The programme, along with Final Score, is a remnant from the former flagship sports show Grandstand which for decades dominated the BBC One Saturday afternoon TV schedules.
As of 2021, presenter Alex Scott is joined by two football pundits such as Fara Williams, Martin Keown, Dion Dublin, Nedum Onuoha, Shay Given, Ellen White, Stephen Warnock and Rachel Brown-Finnis.
Match of the Day commentators, including Steve Wilson, Guy Mowbray, Jonathan Pearce, and Simon Brotherton often check-in with game previews from the stadiums.
It returned to a weekly broadcast from August 1992 when the BBC won the Premier League highlights rights and the Football Focus brand was restored.
In 2009 Dan Walker became the main host, and was in the hot seat when the show moved to the MediaCityUK complex in Salford, Greater Manchester.