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Match of the Day : Season 54
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Air date: 06 Aug '17 - 45 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 (45)
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Match of the Day (1964)
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1. 6th August 2017: Community Shield: Chelsea v Arsenal
06 Aug '17Manish Bhasin presents highlights of the traditional curtain-raiser to the Premier League season as Champions Chelsea face FA Cup winners Arsenal at Wembley. Antonio Conte's team will be looking to quickly forget that 2-1 FA Cup Final loss to the Gunners at the same ground back in May, with both teams expected to show off some of their expensive summer signings.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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2. 12th August 2017
12 Aug '17Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the Premier League's opening weekend, including Watford v Liverpool, Chelsea v Burnley, Everton v Stoke, Crystal Palace v Huddersfield, Southampton v Swansea, West Brom v Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City, as well as Friday night's curtain-raiser between Arsenal and Leicester. Jurgen Klopp will be expecting his Liverpool side to make a winning start as they travel to Watford in Saturday's early game. The Reds won at Vicarage Road
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Match of the Day (1964)
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3. 19th August 2017
19 Aug '17Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's Premier League matches, which include Swansea v Manchester United, Stoke v Arsenal, Liverpool v Crystal Palace, Bournemouth v Watford, Burnley v West Brom, Leicester v Brighton and Southampton v West Ham.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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4. 26th August 2017
26 Aug '17Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's six Premier League games, including Watford v Brighton, Bournemouth v Manchester City, Huddersfield v Southampton, Newcastle v West Ham, Crystal Palace v Swansea and Manchester United v Leicester.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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5. 9th September 2017
09 Sep '17Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Manchester City v Liverpool, Leicester v Chelsea, Everton v Tottenham, Brighton v West Brom, Arsenal v Bournemouth, Southampton v Watford and Stoke v Manchester United.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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6. 16th September 2017
16 Sep '17Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Tottenham v Swansea, Watford v Manchester City, Huddersfield v Leicester, Liverpool v Burnley, Newcastle v Stoke, West Brom v West Ham and Crystal Palace v Southampton.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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7. 23rd September 2017
23 Sep '17Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Manchester United's trip to Southampton and West Ham's home clash with Tottenham. Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool head to Leicester, and Stoke host last season's title winners Chelsea.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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8. 30th September 2017
30 Sep '17Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the visit of Pep Guardiola's Manchester City to champions Chelsea. Other games include Huddersfield v Tottenham, Manchester United v Crystal Palace, Bournemouth v Leicester, Stoke v Southampton, West Brom v Watford and West Ham v Swansea.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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9. 14th October 2017
14 Oct '17Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the lunchtime kick-off at Anfield between old adversaries Liverpool and Manchester United. Other matches include the clash between struggling Crystal Palace and reigning champions Chelsea, plus Watford v Arsenal, Burnley v West Ham, Manchester City v Stoke, Swansea v Huddersfield and Tottenham v Bournemouth.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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10. 21st October 2017
21 Oct '17Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights. Champions Chelsea host Watford, Newcastle play Crystal Palace, Manchester City face Burnley, Huddersfield take on Manchester United, Bournemouth visit Stoke, Swansea welcome Leicester, and Southampton play West Brom.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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11. 28th October 2017
28 Oct '17Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the heavyweight clash between Manchester United and Tottenham at Old Trafford. Other matches include Manchester City's trip to West Brom, Bournemouth against Chelsea, Crystal Palace's London derby with West Ham, Arsenal against Swansea, Watford hosting Stoke and Huddersfield visiting Liverpool.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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12. 4th November 2017
04 Nov '17Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including West Ham's early evening kick-off with Liverpool at the London Stadium, Stoke's clash with Leicester and Southampton's encounter with Burnley at St Mary's.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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13. 18th November 2017
18 Nov '17Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including the north London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham. In the other games Manchester City visited Leicester, Manchester United hosted Newcastle, Liverpool played Southampton, West Brom welcomed Chelsea, Bournemouth hosted Huddersfield, Swansea visited Burnley, and Crystal Palace and Everton met at Selhurst Park.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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14. 25th November 2017
25 Nov '17Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Manchester United v Brighton, Tottenham v West Brom, Crystal Palace v Stoke, Newcastle v Watford, Swansea v Bournemouth and, in the late kick-off, Liverpool v Chelsea.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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15. 29th November 2017
29 Nov '17Dan Walker presents all the action from the midweek Premier League games. Arsenal host Huddersfield, Chelsea entertain Swansea City and Liverpool travel to Stoke. Other games include Brighton & Hove Albion taking on rivals Crystal Palace and Manchester United heading south to face Watford.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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16. 2nd December 2017
02 Dec '17Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Arsenal v Manchester United. The Gunners ended United's 25-match unbeaten run in the Premier League in the corresponding fixture last May, which also gave Arsene Wenger his first competitive victory over Jose Mourinho at the sixteenth attempt. Other games include Tottenham's visit to Watford and Brighton's first Premier League game against Liverpool.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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17. 9th December 2017
09 Dec '17Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the lunchtime kick-off between London rivals West Ham and Chelsea. Other games include Tottenham against Stoke, Crystal Palace playing Bournemouth, Watford visiting Burnley, Huddersfield hosting Brighton, Swansea against West Brom and Leicester's trip to Newcastle.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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18. 13th December 2017
13 Dec '17Gary Lineker introduces highlights from all ten midweek Premier League games. West Ham entertain London rivals Arsenal, Manchester City travel to Swansea, and Newcastle meet Everton.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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19. 16th December 2017
16 Dec '17Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the heavyweight clash between Manchester City and Tottenham, Arsenal's encounter with Newcastle, Chelsea's meeting with Southampton and Crystal Palace's trip to Leicester. Brighton play Burnley, Huddersfield visit Watford, and Stoke host West Ham.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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20. 23rd December 2017
23 Dec '17Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, with all 20 clubs in action as the busy period of festive football begins. The fixtures see Manchester City host Bournemouth, Manchester United travel to Leicester, Tottenham visit Burnley and Chelsea play at Everton. Swansea play Crystal Palace, Stoke entertain West Brom, Brighton play Watford, West Ham host Newcastle, and Huddersfield travel to the south coast to play Southampton. There are also highlights of Friday night's encounter between
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Match of the Day (1964)
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21. 26th December 2017
26 Dec '17Gary Lineker introduces match highlights of the traditional Boxing Day festive fixtures in the Premier League. There are eight games, including Tottenham's match against Southampton at Wembley, Manchester United versus Burnley, Chelsea's meeting with Brighton and Liverpool's game with Swansea. Other highlights include Leicester's trip to Watford, Huddersfield against Stoke, West Brom versus Everton, and Bournemouth against West Ham.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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22. 30th December 2017
30 Dec '17Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, featuring Stoke's trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea and Liverpool hosting Leicester. Other games include Manchester United v Southampton, Bournemouth v Everton, Huddersfield v Burnley, Newcastle v Brighton and Watford v Swansea.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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23. 2nd January 2018
02 Jan '18Highlights of the day's four games, including Manchester City v Watford and Swansea v Tottenham, as well as a chance to catch up on Monday's five Premier League fixtures, which included Manchester United's trip to Everton.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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24. 6th January 2018: FA Cup Third Round
06 Jan '18Highlights from the third round of the FA Cup, the stage at which Premier League and Championship sides join the competition.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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25. 13th January 2018
13 Jan '18Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including Leicester's trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea. Other matches include Huddersfield against West Ham, Crystal Palace versus Burnley, and Everton's trip to Spurs.
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