Match of the Day

Season 2003/04

In August 2003, it is announced that the BBC has won back the right to show Premiership highlights from 2004, for three years.

113 episodes · First aired 2003-08-10

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31st January 2004: African Cup of Nations: Nigeria v South Africa

Coverage of today's group D match between tournament heavyweights Nigeria and South Africa. Having failed to make an impact in the last World Cup, both countries will be going all out to be crowned kings of the continent. Premiership fans should get to see some familiar faces in action, including Nigeria's Nwankwo Kanu , Jay-Jay Okocha and Aiyegbeni Yakubu.

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31st January 2004: African Cup of Nations

Group D action, with Nigeria v South Africa plus Morocco v tournament minnows Benin.

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1st February 2004: African Cup of Nations: Tunisia v Guinea

Coverage of the group A game between Tunisia and Guinea from the Rades Stadium, Tunis. It's the final match of the group for the two sides and both will be under pressure to reach the knockout stages. Plus highlights of Rwanda v DR Congo.

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2nd February 2004: African Cup of Nations

Highlights of Tunisia v Guinea, and Rwanda v DR Congo.

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2nd February 2004: African Cup of Nations: Senegal v Mali

Coverage of Senegal's group B clash with Mali in El Menzah. It's the final group game for both teams and they're expected to be battling for the top spot, so a particularly hard-fought match is likely. Plus highlights of Burkina Faso v Kenya.

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3rd February 2004: African Cup of Nations

The final games from group B as teams struggle for a place in the final eight. Senegal and Mali meet in El Menzah. Plus, Burkina Faso face an emerging Kenyan side in Bizerte.

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3rd February 2004: African Cup of Nations: Cameroon v Egypt

Cameroon take on Egypt in the final group C game. Cameroon's developing striker Samuel Eto'o will be one to watch, as will Egypt's young forward Mido and playmaker Ahmed Hassan , who will need to be at his best to pick apart a defence that conceded no goals in the tournament until penalties in the final. With brief highlights of Algeria v Zimbabwe.

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4th February 2004: African Cup of Nations

Best of the action from today's final games in group C. Defending champions Cameroon meet Egypt in Monastir in a match expected to decide who finishes top of the group. In the other game, 1990 champions Algeria face tournament newcomers Zimbabwe in Sousse.

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4th February 2004: African Cup of Nations: Morocco v South Africa

Coverage of today's final group D match between Morocco and South Africa. Both sides are previous tournament winners but were handed a tough draw when they were placed together in a group with Nigeria. Fans will have had one eye on proceedings in Sfax where Nigeria took on Benin. Brief highlights follow the main game.

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4th February 2004: FA Cup Fourth Round Replays

Highlights of today's FA Cup fourth-round replays. Which clubs have made it through the last 16 - and have there been any shock defeats?

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5th February 2004: African Cup of Nations

Highlights of today's group D games in which Nigeria - whose side should feature Premiership stars such as Jay-Jay Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu - take on Benin, while former champions South Africa play Morocco.

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7th February 2004: African Cup of Nations

Coverage of one of today's two quarter-final matches from Tunisia. With the competition down to the knockout stage, each of the eight remaining teams could be just two games away from the final. Today's match sees a group A team take on a side from group B.

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7th February 2004: African Cup of Nations

Quarter-final highlights as the winners of group A take on the runners-up in group B, while the team that topped group B face the second-placed team in group A.

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8th February 2004: African Cup of Nations

Coverage of a quarter-final clash between qualifiers from groups C and D. Cameroon were expected to make it to the last eight from group C but got off to a lacklustre start with a 1-1 draw with Algeria. Group D favourites Nigeria, meanwhile, began their campaign with a poor performance in their 1-0 defeat to Morocco. Did the two African giants manage a comeback?

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8th February 2004: African Cup of Nations

Garth Crooks presents highlights of the last two quarter-finals, in which the top two teams from both group C and group D battled it out in Monastir and Sfax.

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11th February 2004: African Cup of Nations

Semi-final action as the tournament reaches a critical stage in Tunisia. Will favourites Cameroon, Senegal and Nigeria have made it through to this stage?

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11th February 2004: African Cup of Nations

Semi-final action and only four teams are now left in the competition. Will favourites Cameroon, Senegal and Nigeria have made it through to this stage?

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13th February 2004: African Cup of Nations

Coverage of the third-place play-off. Although the teams will be disappointed not to have made it to tomorrow's final, they'll both be striving for a win today to cement their place as the third-ranking team on the continent. The 2002 play-off in Mali was certainly a keenly contested affair - the hosts tried to physically intimidate Nigeria but came out runners up, as Portsmouth striker Aiyegbeni Yakubu snatched a 1-0 win for the Super Eagles.

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14th February 2004: FA Cup Fifth Round: Sunderland v Birmingham City

Coverage from the Stadium of Light of this FA Cup fifth-round clash. In the previous round, Sunderland edged past first division play-off rivals Ipswich 2-1 at Portman Road, while Premiership side Birmingham had a similarly narrow win over Division One strugglers Wimbledon 1-0 at St Andrew's.

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14th February 2004: African Cup of Nations Final

After 31 matches, the tournament is down to just two teams, battling it out at the Rades Stadium in Tunis. Will Cameroon have made it through to stand a chance of being the first ever nation to win the trophy on three consecutive occasions? And will other favourites Senegal have won their place?