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Match of the Day : Season 51
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Air date: 10 Aug '14 - 41 episodesMatch 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.
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List of Episodes (41)
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Match of the Day (1964)
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1. 10th August 2014: FA Community Shield
10 Aug '14Jason Mohammad introduces highlights of the annual season curtain-raiser as Premier League champions Manchester City take on FA Cup winners Arsenal at Wembley. The last five Community Shields have produced 20 goals, with clubs from Manchester prevailing in four of them.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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2. 16th August 2014
16 Aug '14Gary Lineker is joined by Alan Shearer and Ruud Gullit for highlights from the opening day of the 2014-15 Premier League season as Match of the Day returns for its 50th year.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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3. 23rd August 2014
23 Aug '14Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's six Premier League games. Everton take on Arsenal, Chelsea host Leicester City and Aston Villa meet Newcastle.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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4. 30th August 2014
30 Aug '14Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's eight Premier League games, including Everton v Chelsea, Burnley v Manchester United and Stoke v Manchester City.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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5. 13th September 2014
13 Sep '14Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the Premier League, with fixtures including Arsenal v Manchester City, Liverpool v Aston Villa, Chelsea v Swansea and Stoke v Leicester.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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6. 20th September 2014
20 Sep '14Gary Lineker is joined by Neil Lennon and Martin Keown for highlights of the day's six Premier League fixtures, including Newcastle taking on Hull and Liverpool's trip to West Ham.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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7. 27th September 2014
27 Sep '14Gary Lineker is joined by Phil Neville and Ruud Gullit for highlights of the day's eight Premier League fixtures, including the Merseyside and north London derbies.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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8. 4th October 2014
04 Oct '14Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's six Premier League games, with Alan Shearer and Robbie Savage. Manchester City visit Aston Villa and Liverpool host West Brom.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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9. 18th October 2014
18 Oct '14Gabby Logan with highlights from the day's seven matches as the Premier League returns following the international break. Alan Shearer and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink provide analysis.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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10. 25th October 2014
25 Oct '14Gary Lineker introduces highlights from six Premier League matches, as Manchester City face West Ham at the Etihad Stadium. Analysis comes from Ruud Gullit and Danny Murphy.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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11. 1st November 2014
01 Nov '14Gary Lineker introduces highlights from seven Premier League matches, including Newcastle United v Liverpool, Chelsea v QPR, Arsenal v Burnley and Everton v Swansea.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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12. 8th November 2014
08 Nov '14Gary Lineker presents highlights from all of the day's Premier League fixtures, including Chelsea's visit to Liverpool and Manchester United hosting Crystal Palace.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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13. 22nd November 2014
22 Nov '14Gary Lineker presents highlights from all of the day's seven Premier League fixtures, including Manchester United's visit to Arsenal and Chelsea hosting West Brom.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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14. 29th November 2014
29 Nov '14Gary Lineker is joined by Paul Ince and Danny Murphy for highlights of the day's eight top flight games, including QPR v Leicester, Manchester United v Hull and Liverpool v Stoke.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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15. 3rd December 2014
03 Dec '14Gary Lineker presents highlights of the night's four Premier League fixtures, including Chelsea v Tottenham and Arsenal v Southampton, as well as Tuesday's six top flight games.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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16. 6th December 2014
06 Dec '14Gary Lineker presents highlights of the day's Premier League games with Alan Shearer and Ruud Gullit. Includes Chelsea v Newcastle, Arsenal v Stoke and Manchester City v Everton.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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17. 13th December 2014
13 Dec '14Dan Walker presents highlights of the day's seven Premier League games, including title-chasing Chelsea's match with Hull City at Stamford Bridge and Newcastle's visit to Arsenal.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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18. 20th December 2014
20 Dec '14Gary Lineker presents highlights of the day's seven Premier League games, including Manchester City v Crystal Palace, Manchester United v Aston Villa and Southampton v Everton.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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19. 26th December 2014
26 Dec '14Highlights of the day's Premier League games, which see all 20 top-flight sides in action. There is a London derby at Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea take on West Ham.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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20. 28th December 2014
28 Dec '14Gary Lineker with highlights of the day's nine Premier League games, including Southampton v Chelsea, Tottenham v Manchester United, West Ham v Arsenal and QPR v Crystal Palace.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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21. 1st January 2015
01 Jan '15Gary Lineker with highlights of the day's ten Premier League games, including Tottenham v Chelsea, Liverpool v Leicester, Manchester City v Sunderland and Hull v Everton.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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22. 3rd January 2015
03 Jan '15Highlights from the day's FA Cup third round matches. The Premier League and Championship clubs make their bow in this season's competition. All will be desperate to get their names into the hat for the fourth round draw, but some are destined to be the victims of a famous cup upset.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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23. 10th January 2015
10 Jan '15Gary Lineker introduces the best of the action and reaction from the day's eight Premier League matches, including the visit of defending champions Manchester City to Everton and Chelsea's home game against Newcastle.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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24. 17th January 2015
17 Jan '15Gary Lineker is joined by Philip Neville and Ruud Gullit to look back at action from the day's seven Premier League games, including Burnley v Crystal Palace and Chelsea v Swansea.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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25. 31st January 2015
31 Jan '15Highlights of eight Premier League games, including Chelsea v Manchester City, Manchester United v Leicester City, Liverpool v West Ham and Crystal Palace v Everton.
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