Season 1984/85

E1. 25th August 1984

Aug 25, 1984 · 80m

Jimmy 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

E2. 31st August 1984: Chelsea v Everton

Aug 31, 1984 · 80m

Two of last season's prize-winners provide an intriguing clash in the first Canon League fixture of 1984-85 to be shown live.

E3. 8th September 1984

Sep 8, 1984 · 80m

Jimmy Hill presents action highlights from two First Division games, plus analysis and interviews. Arsenal v Liverpool Sheffield Wednesday v Tottenham Hotspur

E4. 15th September 1984

Sep 15, 1984 · 80m

Action highlights from First and Third Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Southampton v Norwich City Hull City v Preston North End

E5. 22nd September 1984

Sep 22, 1984 · 80m

Action highlights from two First Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Manchester United v Liverpool Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur

E6. 29th September 1984

Sep 29, 1984 · 80m

Action 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

E7. 6th October 1984

Oct 6, 1984 · 80m

Jimmy 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

E8. 12th October 1984: Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool

Oct 12, 1984 · 80m

Match 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.

E9. 20th October 1984

Oct 20, 1984 · 80m

Action highlights from two first division matches plus analysis and interviews. Liverpool v Everton Ipswich Town v West Bromwich Albion

E10. 27th October 1984

Oct 27, 1984 · 80m

Action 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

E11. 2nd November 1984: Manchester United v Arsenal

Nov 2, 1984 · 80m

At 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.

E12. 10th November 1984

Nov 10, 1984 · 80m

Action 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

E13. 17th November 1984

Nov 17, 1984 · 80m

Action 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

E14. 24th November 1984

Nov 24, 1984 · 80m

Action 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

E15. 1st December 1984

Dec 1, 1984 · 80m

Action 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

E16. 8th December 1984

Dec 8, 1984 · 80m

Action 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

E17. 15th December 1984

Dec 15, 1984 · 80m

Jimmy Hill presents highlights from two Canon League First Division matches. West Ham United v Sheffield Wednesday Coventry City v Southampton

E18. 21st December 1984: Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool

Dec 21, 1984 · 80m

Since 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.

E19. 29th December 1984

Dec 29, 1984 · 80m

Action 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

E20. 4th January 1985: FA Cup Third Round: Leeds United v Everton

Jan 4, 1985 · 80m

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.

E21. 12th January 1985

Jan 12, 1985 · 80m

Action 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

E22. 19th January 1985

Jan 19, 1985 · 80m

Highlights from two Canon League matches. Chelsea v Arsenal Manchester City v Wimbledon

E23. 26th January 1985: FA Cup Fourth Round

Jan 26, 1985 · 80m

Action 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

E24. 2nd February 1985

Feb 2, 1985 · 80m

Action 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

E25. 9th February 1985

Feb 9, 1985 · 80m

Action 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

E26. 15th February 1985: FA Cup Fifth Round: Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United

Feb 15, 1985 · 80m

The FA Cup Fifth Round begins with live coverage of a real 'Lancashire hotpot' tonight as Manchester United continue their bid for a sixth triumph in the competition that Blackburn have already won that many times.

E27. 23rd February 1985

Feb 23, 1985 · 80m

Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check. Also a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the February Goal of the Month competition. Leicester City v Everton Blackburn Rovers v Oxford United

E28. 2nd March 1985

Mar 2, 1985 · 80m

Action highlights from Canon League First and Third Division matches. Plus the results of the February Goal of the Month competition. Manchester United v Everton Bradford v Gillngham

E29. 9th March 1985: FA Cup Sixth Round

Mar 9, 1985 · 80m

Action highlights from this afternoon's games plus all the atmosphere and tension that surrounds the Cup. Manchester United v West Ham United Everton v Ipswich Town Luton Town v Watford

E30. 15th March 1985: West Ham United v Manchester United

Mar 15, 1985 · 80m

In the last of this season's live Canon League fixtures on BBC television, Manchester United's pursuit of their eighth championship takes them to one of the First Division's most compact grounds, Upton Park, the home of West Ham United, who often make life difficult for the best.