Match of the Week
1962-1968
Match of the Week
1962-1968
See the 1968/69-1982/83
section for details of Anglia teams, commentators and presenters.
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Season 1962/63
All editions of "Match of the
Week" were broadcast in 405-line black & white on VHF only throughout
the 1960's.
22/Sep Ipswich Town 2 (Moran, Crawford) Wolverhampton
W. 3 (Hinton, McParland 2) *no programme billed in Times,
but definitely recorded
29/Sep Norwich City 2 Derby
County 0 *listed in the Times (Sunday 10:35-11:05pm),
no surviving footage
06/Oct Peterborough United
2 Bradford Park Avenue 0 *Times/no footage
13/Oct Colchester United 1
Crystal Palace 2 *Times/no footage
20/Oct Ipswich Town 1 (Crawford)
West Bromwich Albion 1 (Kevan) *Times/no footage
27/Oct Norwich City 4 Sunderland
2 *Times/no footage
03/Nov Ipswich Town 3 (Crawford,
Blackwood 2) Manchester United 5 (Law 4, Herd) *Times/no
footage (4:25-4:55pm Sunday)
10/Nov Colchester United 4 Brighton
& Hove Albion 1 *Times/no footage (back to late Sunday
nights)
17/Nov Peterborough United 6 Millwall
0 *complete show is archived
24/Nov Norwich City 3 Luton
Town 3 *Times/no footage
01/Dec Peterborough United
6 Colchester United 2
08/Dec Norwich City 3 Scunthorpe
United 3
15/Dec Norwich City 1 Preston
North End 1 *Times/no footage
21/Dec Ipswich Town 1 (Phillips)
Sheffield United 0 *played on a Friday night
29/Dec Norwich City 3 Middlesbrough
4 *(4:25-4:55pm Sunday), intended match Ipswich v Spurs
was postponed
05/Jan Cambridge United
v Bedford Town [Southern League Premier Division] *Times/no
footage (back to late Sunday nights)
12/Jan Ipswich
Town Reserves v Nottingham Forest Reserves *Norwich v Grimsby listed
in the Times
19/Jan *Intended
match Ipswich v Bolton postponed
26/Jan Bedford Town v
Cambridge ?United or City? [Southern League Premier Division] *Times/no
footage
02/Feb *Intended
match Ipswich v Liverpool postponed
09/Feb
16/Feb Peterborough United 1 Wrexham 3
23/Feb Norwich City 4 Rotherham United 2
02/Mar Peterborough United 4 Watford 0
09/Mar Norwich City 6 Stoke City 0
16/Mar Ipswich Town 2 (Baxter, Crawford) Tottenham
Hotspur 4 (Saul, Greaves 2, Jones)
23/Mar Norwich City 3 Leeds
United 2 *Times/no footage
30/Mar Ipswich Town 1 (Phillips)
Arsenal 1 (Thrower(og)) *Times/no footage
06/Apr Norwich City 4 Chelsea
1 *Times/no footage
13/Apr Peterborough United
1 Southend United 3 *Times/no footage
20/Apr Colchester United 2
Peterborough United 0
27/Apr Ipswich Town 2 (Crawford,
Phillips) Burnley 0
04/May Colchester United 3 Southend
United 1
11/May Peterborough United 0 Northampton
Town 4 *Times/no footage
17/May Ipswich Town 4 (Stephenson, Moran, Crawford, Phillips)
Bolton Wanderers 1 (Davies) *played on a Friday night,
shown on Sunday night
25/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - Manchester United 3 (Law, Herd 2) Leicester City
1 (Keyworth)
The first season of “Match of the
Week” saw the show cover Ipswich Town, Norwich City, Peterborough United
and Colchester United, along with Bedford Town and Cambridge United who
were playing outside the league in the Southern League Premier Division.
Ipswich, who as defending League Champions in Alf Ramsey’s final season
before he took over the England job, finished in 17th place just four points
above relegated Manchester City. Norwich City (whose Manager George Swindin
left in November after only taking over the previous summer and was replaced
by player Ron Ashman) finished in mid-table in the 2nd tier. Peterborough
United had a good season in the 3rd tier finishing in 6th place, whilst
Colchester United had a 12th placed finish.
