Episode
Match of the Day: 1st April 1978
Overview
Highlights from two of today's key Football League matches, plus the news round-up of the day's soccer, and the result of the March Goal of the Month competition. Preston North End v Peterborough United Arsenal v Manchester United
Details
- Series
- Match of the Day
- Season
- Season 14
- Episode
- Episode 33
- Air date
- 1978-04-01
- Runtime
- 80 min
Episode context
1st April 1978 is Episode 33 in Season 1977/78 of Match of the Day. It aired on 1978-04-01. The runtime is 80 min.
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Episode 32: 25th March 1978
Jimmy Hill presents his analysis of the key men and the key moves, plus the round-up of the day's news with the League tables and the Score-Draw Check, and the March Goal of the Month competition with £100 in Premium Bonds to be won.
West Ham United v Chelsea
Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United
Episode 34: 8th April 1978: FA Cup Semi-Finals
BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you the action from one of today's games - the last hurdle before Wembley, and the Cup Final itself on 6 May.
Ipswich Town v West Bromwich Albion
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Episode 31: 18th March 1978
Jimmy Hill presents his personality action analysis, plus the regular round-up of the day's soccer with the League tables and the late-night Score-Draw check.
Bristol Rovers v Tottenham Hotspur
Derby County v Birmingham City
Episode 35: 15th April 1978
Action highlights from two of today's crucial Football League matches. Jimmy Hill presents his personality action analysis, plus the round-up of the day's soccer: the players in the news and the League tables.
Watford v Southend United
Everton v Ipswich Town
Episode 30: 11th March 1978: FA Cup Quarter-Finals
Action highlights from 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.
West Bromwich Albion v Nottingham Forest
Millwall v Ipswich Town
Episode 36: 22nd April 1978
Action highlights from two of today's important Football League fixtures. Jimmy Hill analyses the key action of the day, plus the round-up of the day's soccer: the players in the news and the League tables.
Coventry City v Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough v Everton
Episode 29: 4th March 1978
Action highlights from two of today's crucial Football League fixtures involving Championship and promotion issues. Jimmy Hill analyses the key action of the day, plus the League tables, the late-night Score-Draw check, and the result of the February Goal of the Month competition.
Arsenal v Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion
Episode 37: 29th April 1978
Two-match action from the Football League on the crucial last Saturday of the 1977-78 season. Plus interviews and analysis, the round-up of the day's soccer news with the vital end-of-season League tables, and Goal of the Season: another chance to choose between the best BBC1 goals in the annual competition with £300 in Premium Bonds to the winner.
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United
Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur
Episode 28: 25th February 1978
Highlights of two of today's top First Division matches, featuring four of the most famous clubs in the Football League. Action analysis by Jimmy Hill, news, interviews and opinions, and the February Goal of the Month competition.
Liverpool v Manchester United
Leeds United v Chelsea
Episode 38: 6th May 1978: FA Cup Final
Direct from the 1978 FA Cup-Winners' Victory Banquet in London's West End. Jimmy Hill introduces highlights from this afternoon's match between Arsenal and Ipswich Town, and talks to the winners as they celebrate their Wembley triumph with their wives and friends. Jimmy Hill analyses the action with the BBC match experts - England's Trevor Brooking, and Southampton manager Lawrie McMenemy.
Episode 27: 18th February 1978: FA Cup Fifth Round
Introduced by Jimmy Hill. Cup analysis, interviews and news as 16 clubs battle for places in the Quarter-finals.
Wrexham v Blyth Spartans
Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest
Arsenal v Walsall
Episode 39: 13th May 1978: Home International Championship
Northern Ireland v Scotland from Hampden Park, Glasgow
Wales v England from Ninian Park, Cardiff
Last year Scotland beat Northern Ireland 3-0 at Hampden, and went on to win the Championship outright for the second season running. Wales beat England for the first time ever at Wembley, and were unbeaten to finish as runners-up. England were third and Northern Ireland fourth.