''Monday Night Football'' (''MNF'') (also known as ''

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Monday Night Football'' for sponsorship reasons) is a British football programme on

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which broadcasts live

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from the

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Original run

Sky television's acquisition of rights to broadcast live

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

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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

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. 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

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gained in importance for Premier League clubs, the number of games played on Monday night declined.

then reverted to a format similar to that of ''Ford Super Sunday'' with a presenter (

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) 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. 1992-2016 : Ford Monday Night Football From its launch on August 17, 1992 to May 2016, the programme was previously known as ''Ford Monday Night Football'' and was sponsored by

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, in a partnership between the car giant and

that ran for 24 years.

Current run

''Monday Night Football'' returned from the 2010–11 season after Sky regained the rights to Monday night Premier League games. The games broadcast kick off at 8:00 pm on Monday nights. The show also started broadcasting in high-definition. Due to the structure of the broadcasting packages for the 2010–13 seasons, Sky broadcast a minimum of 12 live Premier League games on Monday nights. Before the departures of

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and Andy Gray, the programme had a different appearance to Super Sunday, presented by Keys and Gray from a purpose-built studio with Andy Gray's analysis also returning from its Sunday evening slot. After the pair's unscheduled departure from Sky in January 2011, the first half-hour of analysis was dropped, and for the remainder of the season the show was presented from the stadium in largely the same format as Sunday or midweek Premier League matches with a rotation of presenters and pundits, although the distinct "MNF" branding and graphics were retained.

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was given the presenting role for the 2011–12 season, with

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as the new analyst. The show also returned to its previous format in the purpose-built analysis studio, with Chamberlin and Neville carrying out the same roles as Keys and Gray the previous season. In 2013,

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joined the ''Monday Night Football'' show, to form a regular three-man line-up alongside Chamberlin and Neville, after having announced his retirement from football at the end of the 2012–13 season. The first Monday Night Football of the 2013-14 season and Jamie Carragher's first appearance aired on 19 August 2013 with the Manchester City against Newcastle United game. Manchester City won the game 4–0. Following Neville's appointment as interim head coach of

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in December 2015,Gary Neville appointed Valencia head coach until end of season
/ref> he left the show to focus on his managerial duties. After leaving Valencia in March 2016 due to a poor run of results, Neville's return to Sky in his previous role was confirmed on 10 August 2016 ahead of the 2016–17

football season; he made his on-air return on 14 August although from there on he would not appear on every MNF with some episodes would instead involve special guests such as Roy Keane and

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appear alongside Carragher. In 2016 David Jones took over as anchor presenter from Chamberlin who had left Sky to take over

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's horse racing coverage.

Presenters

*1992–2003, 2010–2011:

*2003–2005: Ian Payne *2005–2007:

*2011–2016:

*2016–present: David Jones

Pundits

(Primary pundit) *

(Main secondary pundit) *

(Frequent secondary pundit) * Roy Keane (Frequent secondary pundit) *

Frank Lampard Frank James Lampard (born 20 June 1978) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club Everton. He is widely regarded as one of Chelsea’s greatest ever players, and one of the greatest midfielder ...

(Two shows, 2015 and 2016) *

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(Two shows, 2015 and 2018) *

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(One show, 2016) * Jurgen Klopp (One show, 2016) * Ryan Giggs (One show, 2016) *

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(One show, 2017) * Alan Pardew (One show, 2017) *

Craig Bellamy Craig Douglas Bellamy (born 13 July 1979) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a forward and is current assistant manager at EFL Championship side Burnley. Born in Cardiff, Bellamy began his senior playing career with Norw ...

(One show, 2017) *

Wayne Rooney Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English professional football manager and former player, who is the manager of Major League Soccer club D.C. United in the United States. He spent much of his playing career as a forward while ...

(Two shows, 2018 and 2022) *

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(One show, 2018) *

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(One show, 2019) *

Micah Richards Micah Lincoln Richards (born 24 June 1988) is an English former professional footballer, sports pundit for Sky Sports and BBC Sport, and as an ambassador of Manchester City. As a player, he was a right back who played in the Premier League and ...

(One show, 2020) *

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(One show, 2020) *

Eddie Howe Edward John Frank Howe (born 29 November 1977) is an English professional football manager and former player, who is the head coach of Premier League club Newcastle United. A defender during his playing career, Howe spent most of his playing ...

(One show, 2020) * Rob Green (One show, 2021) * Chris Coleman (One show, 2021) *

Mark Hughes Leslie Mark Hughes (born 1 November 1963) is a Welsh football coach and former player who is the manager of Bradford City. During his playing career he usually operated as a forward or midfielder. He had two spells at Manchester United, an ...

(One show, 2021) *

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(One show, 2021) *

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(One show, 2021)

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