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The programme returned to Saturday nights. Only two games were allowed to be shown per show.
Episode 42 : 29th May 1982: Home International Championship
May. 29,1982
Featuring the 100th full international between Scotland and England, played this afternoon at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The score so far could hardly be closer - Scotland have won on 39 occasions, England 38 with the remaining 22 matches drawn.
Episode 41 : 27th May 1982: Home International Championship
May. 27,1982
Wales v Northern Ireland at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
At one stage Wales looked the likeliest of all the British nations to qualify for the World Cup finals. The fact that they missed out has made Manager Mike England all the more determined that Wales do well in the British Championships. For his opposite number, Billy Bingham , the game provides the final chance to experiment before Northern Ireland's opening World Cup game against Yugoslavia on 17 June.
Episode 40 : 22nd May 1982: FA Cup Final: Queens Park Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur
May. 22,1982
Highlights of the 1982 FA Cup Final. Jimmy Hill presents the best action, analyses the key moments and talks to the players and manager of the victorious side.
Episode 39 : 15th May 1982
May. 15,1982
As the season draws to an end, Jimmy Hill introduces highlights of two Football League games affecting promotion, relegation and entry into Europe next season. Also in tonight's programme, a chance to win £300 worth of Premium Bonds in the Goal of the Season competition.
Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur
Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest
Episode 38 : 8th May 1982
May. 08,1982
Highlights of two Football League matches affecting championship honours, promotion and relegation.
Birmingham City v Liverpool
Watford v Leicester City
Episode 37 : 1st May 1982
May. 01,1982
Action highlights of two Football League matches affecting championship honours, promotion and relegation. Also tonight the result of the April Goal of the Month competition, and a selection of goals for the Goal of the Season competition.
Ipswich Town v Middlesbrough
Liverpool v Nottingham Forest
Episode 36 : 24th April 1982
April. 24,1982
Rotherham United v Luton Town
Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester United
Episode 35 : 17th April 1982
April. 17,1982
Highlights of two Football League matches, analysis and interviews.
Swansea City v Manchester City
Blackburn Rovers v Watford
Episode 34 : 10th April 1982
April. 10,1982
Highlights of two Football League matches, plus analysis and interviews.
Gillingham v Fulham
Manchester City v Liverpool
Episode 33 : 3rd April 1982: FA Cup Semi-Final
April. 03,1982
Match of the Day cameras bring you the special excitement and tension that surrounds a Cup semi-final and an important First Division game.
FAC SF: Queens Park Rangers v West Bromwich Albion
Div 1: Sunderland v Middlesbrough
Episode 32 : 27th March 1982
March. 27,1982
Highlights of two Football League matches plus analysis and interviews. Also in tonight's programme the March Goal of the Month competition.
Sheffield Wednesday v Leyton Orient
Manchester United v Sunderland
Episode 31 : 20th March 1982
March. 20,1982
Highlights of two Football League matches, plus analysis and interviews.
Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton
Notts County v Manchester United
Episode 30 : 13th March 1982
March. 13,1982
Highlights of two Football League matches, plus analysis and interviews.
Oldham Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday
Arsenal v Ipswich Town
Episode 29 : 6th March 1982: FA Cup Sixth Round
March. 06,1982
Highlights from two of this afternoon's games plus all the atmosphere and tension that surrounds the Cup. Plus the result of the February Goal of the Month competition.
Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur
Leicester City v Shrewsbury Town
Episode 28 : 27th February 1982
February. 27,1982
Highlights of two Football League matches, analysis and interviews.
Brighton & Hove Albion v West Bromwich Albion
Everton v West Ham United
Episode 27 : 20th February 1982
February. 20,1982
Watford v Luton Town
Manchester United v Arsenal
Episode 26 : 13th February 1982: FA Cup Fifth Round
February. 13,1982
Featuring highlights from three matches in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup.
Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa
Leicester City v Watford
West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City
Episode 25 : 6th February 1982
February. 06,1982
Highlights of three Football League matches plus analysis and interviews. Also in tonight's programme the result of the January Goal of the Month competition.
Colchester United v Sheffield United
Southampton v Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Episode 24 : 30th January 1982
January. 30,1982
Highlights of two Football League matches, analysis and interviews. Also in tonight's programme the January Goal of the Month competition.
Luton Town v Leicester City
Swansea City v Manchester United
Episode 23 : 23rd January 1982: FA Cup Fourth Round
January. 23,1982
Highlights of three outstanding ties, which encompass the glamour, the romance and the excitement of the FA Cup.
