Match of the Day 2
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| Match of the Day 2 | |
|---|---|
| Image:MOTD2 logo.png Match of the Day 2 logo | |
| Format | Sports |
| Starring | Adrian Chiles Lee Dixon Alan Hansen Gavin Peacock Alan Shearer Mark Bright Ray Stubbs |
| Country of origin | Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Running time | Variable |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC Two |
| Original run | August, 2004 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Match of the Day 2 (otherwise known as MotD2) is a football highlights programme shown on BBC Two in the United Kingdom. It was created in 2004 when the BBC regained the right to broadcast Premier League highlights. The programme is hosted by Adrian Chiles and usually features analysis from two pundits. It is broadcast on Sunday evenings, usually later than 10 p.m.
Advertised as a "light-hearted look at the Premiership's action", Match of the Day 2 offers highlights of Premier League matches that were played on Sunday, the day after the original Match of the Day is broadcast. Previously, highlights of these games did not always air on terrestrial broadcasters.
The programme follows a similar format to the original Match of the Day, albeit with fewer highlights because there are only two or three matches most Sundays (sometimes there are more or just one), allowing more time to be allocated for pundits and/or the host to talk about tactics or current affairs of football. There is also a segment showing the goals scored in Saturday's games, often accompanied by tabloid headlines and music. "Our man" Kevin Day is often sent to one of the Saturday matches to gain an insight from the fans' perspective.
The show originally featured a "Top 5" countdown based around a current event or a guest pundit on the show, such as "Worst Haircuts", "Shocking refereeing decisions" or "Golden Oldies". However this has now been replaced by "2 Good, 2 Bad" which offers a humorous look at the goings on of the football weekend in England, such as embarrassing gaffes, unusual celebrations or supporters being caught out.
[edit] Selected pundits
- Lee Dixon
- Gavin Peacock
- Alan Shearer
- Alan Hansen
- Mark Bright
- Other regular BBC football pundits also make appearances on the show.
Occasionally footballers who are still playing with a Premier League team are invited onto the show to express their views. They usually have played on the Saturday, therefore allowing them to appear on the Sunday night. These have included:
- Matt Taylor (Portsmouth)
- Linvoy Primus (Portsmouth)
- Graeme Murty (Reading) (appeared twice in 2006/2007 season)
- Brad Friedel (Blackburn)
Notable managers such as Gordon Strachan, David Moyes and Neil Warnock have also appeared as pundits on the show.
[edit] Trivia
- For the first time in MOTD2 history, on April 22 2007 there were no goals to show as the day's two matches (Newcastle v Chelsea and Portsmouth v Aston Villa) had both finished scoreless, although in keeping a clean sheet in the Portsmouth match, David James broke David Seaman's record of the most clean sheets kept in the Premiership. Incidentally, Brad Friedel, himself a goalkeeper, was a guest pundit that night.
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