TV Match of the Day - Season 1997/98 Match of the Day - Season 1997/98 7.5/10 by 47 users BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015. Details Casts Posters Images Title Match of the Day - Season 1997/98 Alternative Titles MOTD First Air Date 1964-08-22 Last Air Date 2025-09-14 Number of Episodes 3215 Number of Seasons 62 Genres Talk, News, Networks BBC One, BBC Two, Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List Match of the Day Season 34 :Episode 1 9th August 1997 9th August 1997 1997-08-09 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 34 :Episode 2 13th August 1997 13th August 1997 1997-08-13 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... 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Match of the Day Season 34 :Episode 14 21st October 1997: Uefa Cup: Strasbourg v Liverpool 21st October 1997: Uefa Cup: Strasbourg v Liverpool 1997-10-21 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 34 :Episode 15 25th October 1997 25th October 1997 1997-10-25 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 34 :Episode 16 1st November 1997 1st November 1997 1997-11-01 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 34 :Episode 17 4th November 1997: Uefa Cup: Liverpool v Strasbourg 4th November 1997: Uefa Cup: Liverpool v Strasbourg 1997-11-04 BBC's football highlights and analysis. 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