All footnotes on the Anglia
pages have been written by Mark Bunn
Season 1963/64
"Match of the Week" returned
in a Sunday night slot on 29th September, 10:35-11:05pm
28/Sep Peterborough United 3 Southend United 0
05/Oct Norwich City 2 Sunderland 3
12/Oct
19/Oct Colchester United 2 Coventry City 1
26/Oct Ipswich Town 1 (Hegan) Liverpool 2 (Melia,
Hunt)
02/Nov Norwich City 3 (???, ???, ???) Newcastle United
1 (McGarry)
09/Nov Ipswich Town 0 Stoke City 2 (Ritchie, Dobing)
16/Nov Norwich City 3 Derby County 0
23/Nov Ipswich Town 2 (Elsworthy, Phillips) Tottenham Hotspur
3 (Marchi, Dyson 2)
30/Nov
07/Dec
14/Dec Norwich City 5 Cardiff City 1
18/Dec Norwich City 1 Leicester
City 1 [League Cup QF] *Norwich lost the replay 2-1
21/Dec
28/Dec Ipswich Town 4 (Baxter, Hegan, Broadfoot,
Baker) Fulham 2 (Leggat, Key)
04/Jan Peterborough United 1 Mansfield Town
3
11/Jan Ipswich Town 1 (Baker) Sheffield Wednesday
4 (Layne 3, Dobson)
18/Jan
25/Jan There
is an archive ref to Bedford 0 Carlisle Utd 3 [FA Cup 4th Round] but this
may be a newsreel.
01/Feb Ipswich Town 3 (Blackwood 2, Hegan) Birmingham
City 2 (Regan, Farmer)
08/Feb Norwich City 2 Leeds United 2
15/Feb
22/Feb Colchester United 4 Crewe Alexandra 0 *This
week's show was broadcast on Monday night 11:10pm-12am
29/Feb
07/Mar
14/Mar
21/Mar
28/Mar
04/Apr
11/Apr
18/Apr
25/Apr
02/May Networked coverage of the FA Cup Final
- West Ham United 3 (Sissons, Hurst, Boyce) Preston North End 2 (Holden,
Dawson)
It was not a memorable season for any of the four Anglia clubs as Ipswich (now under the management of Newcastle legend Jackie Milburn) had an awful season finishing bottom of the old Division One. 2nd tier Norwich City's final tally was only three points clear of relegation, whilst in the Division below both Peterborough and Colchester were mid-table.
Season 1964/65
"Match of the Week" returned
in a Sunday night slot (10:35-11:05) on 04/Oct but frequently switched
to an afternoon time and back again throughout the season.
03/Oct
10/Oct
17/Oct Colchester United 1 Queens Park Rangers 2
24/Oct Possibly Ipswich Town 3 (Baker,
Hegan) Derby County 1 (Buxton) *Tape log refers to Ipswich v Leeds (but
no such fixture was played in 64/65)
31/Oct
07/Nov
14/Nov Possibly Kings Lynn 0 Shrewsbury
Town 1 [FA Cup 1st Round]
21/Nov
28/Nov
05/Dec Ipswich Town 1 (Baker) Bury 0
12/Dec
19/Dec Norwich City 3 Rotherham United 0
26/Dec
02/Jan
09/Jan Colchester United 4 Barnsley 1 *log
reference to Forest 1 Norwich 0 [FA Cup R3] (with wrong date) is likely
to be newsreel.
