Match of the Day#Related shows

Although the title was first used by the BBC for its Wimbledon tennis highlights programme in June 1964, the first football-related edition of Match of the Day was screened on BBC2 on 22 August 1964, and showed highlights of a game between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield. The programme's audience was estimated at only 20,000, less than half of the attendance at the ground.{{cite web |title=History of Match of the Day |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/match_of_the_day/879960.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=14 February 2003 |access-date=26 July 2013 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112215235/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/match_of_the_day/879960.stm |url-status=live }}

Match of the Day was not universally welcomed in the football world; in 1965 several clubs attempted to block a renewed deal with the BBC in fear of a drop in gate attendances at matches.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28867419 |title=Match of the Day: 50 years of broadcasting celebration |work=BBC Sport |date=20 August 2014 |access-date=29 January 2015 |archive-date=19 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919180128/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28867419 |url-status=live }} Eventually, a compromise was reached where the BBC agreed not to reveal which match was to be shown until after the day's play had concluded. Following the success of the England team at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the programme was moved from BBC2 to BBC1 for the start of the 1966–1967 season.{{Cite web |title=BBC - Press Office - Match of the Day timeline |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/07_july/24/motd_timeline.shtml |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922131728/https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/7_july/24/motd_timeline.shtml |url-status=live }} The first colour edition was shown on 2 November 1968, when the programme moved back to BBC2 for one week, and a game between Chelsea and Manchester City was featured (BBC 2 was transmitted on 625 lines capable of showing colour). Two other First Division games from the 1968-69 season were also broadcast on BBC2 in colour.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/match_of_the_day/3135723.stm | title=MOTD through the ages | work=BBC Sport | date=3 August 2004 | access-date=12 May 2010 | archive-date=25 December 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225091005/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/match_of_the_day/3135723.stm | url-status=live }} The first colour edition of Match of the Day on BBC1 was shown on 15 November 1969, where it featured a game between Liverpool and West Ham United.

Slow motion replays were first introduced in 1969. At the end of the decade the BBC lost a significant share of matches, with a new four-year deal in 1979 splitting the rights between the BBC and ITV (ITV had originally won exclusive rights, but a ruling from the Office of Fair Trading ordered that the rights be split). Match of the Day was moved to Sunday afternoons for the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons.

In 1983, the programme reverted to being shown on Saturday night, although that year four broadcasts were lost due to industrial action. 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.

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. 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. 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.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/791268.stm |title=BBC 'sour' over football deal |work=BBC News |date=15 June 2000 |access-date=29 January 2015 |archive-date=23 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223121710/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/791268.stm |url-status=live }} 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.

Rights for UEFA Champions League qualifiers, which are held by the home team and fall outside the rights for the competition proper, were obtained on an ad hoc basis for English teams in this period, which is currently the case for the BBC with Scottish and Northern Irish teams. Both legs of Manchester United's 2002–03 third round qualifying matches against Zalaegerszeg were shown live on the BBC.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/aug/04/sport.comment3 |title=Beeb muscle in on United action |first=Jon |last=Henderson |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=4 August 2002 |access-date=28 August 2018 |archive-date=26 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214501/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/aug/04/sport.comment3 |url-status=live }}

From the 2004–05 season, Premier League highlights returned to the BBC in a revived MOTD.{{Cite news |title=Premiership back on the BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3134163.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=8 August 2003 |access-date=24 March 2016 |archive-date=10 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310203216/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/3134163.stm |url-status=live }} In addition, Match of the Day 2 was launched, which showed highlights of the increasing number of Sunday fixtures, and was initially presented by Adrian Chiles. The BBC's broadcasting rights were renewed in 2009, allowing them to continue showing Match of the Day until 2013.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7856459.stm |title=BBC retains Premier League rights |publisher=BBC Sport |date=28 January 2009 |access-date=2 September 2009 |archive-date=31 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131201743/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7856459.stm |url-status=live }}

