Longest running football (soccer) television show
- Who
- Match of the Day
- What
- 60:157 year(s):day(s)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- When
- 26 January 2025
The longest-running football (soccer) television show is Match of the Day (BBC, UK), which had been running for 60 years 157 days as of 26 January 2025.
Initially intended as a one-off series, Match of the Day first aired on BBC Two on 22 August 1964, presented by Kenneth Wolstenholme. Over the years the show expanded to includes live broadcasts of domestic and international matches, as well as its Sunday highlights show, Match of the Day 2.