Watford v West Ham United
Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United
Manchester City v Coventry City
Episode 22 : 16th January 1982
January. 16,1982
Highlights of two Football League matches, analysis and interviews. Bob Wilson reports on the World Cup draw from Madrid.
Coventry City v Ipswich Town
Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Episode 21 : 9th January 1982
January. 09,1982
Highlights of two Football League matches, plus analysis and interviews.
Manchester City v Stoke City
Huddersfield Town v Oxford United
Episode 20 : 2nd January 1982: FA Cup Third Round
January. 02,1982
The most romantic football Saturday of the season, where the minnows from the Third and Fourth Divisions and outside the Football League meet the mighty teams from the First Division. Tonight action highlights of three games, interviews, analysis and comment. Plus the result of the December Goal of the Month competition.
Leicester City v Southampton
Barnet v Brighton & Hove Albion
Swansea City v Liverpool
Episode 19 : 26th December 1981
December. 26,1981
Includes the Christmas Goal of the Month competition.
Liverpool v Manchester City
Portsmouth v Bristol Rovers
Episode 18 : 19th December 1981
December. 19,1981
Jimmy Hill presents highlights of two Football League matches plus analysis and interviews.
Everton v Aston Villa
Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers
Episode 17 : 12th December 1981
December. 12,1981
Highlights of two Football League matches, plus analysis and interviews.
Swansea City v Nottingham Forest
Queens Park Rangers v Barnsley
Episode 16 : 5th December 1981
December. 05,1981
Highlights of two Football League matches, analysis and interviews. Plus the result of the November Goal of the Month competition.
West Ham United v Arsenal
Everton v Swansea City
Episode 15 : 28th November 1981
November. 28,1981
Introduced by Jimmy Hill. Bob Wilson gathers together the day's other news including the late-night pools check. Also tonight, the November Goal of the Month competition.
Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest
Fulham v Millwall
Halifax v Scunthorpe United
Episode 14 : 21st November 1981
November. 21,1981
Highlights of two Football League matches, analysis and interviews.
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United
Birmingham City v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Episode 13 : 14th November 1981
November. 14,1981
Highlights of two Football League matches, analysis and interviews.
Watford v Cardiff City
Middlesbrough v Sunderland
Episode 12 : 7th November 1981
November. 07,1981
Introduced by Jimmy Hill. Bob Wilson gathers together the day's other news. Plus the result of the October Goal of the Month competition.
Liverpool v Everton
Stoke City v Southampton
Episode 11 : 31st October 1981
October. 31,1981
Highlights of two Football League matches, plus analysis and interviews. Also in tonight's programme the October Goal of the Month competition.
Everton v Manchester City
Leicester City v Sheffield Wednesday
Episode 10 : 24th October 1981
October. 24,1981
Highlights of two Football League matches, plus analysis and interviews.
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Aston Villa
Crystal Palace v Derby County
Episode 9 : 17th October 1981
October. 17,1981
Highlights of two Football League matches, plus analysis and interviews.
Leeds United v West Bromwich Albion
Arsenal v Manchester City
Episode 8 : 10th October 1981
October. 10,1981
Jimmy Hill presents highlights of two Football League matches, plus analysis and interviews.
Ipswich Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bristol City v Preston North End
Episode 7 : 3rd October 1981
October. 03,1981
Match highlights plus the day's news, including the late-night pools check and the result of the August/September Goal of the Month competition.
Queens Park Rangers v Blackburn Rovers
Liverpool v Swansea City
Notts County v Arsenal
Episode 6 : 26th September 1981
September. 26,1981
Bob Wilson gathers together the day's news, including the late-night pools check. Also in tonight's programme the August/September Goal of the Month competition.
West Ham United v Liverpool
Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur
Episode 5 : 19th September 1981
September. 19,1981
Highlights of two Football League matches, plus analysis and interviews.
Liverpool v Aston Villa
Norwich City v Newcastle United
Episode 4 : 12th September 1981
September. 12,1981
Highlights of two Football League matches, plus analysis and interviews.
Luton Town v Sheffield Wednesday
Aston Villa v Manchester United
Episode 3 : 5th September 1981
September. 05,1981
Highlights of two Football League matches plus analysis and interviews.
Manchester United v Ipswich Town
West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City
Episode 2 : 29th August 1981
August. 29,1981
Jimmy Hill presents match highlights from the opening day of the Football League season.
Nottingham Forest v Southampton
Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion
Swansea City v Leeds United
Episode 1 : 22nd August 1981: FA Charity Shield: Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur
August. 22,1981
The annual curtain-raiser between the Football League Champions and the FA Cup holders played at the Empire Stadium, Wembley.
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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