From the 2011–12 season, a web-only Match of the Day 3 programme was launched on Monday mornings as a light-hearted addition to Match of the Day 2. Although broadcast as a separate programme, it is recorded immediately following the conclusion of Match of the Day 2 on Sunday night. In November 2011, Match of the Day moved from London to a brand new studio in Dock10, MediaCityUK as part of BBC Sport's relocation north, this allowed the programme to be recorded in high-definition.{{cite web |url=http://www.mediacityuk.co.uk/occupiers/bbc |title=BBC |publisher=MediaCityUK |access-date=29 January 2015 |archive-date=5 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105201310/http://mediacityuk.co.uk/occupiers/bbc |url-status=live }} At the start of 2012–13 season Match of the Day 2 moved to BBC One.{{cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2012-13/jul/match-of-the-day-two-moves-to-bbc-one.html |title=Match of the Day 2 moves to BBC One |publisher=Premier League |date=5 July 2012 |access-date=29 January 2015 |archive-date=23 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123032727/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2012-13/jul/match-of-the-day-two-moves-to-bbc-one.html |url-status=live }}

Upon regaining the FA Cup rights in 2014, highlights from the early and later rounds of the competition were given their own separate programme instead of being broadcast on an extended Match of the Day straight after the Premier League highlights, as it was before the BBC last lost the rights in 2008.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008flh8 |title=Match of the Day |work=BBC Programmes |date=1 December 2007 |access-date=31 December 2015 |archive-date=10 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310203203/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008flh8 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29410400 |title=FA Cup 2014–15: How to follow on the BBC |work=BBC Sport |date=4 November 2014 |access-date=31 December 2015 |archive-date=2 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102232638/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29410400 |url-status=live }} Highlights of the latter rounds occasionally sequence from the Premier League highlights, as they did until the previous decade, but both segments are considered separate programmes.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08jkn3d |title=Match of the Day |work=BBC Programmes |date=11 March 2017 |access-date=8 August 2017 |archive-date=21 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321005633/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08jkn3d |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08j246m |title=The FA Cup |work=BBC Programmes |date=11 March 2017 |access-date=8 August 2017 |archive-date=14 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314161331/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08j246m |url-status=live }}

In January 2018, the Premier League awarded the UK highlights to BBC Sport. The rights cost £211.5 million and were to cover three seasons from 2019–20. The January 2018 agreement also includes Match of the Day 2, Match of the Day 2 Extra, Match of the Day Kickabout, Football Focus, Final Score and The Premier League Show.{{cite press release |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/605627 |title=Premier League awards UK highlights to BBC Sport (2019-2022) |publisher=Premier League |access-date=16 September 2018 |archive-date=30 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130172832/https://www.premierleague.com/news/605627 |url-status=live }}

During the COVID-19 pandemic and the postponement of the 2019–20 Premier League season, Match of the Day split into a televised podcast called Match of the Day: Top 10 Podcast in which Gary Lineker and the pundits discussed and ranked certain roles from the start of the Premier League in 1992 (such as Top 10 Goalkeepers) and Match of their Day which featured a pundit picking three of their favourite Premier League matches.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/sport/football/2020-04-04/match-of-the-day-highlights/|title=Match of the Day returns with Premier League highlights this weekend|website=Radio Times|access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205105926/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/sport/football/2020-04-04/match-of-the-day-highlights/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6n/2020/04/04|title=BBC One HD - Schedules, Saturday 4 April 2020|website=BBC|access-date=26 April 2020|archive-date=10 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310203208/https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6n/2020/04/04|url-status=live}} Upon its resumption, the BBC broadcast four games live. Bournemouth versus Crystal Palace became the first Premier League game shown live on one of the five main terrestrial channels, and the BBC's first live top-flight English football match since 1987–88.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52889445 |title=Premier League fixtures: BBC to show Bournemouth v Crystal Palace, Norwich v Everton |work=BBC Sport |date=5 June 2020 |access-date=1 September 2020 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819162951/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52889445 |url-status=live }} A further eight games were shown live during the 2020–21 season.{{cite news |title=A record-breaking season |url=https://www.premierleague.com/season-review/the-fans/2164581 |website=Premier League |access-date=23 January 2022 |archive-date=23 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123023720/https://www.premierleague.com/season-review/the-fans/2164581 |url-status=live }}

