Season 1964/65
Match of the Day begins on 22 August 1964, for coverage of Liverpool versus Arsenal. Kenneth Wolstenholme opens the prog
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Season 1965/66
Despite attempts by some clubs to prevent its return due to fear over ticket sales, Match of the Day returned to the BBC
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Season 1966/67
In the year that saw England win the World Cup, Match of the Day moves to BBC ONE.
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Season 1967/68
Once again, protracted negotiations during the summer ensured the return of the show. In order to secure the deal the BB
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Season 1968/69
Grandstand presenter David Coleman begins regularly presenting Match of the Day.
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Season 1969/70
From 1969, the programme becomes live and studio based, rather than being pre-recorded at the ground of the featured mat
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Season 1970/71
1970 saw the introduction of the Goal of the Month competition, which led to thousands of postcards being sent to the BB
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Season 1971/72
John Motson makes his debut as a Match of the Day commentator.
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Season 1972/73
The current contractual agreement meant that Match of the Day had to lead with a Division Two fixture, and twice with a
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Season 1973/74
Match of the Day appoints Jimmy Hill as the new presenter, after signing him from LWT. He was the first to both present
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Season 1974/75
Match of the Day signs a new three-year contract with the Football League.
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Season 1977/78
Match of the Day celebrates its 500th edition, marked with a special Radio Times cover and a new set of opening titles w
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Season 1978/79
In November ITV signed a secret three year deal with the Football League to show edited highlights on Saturday nights in
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Season 1979/80
For the first time Match of the Day was allowed to screen additional games, and on 13 weekends there were highlights fro
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Season 1980/81
After 16 seasons in the Saturday night slot, Match of the Day moved to Sunday afternoons.
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Season 1981/82
The programme returned to Saturday nights. Only two games were allowed to be shown per show.
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Season 1983/84
Match of the Day was back on Saturday nights as a highlights show but was supplemented by live matches on Friday evening
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Season 1984/85
The show celebrated its 20th anniversary and matches were still being broadcast on Fridays. Most other sports were now s
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Season 1985/86
In 1985 the television rights came up for renegotiation and BBC and ITV offered £16m for four years. This was in return
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Season 1986/87
With highlights out of fashion there were only 14 editions of Match of the Day all season and the only League action cam
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Season 1987/88
The focus was still on the big clubs and the shows were very irregular. They followed the same format as the previous ye
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Season 1988/89
Match of the Day celebrated its 25th anniversary and had to cope with the fact that, for the first time since its incept
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Season 1989/90
Des Lynam continued to present the show, joined by Jimmy Hill and Terry Venables as regular pundits.
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Season 1990/91
In the third season of the new contract there were 20 editions of Match of the Day but they were still restricted to cov
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Season 1991/92
After several years of speculation it was announced in February that a new, breakaway FA Premier League was going to be
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Season 1992/93
With the new season came a new Premier League, a new contract and a new show, fronted by Des Lynam. Des was joined by ne
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Season 1994/95
Match of the Day celebrated its 30th anniversary.
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Season 1995/96
When Alex Ferguson's side were discussed on Match of the Day on the opening day of the season Des remarked that "United
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Season 1997/98
A new four year deal secured Premier League highlights on the BBC. Mark Lawrenson joined Trevor Brooking and Alan Hansen
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Season 1998/99
Des Lynam presented 36 of the 45 League and Cup programmes plus eight more UEFA Cup shows. Gary Lineker also fronted fiv
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Season 1999/2000
Before the season began, on 2 August, Des Lynam resigned from the BBC and moved to ITV to become their main football pre
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Season 2000/01
ITV won back the Premier League highlights as part of a three year deal. They also obtained Nationwide League rights whi
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Season 2001/02
With Saturday night highlights now being shown on ITV's The Premiership, Match of the Day reverted to covering live FA C
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Season 2003/04
In August 2003, it is announced that the BBC has won back the right to show Premiership highlights from 2004, for three
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Season 2004/05
Match of the Day returns to the BBC for the new season, as part of a new football package on the BBC.
