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Steve Wilson as Commentator
Episodes 69
1st January 2001
The hectic festive football schedule continues apace, as Charlton Athletic play Arsenal in their second London derby in less than a week. Meanwhile at Stamford Bridge, there's a repeat of this year's FA Cup final as Chelsea take on Aston Villa.
Read More16th April 2001
Gary Lineker presents today's Premiership highlights, including league-strugglers Coventry's vital clash with Sunderland at Highfield Road.
Read More17th November 2001: FA Cup First Round
Highlights of the day's action in the first round of the FA Cup, plus a roundup of other fixtures.
Read More17th February 2002: FA Cup Fifth Round: Everton v Crewe Alexandra
Fifth-round coverage from Goodison Park where Premiership side Everton take on First Division Crewe Alexandra.
Read More27th February 2002: FA Cup Fifth Round Replays
Gary Lineker presents highlights of all the FA Cup fifth-round replays, with analysis from Alan Hansen and Mark Lawrenson.
Read More6th May 2002: Women's FA Cup Final: Fulham v Doncaster Belles
Coverage of the women's FA Cup final from Selhurst Park, London. Fulham had few problems reaching the final, sweeping aside Charlton 4-1 in the semi-final, while Doncaster left it to the last minute, before two goals from England captain Karen Walker secured them a 3-1 victory over Tranmere.
Read More2nd June 2002: World Cup 2002: Spain v Slovenia
Spain start their Group B campaign against rank outsiders Slovenia in Gwangju, South Korea.
Read More3rd June 2002: World Cup 2002: Brazil v Turkey
Brazil take on Turkey in Group C.
Read More6th June 2002: World Cup 2002: Denmark v Senegal
Group A continues with this clash from Daegu in South Korea. With world champions France in their group, neither of these sides will want to slip up in their other group matches but, despite Senegal's strong showing at the African Cup of Nations, Denmark will be favourites.
Read More11th August 2002: FA Community Shield: Arsenal v Liverpool
Highlights of today's FA Community Shield, the traditional opener to the English football season. As Arsenal won both the Premiership and the FA Cup last season, it is Premiership runners-up Liverpool whom they faced at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
Read More6th October 2002: Celtic v Rangers
Coverage from Celtic Park of the first of this season's Old Firm battles between the two Glasgow titans. Derbies between the two clubs are always something to savour and once again Celtic and Rangers are setting the pace in the Scottish Premier League. Aberdeen were the last team, in the 1984/5 season, to break the two teams' title stranglehold.
Read More18th December 2002: FA Cup Second Round Replays
FA Cup second-round replay action. With the big clubs entering in round three, motivation is high for minnows to earn a money-spinning clash.
Read More15th January 2003: FA Cup Third Round Replays
Will any of the lower-division and non-league sides be celebrating acts of "giant-killing" this evening?
Read More8th March 2003: Scottish Premier League
Celtic v Rangers. Coverage from Celtic Park of this season's third Old Firm league clash. The previous two games have seen 11 goals, the first ending 3-3 and the next won 3-2 by Rangers.
Read More13th April 2003: FA Cup Semi-Final 2
Highlights of today's second FA Cup semi-final at Villa Park between Southampton and Watford, who will be hoping to be the first club outside the top flight to reach the final since the formation of the Premiership. But they will have to be at their best to repel Gordon Strachan's on-form Southampton side.
Read More5th May 2003: Women's FA Cup Final: Fulham Ladies v Charlton
Cup holders Fulham Ladies return to Selhurst Park looking to retain the women's FA Cup title they won against Doncaster Belles last year. In this year's final they face Charlton, who beat their
London rivals Arsenal 1-0 in the semi-finals.
Read More22nd May 2003: International Friendly
Highlights of today's friendly in Durban between South Africa and England, which offered a chance for Sven-Goran Eriksson to assess his players' form ahead of next month's Euro 2004 qualifier with Slovakia.
Read More4th October 2003: Scottish Premier League
Rangers v Celtic. Coverage of the first Old Firm derby of the season from Ibrox. The Bhoys will want to take an early lead in the race for the Scottish Premier League title - last season they had to stand by as their rivals took a clean sweep of domestic trophies.
Read More26th January 2004: African Cup of Nations: Senegal v Burkina Faso
Mark Bright with action from group B as Senegal - led by Liverpool forward El Hadji Diouf - take on Burkina Faso in El Menzah.
Read More30th January 2004: African Cup of Nations: Senegal v Kenya
Mark Bright introduces coverage of this group B match in Bizerte. In 2002 Senegal narrowly lost the final on penalties to Cameroon - can they go one better this time around?
Read More1st February 2004: African Cup of Nations: Tunisia v Guinea
Coverage of the group A game between Tunisia and Guinea from the Rades Stadium, Tunis. It's the final match of the group for the two sides and both will be under pressure to reach the knockout stages. Plus highlights of Rwanda v DR Congo.
Read More1st June 2004: International Friendly
Highlights of tonight's friendly between England and Japan.
