Match of the Day - Season 1986/87

With highlights out of fashion there were only 14 editions of Match of the Day all season and the only League action came in the seven live games on Sunday afternoons.

14 Episodes

21st September 1986: Everton v Manchester United

Season 23 - Episode 1

For the first of the season's Football League fixtures to be shown live, a visit to Goodison Park for a match featuring two of the game's fo...

2nd November 1986: West Ham United v Everton

Season 23 - Episode 2

The new strike partnership of Frank McAvennie and Tony Cottee formed last season helped West Ham into third position in the league, their ...

23rd November 1986: Everton v Liverpool

Season 23 - Episode 3

Live soccer action at one of the classic 'derby' matches of the season: Merseyside's 135th League derby, all of them in the First Division, ...

7th December 1986: Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur

Season 23 - Episode 4

Television's first full-length examination of two of the game's glamour clubs since they came under new management. United's troubled start ...

14th December 1986: Liverpool v Chelsea

Season 23 - Episode 5

When it comes to contention for the League Championship, little or nothing changes at Anfield. Liverpool have won it 16 times and as this se...

4th January 1987: Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

Season 23 - Episode 6

New Year soccer live on TV starts with a cracker in prospect and the supremacy of north London at stake as Tottenham and Arsenal meet for th...

11th January 1987: FA Cup Third Round: Luton Town v Liverpool

Season 23 - Episode 7

The ingredients are heaped upon each other to make this one of the most enthralling third-round ties for years.

31st January 1987: FA Cup Fourth Round

Season 23 - Episode 8

Action highlights from three matches in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Manchester United v Coventry City Wimbledon v Portsmouth Bradford...

22nd February 1987: FA Cup Fifth Round: Wimbledon v Everton

Season 23 - Episode 9

Ten years ago Wimbledon were non-league nobodies. Now they're not only rubbing shoulders with the elite in the championship, but they have k...

1st March 1987: League Cup Semi-final Second leg: Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

Season 23 - Episode 10

This is more than a north London derby - they are playing for a place in the Littlewoods Challenge Cup Final at Wembley on Sunday 5 April, w...

8th March 1987: Watford v Everton

Season 23 - Episode 11

The final coverage of live League football this season comes from Vicarage Road, and Watford's fine home form will demand that Everton be at...

14th March 1987: FA Cup Sixth Round

Season 23 - Episode 12

Action highlights from this afternoon's games, plus all the atmosphere and tension that surrounds the Cup. Arsenal v Watford Sheffield Wed...

5th April 1987: League Cup Final: Arsenal v Liverpool

Season 23 - Episode 13

The first Littlewoods Cup Final is the 27th in the history of the League Cup competition, and Liverpool head the honours list with four triu...

16th May 1987: FA Cup Final: Coventry City v Tottenham Hotspur

Season 23 - Episode 14

Highlights of this afternoon's FA Cup Final from Wembley Stadium between Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur.