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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 59 : 28th June 2009: Confederations Cup Final: Brazil v USA
June. 28,2009
Coverage of the Confederations Cup final in Johannesburg, as the USA, surprise conquerors of European champions Spain in the semi-finals, take on Brazil.
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Episode 58 : 25th June 2009: Confederations Cup
June. 25,2009
Coverage from the second Confederations Cup semi-final in Johannesburg. Brazil take on host nation South Africa.
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Episode 57 : 24th June 2009: Confederations Cup
June. 24,2009
Coverage from the first of the Confederations Cup semi-finals in Bloemfontein, with Spain and the USA going head-to-head.
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Episode 56 : 21st June 2009: Confederations Cup
June. 21,2009
Coverage of the Confederations Cup group game between World Cup holders Italy and South American champions Brazil in Pretoria.
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Episode 55 : 20th June 2009: Confederations Cup
June. 20,2009
Coverage of the Confederations Cup clash between Spain and South Africa. Iraq and New Zealand are also in action as Group A draws to a conclusion.
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Episode 54 : 18th June 2009: Confederations Cup
June. 18,2009
Coverage of the Confederations Cup match between African champions Egypt and world champions Italy. Plus action from the Brazil v USA in the same group.
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Episode 53 : 17th June 2009: Confederations Cup
June. 17,2009
Gabby Logan introduces coverage of the Confederations Cup group match between hosts South Africa and New Zealand in Rustenburg, plus highlights of Spain v Iraq.
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Episode 52 : 15th June 2009: Confederations Cup
June. 15,2009
Italy v USA. Gabby Logan presents coverage of USA against Italy from Pretoria as both sides look to get their Confederations Cup campaigns off to a winning start.
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Episode 51 : 14th June 2009: Confederations Cup
June. 14,2009
New Zealand v Spain. Coverage from South Africa as European champions Spain begin their Confederations Cup campaign against Oceania Nations Cup winners New Zealand in Rustenburg.
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Episode 50 : 6th June 2009: International Friendly
June. 06,2009
Italy v Northern Ireland. Stephen Watson presents coverage of the Friendly International as Northern Ireland take on reigning World Champions Italy.
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Episode 49 : 6th June 2009: World Cup Qualifier
June. 06,2009
Azerbaijan v Wales. The Dragons face a trip to Azerbaijan as they look to climb the Group 4 table. Presented by Jason Mohammed with guests Mark Delaney and Kevin Ratcliffe.
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Episode 48 : 24th May 2009
May. 24,2009
Highlights of 10 Premier League games, including Hull City v Man Utd, Liverpool v Tottenham, Aston Villa v Newcastle, Sunderland v Chelsea, and West Ham v Middlesbrough.
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Episode 47 : 16th May 2009
May. 16,2009
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's Premier League games, with matches including Manchester United v Arsenal, Newcastle v Fulham, Stoke v Wigan and Bolton v Hull.
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Episode 46 : 9th May 2009
May. 09,2009
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's Premier League games, with matches including West Ham v Liverpool, Blackburn v Portsmouth, Hull v Stoke and Bolton v Sunderland.
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Episode 45 : 2nd May 2009
May. 02,2009
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's Premier League games, with matches including Middlesbrough v Manchester United, Chelsea v Fulham, and Portsmouth v Arsenal.
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Episode 44 : 25th April 2009
April. 25,2009
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's seven Premier League fixtures, with matches including Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur and Hull City v Liverpool.
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Episode 43 : 18th April 2009
April. 18,2009
Gary Lineker presents action from the day's Premier League fixtures, with matches including Stoke v Blackburn, Sunderland v Hull, Portsmouth v Bolton and Middlesbrough v Fulham.
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Episode 42 : 11th April 2009
April. 11,2009
Goals and highlights from the day's games in the Barclays Premier League. Manchester United visit Sunderland, Chelsea host Bolton and Liverpool welcome Blackburn to Anfield.
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Episode 41 : 4th April 2009
April. 04,2009
Highlights and analysis from the day's premier league fixtures. Matches include Fulham v Liverpool, West Bromwich Albion v Stoke, West Ham v Sunderland, and Middlesbrough v Bolton.
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Episode 40 : 1st April 2009: World Cup Qualifier
April. 01,2009
Northern Ireland v Slovenia. Stephen Watson presents highlights and analysis of Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifier with Slovenia from Windsor Park.
