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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.
Episode 57 : 6th June 2001: World Cup Qualifier
June. 06,2001
Coverage from Athens of England's World Cup qualifying game against Greece. After starting badly by losing to Germany, England's wins against Finland and Albania under their new coach Sven Goran Eriksson have rekindled hopes of qualifying for next year's finals. England desperately need a win tonight to gain the three vital points that would secure them at least a place in the play-offs. Greece are nearly out of the World Cup after losing to Albania, but played very impressively in their matches against Germany.
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Episode 56 : 19th May 2001
May. 19,2001
Gary Lineker and the team discuss the big issue of who will take the third spot in next year's Champions League.
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Episode 54 : 12th May 2001: FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Liverpool
May. 12,2001
Highlights of today's FA Cup final between Arsenal and Liverpool from Cardiff.
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Episode 53 : 5th May 2001
May. 05,2001
Premiership highlights of Arsenal v Leeds at Highbury in a match that could determine which teams qualify for next season's Champions League.
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Episode 52 : 28th April 2001
April. 28,2001
Premiership highlights, including Coventry v Liverpool.
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Episode 51 : 21st April 2001
April. 21,2001
Premiership highlights, including Ipswich Town's clash against Coventry.
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Episode 50 : 19th April 2001: Uefa Cup: Liverpool v Barcelona
April. 19,2001
Liverpool face perhaps their toughest challenge yet in this season's Uefa Cup as they take on Barcelona in this semi-final second leg at Anfield.
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Episode 49 : 16th April 2001
April. 16,2001
Gary Lineker presents today's Premiership highlights, including league-strugglers Coventry's vital clash with Sunderland at Highfield Road.
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Episode 48 : 14th April 2001
April. 14,2001
Premiership highlights, including Manchester City's trip to Leicester City.
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Episode 47 : 7th April 2001
April. 07,2001
Ray Stubbs presents today's Premiership highlights, including Leicester City v Coventry at Filbert Street.
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Episode 46 : 5th April 2001: Uefa Cup: Barcelona v Liverpool
April. 05,2001
Coverage of the first leg of the Uefa Cup semi-final between Barcelona and Liverpool from the Nou Camp stadium.
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Episode 45 : 31st March 2001
March. 31,2001
Ray Stubbs presents today's Premiership highlights, including the London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham.
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Episode 44 : 17th March 2001
March. 17,2001
Gary Lineker presents highlights from today's Premiership action, including Chelsea's clash with Sunderland at Stamford Bridge and Manchester United's meeting with Leicester City at Old Trafford.
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Episode 43 : 15th March 2001: Uefa Cup: Liverpool v FC Porto
March. 15,2001
Coverage from Anfield as Liverpool conclude their two-leg quarter-final tie against FC Porto.
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Episode 42 : 10th March 2001: FA Cup Sixth Round
March. 10,2001
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the quarter-finals of the FA Cup as Arsenal take on first-division opponents.
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Episode 41 : 3rd March 2001
March. 03,2001
Gary Lineker presents highlights from Filbert Street where Leicester face a tough challenge against Liverpool.
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Episode 40 : 24th February 2001
February. 24,2001
The day's Premiership action introduced by Gary Lineker, with Alan Hansen and Trevor Brooking. Today's main match is Coventry City v Charlton Athletic.
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Episode 39 : 22nd February 2001: Uefa Cup: Liverpool v AS Roma
February. 22,2001
Coverage from Anfield as Liverpool conclude their two-leg tie against the much-fancied AS Roma for a place in the Uefa Cup quarter-finals.
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Episode 38 : 17th February 2001: FA Cup Fifth Round
February. 17,2001
The best of the action from the fifth-round FA Cup ties. With Manchester United out of the picture, Liverpool are the new favourites to lift the cup but how will they fare against Manchester City?
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Episode 37 : 15th February 2001: Uefa Cup: AS Roma v Liverpool
February. 15,2001
Coverage from the Olympic Stadium as AS Roma take on Liverpool in this Uefa Cup fourth round, first leg tie, a rerun of 1984's dramatic European Cup final.
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Episode 36 : 10th February 2001
February. 10,2001
Highlights from Stamford Bridge as Chelsea take on champions Manchester United, and Ipswich pay a visit to Highbury to face Arsenal.
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Episode 35 : 3rd February 2001
February. 03,2001
Highlights from Highfield Road as relegation-haunted Coventry take on Arsenal.
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Episode 34 : 31st January 2001
January. 31,2001
The best of the action from tonight's Premiership matches, featuring Sunderland v Manchester United.
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Episode 33 : 28th January 2001: FA Cup Fourth Round
January. 28,2001
Fourth round FA Cup clash highlights including Gillingham v Chelsea and Manchester United v West Ham.
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Episode 32 : 27th January 2001: FA Cup Fourth Round
January. 27,2001
Highlights of Liverpool's trip to Leeds and Derby's game against Blackburn Rovers.
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Episode 31 : 20th January 2001
January. 20,2001
Highlights of Newcastle's trip to Leeds.
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Episode 30 : 13th January 2001
January. 13,2001
Premiership highlights of the London derby between Chelsea and Arsenal.
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Episode 29 : 6th January 2001: FA Cup Third Round
January. 06,2001
The best of the day's action from the third round of the FA Cup. Includes highlights of Arsenal's visit to Carlisle and Walsall v West Ham.
