The first Monday Night Football game broadcast was between Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers on 17 August 1992, which ended in a 1–1 draw.
The first Monday Night Football of the 2013-14 season, and Carragher's first appearance, aired on 19 August 2013 with the Manchester City against Newcastle United game.
[citation needed] Following Neville's appointment as interim head coach of Valencia in December 2015,[4] he left the show to focus on his managerial duties.
After leaving Valencia in March 2016 due to a poor run of results, Neville's return to Sky in his previous role was confirmed on 10 August 2016, ahead of the 2016–17 football season; he made his on-air return on 14 August, although from there on he would not appear on every MNF, with some episodes instead involving special guests such as Roy Keane and Thierry Henry appear alongside Carragher.
This featured more analysis, a new regular pundit of Karen Carney joining Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville, and a new earlier start time of 18:30.