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Episode 39 : 28th March 2009: World Cup Qualifier
March. 28,2009
Northern Ireland v Poland. Stephen Watson presents highlights and analysis of Northern Ireland's crucial World Cup qualifier with Poland at Windsor Park.
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Episode 38 : 21st March 2009
March. 21,2009
Gary Lineker presents goals and highlights from the Premier League. Games include Fulham v Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea and Stoke v Middlesbrough.
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Episode 37 : 14th March 2009
March. 14,2009
Gary Lineker presents goals and highlights from the Premier League. Games include Manchester United v Liverpool, Arsenal v Blackburn and Bolton Wanderers v Fulham.
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Episode 36 : 4th March 2009
March. 04,2009
Gary Lineker presents goals and highlights from the Premier League, with matches including Newcastle v Manchester United, Blackburn v Everton and Fulham v Hull.
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Episode 35 : 28th February 2009
February. 28,2009
Gary Lineker presents goals and highlights from the Premier League, with matches including Middlesbrough v Liverpool, Chelsea v Wigan Athletic and Arsenal v Fulham.
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Episode 34 : 21st February 2009
February. 21,2009
Gary Lineker presents goals and highlights from the Premier League. Games include Aston Villa v Chelsea, Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers and Arsenal v Sunderland.
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Episode 33 : 15th February 2009: Serie A
February. 15,2009
Inter v AC Milan. Jake Humphrey presents coverage of the Milan derby, with one of football's greatest rivalries further intensified by the involvement of both clubs in the league title race.
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Episode 32 : 11th February 2009: World Cup Qualifier
February. 11,2009
San Marino v Northern Ireland. Stephen Watson introduces coverage of the game with analysis from studio guests Jim Magilton and Michael O'Neill.
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Episode 31 : 7th February 2009
February. 07,2009
Gary Lineker presents all the goals and highlights from the Premier League, including Blackburn Rovers v Aston Villa, Portsmouth v Liverpool and Chelsea v Hull.
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Episode 30 : 31st January 2009
January. 31,2009
Gary Lineker presents all the goals and highlights from the Premier League, including Tottenham v Bolton, Arsenal v West Ham United and Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic.
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Episode 29 : 28th January 2009
January. 28,2009
Gary Lineker presents highlights of some big midweek fixtures in the Premier League, including the match at Stamford Bridge between Chelsea and Middlesbrough.
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Episode 28 : 17th January 2009
January. 17,2009
Gary Lineker presents all of the goals and highlights from the Barclay's Premier League. Games include Manchester United v Bolton, Chelsea v Stoke and Hull v Arsenal.
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Episode 27 : 10th January 2009
January. 10,2009
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights. Games include Stoke City v Liverpool, Arsenal v Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle v West Ham and Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion.
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Episode 26 : 28th December 2008
December. 28,2008
Highlights from the latest Premier League games, including Arsenal v Portsmouth, Liverpool v Newcastle, Fulham v Chelsea and Manchester City v Blackburn Rovers.
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Episode 25 : 26th December 2008
December. 26,2008
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from all the Boxing Day Premier League fixtures. Games include Stoke City v Manchester United, Aston Villa v Arsenal and Fulham v Tottenham.
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Episode 24 : 20th December 2008
December. 20,2008
Gary Lineker presents highlights of Hull's home game against Sunderland, Blackburn Rovers v Stoke and West Ham United v Aston Villa.
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Episode 23 : 13th December 2008
December. 13,2008
Ray Stubbs presents Premier League highlights, which include a fascinating clash between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at White Hart Lane.
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Episode 22 : 6th December 2008
December. 06,2008
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's Premier League matches, including Manchester United v Sunderland, Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea, and Stoke City v Newcastle United.
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Episode 21 : 29th November 2008
November. 29,2008
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including Fulham v Aston Villa, Stoke v Hull, Middlesbrough v Newcastle, Sunderland v Bolton and Wigan v West Brom.
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Episode 20 : 22nd November 2008
November. 22,2008
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the Premier League. Games include Aston Villa v Manchester United, Newcastle v Chelsea, Fulham v Liverpool and Manchester City v Arsenal.
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Episode 19 : 19th November 2008: International Friendly: Northern Ireland v Hungary
November. 19,2008
Stephen Watson presents highlights of the friendly international between Northern Ireland and Hungary at Windsor Park.