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Actor:Gary Lineker, Jimmy Hill, John Motson, Barry Davies, Des Lynam, Alan Hansen, David Coleman, Trevor Brooking, Kenneth Wolstenholme, Tony Gubba, Alan Shearer, Mark Lawrenson, Bob Wilson, Jon Champion, Ray Stubbs, Ian Wright, Gabby Logan, Danny Murphy, Alan Parry, Steve Wilson, Clive Tyldesley, Guy Mowbray, Mark Bright, Martin Keown, Jonathan Pearce, Jermaine Jenas, Gerald Sinstadt, Dan Walker, Alan Weeks, Simon Brotherton, Mark Chapman, Bobby Charlton, Lee Dixon, Jason Mohammad, Walley Barnes, Colin Murray, Stephen Watson, Phil Neville, Kevin Kilbane, Jackie Fullerton, Robbie Savage, Manish Bhasin, Jacqui Oatley, Ruud Gullit, Don Revie, Mark Pougatch, Martin O'Neill, Jake Humphrey, Graeme Le Saux, Gavin Peacock, Jock Stein, Mick McCarthy, Celina Hinchcliffe, Lucy Ward, Gordon Strachan, Frank Bough, Pat Nevin, Adrian Chiles, Garth Crooks, Danny Blanchflower, David Pleat, Peter Schmeichel, Dion Dublin, Joe Mercer, Lawrie McMenemy, Brian Clough, Peter Reid, Iain Dowie, Leonardo Araújo, Danny Mills, Rio Ferdinand, Steve Bower, Terry Venables, Joe Royle, Jim Magilton, Clarence Seedorf, Jamie Redknapp, Marcel Desailly, Sue Smith, Trevor Steven, Efan Ekoku, Faye White, Micah Richards, Frank Lampard, Ally McCoist, David O'Leary, Jo Potter, Michael Owen, John O'Neill, Alex Scott, Maurice Edelston, Idwal Robling, David Icke, David Davies, Paul McGrath, Rachel Brown, Michael O'Neill, Mark Sidebottom, Gus Poyet, Robbie Fowler, Thierry Henry, Juninho Paulista, Neil Lennon, Dietmar Hamann, Trevor Sinclair, Mark Schwarzer, Roy Hodgson, Matthew Upson, Chris Sutton, Noel Cantwell, Kevin Keegan, Denis Law, Ray Wilkins, Bobby Robson, Ian Brown, Kenny Dalglish, Stephen Keshi, Marieanne Spacey, Hope Powell, Steve Claridge, Leroy Rosenior, Sunday Oliseh, Gianluca Vialli, Ariane Hingst, Harry Redknapp, Les Ferdinand, David Moyes, John Hartson, Dean Saunders, Paul Ince, Mark Scott, Stanley Rous, Alan Hardaker, Alf Ramsey, Bobby Moore, Gordon Banks, Terry Cooper, Bob Stokoe, Willie Ormond, Billy Bremner, Nat Lofthouse, Jackie Milburn, John Charles, Frank McLintock, Tom Finney, Ally MacLeod, Ron Greenwood, Lou Macari, Steve Rider, Archie Macpherson, Grahame Lloyd, Hazel Irvine, Peter Drury, David Ginola, Chris Waddle, David Platt, David Beckham, Noel Gallagher, Delia Smith, George Best, Eniola Aluko, Lawrie Sanchez, Mark Hughes, Mark Delaney, Kevin Ratcliffe, Kevin Gallacher, Ian Gwyn Hughes, Ian Walsh, Gareth Southgate, Thomas Niblock, David Jeffrey, Stephen Baxter, Chris Morgan, Marty Quinn, Paul Gilmour, Dave Jones, Matt Holland, Michael McNamee, Roberto Martinez, Ian Hunt, Malky Mackay, Russell Brand, Tim Vickery, Sam Allardyce, Alistair Mann, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Emile Heskey, Tim Sherwood, Garry Monk, Eilidh Barbour, Reshmin Chowdhury, Tim Cahill, Stephen Warnock, Karen Carney, Andriy Shevchenko, Vicki Sparks, Pep Guardiola, Gabriel Jesus, Mikel Arteta, Ralf Rangnick, Granit Xhaka, Eddie Howe, Dean Smith, Joelinton, Antonio Conte, Thomas Frank, Steven Gerrard, Brendan Rodgers, Robyn Cowen, Ashley Williams, Wayne Rooney, Shay Given,
Match of the Day
Description:
BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015.