In July 2022, the BBC acquired the rights to show highlights of the men's UEFA Champions League on television, iPlayer and digitally from the 2024-25 to 2027-28 seasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2022/uefa-champions-league-highlights-bbc-2024|title=UEFA Champions League highlights to be broadcast on BBC from 2024|website=bbc.com/mediacentre|date=1 July 2022|accessdate=23 August 2024}} As part of this, on 21 August 2024, the first episode of MOTD: UEFA Champions League aired on BBC One.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002269m?seriesId=more-like-this|title=UEFA Champions League|website=bbc.co.uk/programmes|accessdate=23 August 2024}}

In March 2023, Lineker was suspended following political controversy over a tweet he had made criticising UK government policy, which the BBC argued breached guidelines over social media use by employees and freelancers.{{Cite news |last=Tapper |first=James |date=11 March 2023 |title=Gary Lineker was singled out from a long list of BBC stars who express political views |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/mar/11/gary-lineker-was-singled-out-from-a-long-list-of-bbc-stars-who-express-political-views |access-date=11 March 2023 |issn=0029-7712}} Several presenters, pundits and commentators, including Alex Scott, Ian Wright and Alan Shearer, refused to participate in the BBC's football output, while some football clubs announced their refusal to conduct BBC interviews.{{Cite news |last=Clinton |first=Jane |date=11 March 2023 |title=BBC apologises for disarray to sport coverage due to Gary Lineker walkouts |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/mar/11/bbc-apologises-for-disarray-to-sport-coverage-due-to-gary-lineker-walkouts |access-date=11 March 2023 |issn=0261-3077}} Radio and television programming across BBC Sport's football division was severely disrupted on 11 March, while BBC director general Tim Davie apologised to viewers for the disruption.{{cite web |last1=Seddon |first1=Sean |last2=Murphy |first2=Matt |title=Gary Lineker: BBC boss Tim Davie 'sorry' after sport disruption in Lineker row |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64918162 |website=BBC News |date=11 March 2023 |access-date=11 March 2023}} Both Match of the Day and Match of the Day 2, presented the following day, followed a shortened format with no studio presentation, punditry, or interviews.{{cite news |last1=Kuenssberg |first1=Laura |last2=Seddon |first2=Sean |title=Gary Lineker: More BBC sport shows cancelled by presenter boycott |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64930957 |website=www.bbc.co.uk/news |date=12 March 2023 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=12 March 2023}} On 13 March, Lineker was reinstated as host of Match of the Day and the BBC began a review of its social media guidelines.{{cite web |title=Statements from BBC Director-General Tim Davie and Gary Lineker |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statements/director-general-tim-davie-gary-lineker |website=www.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC Media Centre |access-date=13 March 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Mackintosh |first1=Thomas |title=Gary Lineker to return to Match of the Day as BBC announces social media review |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64936917 |website=www.bbc.co.uk/news |date=13 March 2023 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=13 March 2023}}

At the end of 2023, the BBC and Premier League agreed on a deal whereby Premier League highlights will be shown on Match Of The Day, Match of the Day 2 and Football Focus up to and including the 2028–29 season. The deal also includes a significant increase in the amount of digital content that can be used across BBC Sport platforms.{{Cite web |title=BBC agrees deal to show Premier League highlights for another four years |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/bbc-agrees-deal-premier-league-highlights/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}

The programme was broadcast from TC5 at BBC Television Centre from 1964–2012.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

Ahead of the 2019–20 Premier League season, BBC Sport upgraded the studio that Match of the Day, Match of the Day 2, Football Focus and Final Score broadcasts from.

