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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 63 : 17th July 2011: Women's World Cup Final 2011: USA v Japan
July. 17,2011
Gabby Logan introduces coverage of the Fifa Women's World Cup final. The USA have not won the tournament since 1999 while Japan are appearing in the final for the first time.
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Episode 62 : 9th July 2011: Women's World Cup 2011: England v France
July. 09,2011
Coverage of the Women's World Cup quarter-final match between England and France.
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Episode 61 : 5th July 2011: Women's World Cup 2011: England v Japan
July. 05,2011
Gabby Logan introduces highlights of the Fifa Women's World Cup, as England play their final group game against Japan in Augsburg.
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Episode 60 : 1st July 2011: Women's World Cup 2011: England v New Zealand
July. 01,2011
Gabby Logan presents highlights of the Fifa Women's World Cup, including England's second-group game against New Zealand in Dresden.
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Episode 59 : 28th June 2011: Women's World Cup 2011: England v Mexico
June. 28,2011
Gabby Logan introduces highlights of the Fifa Women's World Cup, as England play their opening group game against Mexico in Wolfsburg.
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Episode 57 : 16th May 2011: Football League playoff
May. 16,2011
Swansea City face Nottingham Forest in the second leg of their Football League play off with a place in the final and Premier League promotion at stake. Jason Mohammad presents.
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Episode 56 : 14th May 2011
May. 14,2011
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's four Barclays Premier League fixtures. Manchester United travel to Blackburn Rovers, while Wolves visit Sunderland.
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Episode 55 : 13th May 2011: Football League playoff
May. 13,2011
Jason Mohammad presents highlights from the Football League playoff between Reading and Cardiff City plus the first leg between Nottingham Forest and Swansea City.
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Episode 53 : 7th May 2011: Last Day of the Championship
May. 07,2011
Gabby Logan presents coverage from the final day of the Championship season. Leeds United, who look likely to just miss out on the play-offs, take on champions QPR at Loftus Road.
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Episode 52 : 30th April 2011
April. 30,2011
Gary Lineker is joined by guests Alan Hansen and Alan Shearer for the best action and reaction from the day's matches in the Barclays Premier League, including Chelsea v Tottenham.
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Episode 51 : 23rd April 2011
April. 23,2011
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the Premier League, including Chelsea's vital London derby against struggling West Ham and Manchester United v Everton.
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Episode 50 : 23rd April 2011: Championship
April. 23,2011
Dan Walker presents coverage of the crucial Championship match, with Cardiff hoping to upset leaders QPR. Steve Wilson and Mark Bright provide commentary.
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Episode 49 : 16th April 2011
April. 16,2011
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the Premier League. Chelsea travel to the Hawthorns to face West Bromwich Albion, while Blackpool and Wigan meet at Bloomfield Road.
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Episode 48 : 9th April 2011
April. 09,2011
Another chance to see all the goals and highlights from the Premier League, including Manchester United v Fulham. Presented by Gary Lineker.
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Episode 47 : 2nd April 2011
April. 02,2011
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the Premier League, with matches including West Ham v Manchester United, Arsenal v Blackburn, Everton v Aston Villa and Newcastle v Wolves.
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Episode 46 : 2nd April 2011: IFA League Cup
April. 02,2011
Lisburn Distillery v Portadown. Stephen Watson introduces coverage from Mourneview Park, Lurgan as Lisburn Distillery and Portadown face off for the IFA League Cup title.
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Episode 45 : 2nd April 2011: Championship
April. 02,2011
Gabby Logan is at Elland Road for this highly-anticipated encounter between Championship clubs Leeds and Nottingham Forest.
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Episode 44 : 19th March 2011
March. 19,2011
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's Barclays Premier League matches, including Manchester United v Bolton, West Brom v Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham.