16/Jan
23/Jan
30/Jan
06/Feb Peterborough United 2 Luton Town 0
13/Feb
20/Feb Norwich City 3 Plymouth Argyle 0
27/Feb
06/Mar
13/Mar
20/Mar
27/Mar Ipswich Town 4 (Baxter, Baker 2, Brogan) Manchester
City 1 (Crossan)
03/Apr
10/Apr
17/Apr Norwich City 2 Middlesbrough 0
24/Apr Ipswich Town 3 (Baxter, Broadfoot, Baker)
Crystal Palace 2 (Burnside, Holton)
01/May Networked LIVE coverage of the FA Cup Final -
Liverpool 2 (Hunt, St.John) Leeds United 1 (Bremner) AET
With Norwich and Ipswich now in the same division (2nd tier) Anglia could have showed it’s first derby match on September 5th 1964 (which Norwich won 2-1 at Carrow Road) but Match of the Week did not return until the following month. Ipswich sacked Jackie Milburn soon after the defeat and replaced him with Watford Manager Bill McGarry. Both sides went on to have good season's with Ipswich finishing just above their rivals on goal average in 5th place. Peterborough finished 8th in Division Three, but reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup knocking out Arsenal 2-1 in the fourth round, before going out 5-1 at Chelsea. Unfortunately none of this action was shown on TV as neither ITV or the BBC were allowed to show FA Cup highlights other than of the final. Colchester had a poor season and were relegated to the 4th Division in 23rd place.
Season 1965/66
"Match of the Week" returned
on Sunday afternoon 5:00-5:30pm.
02/Oct
09/Oct
16/Oct Peterborough United 4 Southend United 0
23/Oct Northampton Town 2 (Foley(pen), Leek) West
Ham United 1 (Brown)
30/Oct
06/Nov
13/Nov Peterborough United 2 Kidderminster Harriers
1 [FA Cup 1st Round]
20/Nov Northampton Town 0 Tottenham Hotpsur 2
27/Nov Colchester United 3 (Hall 3) Newport County
2 (Smith, Hale)
04/Dec
11/Dec Norwich City 3 Bolton Wanderers 0
18/Dec
01/Jan Possibly Norwich City 2 Birmingham
City 2 *Tape log says Norwich v Forest (but no such fixture
was played in 65/66)
08/Jan Ipswich Town 1
(Hegan) Coventry City 0 *listed in the Times, no surviving
footage
15/Jan
22/Jan Northampton Town 1 Nottingham Forest
2 [FA Cup 3rd Round]
29/Jan Colchester United 3 Port Vale 0
05/Feb
12/Feb Norwich City 3 Walsall 2 [FA Cup 4th Round]
19/Feb Northampton Town 3 Newcastle United 1
26/Feb Peterborough United 3 Scunthorpe United 1
05/Mar Possibly Chelsea 0 Hull City 1 (Wagstaff)
[FA Cup 5th Round] *Hugh Johns is commentating on the tape,
but it was not shown in London
19/Mar Ipswich Town 2 (Crawford, Baxter(pen)) Norwich
City 0
26/Mar [FA Cup QF]
02/Apr Networked coverage of Scotland 3 England
4 [Home Int.] *Sunday highlights, not live. Ref to Peterborough
1 Grimsby 1 probably newsreel
09/Apr
16/Apr
23/Apr Grimsby Town 1 Hull City 0
30/Apr Norwich City 1 Portsmouth 3
07/May Ipswich Town 5 (Hegan, Baker, Crawford 2, Hawkins(og))
Wolverhampton W. 2 (Buckley, Knowles)
The addition of two new transmitters at Sandy Heath (covering Bedfordshire) and Belmont (Lincolnshire) gave Anglia access to several new clubs. One of these was Northampton Town who enjoyed this one season in the top flight before being relegated. Ipswich and Norwich both finished mid-table in the 2nd tier, the Canaries reached the 5th round of the FA Cup but this was not enough to save manager Ron Ashman who was sacked at the end of the season. Another new Anglia team Hull City had a very successful season - champions of the 3rd tier as well as reaching the quarter-finals of the FA Cup before going out 3-1 to Chelsea in a home replay. Scunthorpe United finished 4th but were twelve points adrift of promotion, other new boys Grimsby Town finished in mid-table but their first TV action saw them beat Hull 1-0 in April. Peterborough United finished just a point below Grimsby but reached the semi-final of the League cup losing out 6-3 to West Bromwich Albion on aggregate. Colchester regained their 3rd tier status at the first attempt but only thanks to a better goal average than Tranmere Rovers and (another new Anglia club) Luton Town. The final new club Lincoln City finished third from bottom and had to go through re-election.
Season 1966/67
There were no football highlights
scheduled for the Anglia region in the Times until the weekend of 24th
September, therefore archive references to 20/Aug Colchester United 2 Middlesbrough
3, 27/Aug Ipswich Town 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, 03/Sep Norwich City
1 Ipswich Town 2 and 17/Sep Scunthorpe United 3 Middlesbrough 2 are all
probably newsreels.