Filming is located at the Dock10 studios at MediaCityUK in Salford.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/match-of-the-day-moves-into-dock10s-vr-studio/5141941.article|title=Match of the Day moves into dock10's VR studio|first=Tim|last=Dams|website=broadcastnow.co.uk|access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225105159/https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/match-of-the-day-moves-into-dock10s-vr-studio/5141941.article|url-status=live}}

Despite the programme's long running status there have been only five regular main presenters: Kenneth Wolstenholme (1964–1967), David Coleman (1967–1973), Jimmy Hill (1973–1988), Des Lynam (1988–1999) and Gary Lineker (1999–2025). Lineker had worked as an analyst during his predecessor Des Lynam's tenure.

In 2005, Celina Hinchcliffe became the first woman to present on the programme.{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/match_of_the_day/4579055.stm | title=Celina Hinchcliffe profile | date=9 June 2005 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28867419 | title=Match of the Day: 50 years of broadcasting celebration | work=BBC Sport | date=20 August 2014 }}

In November 2024, Gary Lineker announced that he would be departing the show at the end of the season.{{Cite web |title=Gary Lineker says 'right time' to leave Match Of The Day as he hints at changes to show's format |url=https://news.sky.com/story/gary-lineker-says-right-time-to-leave-match-of-the-day-as-he-hints-of-changes-to-shows-format-13254498 |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Sky News |language=en}}

In January 2025, the BBC announced that Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan would share the presenting of Match of the Day, Match of the Day 2 and Match of the Day: Champions League following Lineker's departure.

Among the analysts featured during the 2024–25 season are Danny Murphy, Micah Richards and Alan Shearer.

Previous Match of the Day analysts include Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenson and Ian Wright.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23968628|title=Alan Hansen to leave Match of the Day role after 22 years|work=BBC Sport |date=5 September 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/11/13/mark-lawrenson-interview-bbc-liverpool-ireland-motd/|title=Mark Lawrenson interview: Do I watch Football Focus anymore? No, I do my 15,000 steps instead|first=Chris|last=Bascombe|work=The Telegraph |date=13 November 2024|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67736470|title=Ian Wright: Match of the Day pundit to step down at end of season|work=BBC Sport |date=17 December 2023}}

Match of the Day uses a selection of BBC and freelance commentators, including: Guy Mowbray, Steve Wilson, Jonathan Pearce, Steve Bower, Simon Brotherton, Conor McNamara, Vicki Sparks, Alistair Mann, Martin Fisher, Mark Scott, John Roder, Chris Wise, Robyn Cowen, Steven Wyeth, Tom Gayle and Ben Andrews.

In 2007, Jacqui Oatley became the first woman to commentate on the programme.{{cite news |title='Match of the Day' gets first woman commentator |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUKL198437520070419 |publisher=Reuters |date=19 April 2007 |access-date=16 September 2018 |quote=Jacqui Oatley, 32, will make television history when she picks up the microphone for the BBC's flagship football show at the Premier League game between Fulham and Blackburn. |archive-date=23 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623031223/http://uk.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUKL198437520070419 |url-status=dead }}

Previous commentators have included Walley Barnes, Frank Bough, David Coleman, Jon Champion, Barry Davies, Tony Gubba, Stuart Hall, John Motson, Alan Parry, Idwal Robling, Gerald Sinstadt, Clive Tyldesley, Alan Weeks and Kenneth Wolstenholme. As part of the show's 50th anniversary celebrations, Barry Davies returned to commentate.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135733/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast |title=Match of the Day (1964– ) Full Cast & Crew |publisher=IMDb |access-date=29 January 2015 |archive-date=26 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326121449/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135733/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast |url-status=live }}{{cite news | title=Barry Davies returns to Match of the Day commentary box | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28881806 | work=BBC Sport | date=21 August 2014 | access-date=12 February 2018 | archive-date=19 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119094920/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28881806 | url-status=live }}

==Theme music==

The current theme tune for the series is titled "Match of the Day". It was composed for the programme in 1970 by Barry Stoller, and was used for the first time on 15 August 1970.

