the same ground back in May, with both teams expected to show off some of their expensive summer signings.
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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 5
Grandstand presenter David Coleman begins regularly presenting Match of the Day.
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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