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Episode 18 : 19th November 2008: International Friendly: Denmark v Wales
November. 19,2008
Jason Mohammad introduces coverage of Wales' last international of 2008, against Denmark in Copenhagen.
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Episode 17 : 15th November 2008
November. 15,2008
Action from a busy day in the Premier League, with fixtures including Arsenal v Aston Villa and Manchester United's clash with Stoke City at Old Trafford.
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Episode 16 : 8th November 2008
November. 08,2008
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from six Premier League games, including Arsenal v Manchester United, Hull City v Bolton Wanderers and Liverpool v West Brom. Portsmouth made the long journey north to the Stadium of Light to play Sunderland, Wigan and Stoke met at the JJB Stadium, and West Ham hosted Everton, who have looked better away from home than at Goodison Park so far this season.
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Episode 15 : 1st November 2008
November. 01,2008
Highlights of the day's matches in the Barclays Premier League. Games include Hull City v Manchester United, Stoke City v Arsenal, Everton v Fulham and Tottenham v Liverpool.
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Episode 14 : 29th October 2008
October. 29,2008
Highlights of the day's play from a rare midweek bonanza of nine Premier League games, including Arsenal v Spurs, Hull City v Chelsea, Manchester United v West Ham and Liverpool v Portsmouth. Plus a round-up of the goals from last night's action.
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Episode 13 : 25th October 2008
October. 25,2008
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's four fixtures from the Barclays Premier League. Everton look to avoid a fourth consecutive home defeat to Manchester United. Sunderland hosted local rivals Newcastle. Promoted sides West Brom and Hull met in the only 3 o'clock kick off at the Hawthorns while Middlesbrough travel to Blackburn in the only other match of the day.
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Episode 11 : 15th October 2008: World Cup Qualifier: Northern Ireland v San Marino
October. 15,2008
Stephen Watson presents highlights of Northern Ireland's clash with San Marino, with Jackie Fullerton on commentary.
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Episode 10 : 15th October 2008: World Cup Qualifier: Germany v Wales
October. 15,2008
Wales travel to Monchengladbach in Germany for another crucial World Cup Qualifier. Can John Toshack's Wales team build on their encouraging performances as they take on the three times World Cup winners?
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Episode 9 : 12th October 2008: World Cup Qualifier: Slovenia v Northern Ireland
October. 12,2008
Stephen Watson presents highlights of Northern Ireland's tricky away trip to Slovenia, with Jackie Fullerton on commentary.
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Episode 8 : 4th October 2008
October. 04,2008
Highlights of today's Premiership matches, which saw Manchester United face Blackburn Rovers, Sunderland host Arsenal, West Brom take on Fulham, and Wigan lock horns with Middlesbrough.
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Episode 7 : 27th September 2008
September. 27,2008
Premiership highlights include the Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool, plus Manchester United v Bolton Wanderers and Arsenal v Hull City.
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Episode 6 : 20th September 2008
September. 20,2008
The best of the action from today's Premiership clashes, which included Bolton Wanderers v Arsenal and Sunderland v Middlesbrough.
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Episode 5 : 13th September 2008
September. 13,2008
Highlights of today's Premier League fixtures, including Liverpool v Manchester United and Manchester City v Chelsea.
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Episode 4 : 30th August 2008
August. 30,2008
Highlights of today's matches in the Premier League, including Arsenal v Newcastle, and West Ham against Blackburn Rovers. Other fixtures include Hull City v Wigan and Middlesbrough v Stoke.
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Episode 3 : 27th August 2008: Uefa Champions League Qualifier
August. 27,2008
Arsenal v FC Twente. Coverage of the second leg of the Champions League third qualifying round at the Emirates Stadium.
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Episode 2 : 23rd August 2008
August. 23,2008
The Premier League featured seven matches today, including tough tests for all three newly-promoted clubs. Hull travel to Blackburn, while Stoke host Aston Villa and West Brom entertain an optimistic Everton. Elsewhere, Liverpool face Middlesbrough, while Arsenal cross London for a derby fixture with Fulham.
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Episode 1 : 16th August 2008
August. 16,2008
Highlights of today's opening matches in the Premier League, including Hull City's first top-flight match when they took on Fulham at home. Other fixtures include Sunderland v Liverpool, Everton v Blackburn Rovers and Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion.
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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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