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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.
Episode 40 : International Match of the Day
April. 25,1970
Scotland v England from Hampden Park, Glasgow
Wales v Northern Ireland from Vetch Field, Swansea
David Coleman introduces two-match action from the last day of the week-long Home International tournament, assisted by Don Revie, manager of Leeds United, and Joe Mercer, manager of Manchester City.
Scotland v England remains the permanent high spot of this domestic series.
Wales v Northern Ireland brings big-time soccer back to Swansea.
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Episode 39 : International Match of the Day: England v Northern Ireland
April. 21,1970
From the Empire Stadium, Wembley.
In tonight's Home International Championship Match, England make their last appearance at home before Mexico on the famous ground where they won the World Championship in 1966.
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Episode 38 : International Match of the Day: Wales v England
April. 18,1970
From Ninian Park, Cardiff
The opening match in the 1969-70 Home International tournament. This week-long series involves England (the holders), Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Soccer experts Joe Mercer, manager of Manchester City, and Don Revie, manager of Leeds United are along to provide analysis.
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Episode 37 : Match of the Day: The FA Cup Final: Leeds United v Chelsea
April. 11,1970
David Coleman introduces this Cup Final Match of the Day from the Banqueting Floor at the winners' celebration dinner in London's West End.
Highlights from this afternoon's famous Wembley occasion when Chelsea and Leeds United played for the prestige trophy in British football.
Late-night interviews with manager and player personalities of the Wembley game.
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Episode 36 : 4th April 1970
April. 04,1970
The last Saturday of the Football League programme sees Match of the Day at a well-known ground highlighting one of the key end-of-the-season soccer issues.
Sheffield Wednesday v Everton
Middlesbrough v Cardiff City
Oxford United v Charlton
Plymouth Argyle v Bristol Rovers
Arsenal v West Ham United
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Episode 35 : 28th March 1970
March. 28,1970
Leeds United v Southampton
Blackpool v Aston Villa
Birmingham City v Preston North End
Bristol Rovers v Leyton Orient
Cardiff City v Oxford United
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Episode 34 : 21st March 1970
March. 21,1970
Leyton Orient v Stockport County
Manchester City v West Ham United
Aston Villa v Blackburn Rovers
Exeter City v Northampton Town
Swansea City v Scunthorpe United
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Episode 33 : Match of the Day: FA Cup Semi-finals
March. 14,1970
Action, news, interviews from FA Cup Semi-final day - last hurdle before Wembley and the Cup Final on 11 April.
Manchester United v Leeds United
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Episode 32 : 7th March 1970
March. 07,1970
The soccer season reaches its final, exciting month and one of the key promotion issues is highlighted in Match of the Day.
Liverpool v Leeds United
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Episode 31 : 28th February 1970
February. 28,1970
Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest v Everton
West Ham United v Southampton
Swansea City v Port Vale
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Episode 30 : Match of the Day: FA Cup Sixth Round
February. 21,1970
The last eight clubs battle for the rich semi-final places on the Cup road to Wembley Stadium.
Watford v Liverpool
Swindon Town v Leeds United
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Episode 29 : 14th February 1970
February. 14,1970
Manchester United v Crystal Palace
Burnley v Derby County
Plymouth Argyle v Reading
Cardiff City v Carlisle United
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Episode 28 : Match of the Day: The FA Cup
February. 07,1970
The last 16 clubs on the Wembley Cup-Final trail in action in today's Fifth Round.
Dave Coleman, Kenneth Wolstenholme, and Idwal Robling (winner of the BBC Soccer Commentators Competition) report with BBC outside broadcast cameras from three of today's exciting ties.
Queens Park Rangers v Derby County
Liverpool v Leicester City
Leeds United v Mansfield Town
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Episode 27 : 31st January 1970
January. 31,1970
Huddersfield Town v Carlisle United
Nottingham Forest v Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton
Cardiff City v Blackpool
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Episode 26 : Match of the Day: F.A. Cup Special
January. 24,1970
David Coleman, Kenneth Wolstenholme, and Barry Davies along with BBC outside broadcast units go to three of today's prominent Fourth Round ties.
David Coleman introduces this three-match Cup Special which includes on-the-spot interviews with the managers and players who make today's scoreline news.
Chelsea v Burnley
Sutton United v Leeds United
Watford v Stoke City
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Episode 25 : 17th January 1970
January. 17,1970
Luton Town v Plymouth Argyle
Manchester City v Stoke City
Bristol City v Millwall
West Ham United v Manchester United
Wrexham v Brentford
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Episode 23 : Match of the Day: The FA Cup
January. 03,1970
Sixty-four clubs ranging from First Division giants like the present holders, Manchester City, to non-League unknowns like Hillingdon Borough contest today's action-packed Third Round. Who will succeed Manchester City next April as the 1970 winners at Wembley Stadium?
