Match of the Day : 50 Years

A season-by-season look at the greatest football of the last 50 years, featuring MOTD memories from top players and long-standing members of the team.
     Remember Arsenal's last-gasp winner to take the title at Anfield in '89? Ronnie Radford's wonder strike to sink Newcastle in the FA Cup? Or, best of all, Geoff Hurst's hat-trick winning the World Cup for England in 1966?
     Over half a century, Match of the Day has witnessed some of the greatest moments in football history, week in, week out. From the big shorts and brown leather balls of the Stanley Matthews era, through the classic tussles of the old First Division, right up to the glamour of the globe-spanning game that we know today, football has undergone an incredible journey -- and now, in this milestone 50th year, Match of the Day celebrates the very best of the drama and the heartache. With evocative memorabilia and photography throughout, relive the story of the beautiful game, season-by-season. Featuring favourite Match of the Day memories from top players and long-standing members of the MOTD team, this is the ultimate collection of football memories for any fan.

NICK CONSTABLE is a freelance writer and journalist commissioned regularly by UK national newspapers including the Mail On Sunday, Sunday Express and The Sun. He is the author of numerous titles on UK sport and social issues contributing to Motson's National Obsession, by MotD's very own John Motson, and co-writing Aggers' Special Delivery with BBC Cricket Correspondent Jonathan Agnew. He declares an interest in writing this book -- he's a lifelong Leicester City fan -- but feels his team's glory years have not yet been so glorious as to radically affect his editorial integrity.