a b "Match of the Day". Press Office (Press release). BBC. 24 July 2004. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018 . Retrieved 31 March 2018. a b c "History of Match of the Day". BBC Sport. 14 February 2003. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016 . Retrieved 26 July 2013. League football highlights were not available to the BBC from 1988 as ITV had exclusive rights, though the programme remained on air for the FA Cup as Match of the Day: The Road to Wembley. League football returned in 1992, for the start of the Premier League era. [9] Sky's emergence made the TV rights market more competitive, with the BBC losing European Cup matches after UEFA's revamping as the Champions League in 1992, although it did broadcast the 1994 final between A.C. Milan and FC Barcelona. In 1997, the BBC lost all live rights to the FA Cup meaning the programme's live coverage was restricted to the UEFA Cup and Cup Winners' Cup matches, the latter competition becoming defunct in 1999. However, the BBC were still able to show Saturday evening highlights of FA Cup games. A significant change occurred in 2001 when the Premier League awarded highlights rights to ITV in a three-year contract. [12] Between 2001 and 2004, the Match of the Day brand was used for the BBC's live football coverage and the network had earned some consolation in losing by managing to regain live terrestrial coverage of the FA Cup and England internationals for that period. Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's six Premier League games, including Everton against Arsenal and Chelsea versus Leicester City.

The FA Cup". BBC Programmes. 11 March 2017. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017 . Retrieved 8 August 2017. In 1983, the programme reverted to being shown on Saturday night, although that year four broadcasts were lost due to industrial action. [8] The season 1983–84 also saw the first Match of the Day Live broadcasts of First Division matches, beginning with Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur on 16 December – a Friday evening fixture. This came some two months after the start of ITV's Big Match Live.Since 1998, the BBC's coverages of the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship have been under the Match of the Day banner. a b "Match of the Day begins". BBC. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021 . Retrieved 12 November 2021.

Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the evening's Premier League action in a special midweek edition of Match of the Day.Gary Lineker presents the best of the action and reaction from the day's seven Premier League matches, with the three title contenders all involved.

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