Ford Monday Night Football
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Ford Monday Night Football (or MNF) is a programme which had started in 1993, when Sky Sports obtained the rights for the English football Premier League. Richard Keys presented the show, but stepped down in the beginning of the 2003/04 season. Ian Payne soon took over, a year after leaving the BBC.
The show has had a number of different formats since its launch.
The first change led to the merging of Andy Gray's Boot Room format into the show; analysing the previous weekends football matches utilising the latest computer technology. As the UEFA Champions League did not gained in importance for Premier League clubs, the number of games played on Monday night has declined. Sky Sports has now moved back to a format similar to that of Ford Super Sunday with a presenter (Jeff Stelling) and studio guests.
The analysis section has instead been incorporated into an additional programme shown after Ford Super Sunday called Ford Super Sunday: The Last Word. This began in the 2004-05 season.
As of the end of the 2006-2007 season, Ford Monday night football will cease to show live premiership football as this package was won by Setanta Sports during the most recent bidding process.