The programme first aired in 1994, and ended after the 2003–2004 season, when it was replaced on Sunday mornings by The Championship.
Throughout the years, there often featured a Friday/Sunday or Monday extra which showed extended highlights of certain games.
[1] Other songs included "July" by Ocean Colour Scene and "Whoosh" by Bentley Rhythm Ace.
Commentators and reporters on Football League Extra included Clive Tyldesley, Alistair Mann, Tony Jones, Peter Drury, Ian Payne, Trevor Harris, Ron Atkinson, Dave Beckett and more.
The show also included resident club commentators, and this often provided entertainment as the viewer would be able to hear ecstatic celebrations at times.