Match of the Day Magazine

Match of the Day, or for convienience, MOTD, has been the leading football magazine in the UK for a fair number of years now. Firstly, the name gets it curiousity from buyers who normally wouldn't really think of buying a football magazine. Usually, I would understand why. In the past, football magazines have eithe been aimed at primary school kids, or at the very knowledgeable fan.. and a slightly old knowledge hound at that. The record isn't great. Shoot and Match are the two "kids" football magazines, and are targeted at boys from 7-14. The columns are not great, the interviews are straight and direct, the articles are undemanding. Generally ...  Read the complete review

Well I aren't one of those people who buys football magazines every week - because to be quite honest I can find better things to do with my money. I do though buy my annual copy when I go on holiday because it's something to read on that long trip. So this year I walked into my newsagents and looked along the shelf to the regular - Shoot, Match etc untill my eyes came across MotD magazine September 2000 edition. My initial thought was it would be very similar to all the others but it was thicker than both Shoot and Match and so decided I would try it out, so for £2.50 I bought MotD and was itching to look at it. So just minutes into my long bus ride ...  Read the complete review

Match of the Day Magzine is a highly popular football magazine similar to Match. It comes out once a week, every Tuesday and the picture suggested by Dooyoo looks nothing like the actual product. The layout of the magazine in my opinion is brilliant. They have lots of colourful pictures to go along with articles and a clear contents page at the beginning of the magazine. Every week they post all the results of last weeks matches. They also have a page dedicated to lower league football and another one with the big news about foreign countries footballing leagues. They also have a predict the score double page where all the next weeks games are ...  Read the complete review

I really haven’t got into MOTD magazine, however I do appreciate the fact that the demand for ‘adult’ footie mags has been recognised. I’m an avid reader of Four Four Two so my standards are high, MOTD magazine never really captured my imagination. It has the usual flyers held within the centre but appears to have a few more than the others, and you soon find great chunks of leaflets falling from you’re newly bought magazine. One plus is that it’s cheaper than Four four two at £2.50 however I must use the phrase, ‘you get what you pay for’. The whole thing is packed full of adverts, more than I want at least. ...  Read the complete review

If you want a football magazine that tells you about football (real football) but keeps you amused, MOTD is definitely the one to go for. I have been subscribed to it since December 1998, and although I have seen the price go up a couple of times during this time, the magazine has really matured, and is anything you could want from a football magazine. It does what every good mag. should do... ie it gets under the skin in all of it's articles. It has plenty of huge interviews... the biggest stars in the world are interviewed each week. They don't just ask them the questions they want to be asked either. This is run along the usual jokes and entertaining features ...  Read the complete review