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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.
Episode 42 : The F.A. Cup Final: Everton v. West Bromwich Albion
May. 18,1968
Highlights of this afternoon's match at the Empire Stadium, Wembley.
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 41 : Manchester United v Sunderland
May. 11,1968
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 40 : Leeds United v Liverpool
May. 04,1968
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 39 : The F.A. Cup: Semi-final
April. 27,1968
Which teams will play at Wembley on May 18?
Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion, Everton or Leeds United
Kenneth Wolstenholme reports, with outside broadcast cameras, on one of today's semi-final Cup ties:
Birmingham City v West Bromwich Albion
Episode 38 : Queens Park Rangers v Huddersfield Town
April. 20,1968
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 37 : Swindon Town v Southport
April. 13,1968
Commentary by David Coleman.
Episode 36 : Manchester United v Liverpool
April. 06,1968
Commentary by David Coleman.
Episode 35 : F.A. Cup: 6th Round
March. 30,1968
Introduced by David Coleman and featuring the action and the personalities from a great day of sport....
Association Football: F.A. Cup: 6th Round
Highlights of two of today's Cup quarter-finals.
Leicester City v Everton
Birmingham City v Chelsea
Episode 34 : Leeds United v Manchester City
March. 23,1968
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 33 : Torquay v Bury
March. 16,1968
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 32 : F.A. Cup Fifth Round
March. 09,1968
BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you the F.A. Cup Fifth Round.
Recorded highlights of two of today's top matches and a round-up of the Cup news.
Reported by Kenneth Wolstenholme and David Coleman.
Sheffield Wednesday v Chelsea
Rotherham United v Leicester City
Episode 31 : Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool
March. 02,1968
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 30 : Scotland v England
February. 24,1968
The highlights of today's international, in which England seek to avenge their defeat at Wembley last year.
This is the match that decides who enters the final rounds of the European Football Championship - Scotland or England.
Kenneth Wolstenholme reports, with outside broadcast cameras, from Hampden Park, Glasgow.
Episode 29 : F.A. Cup Fourth Round
February. 17,1968
Kenneth Wolstenholme reports on today's F.A. Cup Fourth Round.
BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you the recorded highlights of two of today's Cup games.
Leeds United v Nottingham Forest
Tottenham Hotspur v Preston North End
Episode 28 : Arsenal v Newcastle United
February. 10,1968
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 27 : Leicester City v Leeds United
February. 03,1968
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 26 : F.A. Cup Third Round
January. 27,1968
David Coleman reports on today's F.A. Cup Third Round.
BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you the recorded highlights of three of today's Cup games.
Fulham v Macclesfield
Bournemouth v Liverpool
Chelsea v Ipswich Town
Presenter/commentator: David Coleman
Commentator: Kenneth Wolstenholme
Commentator: Maurice Edelston
Episode 25 : Leeds United v Everton
January. 20,1968
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 24 : Arsenal v Sheffield United
January. 13,1968
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 23 : Ipswich Town v Birmingham City
January. 06,1968
Commentary by David Coleman.
Episode 22 : Leicester City v West Ham United
December. 30,1967
Commentary by David Coleman.
Episode 21 : Newcastle United v Liverpool
December. 23,1967
Commentary by David Coleman.
Episode 20 : Queens Park Rangers v Portsmouth
December. 16,1967
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 19 : Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur
December. 09,1967
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 18 : Burnley v Arsenal
December. 02,1967
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 17 : Chelsea v Manchester United
November. 25,1967
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 16 : Fulham v Nottingham Forest
November. 18,1967
Commentary by David Coleman.
Episode 15 : Arsenal v Everton
November. 11,1967
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 14 : Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool
November. 04,1967
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 13 : Coventry City v Sunderland
October. 28,1967
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 12 : Northern Ireland v Scotland
October. 21,1967
Kenneth Wolstenholme reports, with outside broadcast cameras, from Windsor Park, Belfast, on the first full international of the season.
Episode 11 : Chelsea v Everton
October. 14,1967
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 10 : Manchester United v Arsenal
October. 07,1967
Commentary by David Coleman.
Episode 9 : Sheffield Wednesday v Wolverhampton Wanderers
September. 30,1967
Commentary by David Coleman.
Episode 8 : Arsenal v Manchester City
September. 23,1967
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 7 : Bristol City v Blackpool
September. 16,1967
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 6 : Liverpool v Chelsea
September. 09,1967
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 5 : West Ham United v Manchester United
September. 02,1967
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 4 : Queens Park Rangers v Norwich City
August. 26,1967
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 3 : Everton v Manchester United
August. 19,1967
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Episode 2 : Association Football: F.A. Charity Shield: Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur
August. 12,1967
Manchester United, Football League Champions v. Tottenham Hotspur, F.A. Cup Winners
As a curtain-raiser to the new football season, Manchester United, League champions and winners of the Charity Shield on five occasions, meet the F.A. Cup winners at Old Trafford, Manchester.
Episode 1 : Match of the Season: Association Football: Celtic v Tottenham Hotspur
August. 05,1967
Celtic - European Cup Winners, Scottish F.A. Cup Winners, Scottish League Champions v. Tottenham Hotspur F.A. Cup Winners
Highlights of this afternoon's outstanding match at Hampden Park, where the champions of Europe from Glasgow met the F.A. Cup winners from London.
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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