Match of the Day (1964)
BBC's football highlights and analysis.
"The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015.
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1984x01 Manchester United v Watford
25 August, 1984 10:30 pm
Jimmy Hill presents action highlights from two First Division games on the opening day of the Football League season.
Manchester United v Watford
Aston Villa v Coventry City
1984x02 Chelsea v Everton
31 August, 1984 10:30 pm
Two of last season's prize-winners provide an intriguing clash in the first Canon League fixture of 1984-85 to be shown live.
1984x03 Arsenal v Liverpool
08 September, 1984 10:30 pm
Jimmy Hill presents action highlights from two First Division games, plus analysis and interviews.
Arsenal v Liverpool
Sheffield Wednesday v Tottenham Hotspur
1984x04 Southampton v Norwich City
15 September, 1984 10:30 pm
Action highlights from First and Third Division matches plus analysis and interviews.
Southampton v Norwich City
Hull City v Preston North End
1984x05 Manchester United v Liverpool
22 September, 1984 10:30 pm
Action highlights from two First Division matches plus analysis and interviews.
Manchester United v Liverpool
Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur
1984x06 Manchester City v Crystal Palace
29 September, 1984 10:30 pm
Action highlights from First and Second Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Also, the chance to win £100-worth of premium bonds in the August-September Goal of the Month competition.
Manchester City v Crystal Palace
Newcastle United v West Ham United
1984x07 Aston Villa v Manchester United
06 October, 1984 10:30 pm
Jimmy Hill presents highlights from two First Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Also, the result of the August/September Goal of the Month competition.
Aston Villa v Manchester United
Nottingham Forest v Stoke City
1984x08 Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool
12 October, 1984 10:30 pm
Match of the Day's second live transmission of the season brings together the clubs who earned European honours for Britain last spring -Tottenham, UEFA Cup winners, and Liverpool, European Cup winners.
1984x09 Liverpool v Everton
20 October, 1984 10:30 pm
Action highlights from two first division matches plus analysis and interviews.
Liverpool v Everton
Ipswich Town v West Bromwich Albion
1984x10 West Ham United v Arsenal
27 October, 1984 10:30 pm
Action highlights from two First Division matches, plus analysis and interviews. There's also a chance to win E100 worth of Premium Bonds in the October Goal of the Month competition.
West Ham United v Arsenal
West Bromwich Albion v Southampton
1984x11 Manchester United v Arsenal
02 November, 1984 10:30 pm
At the start of the season, opinion was widely held that if Liverpool were to be denied a fourth successive Championship, the prize would be most likely to go to Manchester United or Arsenal. Experts are sometimes right, and in the early months of 1984-85 United and Arsenal have gone above Liverpool in both the table and the odds.
1984x12 Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur
10 November, 1984 10:30 pm
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches. Plus news round-up and pools check.
Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur
Blackburn Rovers v Brighton & Hove Albion
1984x13 Watford v Sheffield Wednesday
17 November, 1984 10:30 pm
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches. Plus news round-up and pools check.
Watford v Sheffield Wednesday
Charlton Athletic v Birmingham City
1984x14 Sunderland v Manchester United
24 November, 1984 10:30 pm
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches with analysis and interviews. Plus news round-up and pools check. Also a chance to win £100-worth of Premium Bonds in the November Goal of the Month competition.
Sunderland v Manchester United
Oxford United v Leeds United
1984x15 Arsenal v Luton Town
01 December, 1984 10:30 pm
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches with analysis, interviews, news round-up and pools check. Plus the result of the November Goal of the Month Competition.
Arsenal v Luton Town
Oldham Athletic v Manchester City
1984x16 Nottingham Forest v Manchester United
08 December, 1984 10:30 pm
Action highlights from two Canon League First Division matches with analysis and interviews. Plus news round-up and pools check.
Nottingham Forest v Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United
1984x17 West Ham United v Sheffield Wednesday
15 December, 1984 10:30 pm
Jimmy Hill presents highlights from two Canon League First Division matches.
West Ham United v Sheffield Wednesday
Coventry City v Southampton
1984x18 Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool
21 December, 1984 10:30 pm
Since spending £350,000 to install England's only artificial playing pitch in 1981, QPR have put together the finest home record of any club in the four divisions of the Football League-better even than that of Liverpool, champions for the past three seasons. Liverpool's one previous experience of this wall-to-wall carpet pitch brought no complaints-substitute Steve Nicol's lone goal earned them three points in October last year.
1984x19 Newcastle United v Arsenal
29 December, 1984 10:30 pm
Action highlights from two Canon League First Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Plus News Round-up and Pools Check. Also, a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the December Goal of the Month competition.
Newcastle United v Arsenal
Ipswich Town v Everton
1984x20 F.A. Cup Third Round
04 January, 1985 10:30 pm
Traditionally the most enthralling stage of the season, as First and Second Division clubs join the 20 survivors from the Leagues' lower reaches and beyond.
