
Match Of The Day: The Best of the 60s, 70s and 80s (DVD)
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Highlights from the premier place for football games and debate, on Saturday nights.
On August 22nd 1964, the BBC launched a new weekly football series called Match Of The Day. Liverpool played Arsenal, Kenneth Wolstenholme was the commentator, and television viewers entered a brave new football world.
No one could predict that the fledgling programme, watched by 20,000 people, would ultimately attract millions and would run for over a quarter of a century.