Read More5th June 2004: International Friendly
Highlights of England's friendly against Iceland - Sven's last chance to assess his squad before they kick off their Euro 2004 campaign in Lisbon.
Read More13th June 2004: Euro 2004: Switzerland v Croatia
The opening match in Group B comes from Leiria as Jakob Kuhn 's Swiss team play Croatia. This is a crucial game for both teams with their next two ties being against group favourites England and France. Switzerland will look to playmaker Hakan Yakin for inspiration, while Rangers new signing Dado Prso should lead the Croatian attack.
Read More16th June 2004: Euro 2004: Greece v Spain
Coverage of this Group A clash from the Bessa stadium in Porto. Greece and Spain were in the same qualifying group, with Spain poised as favourites to top the table. However, in a reversal of expectations, Greece ended up winners while Spain only secured their place via a play-off against Norway.
Read More18th June 2004: Euro 2004: Bulgaria v Denmark
Two teams who have never met before in a major tournament clash in this Group C encounter taking place at the breathtaking Braga Municipal stadium in the north of Portugal.
Read More14th November 2004: FA Cup First Round
Thurrock v Oldham Athletic. Coverage from Ship Lane of this first-round tie - a chance for non-league Thurrock to achieve "giant-killer" status as they take on League One side Oldham Athletic.
Read More19th February 2005: FA Cup Fifth Round: Arsenal v Sheffield United
After suffering a bitter Premiership defeat against Manchester Utd, which effectively ended the Gunners' title hopes, Arsene Wenger's men will at least be confident of booking themselves a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals as they face the third game in a row against Championship opposition.
Read More19th June 2005: Women's Euro 2005 Final: Germany v Norway
The two teams that have battled through the group stages and semi-final showdowns meet at Ewood Park.
Read More19th February 2006: FA Cup Fifth Round: Aston Villa v Manchester City
Coverage of this all-Premiership FA Cup fifth-round tie from Villa Park. With the competition key to both clubs' hopes of qualifying for Europe, it promises to be a hard-fought encounter.
Read More20th March 2006: FA Cup 6th Round
Manchester City v West Ham. Coverage of the first FA Cup quarter-final tie.
Read More25th March 2006: Women's World Cup Qualifier
England v France. Coverage from Ewood Park of this Women's World Cup qualifying game. Can Hope Powell 's England even the score following their defeat by France in the 2003 qualifiers
Read More11th June 2006: World Cup 2006: Serbia and Montenegro v Netherlands
Coverage of the Group C match in Leipzig. Despite failing to make the 2002 World Cup, Holland qualified with ease this year under the guidance of their one-time star striker Marco Van Basten, and will be clear favourites to win today.
Read More14th June 2006: World Cup 2006: Germany v Poland
The tournament hosts face up to their European neighbours at the Fifa World Cup Stadium, Dortmund, in what could be the match of Group A.
Read More18th June 2006: World Cup 2006: France v South Korea
Coverage of the crucial Group G clash from Leipzig's Zentral Stadion.
Read More22nd June 2006: World Cup 2006: Japan v Brazil
A team that impressed against hosts Germany in a pre-tournament friendly take on the ever-mercurial holders in Dortmund.
Read More11th October 2006: Euro 2008 Qualifier
Gary Lineker presents highlights of England's potentially tricky Euro 2008 qualifier away to Croatia. The match comes just four days after Macedonia's visit to Old Trafford.
Read More3rd December 2006: FA Cup Second Round
Salisbury City v Nottingham Forest. Can the Conference South outfit topple the League One high-flyers at Old Sarum in this FA Cup second-round clash? Forest thumped Yeading 5-0 to get here but they will be facing confident opponents buoyed by a bumper crowd at their compact home ground.
Read More6th January 2007: FA Cup Third Round: Tamworth v Norwich City
The FA Cup third round opens at the Lamb Ground, where for the second year running the ambitious Conference side vie for giant-killing status against Championship opponents.
Read More17th October 2007: Euro 2008 Qualifier
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of England's Euro 2008 qualifier against Russia, staged earlier tonight at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
Read More11th November 2007: FA Cup First Round
Torquay United v Yeovil Town. The magic of the FA Cup's first round comes to the West Country with a match involving two old rivals.
Read More6th January 2008: FA Cup Third Round: Burnley v Arsenal
A plum home-tie awaits the Clarets in the third round of the FA Cup. It's also the first time the Championship side has faced the Premier League Gunners since 1975/76.
Read More26th January 2008: FA Cup Fourth Round: Mansfield Town v Middlesbrough
Coverage from Field Mill of the FA Cup fourth-round tie between relegation-threatened League Two side Mansfield Town and the Premier League's Middlesbrough
Read More17th February 2008: FA Cup Fifth Round: Sheffield United v Middlesbrough
A more even fifth-round FA Cup match than appears on paper could be in the offing at Bramall Lane.
Read More1st June 2008: International Friendly
Trinidad and Tobago v England. Port of Spain's Hasely Crawford Stadium is the venue for this friendly.
