Midweek Football Coverage
1955/56 - 1967/68

Midweek football during the early days of commercial television was usually networked live 2nd half coverage with some broadcasts being of games played on a weekday afternoon (Floodlights still something of a novelty in the mid-1950's and live 2nd half coverage having become the established procedure on radio). Youth and Under-23 matches were also a fairly common feature of the black & white era*, indeed the first known live football to be televised by ITV was a Junior Cup Final (described by Danny Blanchflower who was still playing for Tottenham Hotspur and Northern Ireland at the time**). Kent Walton, who would become the voice of wrestling on ITV, probably commentated on the early midweek FA Cup ties whilst Gerry Loftus likely did the games played in the North once Granada TV took to the air in May 1956. Hugh Johns came to the fore in the run up to the re-structuring of ITV in 1968, a period which also saw Barry Davies replace Gerry Loftus.

* Televised Youth and Under-23 matches are listed on our 'Extra Time' page here.
** Danny Blanchflower later became a regular commentator for Yorkshire Television, though he only lasted for one season.

Season 1955/56
13/Oct    Third Divison North 3 (Connor 2, Ryan) Third Division South 3 (Morgan 2, D.Mills) *at Accrington on Thursday
01/Nov   Part LIVE - Hibernian 2 Manchester City 1 [Friendly] *as "Floodlit Football" 8:15-8:45pm
09/Nov   LIVE 2nd Half - Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 (Slater, Mullen) Moscow Dynamo 1 (Ilyin) *8.28-9.13pm, footage exists, Yashin in goal for Dynamo
12/Jan     LIVE 2nd Half - Bedford Town 1 (Yates) Arsenal 2 (Groves, Tapscott) [FA Cup R3 Re] *AET, Kent Walton? Also BBC highlights from 10:45pm
12/Jan     Bedford Town 1 (Yates) Arsenal 2 (Groves, Tapscott) [FA Cup R3 Re] *as "FA Cup Special",  exists (ITV 2nd half live)
01/Feb    LIVE 2nd Half - Chelsea 1 (Bentley) Burnley 1 (Pilkington) [FA Cup R4 Replay] *Kent Walton commentary
01/Feb    Chelsea 1 (Bentley) Burnley 1 (Pilkington) [FA Cup R4 Re] *as "Sportsview Special", exists (ITV 2nd half live)
13/Feb    Chelsea 0 Burnley 0 [FA Cup R4 3rd Re] *"Floodlit Association Football from Southampton" scheduled, soggy Cup replay at Highbury exists
15/Feb    Chelsea 2 (Tindall, Lewis) Burnley 0 [FA Cup R4 4th Re] *as "Sportsview Special" 8-8:30pm, at muddy White Hart Lane, exists
08/Mar   LIVE 2nd Half - West Ham United 1 (Dare) Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Harmer, Duquemin) [FA Cup QF Replay] *3:50-4:25pm, Walton?
08/Mar   West Ham United 1 (Dare) Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Harmer, Duquemin) [FA Cup QF Re] *"Sportsview Special", exists, (ITV 2nd half live)
 

Season 1956/57
07/Mar    Nottingham Forest 0 Birmingham City 1 (Murphy) [FA Cup QF] *10.00-10.30pm
19/Mar    LIVE 2nd Half - Chelsea 2 (Allen, Gibbs) Spartak 0 [Friendly] *networked 8.30-9.30pm, Peter Lloyd (TVT)
28/Mar    Aston Villa 1 (Myerscough) West Bromwich Albion 0 [FA Cup Replay] *at St Andrews, 10.00-10.30pm exists (also Scottish Cup SF)
11/Apr     Real Madrid 3 (Rial, Di Stefano, Mateo) Manchester United 1 (Taylor) [European Cup SF L1] *shown a day later, 9.15-9.40pm, exists
25/Apr     LIVE - Manchester United 2 (Whelan, Charlton) Real Madrid 2 (Kopa, Mateos) [European Cup SF L2]
                               *Granada showed whole match, 2nd half shown nationally, first 4 mins missed to ad break as ref KO'd early, United lost 3-5 on agg
 

