Monday Night Football (Sky Sports)
| Monday Night Football | |
|---|---|
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| Presented by |
David Jones Gary Neville Jamie Carragher |
| Opening theme | Fluke – "Absurd" |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Running time | Variable |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sky Sports |
| Picture format |
576i (PAL) (1992-2005) 1080i (HDTV) (2005-) |
| Original release | 17 August 1992 – May 2007 August 2010 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Monday Night Football (MNF))(previously known as Ford Monday Night Football now known as bet365 Monday Night Football for sponsorship reasons) is a football programme on Sky Sports which broadcasts live English football from the Premier League.
Sky television's acquisition of rights to broadcast live Premier League football from the start of the 1992–93 season saw them attempt innovations such as digital on-screen graphics (DOG) and Monday Night live games. The first Monday Night Football game broadcast was between Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers on 17 August 1992, which ended in a 1–1 draw. To give the broadcasts a different look to Sky's Super Sunday strand, the broadcaster introduced the Sky Strikers, a dance troupe similar to American cheerleaders. This pre-match and half-time entertainment was dropped after the first season.
The show had a number of different formats after its launch. The first change led to the merging of Andy Gray's Boot Room format into the show; analysing the previous weekend's football matches utilising the latest computer technology combined with Gray's individual analysis. As the UEFA Champions League gained in importance for Premier League clubs, the number of games played on Monday night declined. Sky Sports then reverted to a format similar to that of Ford Super Sunday with a presenter (Jeff Stelling) and studio guests.
In 2004–05, the analysis section was then incorporated into an additional programme shown after Ford Super Sunday called Ford Super Sunday: The Last Word.
The show ended after the 2006–07 season when Setanta and subsequently ESPN obtained the rights for Monday night Premier League games.
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