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Episode 43 : 5th March 2011
March. 05,2011
Gary Lineker has highlights from the day's Premier League games, including Arsenal's match against Sunderland, West Brom's clash with Birmingham City and Manchester City v Wigan
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Episode 42 : 27th February 2011: League Cup Final
February. 27,2011
Gary Lineker presents coverage of the Carling Cup final between Arsenal and Birmingham City at Wembley, with commentary from Guy Mowbray and Mark Lawrenson.
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Episode 41 : 26th February 2011
February. 26,2011
Gary Lineker presents highlights of the day's Premier League action, including title favourites Manchester United's match at Wigan and Bolton's visit to Newcastle.
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Episode 40 : 12th February 2011
February. 12,2011
Highlights from the day's Premier League matches, including Manchester United v Manchester City, Liverpool v Wigan, Tottenham v Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion v West Ham.
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Episode 39 : 9th February 2011: Carling Cup of Nations
February. 09,2011
Stephen Watson presents highlights from the Carling Cup of Nations as Northern Ireland take on Scotland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. With commentary from Paul Gilmour.
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Episode 38 : 6th February 2011: Championship
February. 06,2011
Jake Humphrey presents live coverage from the Liberty Stadium as Swansea City take on fellow Welsh side Cardiff City in the Championship.
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Episode 37 : 5th February 2011
February. 05,2011
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's eight Barclays Premier League matches, including Newcastle v Arsenal, Wolves v Manchester United and Manchester City v West Brom.
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Episode 35 : 25th January 2011: League Cup Semi-Final: Arsenal v Ipswich
January. 25,2011
Gary Lineker introduces coverage from the Emirates Stadium of the Carling Cup semi-final second leg between Arsenal and Ipswich.
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Episode 34 : 22nd January 2011
January. 22,2011
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the Premier League, including title-chasing Manchester United against Birmingham, Arsenal v Wigan and Newcastle v Tottenham.
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Episode 33 : 15th January 2011
January. 15,2011
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the Premier League, including the London derby at Upton Park between West Ham and Arsenal. Reigning champions Chelsea are facing Blackburn.
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Episode 32 : 11th January 2011: League Cup Semi-Final: West Ham v Birmingham
January. 11,2011
Gary Lineker introduces coverage of the Carling Cup semi-final first leg between West Ham and Birmingham.
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Episode 31 : 5th January 2011
January. 05,2011
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the Premier League, including Arsenal's clash with Manchester City, Wolves v Chelsea, Aston Villa v Sunderland and Newcastle v West Ham.
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Episode 30 : 1st January 2011
January. 01,2011
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's Premier League games, including Manchester United's trip to play West Bromwich Albion and Arsenal's clash with Birmingham City.
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Episode 29 : 29th December 2010
December. 29,2010
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the Barclays Premier League, with matches including Chelsea v Bolton, Birmingham City v Manchester United and Tottenham v Newcastle.
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Episode 28 : 26th December 2010
December. 26,2010
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from a packed day of Barclays Premier League action. Including action from Man Utd v Sunderland and Newcastle v Man City.
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Episode 27 : 18th December 2010
December. 18,2010
Gabby Logan presents highlights from Saturday's Premier League matches. A struggling West Ham head north to play Blackburn at Ewood Park while Sunderland take on Bolton.
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Episode 26 : 11th December 2010
December. 11,2010
Gabby Logan introduces coverage from all of the day's Barclays Premier League fixtures, which include Liverpool's visit to Newcastle and Aston Villa v West Brom.
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Episode 25 : 10th December 2010: Championship
December. 10,2010
Gabby Logan presents coverage of the Championship clash between promotion hopefuls Queens Park Rangers and Watford.
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Episode 24 : 4th December 2010
December. 04,2010
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's seven Premier League matches, including Chelsea's home fixture with Everton and a London derby between Arsenal and Fulham.
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Episode 23 : 28th November 2010: Championship
November. 28,2010
Jake Humphrey presents live Championship action from Carrow Road, as promotion hopefuls Norwich and Ipswich meet in the East Anglian derby.
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Episode 22 : 27th November 2010
November. 27,2010
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Manchester United's match against Blackburn at Old Trafford.
