• Air date: 02 Oct '65 33 episodes
      Despite attempts by some clubs to prevent its return due to fear over ticket sales, Match of the Day returned to the BBC in October 1965 two months after the start of the new season. The duration of each programme had been reduced to 45 minutes in length and it could no longer be broadcast before 10.00pm.
  • List of Episodes (33)
    • 1. West Bromwich Albion v Chelsea

      02 Oct '65
      Commentary by Frank Bough.
    • 2. Nottingham Forest v West Ham United

      09 Oct '65
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 3. Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United

      16 Oct '65
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 4. Chelsea v Leicester City

      23 Oct '65
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 5. Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crystal Palace

      30 Oct '65
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 6. Arsenal v Sheffield United

      06 Nov '65
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 7. Leicester City v Manchester United

      13 Nov '65
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 8. Sheffield Wednesday v Fulham

      20 Nov '65
      Commentary by Walley Barnes.
    • 9. Tottenham Hotspur v Stoke City

      27 Nov '65
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 10. Chelsea v Liverpool

      04 Dec '65
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 11. Leeds United v West Bromwich Albion

      11 Dec '65
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 12. Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur

      18 Dec '65
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 13. Sheffield United v Northampton Town

      01 Jan '66
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 14. Arsenal v Liverpool

      08 Jan '66
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 15. Fulham v Manchester United

      15 Jan '66
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 16. Liverpool v Chelsea

      22 Jan '66
      For the first time Match of the Day features one of the top games in the F.A. Cup Competition. Kenneth Wolstenholme reports with outside broadcast cameras on two famous teams who clash today in the Third Round of the F.A. Cup.
    • 17. Tottenham Hotspur v Blackburn Rovers

      29 Jan '66
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 18. Bristol City v Manchester City

      05 Feb '66
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 19. Chelsea v Leeds United

      12 Feb '66
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 20. West Ham United v Sheffield United

      19 Feb '66
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 21. Fulham v Liverpool

      26 Feb '66
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 22. Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United

      05 Mar '66
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 23. Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur

      12 Mar '66
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 24. Manchester United v Arsenal

      19 Mar '66
      Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
    • 25. Preston North End v Manchester United

      26 Mar '66
      Kenneth Wolstenholme reports with outside broadcast cameras on two famous teams who clash today in the Quarter-finals of the F.A. Cup.