Match of the Day
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Group A continues with this clash from Daegu in South Korea. With world champions France in their group, neither of these sides will want to slip up in their other group matches but, despite Senegal's strong showing at the African Cup of Nations, Denmark will be favourites.
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Cast & Crew
Season 1964/65
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...
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 in October 1965 two months after the start of the new season. The duration of...
Season 1966/67
In the year that saw England win the World Cup, Match of the Day moves to BBC ONE.
Season 1967/68
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 Division...
Season 1968/69
Grandstand presenter David Coleman begins regularly presenting Match of the Day.
Season 1969/70
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 1970/71
1970 saw the introduction of the Goal of the Month competition, which led to thousands of postcards being sent to the BBC.
Season 1971/72
John Motson makes his debut as a Match of the Day commentator.
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 match from Division Three.
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 the programme and offer expert analysis.
Season 1974/75
Match of the Day signs a new three-year contract with the Football League.
Season 1975/76
Season 1976/77
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 with hundreds of school children holding up cards that depicted Jimmy Hill's face...
Season 1978/79
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...
Season 1979/80
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 1980/81
After 16 seasons in the Saturday night slot, Match of the Day moved to Sunday afternoons.
Season 1981/82
The programme returned to Saturday nights. Only two games were allowed to be shown per show.
Season 1982/83
Season 1983/84
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 chann...
Season 1984/85
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 ex...
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 for 19 live games plus weekend highlights. The Football League met on Valentine'...
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 came in the seven live games on Sunday afternoons.
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 year with a mixture of live League games on Sunday afternoons and highlights shows...
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 inception in 1964, it couldn't broadcast any League football. Instead, the team settle...
Season 1989/90
Des Lynam continued to present the show, joined by Jimmy Hill and Terry Venables as regular pundits.
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 covering FA Cup matches.
Season 1991/92
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...
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 new regular pundits, Alan Hansen and Trevor Brooking, and the show reverted to the...
Season 1993/94
Season 1994/95
Match of the Day celebrated its 30th anniversary.
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 were scarcely recognizable from the team we've known over the past couple of sea...
Season 1996/97
Season 1997/98
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 1998/99
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 1999/2000
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 2000/01
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 BB...
Season 2001/02
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.
12th August 2001: FA Charity Shield: Manchester United v Liverpool
15th August 2001: International Friendly: England v Netherlands
24th August 2001: UEFA Super Cup: Liverpool v Bayern Munich
1st September 2001: World Cup Qualifier: Germany v England
5th September 2001: World Cup Qualifier: England v Albania
13th September 2001: UEFA Cup: Ipswich Town v Torpedo Moscow
6th October 2001: World Cup Qualifier: England v Greece
18th October 2001: UEFA Cup: Ipswich Town v Helsingborgs IF
1st November 2001: UEFA Cup: Helsingborgs IF v Ipswich Town
10th November 2001: International Friendly: England v Sweden
17th November 2001: FA Cup First Round
18th November 2001: FA Cup First Round
22nd November 2001: UEFA Cup: Ipswich Town v Inter Milan
28th November 2001: FA Cup First Round Replays
8th December 2001: FA Cup Second Round
9th December 2001: FA Cup Second Round
19th December 2001: FA Cup Second Round Replays
5th January 2002: FA Cup Third Round
6th January 2002: FA Cup Third Round: Macclesfield Town v West Ham United
6th January 2002: FA Cup Third Round: Aston Villa v Manchester United
16th January 2002: FA Cup Third Round Replays
26th January 2002: FA Cup Fourth Round
27th January 2002: FA Cup Fourth Round: Arsenal v Liverpool
27th January 2002: FA Cup Fourth Round: Ipswich Town v Manchester City
6th February 2002: FA Cup Fourth Round Replays
13th February 2002: International Friendly: Netherlands v England
16th February 2002: FA Cup Fifth Round
17th February 2002: FA Cup Fifth Round: Everton v Crewe Alexandra
17th February 2002: FA Cup Fifth Round: Newcastle United v Manchester City
27th February 2002: FA Cup Fifth Round Replays
9th March 2002: FA Cup Sixth Round: Newcastle United v Arsenal
10th March 2002: FA Cup Sixth Round: Middlesbrough v Everton
10th March 2002: FA Cup Sixth Round
23rd March 2002: FA Cup Sixth Round Replay
27th March 2002: International Friendly
14th April 2002: FA Cup Semi Finals
17th April 2002: International Friendly
4th May 2002: FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Chelsea
6th May 2002: Women's FA Cup Final: Fulham v Doncaster Belles
8th May 2002: Uefa Cup Final: Feyenoord v Borussia Dortmund
21st May 2002: International Friendly: England v South Korea
26th May 2002: International Friendly: England v Cameroon
31st May 2002: World Cup 2002
1st June 2002: World Cup 2002: Republic of Ireland v Cameroon
1st June 2002: World Cup 2002: Germany v Saudi Arabia
1st June 2002: World Cup 2002
2nd June 2002: World Cup 2002: Argentina v Nigeria
2nd June 2002: World Cup 2002: Spain v Slovenia
2nd June 2002: World Cup 2002
3rd June 2002: World Cup 2002: Croatia v Mexico
3rd June 2002: World Cup 2002: Brazil v Turkey
3rd June 2002: World Cup 2002
4th June 2002: World Cup 2002: China v Costa Rica
4th June 2002: World Cup 2002: South Korea v Poland
4th June 2002: World Cup 2002
5th June 2002: World Cup 2002: USA v Portugal
5th June 2002: World Cup 2002
6th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Denmark v Senegal
6th June 2002: World Cup 2002
7th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Argentina v England
7th June 2002: World Cup 2002
8th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Italy v Croatia
8th June 2002: World Cup 2002
9th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Mexico v Ecuador
9th June 2002: World Cup 2002
10th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Tunisia v Belgium
10th June 2002: World Cup 2002
11th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Groups A & E
12th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Nigeria v England
12th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Groups B & F
13th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Group C
13th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Groups C & G
14th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Group H
14th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Groups D & H
15th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Round of 16
16th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Round of 16: Sweden v Senegal
16th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Round of 16: Spain v Ireland
16th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Round of 16
17th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Round of 16: Mexico v USA
17th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Round of 16
18th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Round of 16: Japan v Turkey
18th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Round of 16
21st June 2002: World Cup 2002: Quarter final: England v Brazil
21st June 2002: World Cup 2002: Quarter final: Germany v USA
21st June 2002: World Cup 2002: Quarter finals
22nd June 2002: World Cup 2002: Quarter final: Spain v South Korea
22nd June 2002: World Cup 2002: Quarter finals
25th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Semi final: Germany v South Korea
25th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Semi final
26th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Semi final: Brazil v Turkey
26th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Semi final
30th June 2002: World Cup Final 2002: Germany v Brazil
30th June 2002: World Cup Final 2002
Season 2002/03
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 years.
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.
Season 2005/06
Season 2006/07
Season 2007/08
Season 2008/09
Season 2009/10
Season 2010/11
Season 2011/12
Season 2012/13
Season 2013/14
Season 2014/15
Season 2015/16
Season 2016/17
Season 2017/18
Season 2018/19
Season 2019/20
Season 2020/21
Season 2021/22
Season 2022/23
Season 2023/24
Season 2024/25