Match of the Day (1964)

Match of the Day begins on 22 August 1964, for coverage of Liverpool versus Arsenal. Kenneth Wolsten...

Despite attempts by some clubs to prevent its return due to fear over ticket sales, Match of the Day...

In the year that saw England win the World Cup, Match of the Day moves to BBC ONE.

Once again, protracted negotiations during the summer ensured the return of the show. In order to se...

Grandstand presenter David Coleman begins regularly presenting Match of the Day.

From 1969, the programme becomes live and studio based, rather than being pre-recorded at the ground...

1970 saw the introduction of the Goal of the Month competition, which led to thousands of postcards ...

John Motson makes his debut as a Match of the Day commentator.

The current contractual agreement meant that Match of the Day had to lead with a Division Two fixtur...

Match of the Day appoints Jimmy Hill as the new presenter, after signing him from LWT. He was the fi...

Match of the Day signs a new three-year contract with the Football League.

Match of the Day celebrates its 500th edition, marked with a special Radio Times cover and a new set...

In November ITV signed a secret three year deal with the Football League to show edited highlights o...

For the first time Match of the Day was allowed to screen additional games, and on 13 weekends there...

After 16 seasons in the Saturday night slot, Match of the Day moved to Sunday afternoons.

The programme returned to Saturday nights. Only two games were allowed to be shown per show.

Match of the Day was back on Saturday nights as a highlights show but was supplemented by live match...

The show celebrated its 20th anniversary and matches were still being broadcast on Fridays. Most oth...

In 1985 the television rights came up for renegotiation and BBC and ITV offered £16m for four years...

With highlights out of fashion there were only 14 editions of Match of the Day all season and the on...

The focus was still on the big clubs and the shows were very irregular. They followed the same forma...

Match of the Day celebrated its 25th anniversary and had to cope with the fact that, for the first t...

Des Lynam continued to present the show, joined by Jimmy Hill and Terry Venables as regular pundits.

In the third season of the new contract there were 20 editions of Match of the Day but they were sti...

After several years of speculation it was announced in February that a new, breakaway FA Premier Lea...

With the new season came a new Premier League, a new contract and a new show, fronted by Des Lynam. ...

Match of the Day celebrated its 30th anniversary.

When Alex Ferguson's side were discussed on Match of the Day on the opening day of the season Des re...

A new four year deal secured Premier League highlights on the BBC. Mark Lawrenson joined Trevor Broo...

Des Lynam presented 36 of the 45 League and Cup programmes plus eight more UEFA Cup shows. Gary Line...

Before the season began, on 2 August, Des Lynam resigned from the BBC and moved to ITV to become the...

ITV won back the Premier League highlights as part of a three year deal. They also obtained Nationwi...

With Saturday night highlights now being shown on ITV's The Premiership, Match of the Day reverted t...

In August 2003, it is announced that the BBC has won back the right to show Premiership highlights f...

Match of the Day returns to the BBC for the new season, as part of a new football package on the BBC...