Episode outperforms the two million who watched Cristiano Ronaldo’s return last season Match Of The Day’s 27 August episode ... further football viewing records later this year, when it ...

The Portuguese star earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records ... and during the match against Denmark on Sunday, he improved upon this record. There are no signs suggesting he will ...

by which time his records included 24,000 player transfers and 6,400 managerial changes. Name change The programme became Match of the Day – Road to Wembley from the 1988/1989 season as ...

Match of the Day begins on 22 August 1964, for coverage of Liverpool versus Arsenal. Kenneth Wolstenholme opens the programme with the words: "Welcome to Match of the Day, the first of a weekly ...

he still holds the Premier League goal record and remains top scorer for Newcastle United. This pedigree helped him become a mainstay pundit on the BBC and Match of the Day. He also formed a ...

Match of the Day has now been handed over to some very safe hands. And based on their track records, none of them look likely to attract the sorts of headlines that Lineker has had in recent years.