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Recent Site Updates

11th January 2011:- The 'Extra Time' page now has a section on Wembley Schoolboy Internationals (Thanks to Glen Isherwood!!!), Anglia's tape log lists 1966 Chelsea v Hull City [FA Cup] as 05/Mar, but it was actually 26/Mar - Quarter-final day. (Thank Kieran!!!)

6th January 2011:- Added known details of BBC1's early 1966 Sunday afternoon "FA Cup Special" programmes to the 'Extra Time' page (Thanks to Neil Whitaker for spotting this previously overlooked programme in the listings!!!)

30th December 2011:- Missing BBC midweek match for 31/Jan/1967 was Swindon Town 3 West Ham United 1, see this Swindon article from their next matchday programme (Thanks Julian!!!). Some missing commentators - The TV Times billed Gerry Loftus and John Graydon, with Peter Lloyd, as commentators on England U-23 match v Czechoslovakia at Norwich on 15/Oct/1958, the match being presented for the network by Associated-Rediffusion, this being a year before Anglia launched.  Hugh Johns and Barry Davies commentated on the Youth Clubs Cup Final on 06/Apr/1967 (Thanks Robin!!!).

21st November 2011:- A terrific 'Football League Review' article from December 1967 on televised soccer can be downloaded here (Thanks to Gavin Buckland!!!)

8th November 2011:- The BBC2 broadcast of the 1967 Charity Shield match did NOT actually go out in colour, even though colour cameras were at the ground - In his autobiography "Under Auntie's Skirts", MOTD producer Alec Weeks describes how he got a call during half time to explain that engineers could see the feed in colour but for some reason the VT machine had not recorded the action in colour, he recalls that the wife of the United Chairman had organised a party at her house that night to watch the historic transmission on specially rented TVs and she ended up berating him and the BBC for ruining her evening. He also mentions having to cancel a press reception to watch the colour highlights. The problem was also reported in Monday's Daily Mirror. (Thanks to Danny Morgan!!!)

5th November 2011:- Some VT footage from ITV's coverage of 28/Oct/1959 England v Sweden (with Swedish commentary) can be viewed here (Thanks Robert!!!)

26th August 2011:- Missing Southern match for 14/Jan/1967 was, according to The Observer, Southend United 1 Halifax Town 0 (Thanks to Kieren for spotting that one!!!)

7th August 2011:- Added a picture of Barry Davies from 1966 to the ABC page. Also added scores and some scorers to the U23/Youth section on the 'Extra Time' page, one game previously missing from this list was live coverage of the 06/Apr/1967 Youth Clubs Final at Crystal Palace (Thanks to Geoff McCormick who played in that game, Geoff also mentioned that he was invited to Rediffusion a few months later to watch a recording of it).

28th May 2011:- The missing Anglia match for 15/Jan/1966 was apparently Peterborough United 2 Swindon Town 3, a local newspaper article from Mid-Jan 1966 revealed that Coventry manager Jimmy Hill took his players on a 260-mile round trip to Norwich to watch their own game at Ipswich Town played on 08/Jan/1966 and then did the same to view their future cup opponents Swindon Town beating Peterborough the following week (Thanks to Jim Brown for spotting that one!!!)

4th May 2011:- The 2nd half of 05/Apr/1962 Tottenham v Benfica, billed as the match of the century in the TVTimes, still exists in a swiss archive with French commentary, you can view some of it here. Thanks to Dan who also says that Anglia goal compilation tapes (that were previously thought to have been dumped in a skip) have been entrusted to the archive at the University of East Anglia and they have already digitised much of this footage to ensure it survives.

1st April 2011:- Some more TVTimes scans; An article on World of Sport which was about to lift off on 02/Jan/1965 is here and also the page detailing the opening shows' schedule here. A picture of commentator Simon Smith from a February 1965 edition is here, Smith did some commentaries for Anglia before ending up with Southern, and a column heralding the start of World of Soccer on ABC in November 1965 here (Thanks to Kieran for these!!!). Full mid-week details for each season are being added backwards, we're now up (or back) to 1964/65 (Thanks to Robert and Robin for their help with these!!!).

13th March 2011:- Expanded midweek listings for season's 1966/67 and 1967/68 are now up which include unidentified League Cup tie broadcasts and several BBC games we didn't previously have listed on the site (Thanks to Robert and Robin!!!), we also have a TVTimes clipping detailing coverage of the 1967 FA Cup final here (Thanks to Keiran!!!)

2nd March 2011:- Televised midweek games have now been moved over to a separate page here, this also includes BBC matches.

