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IT IS THE LONGEST RUNNING FOOTBALL PROGRAMME IN THE WORLD!
First shown on 22nd August 1964...Liverpool v Arsenal, but you know that already.
Prior to Match of the Day, it was Wimbledon tennis that used that name in June 1964 on BBC 2.
20,000 viewers watched the first showings of football's MOTD and of course there was concern that this would take attendances away from real matches. So the BBC had the agreement not to announce the matches to be televised until late in the day.
Colour television came in on BBC2 in November 1968 with Chelsea v Manchester City and on BBC1 in November 1969 when Liverpool played West Ham.
Barry Stoller wrote the theme tune and likened it to "entering the ancient games arena in Rome".
The Premier League has sold the rites to the games to the BBC for £211.5 million over three seasons; clearly not enough to help out Bury FC and Bolton Wanderers.
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