• Air date: 13 Aug '77 41 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (41)
    • 1. 13th August 1977: The FA Charity Shield

      13 Aug '77
      Liverpool (League Champions and European Cup winners) v Manchester United (FA Cup winners) This year is an intriguing 'replay' of the FA Cup Final in May, when Manchester United thwarted Liverpool's hopes of a 'treble' with a 2-1 win. Since then Dave Sexton has replaced Tommy Docherty as manager of United, and Kevin Keegan has left Liverpool for Hamburg. Can United confirm their Cup Final victory, or will Bob Paisley's team produce the form that made them European champions in Rome?
    • 2. 20th August 1977

      20 Aug '77
      The 500th edition introduced by Jimmy Hill. BBC Television's Saturday-night soccer programme brings you the first action of the new 1977-78 Football League season. Plus a memory or two from 13 years of Match of the Day. which began with Liverpool v Arsenal in August 1964. Ipswich Town v Arsenal Manchester City v Leicester City
    • 3. 27th August 1977

      27 Aug '77
      Jimmy Hill introduces action highlights from two top First Division games - plus news, interviews and analysis. West Ham United v Manchester City Leeds United v Birmingham City
    • 4. 3rd September 1977

      03 Sep '77
      First Division Soccer Action and International Athletics Introduced by Jimmy Hill. Highlights of two of today's top football league matches. Queens Park Rangers v Leicester City Derby County v Manchester United
    • 5. 10th September 1977

      10 Sep '77
      Jimmy Hill introduces one hour of football action, news, interviews and analysis - with coverage of two of today's intriguing League matches. Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest Crystal Palace v Sunderland
    • 6. 17th September 1977

      17 Sep '77
      Action from two of today's top matches in the First and Second Divisions of the Football League. Blackpool v Tottenham Hotspur Ipswich Town v Liverpool
    • 7. 24th September 1977

      24 Sep '77
      Action highlights from two of today's important Football League matches. West Bromwich Albion v Birmingham City Brighton & Hove Albion v Sheffield United
    • 8. 1st October 1977

      01 Oct '77
      Action highlights from two of today's top First Division matches. Arsenal v West Ham United Manchester United v Liverpool
    • 9. 8th October 1977

      08 Oct '77
      Action from two of today's top matches in the First and Second Divisions of the Football League. Southampton v Sunderland Newcastle United v Derby County
    • 10. 15th October 1977

      15 Oct '77
      Action highlights from two top First Division games - plus news, interviews and analysis. Nottingham Forest v Manchester City Chelsea v Middlesbrough
    • 11. 22nd October 1977

      22 Oct '77
      Jimmy Hill introduces one hour of football action, news, interviews, and analysis - with coverage of two of today's intriguing League matches. Tottenham Hotspur v Bristol Rovers Liverpool v Everton
    • 12. 29th October 1977

      29 Oct '77
      Action highlights from two of today's Football League matches. Jimmy Hill presents his personality action analysis, plus interviews, news, the League tables, and the October Goal of the Month competition with your chance to win £100 in Premium Bonds. Derby County v Norwich City Bolton Wanderers v Luton Town
    • 13. 5th November 1977

      05 Nov '77
      Action highlights from two of today's First Division matches. Analysis, interviews, news of today's soccer including the League tables and the result of the October Goal of the Month competition. Liverpool v Aston Villa Coventry City v West Ham United
    • 14. 12th November 1977

      12 Nov '77
      Action: highlights from two of today's important Football League matches. Analysis: Jimmy Hill puts the replay spotlight on the men and the moves that mattered today. News: the late-night round-up of the day's soccer with the League tables and the Score-Draw check. Everton v Birmingham City Southampton v Blackpool
    • 15. 19th November 1977

      19 Nov '77
      Jimmy Hill introduces one hour of football action, news, interviews and analysis - with coverage of two of today's intriguing Football League matches. Wrexham v Colchester United West Bromwich Albion v Manchester City
    • 16. 26th November 1977

      26 Nov '77
      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 Tottenham Hotspur Leicester City v Liverpool
    • 17. 3rd December 1977

      03 Dec '77
      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 tables and the Score-Draw check, and the result of the November Goal of the Month competition. Leeds United v Queens Park Rangers Oxford United v Shrewsbury Town
    • 18. 10th December 1977

      10 Dec '77
      Jimmy Hill introduces one hour of football action, news, interviews and analysis, with coverage of two of today's important League fixtures. Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion
    • 19. 17th December 1977

      17 Dec '77
      First Division Soccer Action and International Show Jumping. Introduced by Jimmy Hill. Highlights from two of today's top Football League matches. Manchester United v Nottingham Forest Birmingham City v Everton
    • 20. 31st December 1977

      31 Dec '77
      Two-match action from the Football League, news, analysis. Goal of the Month ... the best goals seen on BBC1 in December, with £100 in Premium Bonds for the competition winner. Manchester City v Aston Villa Luton Town v Brighton & Hove Albion
    • 21. 7th January 1978: FA Cup Third Round

      07 Jan '78
      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 killers' - non-Leaguers as well as Third and Fourth Division clubs - are joined on the Wembley trail by the big names from Divisions One and Two, including the holders, Manchester United. Carlisle United v Manchester United Leeds United v Manchester City
    • 22. 14th January 1978

      14 Jan '78
      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 '78 are decided tonight - with on-the-spot reaction about Scotland's opponents in Argentina from team manager Ally MacLeod. Football League Action Highlights from two of today's First Division matches. Everton v Aston Villa Bristol City v Leicester City
    • 23. 21st January 1978

      21 Jan '78
      Football action from two top First Division matches involving clubs challenging for the League Championship. Nottingham Forest v Arsenal Norwich City v Manchester City
    • 24. 28th January 1978: FA Cup Fourth Round

      28 Jan '78
      Action highlights from three of today's outstanding FA Cup Fourth Round ties. Analysis, interviews and news of today's Cup triumphs and surprises as the competition is reduced to the final 16 clubs. Manchester United v West Bromwich Albion Newcastle United v Wrexham Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers
    • 25. 4th February 1978

      04 Feb '78
      Football League action, news, interviews, analysis. Plus the result of January's Goal of the Month competition. Burnley v Southampton Coventry City v Liverpool