Stoller's brief was simply to write "something good"; the short closing fanfare occurred to him first.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/28836674|title=The story of the MOTD theme tune|work=BBC Sport|access-date=9 April 2022|archive-date=9 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409105624/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/28836674|url-status=live}} "Those fanfare harmonies give the music a gladiator feel," he wrote in 2014, "akin to entering the ancient games arena in Rome with all its expectations." The tune was recorded by him, a trumpeter and a drummer (Stuart Vincent) in the basement recording studio of his home. In May 2010, PRS for Music revealed that the Match of the Day theme tune is the most recognisable in the UK.{{cite news |last=Sayid |first=Ruki |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/2010/05/11/motd-tops-tv-theme-tunes-table-115875-22249796/ |title=Match of the Day voted the most recognisable theme tune on TV |work=Daily Mirror |publisher=Trinity Mirror |location=London |date=11 May 2010 |access-date=17 August 2013 |archive-date=6 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006044910/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/2010/05/11/motd-tops-tv-theme-tunes-table-115875-22249796/ |url-status=live }}

The theme is often incorrectly labelled "Off Side", the group name used by musician Mike Vickers, for an alternative 1970 version of Stoller's tune, which was released as a 45 rpm gramophone single on the Pye label (7N 25534),

The original theme tune, entitled "Drum Majorette", was written by Major Leslie Statham, a former band member of the Welsh Guards under the pen-name Arnold Steck.{{Cite web |title=Notes - Band of the Welsh Guards - The Household Division - Official site |url=https://www.householddivision.org.uk/wgbmusic-notes |access-date=27 August 2022 |website=www.householddivision.org.uk |archive-date=27 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827194837/https://www.householddivision.org.uk/wgbmusic-notes |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sport/whats-the-best-ever-bbc-sport-theme-tune/|title=What's the best ever BBC Sport theme tune?|access-date=9 April 2022|archive-date=9 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409111006/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sport/whats-the-best-ever-bbc-sport-theme-tune/|url-status=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.
• Between 1995 and 1999, the BBC broadcast Match of the Seventies (1995–96), Match of the Eighties (1997) and Match of the Nineties (1999). Each series acted as a chronological review of seasons through each decade, presented in a slightly off-beat style, and relied heavily on footage originally included in Match of the Day broadcasts. Presenters included Dennis Waterman, Danny Baker, Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley.
• From the 2004–05 season, a second programme, Match of the Day 2, usually airs on the following Sunday.
• From the 2009–10 season until 2015–16, the BBC picked up the rights for the Football League highlights and up until 2011–12, ten live Championship games and three live League Cup games. Live games were broadcast under the Match of the Day Live banner, but highlights were shown on a new dedicated programme named The Football League Show (or, for League Cup games, The League Cup Show).
• From the 2013–14 season, American channel NBCSN has broadcast its own version also called Match of the Day.
• From the 2016–17 season until the 2018–19 season, The Premier League Show typically airs on Thursday nights during the Premier League season.
• From the 2019–20 season, a spin-off show MOTDx was launched, focussing on celebrities, music, fashion and culture of the Premier League. It is presented by Jermaine Jenas, alongside Chelcee Grimes, Craig Mitch and Reece Parkinson.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/38/motdx |title=MOTDx |publisher=BBC |access-date=25 September 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705234503/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/38/motdx |url-status=live }}

A Match of the Day Annual book is also produced.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcshop.com/sport/match-of-the-day-annual-2012-the-best-footy-annual-hardback/invt/9781849902397/|title=Match of the Day Annual 2012: The Best Footy Annual! (Hardback)|work=BBC Shop|access-date=23 June 2012|archive-date=29 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229091848/http://www.bbcshop.com/sport/match-of-the-day-annual-2012-the-best-footy-annual-hardback/invt/9781849902397/|url-status=live}}

• The Big Match

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