Season 1957/58
17/Oct     LIVE 2nd Half - Wolverhampton W. 3 (Broadbent, Murray, Wilshaw) Real Madrid 2 (Marsal 2) *Thursday ITV ‘Floodlit football’ 8:30-9:20pm
29/Oct     LIVE - West Bromwich Albion 6 CDSA Moscow 5 *8.00-9.15
20/Nov    Manchester United 3 (Webster, Taylor, Pegg) Dukla Prague 0 [European Cup R1 L1] *10.45-11.00 +Sweden v West Germany
14/Jan      LIVE 2nd Half - Manchester United 2 (Charlton, Colman) Red Star Belgrade 1 (Tasic) [European Cup QF L1] *'Floodlit football' 8.30-9.30pm, played in fog
26/Mar     LIVE 2nd Half - Football League 4 (Kevan 3, Allen) Scottish League 1 (Gemmell) *'Floodlit football’ from St James' Park, 8:35-9:30pm, Gerry Loftus and Charles Shankland (TVT)
26/Mar     LIVE - Fulham 3 (Haynes, Chamberlain, Dwight) Manhester United 5 (Dawson 3, Brennan, Charlton) [FA Cup SF Replay] *2.55-4.45pm from Highbury & highlights 10.45-11.00pm
08/May    LIVE - Manchester United 2 (Viollet, Taylor(pen)) AC Milan 1 (Bredesen) [European Cup SF L1] *7.50pm-9.15pm
14/May    AC Milan 4 (Schiaffino 2, Liedholm(pen), Danova) Manchester United 0 [European Cup SF L2] *Shown one day late on Thursday 11.05-11.20pm
 

Season 1958/59
12/Nov    Football League 5 (Haynes, A'Court, White 3) Irish League 2 (Russell, Thompson) *‘Floodlit football’ from Anfield, 10:15-11:00pm, Gerry Loftus (TVT)
 

Season 1959/60
04/Nov    LIVE - Football League 2 (Viollet, Connelly) League of Ireland 0 *at Blackburn from 8:00-9:30pm as "Sportsview", Ken Wolstenholme
11/Nov    Red Star Belgrade 1 (Kostic) Wolverhampton W. 1 (Deeley) [European Cup R1 L1] *Not shown until Friday, 10:10-10:40pm, exists, Ken Wolstenholme
19/Nov    LIVE 2nd Half - Newcastle United 4 Moscow Torpedo 4 [Friendly] *8:25-9:25pm (Tyne Tees and some other regions)
02/Dec    Part LIVE - Chelsea 5 Athletic Bilbao 3 [Friendly] *"Sportsview" 8.35-9.15pm with boxing
02/Mar    LIVE 2nd Half - Wolverhampton W. 2 (Mason, Murray) Barcelona 5 (Kocsis 4, Villaverde) [European Cup QF L2] *Peter Lloyd (TVT), Barcelona win 9-2 on agg
23/Mar    LIVE 2nd Half - Football League 1 (Hooper) Scotttish League 0 *'Floodlit football’ from Highbury, 8:25-9:29pm, Gerry Loftus & Kent Walton (TVT)
 

Season 1960/61
13/Oct     LIVE 2nd Half - Manchester United 2 (Pearson, Nicholson) Real Madrid 3 (Di Stefano, Vidal, Rial) [Friendly] *8.30-9.25pm, Gerry Loftus (TVT)
01/Nov    Italian League 4 (Tacchi 2, Hamrin, Altafini) The Football League 2 (Law, McParland) *in Milan, 10:45-11pm, Kenneth Wolstenholme
30/Nov    Rheims 3 (Piantoni, Rodzik 2) Burnley 2 (Robson, Connelly) [European Cup R1 L2] *Burnley win 4-3 on agg, 10:20-10:50pm
18/Jan      LIVE - Burnely 3 (Pilkington 2, Robson) Hamburg 1 (Doerfel) [European Cup QF L1] *7:55-9:15pm
15/Mar     LIVE 2nd Half - Hamburg 4 (Sturmer, Seeler 2, Doerfel) Burnley 1 (Harris) [European Cup QF L2] *Hamburg win 5-4 on agg, 4.20-5.00pm via Eurovision
 

