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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.
Episode 38 : 27th April 1974
April. 27,1974
Two-match action on the last Saturday of the 1973/74 Football League Season.
West Ham United v Liverpool
Everton v Southampton
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Episode 37 : 20th April 1974
April. 20,1974
Two-match action involving promotion and relegation issues in the Football League and the annual 'Goal of the Season' competition worth £300 of Premium Bonds to the winner.
Leyton Orient v Notts County
Liverpool v Everton
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Episode 36 : 13th April 1974
April. 13,1974
Ipswich Town v Liverpool
Bristol Rovers v Oldham Athletic
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Episode 35 : 6th April 1974
April. 06,1974
The action spotlight is on key promotion and relegation issues in the last weeks of the 1973-74 Football League season. Analysis by Jimmy Hill. Result of the March Goal of the Month competition.
Hereford United v York City
Leeds United v Derby County
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Episode 34 : 30th March 1974
March. 30,1974
Action highlights from one of today's FA Cup Semi-finals: Leicester City v Liverpool
Cup analysis by Jimmy Hill and news, views and interviews from the Old Trafford and Hillsborough Cup venues. Goal of the Month: the March goal parade with £100-worth of Premium Bonds for the winner.
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Episode 33 : 23rd March 1974
March. 23,1974
Jimmy Hill analyses life at the bottom of the table.
Southampton v Birmingham City
Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur
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Episode 32 : 16th March 1974
March. 16,1974
Liverpool v Leeds United
Leicester City v Derby County
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Episode 31 : 9th March 1974
March. 09,1974
The FA Cup Sixth Round introduced by Jimmy Hill with his Cup personality action analysis.
Queens Park Rangers v Leicester City
Derby County v West Ham United
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Episode 30 : 2nd March 1974
March. 02,1974
Action highlights from two key First Division matches plus the February Goal of the Month.
Queens Park Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur
Sheffield United v Manchester United
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Episode 29 : 23rd February 1974
February. 23,1974
Jimmy Hill spotlights the personality action of the day. The best goals from February for Goal of the Month and £100-worth of Premium Bonds.
Tottenham Hotspur v Ipswich Town
Leicester City v Sheffield United
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Episode 28 : 16th February 1974
February. 16,1974
Action highlights from three of today's important FA Cup Fifth Round ties.
Bristol City v Leeds United
West Bromwich Albion v Newcastle United
Liverpool v Ipswich Town
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Episode 27 : 9th February 1974
February. 09,1974
Jimmy Hill selects the personality action analysis.
Chelsea v Manchester City
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Episode 26 : 2nd February 1974
February. 02,1974
Two-match soccer action and the result of the January Goal of the Month Competition.
Carlisle United v Leyton Orient
Liverpool v Norwich City
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Episode 25 : 26th January 1974
January. 26,1974
Action highlights from three of today's FA Cup 4th Round ties. Goal of the Month: a parade of the best goals seen on BBC1 throughout January.
Queens Park Rangers v Birmingham City
Fulham v Leicester City
Manchester United v Ipswich Town
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Episode 24 : 19th January 1974
January. 19,1974
Introduced by Jimmy Hill.
Bristol Rovers v Bournemouth
Everton v Leeds United
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Episode 23 : 12th January 1974
January. 12,1974
Two-match action, personality analysis, news and views of the day.
Aston Villa v Middlesbrough
Ipswich Town v Stoke City
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Episode 22 : 5th January 1974
January. 05,1974
The FA Cup Third Round and The World Cup Draw introduced by Jimmy Hill. Willie Ormond , team manager of Scotland, skipper Billy Bremner and Jock Stein, manager of Celtic, comment on Scotland's World Cup chances following the draw made earlier this evening.
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leeds United
West Ham United v Hereford United
Manchester United v Plymouth Argyle
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Episode 21 : 29th December 1973
December. 29,1973
Jimmy Hill searches out the key action analysis of the day. Goals, goals, goals from the December football action on BBC1.
Birmingham City v Leeds United
Leyton Orient v Fulham
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Episode 20 : 22nd December 1973
December. 22,1973
Introduced by Jimmy Hill.
Liverpool v Manchester United
Arsenal v Everton
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Episode 19 : 15th December 1973
December. 15,1973
Jimmy Hill slows down the key action and analyses the men behind the moves.
Luton Town v Aston Villa
Newcastle United v Derby County
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Episode 18 : 8th December 1973
December. 08,1973
Personal analysis of the play and players that matter by Jimmy Hill.
Ipswich Town v Leeds United
Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United
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Episode 17 : 1st December 1973
December. 01,1973
Action analysis by Jimmy Hill and the result of the November Goal of the Month competition.
Arsenal v Coventry City
Blackpool v Sunderland
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Episode 16 : 24th November 1973
November. 24,1973
Jimmy Hill analyses the key action. Goal of the Month - the best goals seen on BBC1 throughout November.
Everton v Newcastle United
Derby County v Leeds United
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Episode 15 : 17th November 1973
November. 17,1973
First Division match action plus analysis and news from the Saturday Football League programme.
Manchester City v Queens Park Rangers
Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United
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Episode 14 : 10th November 1973
November. 10,1973
Jimmy Hill signposts the personality action of the day. Action, analysis, news and views.
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United
Bristol City v Crystal Palace
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Episode 13 : 3rd November 1973
November. 03,1973
The personality focus on the day's top action ... by Jimmy Hill. The October 'Goal of the Month' competition result.
Arsenal v Liverpool
Norwich City v Leicester City
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Episode 12 : 27th October 1973
October. 27,1973
Two-match action ... action analysis ... Goal of the Month.
Manchester City v Leeds United
Queens Park Rangers v Arsenal
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Episode 11 : 20th October 1973
October. 20,1973
Jimmy Hill presents his weekly action analysis on the men and the moves which matter.
Derby County v Leicester City
Fulham v Sunderland
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Episode 10 : 13th October 1973
October. 13,1973
Jimmy Hill's authoritative analysis from todays personality action.
Southampton v Liverpool
Hereford United v Cambridge United
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Episode 9 : 6th October 1973
October. 06,1973
Action highlights from two top First Division games and the result of the first 'Goal of the Month' competition this season.
Leeds United v Stoke City
West Ham United v Burnley
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Episode 8 : 29th September 1973
September. 29,1973
Jimmy Hill with the most talked-about action analysis in British soccer. Goal of the Month: a selection of the most eye-catching goals seen on BBC1 this season and £100-worth of premium bonds for the competition winner.
West Bromwich Albion v Sunderland
Manchester United v Liverpool
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Episode 7 : 22nd September 1973
September. 22,1973
Two-match action and the most penetrating analysis in soccer.
Arsenal v Stoke City
Nottingham Forest v Preston North End
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Episode 6 : 15th September 1973
September. 15,1973
Highlights from two top First Division matches. Jimmy Hill focuses the action replay on the men and the moves which matter. Some second thoughts by the match commentators as Hill poses the views of Mr Football Public.
Manchester United v West Ham United
Newcastle United v Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Episode 5 : 8th September 1973
September. 08,1973
First Division action ... the most penetrating analysis in Soccer ... the news and views which matter.
Liverpool v Chelsea
Coventry City v Southampton
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Episode 4 : 1st September 1973
September. 01,1973
Personality action analysed and discussed by Jimmy Hill.
Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United
Everton v Ipswich Town
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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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