Football shows on the BBC: 27-29 March

The BBC will continue to broadcast a raft of special football programmes this weekend (27-29 March) in the continued absence of the professional game due to the coronavirus pandemic.

This includes the second of Match of the Day’s Top 10 Podcasts, in MOTD’s traditional Saturday night slot on BBC One, where Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Ian Wright debate the greatest strikers of the Premier League era.

Another compilation edition of Football Focus will be shown on Saturday lunchtime, featuring more of the programme’s best interviews and features from the season so far, as well as selected features from BBC Two’s MOTDx show.

The BBC will also replay its review of the 2018 World Cup on Saturday afternoon on BBC One, while a Euro 2004 rewind will be shown on the BBC Sport website, Red Button and BBC iPlayer, followed by ‘The Lionesses’ Summer’, a review of the 2019 Women’s World Cup on Sunday.

In addition, the BBC Scotland channel will also be showing classic Scottish Cup matches, including extended highlights of the 2012 Scottish Cup final between Hibernian and Hearts on Friday evening,

Then on Sunday, BBC Scotland will show the 1991 final between Motherwell and Dundee United in full, with a live text commentary on the BBC Sport website.

Full details and broadcast times for the BBC’s football programming over the weekend of 27-29 March can be found below. All programmes will be available to watch live and on-demand on the BBC iPlayer.

For a full overview of all major UK-televised sporting events that have been postponed, cancelled or rescheduled, as well as those which are still due to be staged, visit SOTB’s dedicated coronavirus webpage – sotb.in/coronavirus.

For the very latest developments and up-to-date information on the coronavirus outbreak and its impact on sport, follow rolling live blogs on BBC Sport or Sky Sports.

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FRIDAY 27th MARCH

Sportscene delves into the archive to bring you classic Scottish Cup finals from yesteryear. Starting with the Edinburgh derby showdown between Hearts and Hibernian in 2012. This will be followed at 8pm by the Glasgow 1967: The Lisbon Lions documentary marking the 50th anniversary of Celtic becoming the first British team to win the European Cup.

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SATURDAY 28th MARCH

Dan Walker and Reece Parkinson present features with the biggest names in the game, in a combined edition of Football Focus as MOTDx, including David Beckham, Kieran Trippier, Declan Rice, Gigi Wijnaldum, and Son Heung-min.

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A look back at the action from a thrilling 2018 World Cup in Russia, one of the most exciting and unpredictable tournaments of the modern era.

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Classic action from Euro 2004 as Croatia play England in their final group match. ‘Live’ text commentary available on the BBC Sport website.

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Three of English football’s greatest-ever goalscorers – Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Ian Wright – debate their Top 10 strikers of the Premier League era. Will anyone topple Shearer, who remains the leading goalscorer in Premier League history with 260 goals?

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SUNDAY 29th MARCH

A look back at the tournament in France, including England’s run to the semi-finals.

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Sportscene delves into the archive to bring you another classic Scottish Cup finals from yesteryear, this time a full replay of the 1991 final between Motherwell and Dundee United.

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