13th February 2011:- Thanks again to Kieran Cullen for more fantastic TVTimes scans - There's a terrific Dec/1963 article on Anglia commentator John Camkin here, a Jan/1965 Match of the Week article by the director here, a Nov/1967 picture of Gerald Sinstadt here and a clipping from the ABC region TVTimes for the 1964 FA Cup final here which reveals that Jimmy Hill co-commentated on his first cup final that year and it was also the first to be filmed from the new gantry, see further article here. Another TVTimes clipping from Dec/1965 anticipating the Ipswich v Rotherham match reveals that same fixture the previous season on 10/Oct/1964, which ended in a 4-4 draw, was also covered by the station and other editions list Maurice Edelston as commentator on 09/Jan/1966 and 13/Nov/1966, John Camkin is also listed for three editions during the 1967/68 season by which time Gerald Sinstadt was the regular voice.

8th February 2011:- Updates to the Anglia page - 24/Oct/1964 Ipswich v Derby County now appears to be confirmed, this fixture is listed in the TV Times - the Anglia goals compilation tape log refers to Ipswich v Leeds on this date. We've also filled in some blanks, all the following games are included in Anglia editions of the TV Times...... 23/Jan/1965 Colchester 1 Bristol Rovers 1 with Simon Smith as commentator, 30/Jan/1965 Norwich 3 Swindon Town 1 with Maurice Edelston commentating (perhaps Camkin was on holiday for a fortnight or this was some sort of trial, both Smith and Edelston went on to commentate for Southern), 27/Feb/1965 Ipswich 3 Swansea 0 with John Camkin back on the mic and 04/Dec/1965 Ipswich 0 Rotherham 0. (Many thanks to Kieran Cullen for the info and TV Times scans!!)

22nd December 2010:- The STV Player has made the 5th anniversary Scotsport special from 1962 available on-line, this includes clips from Scottish TV's coverage of the 1960 European Cup final here(Thanks to Matt Poole!!!), you can find other Scotsport uploads from the 1960's via the search box.

18th November 2010:- Two previously unidentified midweek FA Cup replays are among the recently digitised ITC export reel logs for season 1967/68, 31/Jan/1968 Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United has been added to the London page whilst 21/Feb/1968 Southampton v West Bromwich Albion now appears on the Southern section (both were networked midweek highlights). There is also a reference to Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley, this being a league match which was played on the same day as the FA Cup QF's - so perhaps ATV London cameras were at Spurs that weekend and showed brief highlights of it after the main QF match West Brom v Liverpool (If so, this would be the only example of two games being shown on a Sunday afternoon - pre LWT - that we know of).

16th September 2010:- We now have an ATV London Star Soccer titles screen grab lifted from the beginning of a Fulham "Back to the Cottage" film uploaded to youtube, the original Star Soccer titles - for Fulham v Leeds 1967/68 - are mostly intact, though some stills have been overlaid, the Fulham team caption is also included but sadly the audio has been removed, the snow in the centre circle and inclusion of Gilroy at no.10 means this must be from 06/Jan/1968 and not the '66/'67 Fulham v Leeds clash that was also televised by ATV (Thanks Richard!!!)

31st August 2010:- 07/Dec/1966 Sheffield Utd 2 Birmingham City 3 [League Cup QF] was shown in some form on 'Pay-TV', which had begun a service in the Sheffield area the previous month (Thanks to Alan Roe!!!), also added missing commentators across the board and further BBC Sports Special matches [latter half of 1957/58 and latter half of 1962/63] to the 'Odds & Ends' page (Thanks to Robin for those!!!).

9th August 2010:- The Euro '64 page has now been expanded to include England's participation in the 'Little World Cup' in Brazil in June 1964 and also now details the 1962-64 friendly matches including an extraordinary night for Scotland at Hampden on 08/May/1963 v Austria which was abandoned by the referee for persistent fowling! (Thanks to Robert and Robin for their help in compiling this page!!!). A couple of other updates.... The Radio Times scheduled a "film report" of the historic 18/May/1958 first meeting of the Soviet Union and England for inclusion on Sportsview three days later, also highlights of 28/Oct/1959 England v Sweden were probably shown by the BBC that evening after ITV had shown the match live in the afternoon. (Thanks Robin!!!).

17th July 2010:- Details of the British nations friendlies against continental opposition from Oct/1958-Jun/1960 have now been added to the Euro '60 page, note that there was an earthquake during the 2nd half of England's fixture in Mexico on 24/May/1959.