MOTD

Match of the day has been running for many years now and has seen the likes of players like George Best up to Kevin Keegan and nowadays players like Rooney.
As it has been running for so many years I would say it has become integrated with football; that is it is part of the football spirit.

Gary Lineker has been presenting the show for a number of years now and I believe he has been a very good presenter. He has good humour as well which is a refreshing quality and probably needed when your team has lost. I remember when Greece won Euro 2006 and he said something like Portugal couldn't wipe away Greece. To some this may seem like a poor joke but I think these comments add a wittiness to his presenting which is a refreshing quality.

It is also good to see Alan Shearer on a frequent basis since his retirement, he was a great player and has a lot of experience of the game. In addition there is Alan Hansen who as with Lineker has also been presenting the show for quite a while. He was a great defender who also has a great experience of the game.

Nowadays they also do MOTD 2, which is shown for sunday games or sometimes week day matches. Adrian Chiles presents this. The only thing I personally ever saw him in before was "Working lunch" so when it was first announced I was suprised. However he has been a good presenter and sometimes makes jokes just like Gary lineker.

Match of the day continues to run and will run for some time hopefully. To be honest though I can never see Match of the day ending, although I was worried when ITV began to show the matches on their show "The premiership". The ITV show had loads of adverts and went on for ages because of this. Thankfully it came back to the BBC and may MOTD live long and prosper.

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