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Episode 28 : 1st January 2001
January. 01,2001
The hectic festive football schedule continues apace, as Charlton Athletic play Arsenal in their second London derby in less than a week. Meanwhile at Stamford Bridge, there's a repeat of this year's FA Cup final as Chelsea take on Aston Villa.
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Episode 27 : 30th December 2000
December. 30,2000
The best of the day's Premiership action, with highlights of Newcastle United's clash against Manchester United and Derby's trip to Southampton.
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Episode 26 : 26th December 2000
December. 26,2000
The best of the Boxing Day Premiership action, with highlights of Newcastle v Leeds, West Ham v Charlton, and Manchester City v Derby.
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Episode 25 : 23rd December 2000
December. 23,2000
The best of the day's Premiership action, with highlights of Liverpool v Arsenal, Manchester United v Ipswich and, at the other end of the table, Chelsea v Bradford.
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Episode 24 : 16th December 2000
December. 16,2000
Highlights of Chelsea's game against Middlesbrough and Leeds' clash against Sunderland.
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Episode 23 : 9th December 2000
December. 09,2000
The best of the day's action, with highlights of the North East derby Middlesbrough v Sunderland.
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Episode 22 : 7th December 2000: Uefa Cup: Liverpool v Olymplakos
December. 07,2000
Coverage from Anfield of Liverpool's Uefa Cup third-round, second-leg match against Olympiakos, the champions of Greece.
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Episode 21 : 2nd December 2000
December. 02,2000
The best of the day's action, featuring highlights of Manchester United's game against Tottenham Hotspur.
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Episode 20 : 25th November 2000
November. 25,2000
The best of the day's action, featuring highlights of Chelsea's trip to Everton.
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Episode 19 : 18th November 2000
November. 18,2000
The best of the day's action, featuring highlights of the derby match between Newcastle and Sunderland from St James' Park.
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Episode 18 : 15th November 2000: International: Italy v England
November. 15,2000
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of England's friendly against Euro 2000 finalists Italy at Turin's Stadio Delle Alpi.
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Episode 17 : 11th November 2000
November. 11,2000
The best of the day's action, featuring highlights of Arsenal's game against Derby County at Highbury. Arsenal's current form suggests they are a force to be reckoned with this season while Derby have much work to do in order to gain their first Premiership win.
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Episode 16 : 4th November 2000
November. 04,2000
The best of the day's action, featuring Manchester United's game against Coventry at Highfield and the clash between Liverpool and Leeds at Elland Road.
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Episode 15 : 28th October 2000
October. 28,2000
The best of the day's Premiership action, featuring Newcastle United's game against West Ham and Manchester City's trip to Arsenal.
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Episode 14 : 26th October 2000: Uefa Cup: Liverpool v Slovan Liberec
October. 26,2000
Coverage of Liverpool's Uefa Cup second-round, first-leg tie against Slovan Liberec at Anfield introduced by Gary Lineker.
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Episode 13 : 21st October 2000
October. 21,2000
The best of the day's Premiership action, featuring Leicester City's game against Liverpool and highlights of Manchester United v Leeds.
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Episode 12 : 14th October 2000
October. 14,2000
The best of the day's Premiership action, featuring Leicester City's vital game against Manchester United and highlights of Arsenal v Aston Villa and Chelsea v Sunderland.
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Episode 11 : 11th October 2000: World Cup Qualifier
October. 11,2000
England have not lost to Finland since 1985, winning in eight of their nine meetings. Tonight, they take on the Finns again in Helsinki.
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Episode 10 : 30th September 2000
September. 30,2000
Featuring Manchester City v Newcastle United and Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur.
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Episode 9 : 28th September 2000: Uefa Cup: Liverpool v Rapid Bucharest
September. 28,2000
Coverage of Liverpool's Uefa Cup first-round, second-leg tie against Romania's Rapid Bucharest at Anfield. After missing out on European football last season, Liverpool will be keen to have a long run in the competition they have won twice before.
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Episode 8 : 23rd September 2000
September. 23,2000
The best of the day's Premiership action focuses on Arsenal's visit to a newly promoted Ipswich, with highlights from Manchester United against Chelsea at Old Trafford.
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Episode 7 : 16th September 2000
September. 16,2000
The pick of the day's Premiership action focuses on Manchester United against Everton and includes a look at Coventry's trip to Arsenal, plus Ipswich at Leeds.
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Episode 6 : 9th September 2000
September. 09,2000
The best of the action from the day's Premiership games, including Chelsea's trip to Newcastle.
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Episode 4 : 26th August 2000
August. 26,2000
Gary Lineker, Alan Hansen and Mark Lawrenson introduce the best of the day's Premiership action, featuring West Ham's performance against Manchester United.
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Episode 3 : 25th August 2000: Uefa Super Cup Final: Galatasaray v Real Madrid
August. 25,2000
Coverage from Monaco's Stade Louis II stadium as European Cup champions Real Madrid meet UEFA Cup winners Galatasaray in the Super Cup final. Real will start favourites, with the world's most expensive player, Portugal's Euro 2000 star Luis Figo , in their line-up but Galatasaray should not be underestimated. In the event of a draw after 90 minutes, golden-goal extra time will be played.
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Episode 2 : 23rd August 2000
August. 23,2000
Tonight's featured match is Derby County v Newcastle at St James' Park, where both will be hoping to start the current campaign in better form than they began the last. Plus action from other midweek matches.
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Episode 1 : 19th August 2000
August. 19,2000
Gary Lineker returns with the best of the action and all the goals on the opening day of the Premiership.
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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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