Match of the Day 2
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| Match of the Day 2 | |
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 Match of the Day 2 logo |
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| Format | Sports |
| Starring | Adrian Chiles Lee Dixon Alan Hansen Gavin Peacock Alan Shearer Mark Bright Ray Stubbs |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
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| Running time | Variable |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC Two |
| Original run | August, 2004 – present |
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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 (in 2007-08, this was Eye Know by De La Soul).
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 However this has now been replaced by "2 Good, 2 Bad" which offers a humorous look at the goings on of the football weekend in England, such as embarrassing gaffes, unusual celebrations or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
Occasionally footballers who are still playing with a Premier League team, most notably Reading F.C. captain Graeme Murty, 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. Notable managers such as Gordon Strachan, Chris Coleman, Alex McLeish, David Moyes and Neil Warnock have also appeared as pundits on the show, as has former referee Graham Poll.
[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 United v Chelsea F.C. and Portsmouth F.C. 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.
- Adrian Chiles made an onscreen apology prior to the Everton v Fulham match on February 9th 2005 after MOTD 2 producers used War by The Courage as an overture for the January 2005 Goal Of The Month competition (which Pascal Chimbonda lost) without prior permission from Rogue Trade Records. The incident led to an extensive investigation by Ofcom into the legitimacy of BBC phone-in competitions.
[edit] See also
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