• Air date: 02 Aug '69 40 episodes
      From 1969, the programme becomes live and studio based, rather than being pre-recorded at the ground of the featured match, and there were now two games seen each week.
  • List of Episodes (40)
    • 1. Match of the Day presenting: The F.A. Charity Shield: Leeds United v Manchester City

      02 Aug '69
      Leeds United, Football League champions v. Manchester City, F.A. Cup winners from Elland Road, Leeds. Television's Saturday football programme returns with exclusive coverage of the annual clash between the League champions and the F.A. Cup victors. David Coleman, who will present a re-styled hour-long version of Match of the Day from next Saturday's start of the League season, introduces the enlarged commentary team in new BBC regional coverage Barry Davies (North Region), Alan Weeks
    • 2. 9th August 1969

      09 Aug '69
      Crystal Palace v Manchester United Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers v Stoke City Southampton v West Bromwich Albion Wrexham v Exeter City
    • 3. 16th August 1969

      16 Aug '69
      Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool Newcastle United v Manchester City Coventry City v Derby County Portsmouth v Sheffield United West Bromwich Albion v Arsenal Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers
    • 4. 23rd August 1969

      23 Aug '69
      Manchester City v Everton Sunderland v Sheffield Wednesday Derby County v Stoke City Southampton v Chelsea West Ham United v West Bromwich Albion Wrexham v Chester
    • 5. 30th August 1969

      30 Aug '69
      Newcastle United v Arsenal Manchester United v Sunderland Coventry City v Wolverhampton Wanderers Swindon Town v Charlton Cardiff City v Bolton Wanderers Ards v Coleraine
    • 6. 6th September 1969

      06 Sep '69
      David Coleman introduces football action from two important League matches plus the exclusive announcement of the Football League's Sportsman of the Month awards. These will go to the footballers whose sporting behaviour caught the eye in August. Derby County v Everton Blackburn Rovers v Middlesbrough Bristol City v Preston North End Newport County v Brentford
    • 7. 13th September 1969

      13 Sep '69
      Cardiff City v Leicester City Huddersfield Town v Blackpool Chelsea v Wolverhampton Wanderers Bristol Rovers v Fulham Brentford v Swansea City
    • 8. 20th September 1969

      20 Sep '69
      Leeds United v Chelsea Manchester City v Coventry City Queens Park Rangers v Swindon Town Swansea City v Northampton Town
    • 9. 27th September 1969

      27 Sep '69
      Manchester United v West Ham United West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland Plymouth Argyle v Northampton Town Cardiff City v Queens Park Rangers
    • 10. 4th October 1969

      04 Oct '69
      Wolverhampton Wanderers v Everton Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur Newport County v Colchester
    • 11. 11th October 1969

      11 Oct '69
      Chelsea v Derby County Middlesbrough v Bolton Wanderers
    • 12. 18th October 1969

      18 Oct '69
      Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United
    • 13. 25th October 1969

      25 Oct '69
      Leeds United v Derby County Liverpool v Southampton West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United
    • 14. 1st November 1969

      01 Nov '69
      Manchester United v Stoke City Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion Southampton v West Ham United Cardiff City v Hull City
    • 15. 8th November 1969

      08 Nov '69
      Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday v Chelsea Birmingham City v Swindon Town Swansea City v Crewe
    • 16. 15th November 1969

      15 Nov '69
      David Coleman hosts BBC1s first Match of the Day colour coverage direct from one of the Football League's most colourful stadiums. Coleman moves from his match commentary position to the club's trophy-laden boardroom to introduce Soccer's most popular television hour. Personality interviews and the Saturday-night Soccer Newsdesk. Liverpool v West Ham United Derby County v Sunderland Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal Watford v Swindon Town Oxford United v Cardiff City
    • 17. 22nd November 1969

      22 Nov '69
      Arsenal v Manchester City Everton v Burnley Stoke City v Ipswich Town Torquay United v Rotherham United Luton Town v Rochdale Wrexham v Newport County
    • 18. 29th November 1969

      29 Nov '69
      Derby County v Nottingham Forest Manchester City v Leeds United Plymouth Argyle v Bournemouth
    • 19. 6th December 1969

      06 Dec '69
      Everton v Liverpool Nottingham Forest v Sheffield Wednesday Portsmouth v Preston North End Cardiff City v Watford
    • 20. 13th December 1969

      13 Dec '69
      Liverpool v Manchester United Derby County v Newcastle United Torquay United v Bournemouth West Ham United v Everton Newport County v Chesterfield
    • 21. 20th December 1969

      20 Dec '69
      Chelsea v Manchester City Walsall v Barnsley Cardiff City v Charlton
    • 22. 27th December 1969

      27 Dec '69
      Leeds United v Everton Arsenal v Newcastle United Newport County v Aldershot
    • 23. Match of the Day: The FA Cup

      03 Jan '70
      Sixty-four clubs ranging from First Division giants like the present holders, Manchester City, to non-League unknowns like Hillingdon Borough contest today's action-packed Third Round. Who will succeed Manchester City next April as the 1970 winners at Wembley Stadium? Kenneth Wolstenholme, Barry Davies and Alan Weeks report with outside broadcast cameras on three of today's exciting ties. Bradford City v Tottenham Hotspur Hull City v Manchester City Sheffield Wednesday v West Bromwich Albion
    • 24. Match of the Day Special: 1970 World Cup Draw

      10 Jan '70
      Live by satellite from Mexico City. Match of the Day fixture: Chelsea v Leeds United David Coleman reports from the Maria Isabella Hotel, Mexico City, where Sir Stanley Rous, President of FIFA, conducts the groupings of the final 16 nations. From Mexico City and London, on-the-spot reaction about England's opponents next June from team manager Sir Alf Ramsey, skipper Bobby Moore, goalkeeper Gordon Banks, and England's 97-times-capped Bobby Charlton. Barry Davies talks to the England
    • 25. 17th January 1970

      17 Jan '70
      Luton Town v Plymouth Argyle Manchester City v Stoke City Bristol City v Millwall West Ham United v Manchester United Wrexham v Brentford