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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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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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Episode 1
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 Parry, Bob Wilson, Jimmy Hill, John Motson
Episode 2
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 Wilson, Jimmy Hill, John Motson
Episode 3
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 Wilson, Jimmy Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 4
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 Wilson, Jimmy Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 5
Action highlights from two First Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Manchester United v Liverpool Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur
Guest stars Alan Parry, Bob Wilson, Jimmy Hill, John Motson
Episode 6
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 Wilson, Jimmy Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 7
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 Parry, Bob Wilson, Jimmy Hill, John Motson
Episode 8
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 Hill, Barry Davies
Episode 9
Action highlights from two first division matches plus analysis and interviews. Liverpool v Everton Ipswich Town v West Bromwich Albion
Guest stars Alan Parry, Bob Wilson, Jimmy Hill, John Motson
Episode 10
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 Parry, Bob Wilson, Jimmy Hill, John Motson
Episode 11
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 Parry, Jimmy Hill
Episode 12
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 Parry, Jimmy Hill, John Motson
Episode 13
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 Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 14
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 Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 15
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 Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 16
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 Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 17
Jimmy Hill presents highlights from two Canon League First Division matches. West Ham United v Sheffield Wednesday Coventry City v Southampton
Guest stars Jimmy Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 18
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 Hill, Barry Davies
Episode 19
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 Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 20
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 Hill, John Motson
Episode 21
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 Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 22
Highlights from two Canon League matches. Chelsea v Arsenal Manchester City v Wimbledon
Guest stars Jimmy Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 23
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 Hill, Tony Gubba, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 24
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 Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 25
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 Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 26
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 Hill, Barry Davies
Episode 27
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 Hill, Tony Gubba, John Motson
Episode 28
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 Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 29
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 Hill, Tony Gubba, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 30
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 Hill, John Motson
Episode 31
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 Hill, Barry Davies
Episode 32
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 Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 33
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 Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 34
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 Hill, John Motson
Episode 35
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 Hill, Tony Gubba, Barry Davies
Episode 36
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 Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 37
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 Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 38
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 Hill, Barry Davies, John Motson
Episode 39
Jimmy Hill presents the best moments and follows the after-match celebrations of the winners.
Guest stars Jimmy Hill, John Motson
Episode information updated Aug 16, 2026
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Kenneth WolstenholmeSelf - Commentator
Gary LinekerPundit
Des LynamHost
Jimmy HillPresenter
David ColemanCommentator
Alan WeeksAnalyst
Alan ParryCommentator
Bob WilsonPresenter
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