• Air date: 20 Aug '83 37 episodes
      Match of the Day was back on Saturday nights as a highlights show but was supplemented by live matches on Friday evenings. The BBC and ITV had been allocated seven games each with the commercial channel choosing to broadcast theirs on Sunday afternoons. This was a radical change in strategy by all involved as prior to this new two year contract the only regular live domestic football had been the FA Cup Final, England against Scotland and the European Cup Final. Match of the Day was cancelled
  • List of Episodes (37)
    • 1. 20th August 1983: FA Charity Shield

      20 Aug '83
      Highlights of the Football Association's annual curtain-raiser between the Football League Champions, Liverpool, and the FA Cup holders, Manchester United, played at the Empire Stadium, Wembley.
    • 2. 27th August 1983

      27 Aug '83
      Jimmy Hill presents action highlights from two First Division games on the opening day of the football league season. Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion Manchester United v Queens Park Rangers
    • 3. 3rd September 1983

      03 Sep '83
      Action highlights from first and second division games in the north and south, plus analysis and interviews. Liverpool v Nottingham Forest Fulham v Portsmouth
    • 4. 10th September 1983

      10 Sep '83
      Action highlights from two First Division games plus analysis and interviews. Arsenal v Liverpool Wolverhampton Wanderers v Birmingham City
    • 5. 17th September 1983

      17 Sep '83
      Action highlights from two First Division games plus analysis and interviews. Southampton v Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur v Everton
    • 6. 24th September 1983

      24 Sep '83
      Action highlights from two First Division games plus analysis and interviews. Also, a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the August/September Goal of the Month competition. Manchester United v Liverpool Watford v Tottenham Hotspur
    • 7. 1st October 1983

      01 Oct '83
      Action highlights from two First Division games plus analysis and interviews. Also the result of the August/September Goal of the Month competition. Stoke City v West Ham United Luton Town v Aston Villa
    • 8. 8th October 1983

      08 Oct '83
      Jimmy Hill presents highlights from two second division matches plus analysis and interviews. Newcastle United v Charlton Athletic Manchester City v Swansea City
    • 9. 15th October 1983

      15 Oct '83
      Action highlights from two First Division games plus analysis and interviews. West Ham United v Liverpool Leicester City v Southampton
    • 10. 19th November 1983

      19 Nov '83
      Action highlights from First and Second Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Luton Town v Tottenham Hotspur Aston Villa v Leicester City
    • 11. 26th November 1983

      26 Nov '83
      Action highlights from two First Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Also, a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the November Goal of the Month competition. Ipswich Town v Liverpool West Bromwich Albion v Wolverhampton Wanderers
    • 12. 3rd December 1983

      03 Dec '83
      Chelsea v Manchester City Sunderland v Ipswich Town
    • 13. 10th December 1983

      10 Dec '83
      Action highlights from two First Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Coventry City v Liverpool West Ham United v Arsenal
    • 14. 16th December 1983

      16 Dec '83
      Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur. One of the season's most attractive Canon League matches in one of the game's finest arenas, Old Trafford. FA Cup holders Manchester United have already held the championship lead in 1983/4 as they challenge for their first League title since 1967, while Tottenham's away record is among the best.
    • 15. 31st December 1983

      31 Dec '83
      Action highlights from two First Division matches, plus analysis and interviews. Aston Villa v Queens Park Rangers Everton v Coventry City
    • 16. 6th January 1984: FA Cup Third Round

      06 Jan '84
      Traditionally the most enthralling stage of the season, as first and second division clubs join the 20 survivors from the Leagues lower reaches and beyond. Match of the Day kicks off the third round tonight with live coverage of one of the most absorbing ties. And at half time, a bumper edition of Goal of the Month with the best goals from November and December. Liverpool v Newcastle United
    • 17. 7th January 1984: FA Cup Third Round

      07 Jan '84
      Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur
    • 18. 13th January 1984

      13 Jan '84
      Queens Park Rangers v Manchester United. For Manchester United, with the most expensive squad ever assembled in British football, there is an entirely new experience tonight when they play for League Championship points on an artificial pitch. Their first League victory this season was against Queens Park Rangers on the opening day at Old Trafford, and now live, full-length coverage of the return fixture promises an intriguing contest of skill as Rangers, last year's Second Division champions,
    • 19. 20th January 1984

      20 Jan '84
      Aston Villa v Liverpool. In the last five seasons the League Championship has eluded Liverpool only once - in 1981 when the title went to Aston Villa for the seventh time. Tonight Liverpool go to Villa Park and so do the Match of the Day cameras to bring live coverage of a fixture that traditionally produces fine football and plenty of goals. Villa lost 2-1 at Anfield back in September.
    • 20. 28th January 1984: FA Cup Fourth Round

      28 Jan '84
      Featuring highlights from three matches in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Also a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the January Goal of the Month competition. Shrewsbury Town v Ipswich Town Tottenham Hotspur v Norwich City Portsmouth v Southampton
    • 21. 4th February 1984

      04 Feb '84
      Match of the Day highlights the quality football in the lower divisions featuring important Canon League matches in the Second and Fourth Divisions, plus analysis and interviews. Also, the result of the January Goal of the Month Competition. Grimsby Town v Manchester City Blackpool v York City
    • 22. 11th February 1984

      11 Feb '84
      Action highlights from First and Second Division matches in the Canon League plus analysis and interviews. Notts County v Watford Sheffield Wednesday v Charlton Athletic
    • 23. 17th February 1984: FA Cup Fifth Round

      17 Feb '84
      Blackburn Rovers v Southampton. From an entry of 448 clubs, the FA Cup is down to the last 16, but there is still plenty of 'Cup tradition' among the survivors. Blackburn Rovers, a founder member of the Football League, have won the Cup six times - all those triumphs long ago - but Rovers are currently prominent in the Second Division. Their opponents Southampton were in the Second Division when they won the cup in 1976. They now stand high in the championship and go to Ewood Park in search of a
    • 24. 25th February 1984

      25 Feb '84
      Action highlights from two First Division matches, plus analysis and interviews. Also, a chance to win £100 worth of premium bonds in the February Goal of the Month competition. Nottingham Forest v Arsenal Norwich City v West Ham United
    • 25. 3rd March 1984

      03 Mar '84
      Action highlights from First and Second Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Also the result of the February Goal of the Month competition. Leicester City v Watford Chelsea v Oldham Athletic