Kenneth Wolstenholme, Barry Davies and Alan Weeks report with outside broadcast cameras on three of today's exciting ties.
Bradford City v Tottenham Hotspur
Hull City v Manchester City
Sheffield Wednesday v West Bromwich Albion
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Episode 22 : 27th December 1969
December. 27,1969
Leeds United v Everton
Arsenal v Newcastle United
Newport County v Aldershot
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Episode 21 : 20th December 1969
December. 20,1969
Chelsea v Manchester City
Walsall v Barnsley
Cardiff City v Charlton
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Episode 20 : 13th December 1969
December. 13,1969
Liverpool v Manchester United
Derby County v Newcastle United
Torquay United v Bournemouth
West Ham United v Everton
Newport County v Chesterfield
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Episode 19 : 6th December 1969
December. 06,1969
Everton v Liverpool
Nottingham Forest v Sheffield Wednesday
Portsmouth v Preston North End
Cardiff City v Watford
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Episode 18 : 29th November 1969
November. 29,1969
Derby County v Nottingham Forest
Manchester City v Leeds United
Plymouth Argyle v Bournemouth
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Episode 17 : 22nd November 1969
November. 22,1969
Arsenal v Manchester City
Everton v Burnley
Stoke City v Ipswich Town
Torquay United v Rotherham United
Luton Town v Rochdale
Wrexham v Newport County
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Episode 15 : 8th November 1969
November. 08,1969
Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday v Chelsea
Birmingham City v Swindon Town
Swansea City v Crewe
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Episode 14 : 1st November 1969
November. 01,1969
Manchester United v Stoke City
Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion
Southampton v West Ham United
Cardiff City v Hull City
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Episode 13 : 25th October 1969
October. 25,1969
Leeds United v Derby County
Liverpool v Southampton
West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United
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Episode 12 : 18th October 1969
October. 18,1969
Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United
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Episode 11 : 11th October 1969
October. 11,1969
Chelsea v Derby County
Middlesbrough v Bolton Wanderers
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Episode 10 : 4th October 1969
October. 04,1969
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Everton
Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion
Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur
Newport County v Colchester
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Episode 9 : 27th September 1969
September. 27,1969
Manchester United v West Ham United
West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland
Plymouth Argyle v Northampton Town
Cardiff City v Queens Park Rangers
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Episode 8 : 20th September 1969
September. 20,1969
Leeds United v Chelsea
Manchester City v Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers v Swindon Town
Swansea City v Northampton Town
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Episode 7 : 13th September 1969
September. 13,1969
Cardiff City v Leicester City
Huddersfield Town v Blackpool
Chelsea v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bristol Rovers v Fulham
Brentford v Swansea City
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Episode 6 : 6th September 1969
September. 06,1969
David Coleman introduces football action from two important League matches plus the exclusive announcement of the Football League's Sportsman of the Month awards. These will go to the footballers whose sporting behaviour caught the eye in August.
Derby County v Everton
Blackburn Rovers v Middlesbrough
Bristol City v Preston North End
Newport County v Brentford
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Episode 5 : 30th August 1969
August. 30,1969
Newcastle United v Arsenal
Manchester United v Sunderland
Coventry City v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Swindon Town v Charlton
Cardiff City v Bolton Wanderers
Ards v Coleraine
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Episode 4 : 23rd August 1969
August. 23,1969
Manchester City v Everton
Sunderland v Sheffield Wednesday
Derby County v Stoke City
Southampton v Chelsea
West Ham United v West Bromwich Albion
Wrexham v Chester
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Episode 3 : 16th August 1969
August. 16,1969
Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool
Newcastle United v Manchester City
Coventry City v Derby County
Portsmouth v Sheffield United
West Bromwich Albion v Arsenal
Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers
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Episode 2 : 9th August 1969
August. 09,1969
Crystal Palace v Manchester United
Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Stoke City
Southampton v West Bromwich Albion
Wrexham v Exeter City
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Episode 1 : Match of the Day presenting: The F.A. Charity Shield: Leeds United v Manchester City
August. 02,1969
Leeds United, Football League champions v. Manchester City, F.A. Cup winners from Elland Road, Leeds.
Television's Saturday football programme returns with exclusive coverage of the annual clash between the League champions and the F.A. Cup victors.
David Coleman, who will present a re-styled hour-long version of Match of the Day from next Saturday's start of the League season, introduces the enlarged commentary team in new BBC regional coverage
Barry Davies (North Region), Alan Weeks (Midlands), Idwal Robling (West), Walley Barnes (Wales) discuss with Coleman the implications of the new season through the eyes of their own regions.
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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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