Match of the Day Season 21, Episode 1: 25th August 1984

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25th August 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

80 min

2

31st August 1984: Chelsea v Everton

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

80 min

3

8th September 1984

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

80 min

4

15th September 1984

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

80 min

5

22nd September 1984

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

80 min

6

29th September 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

80 min

7

6th October 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

80 min

8

12th October 1984: Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool

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.

80 min

9

20th October 1984

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

80 min

10

27th October 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

80 min

11

2nd November 1984: Manchester United v Arsenal

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.

80 min

12

10th November 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

80 min

13

17th November 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

80 min

14

24th November 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

80 min

15

1st December 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

80 min

16

8th December 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

80 min

17

15th December 1984

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

80 min

18

21st December 1984: Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool

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.

80 min

19

29th December 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

80 min

20

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

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.

80 min

21

12th January 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

80 min

22

19th January 1985

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

80 min

23

26th January 1985: FA Cup Fourth Round

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

80 min

24

2nd February 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

80 min

25

9th February 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

80 min

26

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

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.

80 min

27

23rd February 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

80 min

28

2nd March 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

80 min

29

9th March 1985: FA Cup Sixth Round

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

80 min

30

15th March 1985: West Ham United v Manchester United

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.

80 min

31

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

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.

80 min

32

30th March 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

80 min

33

6th April 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

80 min

34

13th April 1985: FA Cup Semi-Final

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.

80 min

35

20th April 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

80 min

36

27th April 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

80 min

37

4th May 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

80 min

38

11th May 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

80 min

39

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

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

80 min