Episode
Match of the Day: 31st August 1980
Overview
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
Details
- Series
- Match of the Day
- Season
- Season 17
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1980-08-31
- Runtime
- 80 min
Episode context
31st August 1980 is Episode 3 in Season 1980/81 of Match of the Day. It aired on 1980-08-31. The runtime is 80 min.
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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 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
More episodes from this season
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 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