Match of the Day

Any football fan will agree this makes up a staple part of their diet. This is of course Match of the Day. Shown on BBC One every Saturday night during the Premier League football season, it's been broadcast for decades and is part of the culture of being a football fan. Simple as that. Nowadays hosted by ex-footballer Gary Lineker, it's had famous names such as Jimmy Hill and Des Lynam host it in the past as they broadcast to us through our television the wonders of the top league in English football. Of course, with this being the day and age of satellite broadcasting, there's no longer the ten games kicking of at 3pm on a Saturday, ...  Read the complete review

Match of the Day Match of the Day is a football highlights programme that has been running for over 40 years on the BBC (apart from a short break a few years ago when ITV had the tv rights). Hosted now by Gary Lineker, it has been a part of every football fans life growing up and beyond. The format of Match of the Day doesn't really change. The highlights of the biggest games of the day are shown first to give them most coverage and the lesser important games are shown later on. After each game, the pundits in the studio try to explain the main things that happened during the game. This can be showing how a defender was out of position for a goal or ...  Read the complete review

Match of the Day - MotD Match of the Day is a footballing show broadcast on BBC 1 on a saturday night usually at 10.30pm. It shows all of the Barclays Premier league games from that day. Match of the Day has been running since 1964, and is one the BBC's longest running shows, although not having been on continually since then. Usually presented by Gary Linekar, he and two other guest present the highlights of the games, and anaylse them, their results and how it may impact the premiership season and each club's future. Gary is usually joined by one of two from, Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenson, Lee Dixon and Alan ...  Read the complete review

Match of the Day is a show which is shown on the BBC when ever football is on, The show sometimes also features live football matches. The live football matches shown on this program are mostly International football and when ever the World Cup or the Euro Tournament is on the Match of the Day program will bring live matches.The only club football you get on the channel is the FA Cup football which is shown twice on the BBC when the tournaments kick off. The show also has highlights of premier league football weekly to watch for the fans.The show always starts at the hour of ten and after,Gary Linekar hosts the show along with some pundits by his ...  Read the complete review

Oh well it looks as though I am going to be forced into digital TV now that soccer is well into the 2009/10 season and my fault for having the limited terrestrial system still. During the summer season my wife and I would wake up the watch the Sunday Morning BBC News programme that also runs during the week and Saturdays; until of course the start of the soccer season that brings us highlights of the previous day's premiership highlights. So we have "Match of the Day" Saturday night which has always been the slot for many years and now Sunday morning and night, obviously to enable for fans to see the highlights after the travel home from their matches ...  Read the complete review