Season
Match of the Day: Season 1974/75
Overview
Match of the Day signs a new three-year contract with the Football League.
Details
- Series
- Match of the Day
- Season
- Season 11
- Air date
- 1974-08-10
- Episodes
- 43 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The FA Charity Shield 10th August 1974: Leeds United v Liverpool
Curtain-raiser to the new season between the 1973/74 League Champions (Leeds United) and the 1974 FA Cup Winners (Liverpool). This all-charity game is played at Wembley Stadium, long familiar to the many international players who turn out regularly for England's two best club sides. Introduced by Jimmy Hill who also examines the key action of teams who play today under new managers - Brian Clough is the new manager at Leeds, succeeding Don Revie who is England's new international chief, and Bob Paisley is in charge at Liverpool following the surprise retirement of Bill Shankly.
Episode 2: 17th August 1974
Jimmy Hill begins the new season with an action analysis of the important and unusual in football. Action from two First Division grounds where the home clubs have a special reason this Saturday to look forward to the start of the new 1974/75 Football League season.
Chelsea v Carlisle United
Luton Town v Liverpool
Episode 3: 24th August 1974
Jimmy Hill looks at the action of the men and the moves which matter.
Ipswich Town v Burnley
Leeds United v Birmingham City
Episode 4: 31st August 1974
Jimmy Hill reveals the key action and introduces the first of the new season's Goal of the Month competitions.
Tottenham Hotspur v Derby County
Stoke City v Middlesbrough
Episode 5: 7th September 1974
Jimmy Hill presents his weekly action analysis on the key men and key moves and the result of the first Goal of the Month competition this season.
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leicester City
Arsenal v Burnley
Episode 6: 14th September 1974
Jimmy Hill analyses the action and the men behind the moves.
West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United
Manchester City v Liverpool
Episode 7: 21st September 1974
Jimmy Hill analyses the key action of the day.
Queens Park Rangers v Newcastle United
Peterborough United v Preston North End
Episode 8: 28th September 1974
Jimmy Hill presents his personality action analysis. Goal of the Month: the best goals seen on BBC1 throughout September, and £100 in Premium Bonds for the competition winner.
Everton v Leeds United
Southampton v Aston Villa
Episode 9: 5th October 1974
Action highlights from two key First Division matches plus the Goal of the Month result.
Queens Park Rangers v Ipswich Town
Carlisle United v Liverpool
Episode 10: 12th October 1974
Jimmy Hill with the key action analysis of the day.
Newcastle United v Stoke City
Manchester United v Notts County
Episode 11: 19th October 1974
Jimmy Hill presents his weekly action analysis on the men and the moves which matter.
Sunderland v Aston Villa
Leeds United v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Episode 12: 26th October 1974
Two-match action from the First Division with analysis of the key moves by Jimmy Hill, news of the day's Football League programme and the Goal of the Month competition, featuring the best goals scored on BBC1 in October.
Burnley v Everton
Ipswich Town v Manchester City
Episode 13: 2nd November 1974
Jimmy Hill presents his analysis of today's action, news and the October Goal of the Month result.
Crystal Palace v Peterborough United
Ipswich Town v Liverpool
Episode 14: 9th November 1974
Action from two of today's matches in the First and Second Divisions of the Football League, with analysis of the key action by Jimmy Hill and your late-night Score-Draw check.
Norwich City v Bristol Rovers
Middlesbrough v Newcastle United
Episode 15: 16th November 1974
Jimmy Hill spotlights the personality action from the Football League with analysis, news and views.
Everton v Liverpool
Fulham v Sunderland
Episode 16: 23rd November 1974
All First Division action, news and views with analysis by Jimmy Hill, plus the regular round-up of the day's soccer: the players in the news, the League tables and your late-night Score-Draw check.
Manchester City v Leicester City
Derby County v Ipswich Town
Episode 17: 30th November 1974
Jimmy Hill presents his weekly analysis of the action. Goal of the Month: the best goals seen on BBC1 throughout November - and £100-worth of Premium Bonds for the competition winner.
Manchester United v Sunderland
Leeds United v Chelsea
Episode 18: 7th December 1974
Action from two of today's top matches in the First and Second Divisions of the Football League, with analysis of the key action by Jimmy Hill. Includes the result of the November Goal of the Month competition.
West Ham United v Leeds United
Norwich City v Cardiff City
Episode 19: 14th December 1974
First Division action introduced by Jimmy Hill plus, live from the Match of the Day studio, the Draw for the Third Round of the FA Cup.
Coventry City v Newcastle United
Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United
Episode 20: 21st December 1974
Jimmy Hill presents his action analysis; plus the regular round-up of the day's soccer.
Birmingham City v Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur v Queens Park Rangers
Episode 21: 28th December 1974
Analysis by Jimmy Hill of two-match action from the First Division of the Football League - and the final Goal of the Month competition of 1974.
Manchester City v Derby County
Leicester City v Leeds United
Episode 22: 4th January 1975: FA Cup Third Round
Jimmy Hill introduces action highlights from three of today's outstanding FA Cup Third Round ties and the Fourth Round Draw.
