• Air date: 22 Aug '81 42 episodes
      The programme returned to Saturday nights. Only two games were allowed to be shown per show.
  • List of Episodes (42)
    • 26. 13th February 1982: FA Cup Fifth Round

      13 Feb '82
      Featuring highlights from three matches in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup. Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa Leicester City v Watford West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City
    • 27. 20th February 1982

      20 Feb '82
      Watford v Luton Town Manchester United v Arsenal
    • 28. 27th February 1982

      27 Feb '82
      Highlights of two Football League matches, analysis and interviews. Brighton & Hove Albion v West Bromwich Albion Everton v West Ham United
    • 29. 6th March 1982: FA Cup Sixth Round

      06 Mar '82
      Highlights from two of this afternoon's games plus all the atmosphere and tension that surrounds the Cup. Plus the result of the February Goal of the Month competition. Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur Leicester City v Shrewsbury Town
    • 30. 13th March 1982

      13 Mar '82
      Highlights of two Football League matches, plus analysis and interviews. Oldham Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday Arsenal v Ipswich Town
    • 31. 20th March 1982

      20 Mar '82
      Highlights of two Football League matches, plus analysis and interviews. Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton Notts County v Manchester United
    • 32. 27th March 1982

      27 Mar '82
      Highlights of two Football League matches plus analysis and interviews. Also in tonight's programme the March Goal of the Month competition. Sheffield Wednesday v Leyton Orient Manchester United v Sunderland
    • 33. 3rd April 1982: FA Cup Semi-Final

      03 Apr '82
      Match of the Day cameras bring you the special excitement and tension that surrounds a Cup semi-final and an important First Division game. FAC SF: Queens Park Rangers v West Bromwich Albion Div 1: Sunderland v Middlesbrough
    • 34. 10th April 1982

      10 Apr '82
      Highlights of two Football League matches, plus analysis and interviews. Gillingham v Fulham Manchester City v Liverpool
    • 35. 17th April 1982

      17 Apr '82
      Highlights of two Football League matches, analysis and interviews. Swansea City v Manchester City Blackburn Rovers v Watford
    • 36. 24th April 1982

      24 Apr '82
      Rotherham United v Luton Town Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester United
    • 37. 1st May 1982

      01 May '82
      Action highlights of two Football League matches affecting championship honours, promotion and relegation. Also tonight the result of the April Goal of the Month competition, and a selection of goals for the Goal of the Season competition. Ipswich Town v Middlesbrough Liverpool v Nottingham Forest
    • 38. 8th May 1982

      08 May '82
      Highlights of two Football League matches affecting championship honours, promotion and relegation. Birmingham City v Liverpool Watford v Leicester City
    • 39. 15th May 1982

      15 May '82
      As the season draws to an end, Jimmy Hill introduces highlights of two Football League games affecting promotion, relegation and entry into Europe next season. Also in tonight's programme, a chance to win £300 worth of Premium Bonds in the Goal of the Season competition. Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest
    • 40. 22nd May 1982: FA Cup Final: Queens Park Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur

      22 May '82
      Highlights of the 1982 FA Cup Final. Jimmy Hill presents the best action, analyses the key moments and talks to the players and manager of the victorious side.
    • 41. 27th May 1982: Home International Championship

      27 May '82
      Wales v Northern Ireland at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham At one stage Wales looked the likeliest of all the British nations to qualify for the World Cup finals. The fact that they missed out has made Manager Mike England all the more determined that Wales do well in the British Championships. For his opposite number, Billy Bingham , the game provides the final chance to experiment before Northern Ireland's opening World Cup game against Yugoslavia on 17 June.
    • 42. 29th May 1982: Home International Championship

      29 May '82
      Featuring the 100th full international between Scotland and England, played this afternoon at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The score so far could hardly be closer - Scotland have won on 39 occasions, England 38 with the remaining 22 matches drawn.