Season 1961/62
13/Sep    Górnik Zabrze 4 (Lentner, Musialek, Wilczek, Pohl) Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Jones, Dyson) [European Cup PR L1] *shown day late Thursday 10:00-10.35pm, exists with Wolstenholme's intro
20/Sep    Tottenham Hotspur 8 (Blanchflower(pen), Dyson, Jones 3, R.Smith 2, White) Górnik Zabrze 1 (Pohl) [European Cup PR L2] *10:05-10:30, Ken Wolstenholme, exists
11/Oct     Football League 5 (Douglas 2, Haynes, Connelly, Nolan(og)) League of Ireland 2 (Morrissey 2) *at Eastville (Bristol Rovers), 10.15-10.45
01/Nov    Feyenoord 1 (Kreyermaat) Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Saul 2, Dyson) [European Cup R1 L1]
                Scottish League 1 (Brand) Italian League 1 (Hitchens) *10:15-11:15
08/Nov    LIVE 2nd Half - Football League 0 Italian League 2 (Lojacono, Hitchens) *8.25-9.25pm from Old Trafford, Gerry Loftus
15/Nov    Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Dyson) Feyenoord 1 (Bennaers) [European Cup R1 L2] *10:30-11:00, exists
31/Jan      Manchester United 1 (Setters) Arsenal 0 [FA Cup R4] *10.30-11:00pm
14/Feb     LIVE 2nd Half - Dukla Prague 1 (Kucera) Tottenham Hotspur 0 [European Cup QF L1] *3:00-3:45pm, highlights at 10:30pm
21/Feb     Sheffield Wednesday 0 Manchester United 2 (Giles, Charlton) [FA Cup R5 Replay] *10:30-11:00pm
26/Feb     LIVE 2nd Half - Tottenham Hotspur 4 (R.Smith 2, MacKay 2) Dukla Prague 1 (Jenlinek) [European Cup QF L2] *8.30-9.29, played on snow covered pitch, exists
14/Mar     Manchester United 2 (Charlton, Herd) Preston North End 1 (Spavin) [FA Cup QF] *10:30-11:00pm
21/Mar     LIVE 2nd Half - Football League 3 (Hunt 2, Haynes) Scottish League 4 (Brand, D.Wilson 3) *8:00-9:00pm from Villa Park, Gerry Loftus (TVT), Arthur Montford for STV (TVT)
05/Apr     LIVE 2nd Half - Tottenham H. 2 (R.Smith, Blanchflower(pen)) Benfica 1 (Aguas) [European Cup SF L2] *Gerry Loftus (TVT), Barcelona win 4-3 on agg
09/Apr     Burnley 2 (Robson 2) Fulham 1 (Langley) [FA Cup Semi-Final Replay] *at Filbert St. 10:25-10:55pm
 

Season 1962/63
08/Aug    Scottish Select XI 2 (Divers, McMillan) Manchester United 4 (Moir 2, Setters, Herd) *at Hampden, Granada 10:45-11:00pm & probably STV "Scotsport" 10:45-11:15pm.
18/Sep    Floriana 1 (Demanuele) Ipswich Town 4 (Phillips 2, Crawford 2) [European Cup PR L1] *shown day later 10:10-10:35pm, exists
25/Sep    Manchester United 2 (Law, Quixall(pen)) Benfica 2 (Eusebio 2) [Friendly] *Granada & Rediffusion only, 11:24-11:55pm, Gerry Loftus (TVT)
25/Sep    Ipswich Town 10 (Crawford 5, Phillips 2, Moran, Elsworthy) Floriana 0 [European Cup PR L2]  *11:00-11:25pm, exists
31/Oct     LIVE 2nd Half - Football League 3 (Crawford 3) Irish League 1 (Meldrum) *8.20-9.15pm "Sportsview" from Carrow road.
                Tottenham Hotspur 5 (White, Greaves, Allen, Shearer(og), Norman) Glasgow Rangers 2 (Henderson, Miller) [ECWC R1 L1] *10:45-11:15pm, exists
14/Nov    AC Milan 3 (Barison 2, Dino Sani) Ipswich Town 0 [European Cup R1 L1] *shown day late, 11:20-11:50pm
28/Nov    Ipswich Town 2 (Crawford, Blackwood) AC Milan 1 (Barison) [European Cup R1 L2] *Sportsview?, Ipswich lose 2-4 on agg
29/Nov    LIVE Part 2nd Half - Football League 3 (O'Grady, Greaves, Allen) Italian league 1 (Charles) *8:45-9:15pm, from Highbury
11/Dec     LIVE 2nd Half - Glasgow Rangers 2 (Brand, Wilson) Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Greaves, Smith 2) [ECWC R1 L2] *8:25-9:15, exists (re-arranged from PP'd 05/Dec (when highlights had been sched))
05/Mar    Slovan Bratislava 2 (Cvetler, Mravoik) Tottenham Hotspur 0 [ECWC QF L1] *Played Tuesday, highlights shown on Wednesday the 6th at 10:10-10:40pm
01/May    Tottenham Hotspur 3 (MacKay, Smith, Jones) OFK Belgrade 1 (Skoblar) [ECWC SF L2] *10.15pm, exists, Spurs win 5-2 on agg
 

