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1946. 7 June – BBC Television broadcasts resume. 19 October – The first live televised post-war football match is broadcast by the BBC. Twenty minutes of Barnet's home game against Wealdstone were televised in the first half and thirty five minutes of the second half before it became too dark.
1930s. 1936. 2 November – The BBC opens the world's first regular high-definition television service, from Alexandra Palace. 1937. 21 June – The BBC broadcasts television coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for the first time. 1938. 2 April – The BBC covers The Boat Race for the first time. 30 April – The BBC broadcasts ...
24 December – First broadcast from Newcastle upon Tyne (station 5NO). 1923. 8 January – First outside broadcast, the British National Opera Company's production of The Magic Flute from Covent Garden. 18 January – The UK Postmaster General grants the BBC a licence to broadcast. 13 February – First broadcast from Cardiff (station 5WA).
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as Match of the Day, Test Match Special, Ski Sunday and Today at Wimbledon.
16 September – Football is televised for the first time. It is a specially-arranged friendly match between Arsenal and Arsenal Reserves at Highbury. 11 November – The BBC Television Service airs an adaptation of the Great War-set play Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff, starring Reginald Tate as Stanhope.
English Football League. All televised EFL games are broadcast on Sky Sports, with two games (usually Championship) per weekend broadcast at 20:00 on a Friday and 12:30 on a Saturday. Other games may be additionally scheduled at different times, such as 12:00 on Sunday or, very occasionally, 20:00 on a Monday.
2024. Liverpool win the League Cup against Chelsea in extra time, making them the first and only club to win the competition 10 times. Manchester City claim a historic fourth consecutive Premier League title, becoming the only ever English side to achieve this feat.
The Scottish Football Association was formed in 1873, and the first official competition in Scotland commenced that same year, the Scottish Cup. The game in Scotland progressed further with the founding of the Scottish Football League in 1890, and the official sanctioning of professionalism in 1893. Queens Park's insistence on remaining amateur ...