1984x21 Queens Park Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur
12 January, 1985 10:30 pm
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches, with analysis and interviews, plus news round-up and pools check.
Queens Park Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur
Norwich City v Southampton
1984x22 Chelsea v Arsenal
19 January, 1985 10:30 pm
Highlights from two Canon League matches.
Chelsea v Arsenal
Manchester City v Wimbledon
1984x23 F.A. Cup Fourth Round
26 January, 1985 10:30 pm
Action highlights from three matches in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Also a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the January Goal of the Month competition.
York City v Arsenal
Leyton Orient v Southampton
Grimsby Town v Watford
1984x24 Luton Town v Tottenham Hotspur
02 February, 1985 10:30 pm
Action highlights from two Canon League First Division matches with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check. Also in tonight's programme the result of the January Goal of the Month competition.
Luton Town v Tottenham Hotspur
Sheffield Wednesday v Liverpool
1984x25 Manchester City v Carlisle United
09 February, 1985 10:30 pm
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches, with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check.
Manchester City v Carlisle United
Barnsley v Portsmouth
1984x26 F.A. Cup Fifth Round: Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United
15 February, 1985 10:30 pm
The FA Cup Fifth Round begins with live coverage of a real 'Lancashire hotpot' tonight as Manchester United continue their bid for a sixth triumph in the competition that Blackburn have already won that many times
1984x27 Leicester City v Everton
23 February, 1985 10:30 pm
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check. Also a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the February Goal of the Month competition.
Leicester City v Everton
Blackburn Rovers v Oxford United
1984x28 Manchester United v Everton
02 March, 1985 10:30 pm
Action highlights from Canon League First and Third Division matches. Plus the results of the February Goal of the Month competition.
Manchester United v Everton
Bradford v Gillngham
1984x29 F.A. Cup Sixth Round
09 March, 1985 10:30 pm
Action highlights from this afternoon's games plus all the atmosphere and tension that surrounds the Cup.
Manchester United v West Ham United
Everton v Ipswich Town
Luton Town v Watford
1984x30 West Ham United v Manchester United
15 March, 1985 10:30 pm
In the last of this season's live Canon League fixtures on BBC television, Manchester United's pursuit of their eighth championship takes them to one of the First Division's most compact grounds, Upton Park, the home of West Ham United, who often make life difficult for the best.
1984x31 League Cup Final: Norwich City v Sunderland
24 March, 1985 10:30 pm
North East meets East Anglia in a major final for the first time. Sunderland have travelled the hard path, needing to beat four First Division clubs on the way, whereas Norwich City faced lower division opponents in every round before the semi-final. The winners will receive £64,000 - the top team prize in British sport - and the chance of further rich rewards with a place in Europe next season in the UEFA Cup. BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you live coverage of the action and after-match scenes on this Silver Jubilee occasion -the 25th Final of the competition launched by the Football League in 1960.
1984x32 Southampton v Everton
30 March, 1985 10:30 pm
Action highlights from two First Division matches. Also a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the March Goal of the Month competition.
Southampton v Everton
Stoke City v Arsenal
1984x33 Everton v Sunderland
06 April, 1985 10:30 pm
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Also, the result of the March Goal of the Month competition.
Everton v Sunderland
Portsmouth v Brighton & Hove Albion
1984x34 F.A. Cup Semi Final
13 April, 1985 10:30 pm
Can Luton Town reach an FA Cup final for only the second time in the club's history, having last appeared there in 1959 ending as runners-up? They face the current Cup holders Everton, eager to retain the trophy, at Villa Park in one of this afternoon's FA Cup Semi-finals.
1984x35 Liverpool v Newcastle United
20 April, 1985 10:30 pm
Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check.
Liverpool v Newcastle United
Oxford United v Oldham Athletic
1984x36 Manchester United v Sunderland
27 April, 1985 10:30 pm
Action highlights from two Canon League First Division matches with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check. Also in tonight's programme a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the April Goal of the Month competition.
Manchester United v Sunderland
Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur
1984x37 Sheffield Wednesday v Everton
04 May, 1985 10:30 pm
As the season draws to a close, Match of the Day cameras bring action highlights from two Canon League matches affecting championship honours, promotion and relegation. Plus the result of the April Goal of the Month competition.
Sheffield Wednesday v Everton
Blackburn Rovers v Portsmouth
1984x38 Manchester City v Charlton Athletic
11 May, 1985 10:30 pm
On the last Saturday of the Canon League programme, Match of the Day cameras bring action highlights from two matches involving championship honours, promotion and relegation.
Manchester City v Charlton Athletic
Southampton v Coventry City
1984x39 F.A. Cup Final: Everton v Manchester United
18 May, 1985 10:30 pm
Jimmy Hill presents the best moments and follows the after-match celebrations of the winners.
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