Season 1963/64
18/Sep    Everton 0 AC Milan 0 [European Cup PR L1] *Ken Wolstenholme, 10:00-10:30pm, exists
14/Nov    Sunderland 5 (Herd, Sharkey 3, O'Hare) Benfica 3 (Simoes, Eusebio 2)  [Friendly] *Tyne Tees, footage exists with commentary
03/Dec    Tottenham Hotspur 2 (MacKay, Dyson) Manchester United 0 [ECWC] *10:00-10:30pm
10/Dec    Manchester United 4 (Herd 2, Charlton 2) Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Greaves) [ECWC] *10:00-10:30pm, MacKay breaks leg
11/Dec    Chesterfield 4 (Clarke(pen), Holt(og), Rackstraw, McQuarrie) Netherfield 1 (Lambert) [FA Cup R2 Re] *Sportsview 7:45-8:10pm, (2pm KO) uncomfirmed
18/Dec    Norwich City 1 (Davies) Leicester City 1 (Riley) [League Cup QF] *Anglia only 11:10-11:40pm, Norwich lost the replay 2-1
26/Feb    LIVE 2nd Half - Manchester Utd 4 (Law 3(2pens), Charlton) Sporting Lisbon 1 (Osvaldo) [ECWC QF L1] *Gerry Loftus, Utd lost 2nd leg 5-0
04/Mar    Sunderland 2 (Crossan, Setters(og)) Manchester United 2 (Law, Charlton) [FA Cup QF Re] *AET, 11:10-11:20pm
09/Mar    Manchester United 5 (Law 3(1pen), Chisnall, Herd) Sunderland 1 (Sharkey) [FA Cup QF 2nd Re] *at Huddersfield, Ken Wolstenholme, Mon 11:05-11:35pm, exists
18/Mar   LIVE 2nd Half -  Football League 2 (Byrne, Greaves) Scottish League 2 (McBride, Martin) *8:00-9:00pm from Roker Park, Gerry Loftus (TVT)
18/Mar   Sporting Lisbon 5 (Osvaldo 3(pen), Geo, Morais) Manchester United 0 [ECWC QF L2] *shown day late, 10:05-10:30pm, exists, Utd lose 4-6 on agg.
 

