the match of the day football almanac

Do you remember the Battle of Old Trafford? Shearer’s dream debut hat trick? Or how many goals Haaland scored in his first Premier League season? Hope, heartbreak and victory, over the past 60 years Match of the Day has shown it all.

From bombastic debuts in August to May’s nail-biting end-of-season title races, the football calendar is filled with legendary moments. Packed full of stories from 60 years of football history, The official Match of the Day Football Almanac is your ultimate guide to the highs and lows of the football season.

With a foreword from Gary Lineker and featuring the most legendary footballing stories from the last 60 years of Match of the Day, this month-by-month guide includes giant-killing FA Cup battles, the birth of the Premier League and the dawn of VAR, all culminating in legendary World Cup and Euros tournaments - with stats and insights from the experts at Match of the Day along the way. This is the perfect gift for any football fan, and a fitting tribute to our favourite football programme.

Nick Constable is a freelance national newspaper journalist and fully paid-up Match of the Day obsessive. He has written and edited numerous books on the Beautiful Game, including Match of the Day: 50 Years of Football and Motson’s National Obsession, detailing the legendary commentator’s favourite snippets of football trivia. Other sports books include Aggers Special Delivery, co-authored with BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew, and Test Match Special: Tall Tales, co-authored with Phil Tufnell and Jonathan Agnew.