Match of the Day - Season 1977/78

Match of the Day celebrates its 500th edition, marked with a special Radio Times cover and a new set of opening titles with hundreds of school children holding up cards that depicted Jimmy Hill's face and the Match of the Day logo.

41 Episodes

13th August 1977: The FA Charity Shield

Season 14 - Episode 1

Liverpool (League Champions and European Cup winners) v Manchester United (FA Cup winners) This year is an intriguing 'replay' of the FA Cu...

20th August 1977

Season 14 - Episode 2

The 500th edition introduced by Jimmy Hill. BBC Television's Saturday-night soccer programme brings you the first action of the new 1977-78 ...

27th August 1977

Season 14 - Episode 3

Jimmy Hill introduces action highlights from two top First Division games - plus news, interviews and analysis. West Ham United v Mancheste...

3rd September 1977

Season 14 - Episode 4

First Division Soccer Action and International Athletics Introduced by Jimmy Hill. Highlights of two of today's top football league matches....

10th September 1977

Season 14 - Episode 5

Jimmy Hill introduces one hour of football action, news, interviews and analysis - with coverage of two of today's intriguing League matches...

17th September 1977

Season 14 - Episode 6

Action from two of today's top matches in the First and Second Divisions of the Football League. Blackpool v Tottenham Hotspur Ipswich Tow...

24th September 1977

Season 14 - Episode 7

Action highlights from two of today's important Football League matches. West Bromwich Albion v Birmingham City Brighton & Hove Albion v S...

1st October 1977

Season 14 - Episode 8

Action highlights from two of today's top First Division matches. Arsenal v West Ham United Manchester United v Liverpool

8th October 1977

Season 14 - Episode 9

Action from two of today's top matches in the First and Second Divisions of the Football League. Southampton v Sunderland Newcastle United...

15th October 1977

Season 14 - Episode 10

Action highlights from two top First Division games - plus news, interviews and analysis. Nottingham Forest v Manchester City Chelsea v Mi...

22nd October 1977

Season 14 - Episode 11

Jimmy Hill introduces one hour of football action, news, interviews, and analysis - with coverage of two of today's intriguing League matche...

29th October 1977

Season 14 - Episode 12

Action highlights from two of today's Football League matches. Jimmy Hill presents his personality action analysis, plus interviews, news, t...

5th November 1977

Season 14 - Episode 13

Action highlights from two of today's First Division matches. Analysis, interviews, news of today's soccer including the League tables and t...

12th November 1977

Season 14 - Episode 14

Action: highlights from two of today's important Football League matches. Analysis: Jimmy Hill puts the replay spotlight on the men and the ...

19th November 1977

Season 14 - Episode 15

Jimmy Hill introduces one hour of football action, news, interviews and analysis - with coverage of two of today's intriguing Football Leagu...

26th November 1977

Season 14 - Episode 16

Analysis by Jimmy Hill, plus the regular round-up of the day's soccer, and the November Goal of the Month competition. Bolton Wanderers v T...

3rd December 1977

Season 14 - Episode 17

Analysis by Jimmy Hill, views and opinions from the football men in the news, the regular round-up of the day's soccer, including the League...

10th December 1977

Season 14 - Episode 18

Jimmy Hill introduces one hour of football action, news, interviews and analysis, with coverage of two of today's important League fixtures....

17th December 1977

Season 14 - Episode 19

First Division Soccer Action and International Show Jumping. Introduced by Jimmy Hill. Highlights from two of today's top Football League ma...

31st December 1977

Season 14 - Episode 20

Two-match action from the Football League, news, analysis. Goal of the Month ... the best goals seen on BBC1 in December, with £100 in Premi...

7th January 1978: FA Cup Third Round

Season 14 - Episode 21

Action highlights from today's FA Cup Third Round ties. Plus interviews and news of the day's shocks and surprises as 20 would-be 'giant kil...

14th January 1978

Season 14 - Episode 22

The 1978 World Cup Draw. David Coleman reports by satellite from Buenos Aires, where the groupings of the final 16 nations in the World Cup ...

21st January 1978

Season 14 - Episode 23

Football action from two top First Division matches involving clubs challenging for the League Championship. Nottingham Forest v Arsenal N...

28th January 1978: FA Cup Fourth Round

Season 14 - Episode 24

Action highlights from three of today's outstanding FA Cup Fourth Round ties. Analysis, interviews and news of today's Cup triumphs and surp...

4th February 1978

Season 14 - Episode 25

Football League action, news, interviews, analysis. Plus the result of January's Goal of the Month competition. Burnley v Southampton Cove...

11th February 1978

Season 14 - Episode 26

Jimmy Hill introduces one hour of football action, news, interviews and analysis, with coverage of two of today's important League fixtures....

18th February 1978: FA Cup Fifth Round

Season 14 - Episode 27

Introduced by Jimmy Hill. Cup analysis, interviews and news as 16 clubs battle for places in the Quarter-finals. Wrexham v Blyth Spartans ...

25th February 1978

Season 14 - Episode 28

Highlights of two of today's top First Division matches, featuring four of the most famous clubs in the Football League. Action analysis by ...

4th March 1978

Season 14 - Episode 29

Action highlights from two of today's crucial Football League fixtures involving Championship and promotion issues. Jimmy Hill analyses the ...

11th March 1978: FA Cup Quarter-Finals

Season 14 - Episode 30

Action highlights from two of today's outstanding FA Cup Quarter-final ties. Cup analysis, interviews and news as eight clubs battle for pla...

18th March 1978

Season 14 - Episode 31

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...

25th March 1978

Season 14 - Episode 32

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-...

1st April 1978

Season 14 - Episode 33

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 ...

8th April 1978: FA Cup Semi-Finals

Season 14 - Episode 34

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...

15th April 1978

Season 14 - Episode 35

Action highlights from two of today's crucial Football League matches. Jimmy Hill presents his personality action analysis, plus the round-u...

22nd April 1978

Season 14 - Episode 36

Action highlights from two of today's important Football League fixtures. Jimmy Hill analyses the key action of the day, plus the round-up o...

29th April 1978

Season 14 - Episode 37

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 ...

6th May 1978: FA Cup Final

Season 14 - Episode 38

Direct from the 1978 FA Cup-Winners' Victory Banquet in London's West End. Jimmy Hill introduces highlights from this afternoon's match betw...

13th May 1978: Home International Championship

Season 14 - Episode 39

Northern Ireland v Scotland from Hampden Park, Glasgow Wales v England from Ninian Park, Cardiff Last year Scotland beat Northern Ireland ...

19th May 1978: Home International Championship

Season 14 - Episode 40

Wales v Northern Ireland from the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Action highlights from tonight's match in the Home International Championships...

20th May 1978: Home International Championship

Season 14 - Episode 41

Scotland v England from Hampden Park, Glasgow Highlights of today's final match in the 1978 Home International Championship - Scotland's la...