• Air date: 08 Aug '04 81 episodes
      Match of the Day returns to the BBC for the new season, as part of a new football package on the BBC.
  • List of Episodes (81)
    • 26. 11th December 2004

      11 Dec '04
      Action from all seven of today's Premiership ties, including high-flying Merseysiders Everton's clash with local rivals Liverpool at Goodison Park and Crystal Palace v Blackburn at Selhurst Park.
    • 27. 18th December 2004

      18 Dec '04
      Manchester United take on Crystal Palace, while Middlesbrough's Gareth Southgate, Ugo Ehiogu and George Boateng face former club Aston Villa.
    • 28. 26th December 2004

      26 Dec '04
      Highlights of the London derby between Arsenal and Fulham, plus Chelsea at home to Aston Villa, Manchester United v Bolton and Newcastle away to Blackburn.
    • 29. 28th December 2004

      28 Dec '04
      Highlights from all nine of today's Premiership matches. Southampton face a silverware-hungry Liverpool side, Portsmouth host title contenders Chelsea, Manchester United travel to play Aston Villa and Tottenham meet London rivals Crystal Palace at White Hart Lane.
    • 30. 1st January 2005

      01 Jan '05
      All 20 Premiership clubs were in action today. Among the potential highlights are Chelsea's trip to Liverpool, Arsenal's London derby at Charlton, and Manchester United's visit to Middlesbrough.
    • 31. 4th January 2005

      04 Jan '05
      Including highlights of Arsenal v Manchester City, Manchester United v Spurs and Chelsea's clash with Middlesbrough. Plus the pick of yesterday's action.
    • 32. 8th January 2005: FA Cup Third Round: Sheffield United v Aston Villa

      08 Jan '05
      Coverage of this intriguing FA Cup third-round tie from Bramall Lane.
    • 33. 8th January 2005: FA Cup Third Round: Plymouth Argyle v Everton

      08 Jan '05
      Gary Lineker introduces FA Cup third-round action from Home Park.
    • 34. 8th January 2005: FA Cup Third Round

      08 Jan '05
      Highlights of today's FA Cup third-round tussles, including Jose Mourinho 's Premiership pace-setters Chelsea v Scunthorpe United, currently at the top of League Two, and 11-times winners Manchester Utd v Exeter City from the Conference.
    • 35. 9th January 2005: FA Cup Third Round: Yeading v Newcastle United

      09 Jan '05
      From OPR's Loftus Road stadium in west London, the last of this weekend's FA Cup third-round ties. "The Ding" will need to muster a Herculean effort to pull off an upset - when the draw was made last December, 125 league places separated the non-league side from the Premiership giants. Johnson Hippolyte's third-round debutants will take heart, however, from the Magpies' travails in 1998, when Conference outfit Stevenage took Shearer and co to a fourth-round replay.
    • 36. 15th January 2005

      15 Jan '05
      Highlights of today's Premiership games, including Liverpool's bid to avenge September's defeat at Old Trafford, and Chelsea's attempt to continue their 15-year unbeaten run against Tottenham.
    • 37. 19th January 2005: FA Cup Third Round Replay

      19 Jan '05
      Coverage of one of tonight's replays to decide who makes it through to the fourth round - even if it means the dreaded penalty shoot-out.
    • 38. 22nd January 2005

      22 Jan '05
      Premiership highlights, including Manchester United v Aston Villa - in which David O'Leary 's men look for their first win at Old Trafford since 1983 - plus Chelsea v Portsmouth and Harry Redknapp 's struggling Southampton v Liverpool.
    • 39. 29th January 2005: FA Cup Fourth Round: Southampton v Portsmouth

      29 Jan '05
      A clash from St Mary's in which new Saints manager Harry Redknapp prepares for some stick as he faces his old club Pompey in the FA Cup fourth round.
    • 40. 29th January 2005: FA Cup Fourth Round: Manchester United v Middlesbrough

      29 Jan '05
      After seeing off Exeter City at the second attempt, Alex Ferguson 's men continue their defence of the FA Cup with an all-Premiership fourth-round tie at Old Trafford against Middlesbrough.
    • 41. 29th January 2005: FA Cup Fourth Round

      29 Jan '05
      Action from, and reaction to, today's fourth-round FA Cup ties, which included West Bromwich Albion v Tottenham, Arsenal v Wolves, Southampton's south coast derby with Portsmouth and holders Manchester United v Middlesbrough.
    • 42. 30th January 2005: FA Cup Fourth Round: Oldham Athletic v Bolton Wanderers

      30 Jan '05
      A tasty fourth-round tie in which the League One outfit set out to claim their second Premiership scalp in this season's FA Cup at Boundary Park.
    • 43. 2nd February 2005

      02 Feb '05
      Highlights of all ten of this week's Premiership games, including the eagerly anticipated and potentially explosive clash between Arsenal and Manchester United at Highbury.
    • 44. 5th February 2005

      05 Feb '05
      Highlights of today's Premiership action, including Liverpool v Fulham and Arsenal's trip to Aston Villa. Plus Birmingham head up the M6 to face Manchester United at Old Trafford, while struggling Norwich host West Brom at Carrow Road.
    • 45. 9th February 2005: International Friendly

      09 Feb '05
      England v Netherlands from Villa Park. A friendly international that may provide England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson with some vital pointers in advance of March's resumption of the World Cup qualifiers.
    • 46. 12th February 2005: FA Cup Fourth Round Replay

      12 Feb '05
      Tottenham Hotspur v West Bromwich Albion. Coverage from White Hart Lane of the all-Premiership FA Cup fourth-round replay. With a home tie against Championship side Nottingham Forest the prize, both teams will be desperate for victory.
    • 47. 12th February 2005

      12 Feb '05
      Did Everton improve their chances of a Champions League place when they welcomed Premiership leaders Chelsea to Goodison Park? And were there changes at the bottom of the table after relegation-threatened sides Blackburn and Norwich clashed at Ewood Park?
    • 48. 19th February 2005: FA Cup Fifth Round: Arsenal v Sheffield United

      19 Feb '05
      After suffering a bitter Premiership defeat against Manchester Utd, which effectively ended the Gunners' title hopes, Arsene Wenger's men will at least be confident of booking themselves a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals as they face the third game in a row against Championship opposition.
    • 49. 19th February 2005: FA Cup Fifth Round: Everton v Manchester United

      19 Feb '05
      Two North West rivals with a renowned FA Cup pedigree vie for supremacy in this eagerly awaited all-Premiership fifth-round tie. The last two FA Cup meetings between these two sides have been finals, with Manchester Utd winning in 1985 and Everton lifting the trophy a decade on. Fans' emotions will be running particularly high tonight - former Toffees wunderkind Wayne Rooney is set to return to Goodison Park for the first time since joining Alex Ferguson 's side last summer. Who will make it
    • 50. 19th February 2005: FA Cup Fifth Round

      19 Feb '05
      Highlights of today's six FA Cup fifth-round ties, including Everton v Manchester United and Arsenal's third successive clash with a Championship side.