24/Sep
01/Oct Ipswich Town 2 (Crawford,
Brogan) Bolton Wanderers 2 (Davies, Lee)
08/Oct Grimsby Town 1 (Green)
Oldham Athletic 0
15/Oct
22/Oct Ipswich Town 5 (Crawford
3, Brogan 2(1pen)) Hull City 4 (Henderson, Houghton, Wagstaff 2) *Anglia
opting out of N.I v Eng highlights
29/Oct Colchester United 4
Grimsby Town 0
05/Nov Ipswich Town 6 (Crawford,
Baker, Brogan 3(2pens), Woods) Northampton Town 1 (Best)
12/Nov Colchester United 1 (Hodgson)
Peterborough United 4 (Mason 2, Fairbrother 2)
19/Nov
26/Nov Lincoln City 3 Scunthorpe
United 4 [FA Cup 1st Round]
03/Dec Grimsby Town 1 Orient
2 *Gerald Sinstadt commentating for the first time on
TV
10/Dec Norwich City 1 Wolverhampton
Wanderers 2 *TV Times continues to list John Camkin as
commentator
17/Dec
24/Dec No programme this
weekend
31/Dec Norwich City 3 Birmingham
City 3
07/Jan Colchester United
0 Peterborough United 3 [FA Cup 2nd round] *Intended match
Ipswich v Norwich pp'd
14/Jan Peterborough United
2 Walsall 1
21/Jan Hull City 2 (Jarvis,
Simpkin) Millwall 0 *Tape log dates this as 22/Jan/1966
28/Jan Hull City 1 Portsmouth
1 [FA Cup 3rd Round] *One source says Norwich 3 Derby
0 but note Southern also took "MOTW"
04/Feb Northampton Town 2 Hull
City 2
11/Feb Colchester United 0
Scunthorpe United 1
18/Feb Manchester United 1
(Law) Norwich City 2 (Heath, Bolland) [FA Cup 4th Round] *Anglia
cameras outside the region, Camkin commentating
25/Feb Northampton Town 1 (Brown)
Crystal Palace 0
04/Mar
11/Mar Manchester City 1 (Young)
Ipswich Town 1 (Crawford) [FA Cup 5th Round]
*Anglia cameras
outside the region
18/Mar Hull City 1 (Jarvis)
Ipswich Town 1 (Brogan) *TV Times now listing Gerald Sinstadt
as commentator
25/Mar Ipswich Town 4 (Crawford,
Viljoen 3) Portsmouth 2 (Harris, Pointer)
01/Apr Northampton Town 1 (Hall)
Ipswich Town 1 (McNeil)
08/Apr Showed ABC's "World
of Soccer" - FA Cup QF's
15/Apr Norwich City 4 Crystal
Palace 3 *Gerald Sinstadt commentated, Anglia opting out
of networked England v Scotland coverage
22/Apr Ipswich Town 0 Preston
North End 0
29/Apr Showed ABC's "World
of Soccer" - Tottenham Hotspur 2 Nottingham Forest 1 [FA Cup SF]
06/May Ipswich Town 1 (Viljoen)
Coventry City 1 (Tudor)
13/May Norwich City 1 Northampton
Town 0 *Tape log says Northampton won 1-0 (Brown) &
Keelan was sent off for thumping an opponent, City had pen saved
Ipswich were this season's highest placed Anglia team reaching 5th place in the 2nd tier, but it was Norwich (now under the management of Lol Morgan) who took most of the headlines. An improving 11th placed finish in the league was eclipsed by a 2-1 win the FA Cup 4th round at Manchester United who would go and win the league title, this game was covered by Anglia with cameras outside of the region of the first time. Hull City, following promotion, finished one place below Norwich whilst Northampton, who reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup, suffered a second successive relegation. All four 3rd tier Anglia clubs finished within four points of each other in the bottom half of the table, Colchester United, Peterborough united, Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United. In Division Four, Luton Town finished just four points clear of re-election whilst Lincoln City were rock bottom.
