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Match of the Day

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BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015.

Aug 22, 196462 seasons3282 episodesReturning SeriesEN

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Seasons

Season 1964/65

37 episodes

Premiered Aug 22, 1964

Season 1965/66

33 episodes

Premiered Oct 2, 1965

Season 1966/67

40 episodes

Premiered Aug 20, 1966

Season 1967/68

42 episodes

Premiered Aug 5, 1967

Season 1968/69

38 episodes

Premiered Aug 3, 1968

Season 1969/70

40 episodes

Premiered Aug 2, 1969

Season 1970/71

43 episodes

Premiered Aug 8, 1970

Season 1971/72

43 episodes

Premiered Jul 31, 1971

Season 1972/73

43 episodes

Premiered Jul 29, 1972

Season 1973/74

42 episodes

Premiered Aug 11, 1973

Season 1974/75

43 episodes

Premiered Aug 10, 1974

Season 1975/76

43 episodes

Premiered Aug 9, 1975

Season 1976/77

43 episodes

Premiered Aug 14, 1976

Season 1977/78

41 episodes

Premiered Aug 13, 1977

Season 1978/79

41 episodes

Premiered Aug 19, 1978

Season 1979/80

46 episodes

Premiered Aug 11, 1979

Season 1980/81

40 episodes

Premiered Aug 17, 1980

Season 1981/82

42 episodes

Premiered Aug 22, 1981

Season 1982/83

37 episodes

Premiered Aug 29, 1982

Season 1983/84

37 episodes

Premiered Aug 20, 1983

Season 1984/85

39 episodes

Premiered Aug 25, 1984

Season 1985/86

14 episodes

Premiered Aug 10, 1985

Season 1986/87

14 episodes

Premiered Sep 21, 1986

Season 1987/88

19 episodes

Premiered Aug 29, 1987

Season 1988/89

13 episodes

Premiered Aug 20, 1988

Season 1989/90

16 episodes

Premiered Aug 12, 1989

Season 1990/91

21 episodes

Premiered Aug 18, 1990

Season 1991/92

22 episodes

Premiered Aug 10, 1991

Season 1992/93

46 episodes

Premiered Aug 15, 1992

Season 1993/94

50 episodes

Premiered Aug 7, 1993

Season 1994/95

53 episodes

Premiered Aug 14, 1994

Season 1995/96

53 episodes

Premiered Aug 13, 1995

Season 1996/97

53 episodes

Premiered Aug 11, 1996

Season 1997/98

71 episodes

Premiered Aug 9, 1997

Season 1998/99

55 episodes

Premiered Aug 15, 1998

Season 1999/2000

90 episodes

Premiered Aug 7, 1999

Season 2000/01

57 episodes

Premiered Aug 19, 2000

Season 2001/02

93 episodes

Premiered Aug 12, 2001

Season 2002/03

51 episodes

Premiered Aug 11, 2002

Season 2003/04

113 episodes

Premiered Aug 10, 2003

Season 2004/05

81 episodes

Premiered Aug 8, 2004

Season 2005/06

136 episodes

Premiered Aug 7, 2005

Season 2006/07

82 episodes

Premiered Aug 13, 2006

Season 2007/08

72 episodes

Premiered Aug 5, 2007

Season 2008/09

59 episodes

Premiered Aug 16, 2008

Season 2009/10

132 episodes

Premiered Aug 8, 2009

Season 2010/11

63 episodes

Premiered Aug 7, 2010

Season 2011/12

93 episodes

Premiered Aug 7, 2011

Season 2012/13

83 episodes

Premiered Aug 18, 2012

Season 2013/14

108 episodes

Premiered Aug 14, 2013

Season 2014/15

41 episodes

Premiered Aug 10, 2014

Season 2015/16

74 episodes

Premiered Aug 2, 2015

Season 2016/17

46 episodes

Premiered Aug 7, 2016

Season 2017/18

45 episodes

Premiered Aug 6, 2017

Season 2018/19

48 episodes

Premiered Aug 5, 2018

Season 2019/20

50 episodes

Premiered Aug 4, 2019

Season 2020/21

59 episodes

Premiered Aug 29, 2020

Season 2021/22

48 episodes

Premiered Aug 14, 2021

Season 2022/23

44 episodes

Premiered Aug 6, 2022

Season 2023/24

46 episodes

Premiered Aug 12, 2023

Season 2024/25

40 episodes

Premiered Aug 17, 2024

Season 2025/26

75 episodes

Premiered Aug 16, 2025

Episodes

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Ep 1

Liverpool v Arsenal

Aug 22, 1964

80m

The first episode of Match of the Day from 1964, presented by Kenneth Wolstenholme and former Arsenal player Walley Barnes. The featured match is Liverpool versus Arsenal at Anfield.

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Ep 2