Season
Match of the Day: Season 1980/81
Overview
After 16 seasons in the Saturday night slot, Match of the Day moved to Sunday afternoons.
Details
- Series
- Match of the Day
- Season
- Season 17
- Air date
- 1980-08-17
- Episodes
- 40 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: 17th August 1980
Jimmy Hill introduces action highlights of three Football League matches and adds his own perceptive analysis of the weekend's action. Joining him will be Bob Wilson who will be reflecting on the day's headlines.
Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest
Leicester City v Ipswich Town
Sheffield Wednesday v Newcastle United
Episode 2: 24th August 1980
Action highlights of three outstanding football league games, plus match analysis and comments. There is also the chance for you to air your views with the Match of the Day team, and Bob Wilson will be searching for unusual and funny stories of the weekend.
Sunderland v Southampton
Birmingham City v Manchester United
Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City
Episode 3: 31st August 1980
Highlights of three First Division matches, plus comments, analysis and interviews with football personalities of the week.
Liverpool v Norwich City
Brighton & Hove Albion v West Bromwich Albion
Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur
Episode 4: 7th September 1980
Highlights of yesterday's Football League action, plus comment and analysis. Bob Wilson follows up the weekend's headlines and looks forward to England's opening match in the 1982 World Cup qualifying competition.
Coventry City v Crystal Palace
Everton v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sheffield United v Swindon Town
Episode 5: 14th September 1980
Highlights of yesterday's Football League action, with match analysis and comment. Bob Wilson looks at the weekend's other headlines and brings you up to date.
Nottingham Forest v Manchester City
Queens Park Rangers v Newcastle United
Manchester United v Leicester City
Episode 6: 21st September 1980
Highlights of yesterday's Football League action, plus comment and analysis from the players and managers involved. Bob Wilson looks at the weekend's other headlines and brings you up-to-date with the latest developments.
Southampton v Liverpool
Bristol City v Notts County
Derby County v Wrexham
Episode 7: 28th September 1980
Highlights of yesterday's Football League action, plus comment and analysis, and Bob Wilson looks at the weekend's other headlines and brings you up-to-date.
Manchester United v Manchester City
Portsmouth v Fulham
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Ipswich Town
Episode 8: 5th October 1980
Highlights of three Football League matches plus comment, analysis and interviews. Bob Wilson looks at the weekend's headlines and there's the result of the August/September Goal of the Month competition.
Middlesbrough v Norwich City
Bournemouth v Scunthorpe United
Aston Villa v Sunderland
Episode 9: 12th October 1980
Action highlights of three Football League matches, plus match analysis and comment.
Liverpool v Ipswich Town
Leicester City v Coventry City
West Ham United v Blackburn Rovers
Episode 10: 19th October 1980
Highlights of three Football League matches, plus comment, analysis and interviews from the personalities involved.
Nottingham Forest v West Bromwich Albion
Manchester City v Birmingham City
Crystal Palace v Leicester City
Episode 11: 26th October 1980
Highlights of three Football League matches, comment, analysis and interviews from the personalities involved. Plus the October Goal of the Month competition.
Chelsea v Newcastle United
Burnley v Brentford
Leeds United v Crystal Palace
Episode 12: 2nd November 1980
Highlights of the weekend s football action, plus analysis, comment and interviews. There is also the result of the October Goal of the Month competition, and Bob Wilson looks at the week's major football stories.
Everton v Tottenham Hotspur
Fulham v Chesterfield
Luton Town v Sheffield Wednesday
Episode 13: 9th November 1980
Highlights of three Football League matches affecting promotion, relegation and championship honours. Plus all the important football news and comment of the week.
Liverpool v Nottingham Forest
West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa
West Ham United v Grimsby Town
Episode 14: 16th November 1980
Highlights of yesterday's Football League action plus comment and analysis from personalities. Bob Wilson follows up the weekend's headlines and looks forward to England's World Cup match against Switzerland.
Ipswich Town v Leicester City
Plymouth Argyle v Colchester United
Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion
Episode 15: 23rd November 1980
Highlights of two First Division matches and a report on the first round of the FA Cup.
Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester United
Stoke City v Crystal Palace
Harlow Town v Charlton Athletic
Episode 16: 30th November 1980
Highlights of three Football League matches affecting the race for honours in the First and Second Divisions. Plus the Goal of the Month competition for November.
Sunderland v Liverpool
Notts County v Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur v West Bromwich Albion
Episode 17: 7th December 1980
Highlights of three First Division matches with comment and analysis from the personalities involved. Plus the result of the November Goal of the Month competition.
Norwich City v Manchester United
Manchester City v Ipswich Town
Southampton v Coventry City
Episode 18: 14th December 1980
Highlights of two Football League ; matches, plus a report on the second round of the FA Cup. Bob Wilson looks at the weekend's other headlines.
Swansea City v Newcastle United
Aston Villa v Birmingham City
Colchester United v Yeovil Town
Episode 19: 21st December 1980
Introduced by Jimmy Hill. News round-up Bob Wilson.
