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Match of the Day". BBC Programmes. 11 March 2017. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017 . Retrieved 8 August 2017. a b Stoller, Barry (22 August 2014). "Match Of The Day At 50: My iconic theme even has a banjo". Love TV. BBC. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019 . Retrieved 16 September 2018. a b c d e "Match of the Day: 50 years of broadcasting celebration". BBC Sport. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 September 2014 . Retrieved 29 January 2015.

Although the title was first used by the BBC for its Wimbledon tennis highlights programme in June 1964, the first football-related edition of Match of the Day was screened on BBC Two on 22 August 1964, and showed highlights of a game between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield. The programme's audience was estimated at only 20,000, less than half of the attendance at the ground. [8] Chelsea host an Aston Villa side with aspirations of securing a third successive top-six finish and a place in European competition. Villa have already beaten Chelsea once this season, overturning Didier Drogba's early strike at Villa Park with goals from defenders Richard Dunne and James Collins, but it is eight years since they last triumphed at Stamford Bridge. BBC's Match of the Day marks 50 years as an institution of English football". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021 . Retrieved 12 November 2021.Clinton, Jane (11 March 2023). "BBC apologises for disarray to sport coverage due to Gary Lineker walkouts". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 11 March 2023. The predominant analysts for the 2021–22 season are Alan Shearer, Jermaine Jenas, Martin Keown, Danny Murphy, Micah Richards, and Ian Wright. Each live show typically features three analysts; highlights shows usually have two analysts. [34] BBC One HD - Schedules, Saturday 4 April 2020". BBC. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023 . Retrieved 26 April 2020. Previous commentators have included Walley Barnes, Frank Bough, David Coleman, Jon Champion, Barry Davies, Tony Gubba, Stuart Hall, John Motson, Alan Parry, Idwal Robling, Gerald Sinstadt, Clive Tyldesley, Alan Weeks, and Kenneth Wolstenholme. As part of the show's 50th anniversary celebrations, Barry Davies returned to commentate. [36] [37] Current presenters [ edit ] Ahead of the 2019–20 Premier League season, BBC Sport upgraded the studio that Match of the Day, Match of the Day 2, Football Focus, and Final Score broadcasts from.

A record-breaking season". Premier League. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022 . Retrieved 23 January 2022. The Toffees have proved a real thorn in City's side in recent years, winning five of the last six league matches between the sides. That run includes a rare home defeat for City boss Roberto Mancini in 2010, plus last season's game at Goodison Park, which Everton won thanks to a Darron Gibson goal. Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's Premier League matches, with the majority of the weekend's top-flight games being held to avoid a clash with the FA Cup final. Upon regaining the FA Cup rights in 2014, highlights from the early and later rounds of the competition were given their own separate programme instead of being broadcast on an extended Match of the Day straight after the Premier League highlights, as it was before the BBC last lost the rights in 2008. [18] [19] Highlights of the latter rounds occasionally sequence from the Premier League highlights, as they did until the previous decade, but both segments are considered separate programmes. [20] [21] Match of the Day named world's longest-running football show". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018 . Retrieved 31 March 2018.The FA Cup". BBC Programmes. 11 March 2017. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017 . Retrieved 8 August 2017. It is one of the BBC's longest-running shows, having been on air since 22 August 1964. [5] In 2015, Guinness World Records recognised it "as the longest-running football television programme in the world." [6] The show's theme tune was voted the most recognised TV theme tune in a 2010 poll conducted by the PRS. [5] From the 2004–05 season, a second programme, Match of the Day 2, usually airs on the following Sunday and features highlights of all the day's games, whilst showing the goals from the previous days action. [7] History [ edit ] 1960s [ edit ] From the 2019–20 season, a spin-off show MOTDx was launched, focussing on celebrities, music, fashion and culture of the Premier League. It is presented by Jermaine Jenas, alongside Chelcee Grimes, Craig Mitch and Reece Parkinson. [43] League football highlights were not available to the BBC from 1988 as ITV had exclusive rights, though the programme remained on air for the FA Cup as Match of the Day: The Road to Wembley. League football returned in 1992, for the start of the Premier League era. [9] Sky's emergence made the TV rights market more competitive, with the BBC losing European Cup matches after UEFA's revamping as the Champions League in 1992, although it did broadcast the 1994 final between A.C. Milan and FC Barcelona. In 1997, the BBC lost all live rights to the FA Cup meaning the programme's live coverage was restricted to the UEFA Cup and Cup Winners' Cup matches, the latter competition becoming defunct in 1999. However, the BBC were still able to show Saturday evening highlights of FA Cup games. A significant change occurred in 2001 when the Premier League awarded highlights rights to ITV in a three-year contract. [12] Between 2001 and 2004, the Match of the Day brand was used for the BBC's live football coverage and the network had earned some consolation in losing by managing to regain live terrestrial coverage of the FA Cup and England internationals for that period. Match of the Day (1964– ) Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016 . Retrieved 29 January 2015.

Kuenssberg, Laura; Seddon, Sean (12 March 2023). "Gary Lineker: More BBC sport shows cancelled by presenter boycott". www.bbc.co.uk/news. BBC News . Retrieved 12 March 2023. The current theme tune for the series is titled "Match of the Day". It was composed for the programme in 1970 by Barry Stoller, and was used for the first time on 15 August 1970. There is another London derby at Craven Cottage, where Fulham manager Martin Jol faces his former side Tottenham, while elsewhere in the capital Arsenal host Swansea.Despite the programme's long running status there have only been five regular main presenters: Kenneth Wolstenholme (1964–1967), BBC 'sour' over football deal". BBC News. 15 June 2000. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023 . Retrieved 29 January 2015.

a b c "History of Match of the Day". BBC Sport. 14 February 2003. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016 . Retrieved 26 July 2013. Gary Lineker presents highlights and analysis of the latest round of Premier League games, with Manchester City welcoming Nottingham Forest and Burnley hosting Manchester United. The Manchester derby is always a passionate affair, but with both United and City both genuine Premier League title contenders, the match at the City of Manchester Stadium promises to be a fascinating encounter.Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the evening's Premier League action in a special midweek edition of Match of the Day. Since 1998, the BBC's coverages of the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship have been under the Match of the Day banner.