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Match of the Day : Season 53
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Air date: 07 Aug '16 - 46 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 (46)
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Match of the Day (1964)
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26. 31st January 2017
31 Jan '17Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the midweek Premier League matches, including Liverpool v Chelsea, Arsenal v Watford, Bournemouth v Crystal Palace, Burnley v Leicester, Middlesbrough v West Brom, Sunderland v Tottenham and Swansea v Southampton.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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27. 4th February 2017
04 Feb '17Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Saturday's eight Premier League matches, including the game between title rivals Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, while Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce faces former side Sunderland in a game of huge significance in the relegation battle. Other matches include Tottenham v Middlesbrough, Everton v Bournemouth, Hull v Liverpool, Southampton v West Ham, Watford v Burnley and West Brom v Stoke.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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28. 11th February 2017
11 Feb '17Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's Premier League fixtures, including the match between Liverpool and Tottenham at Anfield, which could have a major impact on the title race. Other games included Arsenal v Hull, Manchester United v Watford, Stoke v Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough v Everton, Sunderland v Southampton and West Ham v West Brom.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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29. 18th February 2017: FA Cup Fifth Round
18 Feb '17Highlights from the day's FA Cup fifth-round games.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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30. 25th February 2017
25 Feb '17Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's Premier League fixtures, including Chelsea v Swansea, Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough, Hull City v Burnley, Everton v Sunderland, West Brom v Bournemouth and Watford v West Ham.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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31. 4th March 2017
04 Mar '17Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's seven Premier League fixtures, including Leicester v Hull, Liverpool v Arsenal, Swansea v Burnley, West Brom v Crystal Palace, Manchester United v Bournemouth, Stoke v Middlesbrough and Watford v Southampton.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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32. 11th March 2017
11 Mar '17Highlights from the Premier League, including Hull v Swansea, Bournemouth v West Ham, Everton v West Brom and Manchester City v Stoke.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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33. 11th March 2017: FA Cup Quarter Final
11 Mar '17Highlights from the FA Cup quarter-finals, including Middlesbrough v Manchester City and Arsenal v Lincoln City.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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34. 18th March 2017
18 Mar '17Gary Lineker introduces highlights from Saturday's seven Premier League fixtures. Arsenal face a trip to West Brom in the day's early kick-off and the Gunners are desperate to avoid defeat at the Hawthorns for a second successive year. Title favourites Chelsea travel to Stoke, where they have lost on two of their last three league visits. Elsewhere, Everton host Hull, reigning Premier League champions Leicester are away to West Ham, Sunderland take on Burnley at the Stadium of Light, Bournemouth
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Match of the Day (1964)
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35. 1st April 2017
01 Apr '17Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's eight Premier League matches, including the Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton. Other games include Chelsea v Crystal Palace, Burnley v Tottenham, Leicester v Stoke, Manchester United v West Brom, Hull v West Ham, Watford v Sunderland and Southampton v Bournemouth.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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36. 5th April 2017
05 Apr '17Dan Walker presents midweek Premier League highlights, including Chelsea v Manchester City, Liverpool v Bournemouth, Arsenal v West Ham and Hull City v Middlesbrough.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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37. 8th April 2017
08 Apr '17Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including Bournemouth v Chelsea, Tottenham v Watford, Manchester City v Hull, Middlesbrough v Burnley, Stoke v Liverpool, West Brom v Southampton and West Ham v Swansea.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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38. 15th April 2017
15 Apr '17Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the match between Southampton and Manchester City. Pep Guardiola visits St Mary's for the first time as his side look to cement a place in the top four. Claude Puel's team are looking to impress like they did in the reverse fixture - a 1-1 draw at the Etihad in October. Elsewhere, Tottenham host Bournemouth and Crystal Palace play Leicester.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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39. 22nd April 2017
22 Apr '17Dan Walker presents highlights of the latest Premier League matches, including West Ham United v Everton at the Olympic Stadium and Bournemouth v Middlesbrough at the Vitality Stadium. The Hammers were looking to avoid being drawn further into the battle to avoid relegation, while Boro were aiming to move a step closer to an unlikely survival.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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40. 29th April 2017
29 Apr '17Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's five Premier League fixtures. A resurgent Leicester travel to West Brom looking to claim a third successive win at the Hawthorns after coming from behind to win their previous two visits 3-2. Crystal Palace host Burnley in the day's late kick-off, hoping to avenge their injury-time defeat to the Clarets in November when they lost a five-goal thriller. Elsewhere, Stoke take on West Ham, Sunderland host Bournemouth and Southampton face Hull.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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41. 6th May 2017
06 May '17Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's Premier League matches. After today, just two weekends of the season remain so is plenty of tension surrounding the fixtures. Games include Manchester City hosting Crystal Palace, while Everton travel to Swansea. There is also a bottom-of-the-table clash between Hull and Sunderland, and last season's champions Leicester host Watford.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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42. 8th May 2017
08 May '17Highlights from the Premier League clash between Chelsea and Middlesbrough at Stamford Bridge.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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43. 13th May 2017
13 May '17Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the latest round of Premier League fixtures, including the Friday night games between West Brom and Chelsea, and Everton and Watford. Saturday's matches featured Manchester City v Leicester, Stoke v Arsenal, Sunderland v Swansea City, Bournemouth v Burnley and Middlesbrough v Southampton.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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44. 15th May 2017
15 May '17Highlights from Chelsea v Watford in the Premier League.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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45. 21st May 2017
21 May '17Gary Lineker presents highlights of the ten final fixtures of the Premier League season. Featuring Arsenal v Everton, Hull v Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United v Crystal Palace, Chelsea v Sunderland, Manchester City v Watford, Burnley v West Ham, Leicester v Bournemouth, Liverpool v Middlesbrough, Southampton v Stoke and Swansea v West Brom.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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46. 27th May 2017: FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Chelsea
27 May '17Comprehensive highlights and analysis of the FA Cup final at Wembley between Arsenal and Chelsea. It's a competition that the two London rivals have enjoyed great success in so far this millennium, having both lifted the cup five times apiece. The Gunners are appearing in the final for a record 20th time and aiming to win it for the third time since 2014, while Chelsea's last triumph in 2012 was their fourth in six years.
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