Leyton Orient v Derby County
Liverpool v Stoke City
Southampton v West Ham United
Episode 23: 11th January 1975
Analysis by Jimmy Hill plus the regular round-up of the day's soccer on the first League Saturday of 1975.
Leeds United v West Ham United
Stoke City v Birmingham City
Episode 24: 18th January 1975
Analysis of the day's action by Jimmy Hill, plus the regular round-up of the day's soccer: the players in the news, the League tables, and the late night Score-Draw Check.
Sunderland v Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur v Sheffield United
Episode 25: 25th January 1975: FA Cup Fourth Round
Action highlights introduced by Jimmy Hill from three of today's outstanding FA Cup Fourth Round ties. Analysis, interviews and news of today's Cup triumphs and surprises as the competition is reduced to the final 16 clubs.
Goal of the Month: the best goals seen on BBC1 in January.
Leatherhead v Leicester City
Plymouth Argyle v Everton
Middlesbrough v Sunderland
Episode 26: 1st February 1975
Jimmy Hill analyses the key action and confirms the result of the January Goal of the Month competition.
Blackpool v Sunderland
West Ham United v Carlisle United
Episode 27: 8th February 1975
Jimmy Hill presents his personality action analysis ... plus the regular round-up of the day's soccer news.
Liverpool v Ipswich Town
Oxford United v Manchester United
Episode 28: 15th February 1975: FA Cup Fifth Round
This season, more than ever, the FA Cup has lived up to its reputation for shocks and surprises. Jimmy Hill presents Cup analysis, interviews and news as 16 clubs battle for places in the quarter finals.
Peterborough United v Middlesbrough
Arsenal v Leicester City
Mansfield Town v Carlisle United
Episode 29: 22nd February 1975
Jimmy Hill presents his action analysis of the key men and the key moves ... plus the regular round-up of the day's soccer: the players in the news, the League Tables, and the late night Score Draw Check.
Liverpool v Everton
Middlesbrough v Leeds United
Episode 30: 1st March 1975
Jimmy Hill presents his personality action analysis. Goal of the Month: the best goals seen on BBC1 in February.
Coventry City v Burnley
Sunderland v West Bromwich Albion
Episode 31: 8th March 1975: FA Cup Sixth Round
Action highlights of two of today's outstanding FA Cup quarter-final ties. Cup analysis, interviews and news as eight clubs battle for places in the semi-finals.
Arsenal v West Ham United
Birmingham City v Middlesbrough
Episode 32: 15th March 1975
Jimmy Hill presents his personality action analysis ... plus the round-up of the day's soccer news.
Leeds United v Everton
Plymouth Argyle v Wrexham
Episode 33: 22nd March 1975
Jimmy Hill spotlights the action.
Brighton & Hove Albion v Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield United v West Ham United
Episode 34: 29th March 1975
Jimmy Hill presents his action analysis; plus Goal of the Month.
Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion
Liverpool v Birmingham City
Episode 35: 5th April 1975: FA Cup Semi-final
Cup analysis by Jimmy Hill and news, views and interviews from both Semi-finals ... plus the result of the March Goal of the Month competition.
West Ham United v Ipswich Town
Episode 36: 12th April 1975
Jimmy Hill presents his analysis of the key men and the key moves.
Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United v Everton
Episode 37: 19th April 1975
Highlights from two of today's crucial Football League fixtures.
Leicester City v Derby County
Blackpool v Aston Villa
Episode 38: 26th April 1975
Two-match action from the First Division. Action analysis from Jimmy Hill. Goal of the Season: your chance to choose the best BBC1 goals; plus the vital end-of-season League tables and the Score-Draw Check.
Ipswich Town v West Ham United
Chelsea v Everton
Episode 39: 3rd May 1975: FA Cup Final: Fulham v West Ham United
Jimmy Hill analyses the key action, with comment from the BBC match experts-Don Revie, manager of England, and Bobby Charlton. Direct from the 1975 FA Cup-winners' victory banquet in London's West End. Jimmy Hill talks to the winners as they celebrate their Wembley triumph with their wives and friends.
Episode 40: 10th May 1975: Match of the Season
Goals and excitement from five of the most memorable Football League matches of the season in a special replay edition of Match of the Day, featuring the action highlights you have asked to see again. League champions Derby County and Division Two Champions Manchester United are among the teams on view.
Episode 41: 17th May 1975: International Match of the Day
Action from today's matches in the Home International Championship. Analysis by Jimmy Hill.
Northern Ireland v England from Windsor Park, Belfast
Wales v Scotland from Ninian Park, Cardiff
Episode 42: 23rd May 1975: International Match of the Day
Action highlights from tonight's match between Northern Ireland and Wales in the Home International Soccer Championship. The last time these two countries met in Belfast in 1971, Northern Ireland won 1-0. Last year Wales won at Wrexham, also by a single goal.
Episode 43: 24th May 1975: International Match of the Day
England v Scotland from Wembley Stadium.
Highlights of today's final match in the 1975 Home International Championship. The England/Scotland match is the oldest soccer international in the world. Today's game was the 93rd meeting of the two countries - Scotland have won 36 to England's 34, including last year's game at Hampden Park, which the Scots won 2-0. Jimmy Hill analyses the action and sums up the Championship with Jock Stein and Bobby Charlton.