• 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)
    • 26. 11th February 1978

      11 Feb '78
      Jimmy Hill introduces one hour of football action, news, interviews and analysis, with coverage of two of today's important League fixtures. Leicester City v Arsenal Blackburn Rovers v Luton Town
    • 27. 18th February 1978: FA Cup Fifth Round

      18 Feb '78
      Introduced by Jimmy Hill. Cup analysis, interviews and news as 16 clubs battle for places in the Quarter-finals. Wrexham v Blyth Spartans Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest Arsenal v Walsall
    • 28. 25th February 1978

      25 Feb '78
      Highlights of two of today's top First Division matches, featuring four of the most famous clubs in the Football League. Action analysis by Jimmy Hill, news, interviews and opinions, and the February Goal of the Month competition. Liverpool v Manchester United Leeds United v Chelsea
    • 29. 4th March 1978

      04 Mar '78
      Action highlights from two of today's crucial Football League fixtures involving Championship and promotion issues. Jimmy Hill analyses the key action of the day, plus the League tables, the late-night Score-Draw check, and the result of the February Goal of the Month competition. Arsenal v Manchester City Bolton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion
    • 30. 11th March 1978: FA Cup Quarter-Finals

      11 Mar '78
      Action highlights from two of today's outstanding FA Cup Quarter-final ties. Cup analysis, interviews and news as eight clubs battle for places in the Semi-finals. West Bromwich Albion v Nottingham Forest Millwall v Ipswich Town
    • 31. 18th March 1978

      18 Mar '78
      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 Score-Draw check. Bristol Rovers v Tottenham Hotspur Derby County v Birmingham City
    • 32. 25th March 1978

      25 Mar '78
      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-Draw Check, and the March Goal of the Month competition with £100 in Premium Bonds to be won. West Ham United v Chelsea Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United
    • 33. 1st April 1978

      01 Apr '78
      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 the Month competition. Preston North End v Peterborough United Arsenal v Manchester United
    • 34. 8th April 1978: FA Cup Semi-Finals

      08 Apr '78
      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 May. Ipswich Town v West Bromwich Albion
    • 35. 15th April 1978

      15 Apr '78
      Action highlights from two of today's crucial Football League matches. Jimmy Hill presents his personality action analysis, plus the round-up of the day's soccer: the players in the news and the League tables. Watford v Southend United Everton v Ipswich Town
    • 36. 22nd April 1978

      22 Apr '78
      Action highlights from two of today's important Football League fixtures. Jimmy Hill analyses the key action of the day, plus the round-up of the day's soccer: the players in the news and the League tables. Coventry City v Nottingham Forest Middlesbrough v Everton
    • 37. 29th April 1978

      29 Apr '78
      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 the day's soccer news with the vital end-of-season League tables, and Goal of the Season: another chance to choose between the best BBC1 goals in the annual competition with £300 in Premium Bonds to the winner. Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur
    • 38. 6th May 1978: FA Cup Final

      06 May '78
      Direct from the 1978 FA Cup-Winners' Victory Banquet in London's West End. Jimmy Hill introduces highlights from this afternoon's match between Arsenal and Ipswich Town, and talks to the winners as they celebrate their Wembley triumph with their wives and friends. Jimmy Hill analyses the action with the BBC match experts - England's Trevor Brooking, and Southampton manager Lawrie McMenemy.
    • 39. 13th May 1978: Home International Championship

      13 May '78
      Northern Ireland v Scotland from Hampden Park, Glasgow Wales v England from Ninian Park, Cardiff Last year Scotland beat Northern Ireland 3-0 at Hampden, and went on to win the Championship outright for the second season running. Wales beat England for the first time ever at Wembley, and were unbeaten to finish as runners-up. England were third and Northern Ireland fourth.
    • 40. 19th May 1978: Home International Championship

      19 May '78
      Wales v Northern Ireland from the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Action highlights from tonight's match in the Home International Championships.
    • 41. 20th May 1978: Home International Championship

      20 May '78
      Scotland v England from Hampden Park, Glasgow Highlights of today's final match in the 1978 Home International Championship - Scotland's last game before they fly to Argentina for the World Cup Finals. Scotland, Champions in 1976 and 1977, were aiming for more than a hat-trick of titles: Ally MacLeod's men were also after a third successive win over England whom they've beaten 2-1 for the last two years, and three wins running over the English at Hampden Park.