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Match of the Day : Season 21
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Air date: 25 Aug '84 - 39 episodesThe show celebrated its 20th anniversary and matches were still being broadcast on Fridays. Most other sports were now seen live on television so the production team wanted to continue the football experiment as well. Jonathan Martin, the Head of Sport at the time, recalled that the experiment was disappointing: "We only got six or seven million viewers on a Friday night which was poor for the slot so we moved to Sundays in the following year." This was to be the last time that Match of the Day
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List of Episodes (39)
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Match of the Day (1964)
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1. 25th August 1984
25 Aug '84Jimmy Hill presents action highlights from two First Division games on the opening day of the Football League season. Manchester United v Watford Aston Villa v Coventry City
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Match of the Day (1964)
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2. 31st August 1984: Chelsea v Everton
31 Aug '84Two of last season's prize-winners provide an intriguing clash in the first Canon League fixture of 1984-85 to be shown live.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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3. 8th September 1984
08 Sep '84Jimmy Hill presents action highlights from two First Division games, plus analysis and interviews. Arsenal v Liverpool Sheffield Wednesday v Tottenham Hotspur
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Match of the Day (1964)
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4. 15th September 1984
15 Sep '84Action highlights from First and Third Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Southampton v Norwich City Hull City v Preston North End
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Match of the Day (1964)
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5. 22nd September 1984
22 Sep '84Action highlights from two First Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Manchester United v Liverpool Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur
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Match of the Day (1964)
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6. 29th September 1984
29 Sep '84Action highlights from First and Second Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Also, the chance to win £100-worth of premium bonds in the August-September Goal of the Month competition. Manchester City v Crystal Palace Newcastle United v West Ham United
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Match of the Day (1964)
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7. 6th October 1984
06 Oct '84Jimmy Hill presents highlights from two First Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Also, the result of the August/September Goal of the Month competition. Aston Villa v Manchester United Nottingham Forest v Stoke City
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Match of the Day (1964)
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8. 12th October 1984: Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool
12 Oct '84Match of the Day's second live transmission of the season brings together the clubs who earned European honours for Britain last spring -Tottenham, UEFA Cup winners, and Liverpool, European Cup winners.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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9. 20th October 1984
20 Oct '84Action highlights from two first division matches plus analysis and interviews. Liverpool v Everton Ipswich Town v West Bromwich Albion
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Match of the Day (1964)
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10. 27th October 1984
27 Oct '84Action highlights from two First Division matches, plus analysis and interviews. There's also a chance to win E100 worth of Premium Bonds in the October Goal of the Month competition. West Ham United v Arsenal West Bromwich Albion v Southampton
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Match of the Day (1964)
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11. 2nd November 1984: Manchester United v Arsenal
02 Nov '84At the start of the season, opinion was widely held that if Liverpool were to be denied a fourth successive Championship, the prize would be most likely to go to Manchester United or Arsenal. Experts are sometimes right, and in the early months of 1984-85 United and Arsenal have gone above Liverpool in both the table and the odds.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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12. 10th November 1984
10 Nov '84Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches. Plus news round-up and pools check. Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur Blackburn Rovers v Brighton & Hove Albion
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Match of the Day (1964)
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13. 17th November 1984
17 Nov '84Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches. Plus news round-up and pools check. Watford v Sheffield Wednesday Charlton Athletic v Birmingham City
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Match of the Day (1964)
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14. 24th November 1984
24 Nov '84Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches with analysis and interviews. Plus news round-up and pools check. Also a chance to win £100-worth of Premium Bonds in the November Goal of the Month competition. Sunderland v Manchester United Oxford United v Leeds United
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Match of the Day (1964)
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15. 1st December 1984
01 Dec '84Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches with analysis, interviews, news round-up and pools check. Plus the result of the November Goal of the Month Competition. Arsenal v Luton Town Oldham Athletic v Manchester City
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Match of the Day (1964)
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16. 8th December 1984
08 Dec '84Action highlights from two Canon League First Division matches with analysis and interviews. Plus news round-up and pools check. Nottingham Forest v Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United
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Match of the Day (1964)
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17. 15th December 1984
15 Dec '84Jimmy Hill presents highlights from two Canon League First Division matches. West Ham United v Sheffield Wednesday Coventry City v Southampton
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Match of the Day (1964)
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18. 21st December 1984: Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool
21 Dec '84Since spending £350,000 to install England's only artificial playing pitch in 1981, QPR have put together the finest home record of any club in the four divisions of the Football League-better even than that of Liverpool, champions for the past three seasons. Liverpool's one previous experience of this wall-to-wall carpet pitch brought no complaints-substitute Steve Nicol's lone goal earned them three points in October last year.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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19. 29th December 1984
29 Dec '84Action highlights from two Canon League First Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Plus News Round-up and Pools Check. Also, a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the December Goal of the Month competition. Newcastle United v Arsenal Ipswich Town v Everton
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Match of the Day (1964)
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20. 4th January 1985: FA Cup Third Round: Leeds United v Everton
04 Jan '85Traditionally the most enthralling stage of the season, as First and Second Division clubs join the 20 survivors from the Leagues' lower reaches and beyond.
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Match of the Day (1964)
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21. 12th January 1985
12 Jan '85Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches, with analysis and interviews, plus news round-up and pools check. Queens Park Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur Norwich City v Southampton
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Match of the Day (1964)
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22. 19th January 1985
19 Jan '85Highlights from two Canon League matches. Chelsea v Arsenal Manchester City v Wimbledon
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Match of the Day (1964)
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23. 26th January 1985: FA Cup Fourth Round
26 Jan '85Action 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. York City v Arsenal Leyton Orient v Southampton Grimsby Town v Watford
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Match of the Day (1964)
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24. 2nd February 1985
02 Feb '85Action highlights from two Canon League First Division matches with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check. Also in tonight's programme the result of the January Goal of the Month competition. Luton Town v Tottenham Hotspur Sheffield Wednesday v Liverpool
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Match of the Day (1964)
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25. 9th February 1985
09 Feb '85Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches, with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check. Manchester City v Carlisle United Barnsley v Portsmouth
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