• Air date: 07 Aug '05 136 episodes
      Match of the Day is the BBC's main football television programme. Typically, it is shown on BBC One on Saturday evenings during the English football season, showing highlights of the day's matches in English football's top division, the Premier League. It is one of the BBC's longest-running shows, having been on air since 22 August 1964, though it has not always been aired regularly. The programme is broadcast from MediaCityUK in Salford Quays on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Greater Manchester. MOTD is presented by former England captain Gary Lineker, who is usually joined by England teammate and former Newcastle United captain Alan Shearer and Liverpool and Scotland defender Alan Hansen as well as Mark Lawrenson. Over the years many famous and respected sports broadcasters have fine-tuned their skills on the programme, including Kenneth Wolstenholme, David Coleman, Barry Davies, John Motson, Jimmy Hill and Des Lynam.
  • List of Episodes (136)
    • 126. 30th June 2006: World Cup 2006: Italy v Ukraine

      30 Jun '06
      Hamburg is the setting as Gary Lineker introduces the second quarter-final.
    • 127. 30th June 2006: World Cup 2006

      30 Jun '06
      Highlights of today's quarter-final matches.
    • 128. 1st July 2006: World Cup 2006: England v Portugal

      01 Jul '06
      Gary Lineker is in Gelsenkirchen for the penultimate quarter-final.
    • 129. 1st July 2006: World Cup 2006: Brazil v France

      01 Jul '06
      Coverage from Frankfurt of today's second quarter-final tie.
    • 130. 2nd July 2006: World Cup 2006

      02 Jul '06
      Highlights of the last two quarter-finals.
    • 131. 4th July 2006: World Cup 2006: Germany v Italy

      04 Jul '06
      The nerve-racking first semi-final, in Dortmund.
    • 132. 4th July 2006: World Cup 2006

      04 Jul '06
      Highlights from the Dortmund showdown.
    • 133. 5th July 2006: World Cup 2006: Portugal v France

      05 Jul '06
      Coverage of the second semi-final from Munich.
    • 134. 5th July 2006: World Cup 2006

      05 Jul '06
      Highlights of the second semi-final.
    • 135. 8th July 2006: World Cup 2006: Germany v Portugal

      08 Jul '06
      The curtain is set to fall this weekend on what has been a month of top-drawer footballing drama, with a cast of incredible characters performing on a world stage. Tonight, Stuttgart is the venue for the play-off for third and fourth places. After the bitter disappointment of semi-final defeat in midweek, which team will be able to regroup to show the world its resilience has not been shattered?
    • 136. 9th July 2006: World Cup Final 2006: Italy v France

      09 Jul '06
      It's time for the biggest international football match in four years, as Gary Lineker introduces coverage of the 2006 World Cup final from the Olympiastadion in Berlin.