Season 1967/68
"Match of the Week" returned
on 23rd September, no Anglia footage whatsoever from this season appears
to have survived. From 20/Aug - 10/Sep Anglia showed ABC's "World of Soccer"
(Norwich City 1 Aston Villa 0 may possibly have been shown on the 20/Aug
edition), no football was scheduled for 17/Sep (Anglia showed Cricket that
Sunday).
23/Sep Ipswich Town 0 Norwich
City 0
30/Sep
07/Oct Norwich City 1 (Bryceland)
Blackburn Rovers 0
14/Oct Hull City 2 (Houghton,
Wagstaff) Queens Park Rangers 0
21/Oct Showed Wales 0 England
3 [Euro's Q]
28/Oct Northampton Town 4 (Large
3, Mackin(pen)) Bristol Rovers 5 (Mabbutt 3, R.Jones, J.Williams)
04/Nov Colchester United 3 (Hodgson,
Shires, Stratton) Torquay United 5 (Barnes, Clark 2, Stubbs 2)
11/Nov Hull City 0 Norwich City 2
(Manning, Foggo)
18/Nov Peterborough United 3 (Fairbrother
3) Grimsby Town 2 (Linnell(og), Moore)
25/Nov` Ipswich Town 1 (Spearritt) Plymouth
Argyle 1 (Mitten)
02/Dec Colchester United 2
(Price, Trevis) Northampton Town 1 (Martin)
09/Dec Ipswich Town 1 (Hegan)
Portsmouth 2 (Pointer, McCann)
16/Dec
23/Dec
30/Dec
06/Jan Chelmsford City
0 Colchester United 2 (McKechnie, Stratton) [FA Cup 2nd Round]
13/Jan Hull City 1 (Wagstaff)
Millwall 1 (Possey)
20/Jan
27/Jan Norwich City 1
(Curran) Sunderland 1 (Suggett) [FA Cup 3rd Round]
03/Feb Norwich City 3 (Crickmore,
Curran 2) Ipswich Town 4 (Houghton, Viljoen 3)
10/Feb Hull City 4 (Wagstaff
3, I.Butler) Bristol City 2 (Galley 2)
17/Feb Showed ATV London's
"Star Soccer" [FA Cup 4th Round]
24/Feb
02/Mar Networked coverage of the
League Cup Final - Leeds United 1 (Cooper) Arsenal 0
09/Mar Showed ATV London's "Star
Soccer" [FA Cup 5th Round]
16/Mar Ipswich Town 4 (Hegan,
Brogan, O'Rourke, Crawford) Preston North End 0
23/Mar Colchester United 2
(Bullock 2) Reading 5 (Harris 2(1pen), Smee 2, Collins)
30/Mar Ipswich Town 2 (Baxter,
Crawford) Crystal Palace 2 (Kember, C.Jackson)
06/Apr Norwich City 2 (Bryceland,
Curran) Hull City 2 (Wagstaff, Chilton)
13/Apr Ipswich Town 2
(Crawford 2) Rotherham United 0
20/Apr Norwich City 1 Blackpool
2
27/Apr Ipswich Town 2 (O'Rourke,
Crawford) Queens Park Rangers 2 (Marsh, Leach)
04/May Peterborough United
4 (Garwood 3, Hall) Northampton Town 0
11/May Ipswich Town 1 (Crawford)
Blackburn Rovers 1 (Martin)
It was a great season for Ipswich
Town as they were finally promoted back into the top tier of English football
after a five year gap as champions. Norwich City improved again with a
9th placed finish, whilst Hull City struggled all season but managed to
stay up in 17th (six points clear of the drop). In the Third tier, it was
Peterborough United who took all the headlines for the wrong reasons, they
finished 9th but where deducted 19 points and relegated after being found
guilty of paying players illegal bonus fees. Northampton town stopped their
decline with a 18th place finish, but it was three other local sides that
joined Peterborough in the bottom tier, Grimsby Town, Colchester United
and Scunthorpe United (the Irons having appointed former Norwich Boss Ron
Ashman). Luton Town, under Allan Brown, finished as runaway Champions of
the Fourth division whilst Lincoln City had an improved mid-table finish.
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