[1] It started on 3 January 1948,[2] and has always been broadcast from 17:00 on Saturday evenings during the football season, for most of its history featuring two readings of the classified football results, although the length of the programme has varied in more recent times depending on whether the BBC has a commentary of a 17:30 Premier League match.
Originally produced by Angus Mackay,[3] it was broadcast on the BBC Light Programme until 25 April 1964.
On 22 August 1964 it became part of Sports Service and moved to Network Three (which later became BBC Radio 3) where it initially started at the earlier time of 16:42.
[4] On 4 April 1970, however, it moved back to what had by then become BBC Radio 2,[5] where it remained until 25 August 1990 as part of Sport on 2.
This was confirmed on 8 August 2022 when the BBC announced it had dropped the results from the programme because it had been shortened ahead of the 17:30 Premier League match.