Read More6th June 2009: International Friendly
Italy v Northern Ireland. Stephen Watson presents coverage of the Friendly International as Northern Ireland take on reigning World Champions Italy.
Read More12th August 2009: World Cup Qualifier: Norway v Scotland
Coverage of the World Cup Group Nine qualifier at the Ullevaal stadium in Oslo.
Read More10th October 2009: World Cup Qualifier: Ukraine v England
Gary Lineker presents highlights of England's Group 6 World Cup qualifier against Ukraine.
Read More2nd May 2010: Championship
Jake Humphrey presents coverage of Sheffield Wednesday v Crystal Palace, plus news from Sunday's other matches, as the regular Championship season reaches its climax.
Read More25th January 2011: League Cup Semi-Final: Arsenal v Ipswich
Gary Lineker introduces coverage from the Emirates Stadium of the Carling Cup semi-final second leg between Arsenal and Ipswich.
Read More23rd April 2011: Championship
Dan Walker presents coverage of the crucial Championship match, with Cardiff hoping to upset leaders QPR. Steve Wilson and Mark Bright provide commentary.
Read More31st March 2012: Championship
Jake Humphrey introduces coverage from Bloomfield Road of the Championship encounter between promotion contenders Blackpool and Southampton.
Read More8th June 2012: Euro 2012: Poland v Greece
Gary Lineker introduces coverage of the opening match of the 2012 European Championships: the Group A clash between co-hosts Poland and 2004 winners Greece in Warsaw.
Read More16th June 2012: Euro 2012: Greece v Russia
Manish Bhasin presents Euro 2012 coverage as the final round of Group A matches gets under way with Greece taking on Russia. Russia head the group, with Greece at the bottom.
Read More18th June 2012: Euro 2012: Italy v Republic of Ireland
Manish Bhasin introduces Euro 2012 coverage of the final round of Group C matches as the Republic of Ireland take on Italy. Italy still have a chance to progress with a win.
Read More15th June 2013: Confederations Cup: Brazil v Japan
Mark Chapman presents coverage of the opening match of the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup, as hosts Brazil take on Japan in Group A.
Read More17th June 2013: Confederations Cup: Tahiti v Nigeria
Dan Walker presents live coverage of the second Group B match of the Fifa Confederations Cup, as African champions Nigeria take on little-fancied Tahiti in Belo Horizonte.
Read More20th June 2013: Confederations Cup: Spain v Tahiti
Mark Chapman presents coverage of the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup, as world champions Spain take on tiny Tahiti at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in Group B.
Read More26th June 2013: Confederations Cup: Brazil v Uruguay
Gary Lineker introduces coverage of the first semi-final at the Fifa Confederations Cup in Brazil from Belo Horizonte's Estadio Mineirao, as the hosts take on Uruguay.
Read More13th June 2014: World Cup 2014: Spain vs Netherlands
Gary Lineker introduces coverage as champions Spain face the Netherlands for the first time since 2010's dramatic final. With commentary from Steve Wilson and Mark Lawrenson.
Read More15th June 2014: World Cup 2014: Argentina v Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia-Herzegovina make their World Cup debut against Argentina at Rio's famed Maracana.
Read More19th June 2014: World Cup 2014: Colombia v Ivory Coast
Gary Lineker presents coverage of the Group C game between Colombia and Ivory Coast at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia. With commentary by Steve Wilson and Mark Lawrenson.
Read More17th June 2014: World Cup 2014: Russia v South Korea
Mark Chapman introduces coverage as Fabio Capello's Russia take on South Korea in their opening Group H match in Cuiaba. Commentary comes from Steve Wilson and Martin Keown.
Read More21st June 2014: World Cup 2014: Nigeria v Bosnia-Herzegovina
Mark Chapman introduces coverage from Group F as Nigeria's Super Eagles meet Bosnia-Herzegovina in Cuiaba. Commentary comes from Steve Wilson and Kevin Kilbane.
Read More25th June 2014: World Cup 2014: Ecuador v France
Coverage of Ecuador v France with Gary Lineker. La Tri face Les Bleus at Rio's Maracana in the climax of Group E. Steve Wilson and Danny Murphy are the commentary team.
Read More1st July 2014: World Cup 2014: Belgium v USA
Gary Lineker with coverage from Salvador as the rising stars of Belgium take on 'group of death' survivors the United States. With commentators Steve Wilson and Danny Murphy.
Read More8th July 2014: World Cup 2014: Brazil v Germany
Gary Lineker introduces semi-final coverage. Hosts Brazil, without the injured Neymar, face Germany in Belo Horizonte. With commentary from Steve Wilson and Martin Keown.
Read More13th July 2014: World Cup 2014: Brazil v Netherlands
Highlights from the third place play-off of the 2014 World Cup from the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia, where hosts Brazil take on the Netherlands.
Read More23rd August 2014
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's six Premier League games. Everton take on Arsenal, Chelsea host Leicester City and Aston Villa meet Newcastle.
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