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Season 1984/85

Match of the Day

1984 Episodes

Overview

The show celebrated its 20th anniversary and matches were still being broadcast on Fridays. Most other sports were now seen live on television so the production team wanted to continue the football experiment as well. Jonathan Martin, the Head of Sport at the time, recalled that the experiment was disappointing: "We only got six or seven million viewers on a Friday night which was poor for the slot so we moved to Sundays in the following year." This was to be the last time that Match of the Day contained weekly League highlights until the beginning of the 1992-93 season.

Episodes

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EP 1
80m

25th August 1984

8/25/1984

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

Guest Stars

Alan ParryBob WilsonJimmy HillJohn Motson
EP 2
80m

31st August 1984: Chelsea v Everton

8/31/1984

Two of last season's prize-winners provide an intriguing clash in the first Canon League fixture of 1984-85 to be shown live.

Guest Stars

Bob WilsonJimmy HillJohn Motson
EP 3
80m

8th September 1984

9/8/1984

Jimmy Hill presents action highlights from two First Division games, plus analysis and interviews. Arsenal v Liverpool Sheffield Wednesday v Tottenham Hotspur

Guest Stars

Bob WilsonJimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 4
80m

15th September 1984

9/15/1984

Action highlights from First and Third Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Southampton v Norwich City Hull City v Preston North End

Guest Stars

Bob WilsonJimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 5
80m

22nd September 1984

9/22/1984

Action highlights from two First Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Manchester United v Liverpool Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur

Guest Stars

Alan ParryBob WilsonJimmy HillJohn Motson
EP 6
80m

29th September 1984

9/29/1984

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

Guest Stars

Bob WilsonJimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 7
80m

6th October 1984

10/6/1984

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

Guest Stars

Alan ParryBob WilsonJimmy HillJohn Motson
EP 8
80m

12th October 1984: Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool

10/12/1984

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.

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry Davies
EP 9
80m

20th October 1984

10/20/1984

Action highlights from two first division matches plus analysis and interviews. Liverpool v Everton Ipswich Town v West Bromwich Albion

Guest Stars

Alan ParryBob WilsonJimmy HillJohn Motson
EP 10
80m

27th October 1984

10/27/1984

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

Guest Stars

Alan ParryBob WilsonJimmy HillJohn Motson
EP 11
80m

2nd November 1984: Manchester United v Arsenal

11/2/1984

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.

Guest Stars

Alan ParryJimmy Hill
EP 12
80m

10th November 1984

11/10/1984

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

Guest Stars

Alan ParryJimmy HillJohn Motson
EP 13
80m

17th November 1984

11/17/1984

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 14
80m

24th November 1984

11/24/1984

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 15
80m

1st December 1984

12/1/1984

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 16
80m

8th December 1984

12/8/1984

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 17
80m

15th December 1984

12/15/1984

Jimmy Hill presents highlights from two Canon League First Division matches. West Ham United v Sheffield Wednesday Coventry City v Southampton

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 18
80m

21st December 1984: Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool

12/21/1984

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.

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry Davies
EP 19
80m

29th December 1984

12/29/1984

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 20
80m

4th January 1985: FA Cup Third Round: Leeds United v Everton

1/4/1985

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.

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillJohn Motson
EP 21
80m

12th January 1985

1/12/1985

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 22
80m

19th January 1985

1/19/1985

Highlights from two Canon League matches. Chelsea v Arsenal Manchester City v Wimbledon

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 23
80m

26th January 1985: FA Cup Fourth Round

1/26/1985

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillTony GubbaBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 24
80m

2nd February 1985

2/2/1985

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 25
80m

9th February 1985

2/9/1985

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 26
80m

15th February 1985: FA Cup Fifth Round: Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United

2/15/1985

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.

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry Davies
EP 27
80m

23rd February 1985

2/23/1985

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillTony GubbaJohn Motson
EP 28
80m

2nd March 1985

3/2/1985

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 29
80m

9th March 1985: FA Cup Sixth Round

3/9/1985

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillTony GubbaBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 30
80m

15th March 1985: West Ham United v Manchester United

3/15/1985

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.

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillJohn Motson
EP 31
80m

24th March 1985: League Cup Final: Norwich City v Sunderland

3/24/1985

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.

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry Davies
EP 32
80m

30th March 1985

3/30/1985

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 33
80m

6th April 1985

4/6/1985

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 34
80m

13th April 1985: FA Cup Semi-Final

4/13/1985

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.

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillJohn Motson
EP 35
80m

20th April 1985

4/20/1985

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillTony GubbaBarry Davies
EP 36
80m

27th April 1985

4/27/1985

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 37
80m

4th May 1985

5/4/1985

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 38
80m

11th May 1985

5/11/1985

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

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillBarry DaviesJohn Motson
EP 39
80m

18th May 1985: FA Cup Final: Everton v Manchester United

5/18/1985

Jimmy Hill presents the best moments and follows the after-match celebrations of the winners.

Guest Stars

Jimmy HillJohn Motson