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Episode 21 : 20th November 2010
November. 20,2010
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Arsenal v Tottenham, Birmingham v Chelsea, Manchester United v Wigan, Blackpool v Wolves and Liverpool v West Ham.
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Episode 20 : 13th November 2010
November. 13,2010
Another chance to see all the goals and the best of the action from Saturday's Premier League games, including Aston Villa v Manchester United.
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Episode 19 : 10th November 2010
November. 10,2010
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the evening's Premier League action, including the Manchester derby, in a special midweek edition of Match of the Day.
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Episode 18 : 7th November 2010: Championship
November. 07,2010
Gabby Logan hosts coverage of the south Wales derby, with both Cardiff and Swansea aiming for promotion.
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Episode 17 : 6th November 2010
November. 06,2010
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's Premier League action, with matches including Manchester United v Wolves, Fulham v Aston Villa and Blackburn v Wigan.
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Episode 16 : 30th October 2010
October. 30,2010
Gary Lineker, Alan Hansen and Lee Dixon cast their eyes over the day's Premier League fixtures, with Manchester United facing Tottenham Hotspur.
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Episode 15 : 23rd October 2010
October. 23,2010
Another chance to see all the goals and the best of the action from Saturday's Premier League games, including Chelsea v Wolves.
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Episode 14 : 23rd October 2010: Championship
October. 23,2010
Coverage of the Yorkshire derby in the Championship, presented by Colin Murray. Commentary from Steve Bower and Martin Keown.
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Episode 13 : 16th October 2010
October. 16,2010
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights including Aston Villa v Chelsea, Manchester United v West Brom, Arsenal v Birmingham, Fulham v Tottenham and Bolton v Stoke.
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Episode 12 : 8th October 2010: European Championship Qualifier
October. 08,2010
Northern Ireland v Italy. After getting their European Championship qualifying campaign off to a winning start in Slovenia, Northern Ireland face former world champions Italy at Windsor Park.
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Episode 11 : 2nd October 2010
October. 02,2010
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the Premier League, including the clash between Sunderland and Manchester United, West Ham's match against Fulham and Tottenham v Aston Villa.
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Episode 10 : 25th September 2010
September. 25,2010
Colin Murray presents highlights of the day's Premier League action, including Manchester United v Liverpool and Chelsea v Blackpool.
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Episode 9 : 18th September 2010
September. 18,2010
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's Premier League matches, including Tottenham's home game with Wolves and Arsenal's trip to Sunderland.
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Episode 8 : 16th September 2010: Women's World Cup Play-off: Switzerland v England
September. 16,2010
Coverage of the second leg of England's World Cup play-off match against Switzerland from Wohlen.
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Episode 7 : 12th September 2010: Women's World Cup Play-off: England v Switzerland
September. 12,2010
Coverage of the first leg of England's play-off match against Switzerland from Shrewsbury. At stake is a place in the World Cup finals, to be held in Germany next summer.
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Episode 6 : 11th September 2010
September. 11,2010
Gary Lineker presents highlights of the day's seven Premier League matches, including West Ham v Chelsea in a London derby, Arsenal v Bolton and Newcastle v Blackpool.
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Episode 5 : 11th September 2010: Championship
September. 11,2010
Gabby Logan presents live Championship action from Turf Moor as Burnley take on local Lancastrian rivals Preston North End.
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Episode 4 : 28th August 2010
August. 28,2010
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights. Manchester United have an evening meeting with West Ham, while Stoke visit champions Chelsea.
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Episode 3 : 21st August 2010
August. 21,2010
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights. Chelsea will be aiming to avenge last season's defeat at Wigan, while Blackpool face a tough test as they travel to Arsenal.
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Episode 1 : 7th August 2010: Championship
August. 07,2010
Jake Humphrey presents coverage from Elland Road as newly-promoted Leeds play their first match in the Championship for three years, against Nigel Clough's Derby County.
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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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