MATCH OF THE DAY kicked off on August 22, 1964, broadcasting highlights of just one game, Liverpool v Arsenal, on BBC Two, which had launched earlier that year.
A television audience of just 20,000 watched - less than half the figure that witnessed the game first hand at Anfield as Liverpool won 3-2.
The first words of the show came from Kenneth Wolstenhome:
"Welcome to Match of the Day, the first of a weekly series on BBC Two. This afternoon we are in Beatleville..."
November 1969 saw the programme's first colour transmission, with Bill Shankly's Liverpool overcoming West Ham at Anfield.
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