Chelsea v Leyton Orient
Brighton & Hove Albion v Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest v Sunderland
Episode 20: 28th December 1980
Highlights of three football league matches, plus December's Goal of the Month competition.
West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United
Arsenal v Ipswich Town
Lincoln City v Mansfield Town
Episode 21: 4th January 1981: FA Cup Third Round
Featuring highlights of three matches from the third round of the FA Cup.
Ipswich Town v Aston Villa
Everton v Arsenal
Swansea City v Middlesbrough
Episode 22: 11th January 1981
Introduced by Jimmy Hill. Plus all the weekend's latest football news from Bob Wilson.
Aston Villa v Liverpool
Sheffield Wednesday v Chelsea
Crystal Palace v Stoke City
Episode 23: 18th January 1981
Highlights of yesterday's Football League action, with comment and analysis from the personalities involved.
Everton v Ipswich Town
Birmingham City v Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal
Episode 24: 25th January 1981: FA Cup Fourth Round
Featuring highlights of three matches from the fourth round of the FA Cup.
Nottingham Forest v Manchester United
Manchester City v Norwich City
Watford v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Episode 25: 1st February 1981
Introduced by Jimmy Hill featuring highlights of three First Division matches, and January's Goal of the Month competition.
Derby County v Luton Town
Southampton v Sunderland
Arsenal v Coventry City
Episode 26: 8th February 1981
Shrewsbury Town v West Ham United
Everton v Aston Villa
Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United
Episode 27: 15th February 1981: FA Cup Fifth Round
Featuring highlights from three matches in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup.
Tottenham Hotspur v Coventry City
Peterborough United v Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Wrexham
Episode 28: 22nd February 1981
Highlights of three games from yesterday's Football League programme, plus comment, news and interviews.
Charlton Athletic v Exeter City
Ipswich Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Southampton v West Bromwich Albion
Episode 29: 1st March 1981
Highlights of the weekend's football action with comment, analysis and interviews. Bob Wilson looks at the week's major football stories. Plus the February Goal of the Month competition.
Crystal Palace v Everton
Grimsby Town v Blackburn Rovers
Coventry City v Ipswich Town
Episode 30: 8th March 1981: FA Cup Sixth Round
Featuring the Sixth Round of the FA Cup. Highlights of two of yesterday's games, plus all the atmosphere and tension that surrounds the Cup. Plus the result of the February 'Goal of the Month' competition.
Everton v Manchester City
Middlesbrough v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Episode 31: 15th March 1981: League Cup Final
Featuring exclusive coverage of the 1981 Football League Cup Final between Liverpool and West Ham United. BBC Television cameras capture all the drama and excitement of a Wembley Cup Final between two of England's most successful teams.
Episode 32: 22nd March 1981
Action highlights of three Football League matches affecting championship honours, promotion and relegation.
Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers
Brighton & Hove Albion v Stoke City
Liverpool v Everton
Episode 33: 29th March 1981
Action highlights of three Football League matches affecting championship honours, promotion and relegation. Plus a chance to win £100-worth of Premium Bonds in our March Goal of the Month competition.
Huddersfield Town v Chester
Leyton Orient v Sheffield Wednesday
Aston Villa v Southampton
Episode 34: 5th April 1981
Highlights of yesterday's Football League action with comments and analysis from the personalities involved. Plus the result of the March Goal of the Month competition.
West Bromwich Albion v Ipswich Town
Tottenham Hotspur v Everton
Sheffield Wednesday v Luton Town
Episode 35: 12th April 1981: FA Cup Semi-Final
Yesterday afternoon Manchester City met Ipswich Town at Villa Park and Match of the Day's cameras bring you the special excitement and tension that surround an FA Cup Semi-final.
Episode 36: 19th April 1981
Highlights of yesterday's Football League action with comments and analysis from the personalities involved.
Ipswich Town v Arsenal
Notts County v Preston North End
Manchester United v West Bromwich Albion
Episode 37: 26th April 1981
Action highlights of three football league matches affecting championship honours, promotion and relegation.
Aston Villa v Middlesbrough
Manchester United v Norwich City
Swansea City v Chelsea
Episode 38: 3rd May 1981
From the last full Football League Saturday of the season, Jimmy Hill presents action highlights of three outstanding games. As well as the day's news from Bob Wilson there's a further chance to enter BBC Television's Goal of the Season competition for a first prize of £300 in Premium Bonds.
Arsenal v Aston Villa
Brighton & Hove Albion v Leeds United
Preston North End v Swansea City
Episode 39: 9th May 1981: FA Cup Final: Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur
The 100th FA Cup Final. BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you the whole of today's great occasion, a milestone in the history of the FA Cup, which was first played for in 1872.
Episode 40: 16th May 1981: Home International Championship
Wales v Scotland from Vetch Field, Swansea
Action highlights of this afternoon's opening matches from the Home International Soccer Championships.