Season 1964/65
19/Aug    No football scheduled
26/Aug    No football scheduled
02/Sep    No football scheduled
09/Sep    Possibly Esberg 0 Cardiff City 0 [ECWC R1 L1] *Hugh Johns said to have first commentated on Cardiff's 1st ever European tie, maybe shown Thursday night on TWW as an off-tube
16/Sep    No football scheduled
23/Sep    No football scheduled
30/Sep    No football scheduled
07/Oct    West Ham 1 (Byrne) Ghent 1 (Peters(og)) [ECWC R1 L2] *Infax, Ken Wolstenholme (RT), 2-1 agg
13/Oct    Cardiff City 1 (King) Esberg 0 [ECWC R1 L2] *BBC1 Wales only Tuesday "Football Special" 8:50-9:15pm, Walley Barnes.
21/Oct    Internationals
28/Oct    No football scheduled
04/Nov   No football scheduled *Rangers v Red Star shown in Scotland
11/Nov   No football scheduled
18/Nov    Home International
25/Nov    U23 match on BBC2
02/Dec    No football scheduled
09/Dec    Internationals
16/Dec    Anderlect 0 Liverpool 1 (Hunt) [European Cup R1 L2] *Lpool win 4-0 on agg (late change, not in RT)
23/Dec    Cardiff City 0 Sporting Lisbon 0 [ECWC R2 L2] *BBC Wales only 11:10pm, Cardiff win 2-1 on agg
30/Dec    No football scheduled
06/Jan     No football scheduled
13/Jan     No football scheduled
20/Jan     Manchester United 1 (Connelley) Everton 1 (Pickering) [Fairs Cup R3 L1] *Gerry Loftus, Granada region only, Man Utd won 2nd leg 2-1
               Leicester City 3 (Williams(og), Roberts, Gibson) Plymouth Argyle 2 (Williams, Trebilcock) [League Cup SF L1] *?BBC1 "Sportsview"?
27/Jan     No football scheduled
03/Feb    Manchester United 1 (Herd) Stoke City 0 [FA Cup R4 Replay]
               Stockport County 0 Liverpool 2 (Hunt 2) [FA Cup R4 Replay] *BBC1 "Football Special" 10:55-11:20pm
               Cardiff City 0 Real Zaragoza 1 [ECWC QF L2] *BBC Wales only 10:55-11:40pm, Cardiff lose 2-3 on agg
10/Feb    Plymouth Argyle 0 Leicester City 1 (Sjoberg) [League Cup SF L2] *?BBC1 "Sportsview"?, Leicester win 4-2 on agg
17/Feb    Inter Milan 3 Glasgow Rangers 1 [European Cup QF L1] *Shown in all of UK (late change, not in RT)
24/Feb    BBC1 had "The Football Fan - Is he a hooligan? or just an ordinary harmless fellow who goes beserk on Saturday?"
03/Mar    *Liverpool v Cologne [EC QF L2] scheduled for BBC1 but PP'd (not in RT)
10/Mar    [FA Cup QF] *BBC1, 3 ties played: Crystal P 0 Leeds 3, Wolves 3 Man Utd 5 and a replay Lpool 1 Leicester 0 (not in RT)
17/Mar    Scottish League 2 (W.Hamilton, Hughes) Football League 2 (J.Charlton, Bridges) *BBC1 8:25-9:15pm, Ken Wolstenholme (RT), at Hampden
                Liverpool 0 Cologne 0 [European Cup QF L2] *BBC1 10:40-11:10pm, 0-0 on agg - play off required
                    *BBC1 Wales showed Wales international in the 10:40-11:10pm slot
24/Mar    Cologne 2 (Overath, Lohr) Liverpool 2 (St John, Hunt) [European Cup QF play off] *Ken Wolstenholme, in Rotterdam, Lpool won on coin toss
31/Mar    Leeds United 1 (Bremner) Manchester United 0 [FA Cup SF Replay] *at Nottm Forest, Ken Wolstenholme
07/Apr    U23 match on BBC1
14/Apr    No football scheduled
21/Apr    No football scheduled
28/Apr    No football scheduled
04/May    Liverpool 3 (Hunt, Callaghan, St John) Inter Milan 1 (Mazzola) [European Cup SF L1] *Tuesday night, Ken Wolstenholme
12/May    Inter Milan 3 (Corso, Peiro, Facchetti) Liverpool 0 [European Cup SF L2]

Season 1965/66
25/Aug    No football scheduled
01/Sep    No football scheduled
08/Sep    Cardiff City 1 (Johnston) Standard Liege 2 (Claessen, Semmeling) [ECWC R1 L1] *BBC Wales 11.30-12.00, Infax, Cardiff lost 2nd leg 1-0
15/Sep    No football scheduled
22/Sep    No football scheduled
29/Sep    Juventus 1 (Leoncini) Liverpool 0 [ECWC R1 L1] *late change, not in RT
06/Oct    Manchester United 6 (Connelly 3, Best 2, Charlton) HIK Helsinki 0 [European Cup R1 L2] *9-2 on agg (late change, not in RT)
13/Oct    Liverpool 2 (Lawler, Strong) Juventus 0 [ECWC R1 L2] *Ken Wolstenholme, 2-1 agg, telerecording exists
20/Oct    International
27/Oct    International
03/Nov   *No football scheduled, possibly Cardiff City 5 Reading 1 [LC R4] on BBC Wales (not scheduled in Times)
10/Nov   Home International
17/Nov   ASK Voerwaerts 0 Manchester United 2 (Law, Connelly) [European Cup R2 L1] *Utd won 2nd leg 3-1 (late change, not in RT)
24/Nov    Home International (Scotland and Wales only)
01/Dec    No football scheduled
08/Dec    Internationals
15/Dec    Standard Liege 1 (Claessen) Liverpool 2 (Hunt, St John) [ECWC R2 L2] *Ken Wolstenholme, Lpool win 5-2 on agg
22/Dec    No football scheduled
29/Dec    No football scheduled
04/Jan     Swansea Town v Cardiff City [Welsh Cup R5] *BBC Wales only 11:05-11:45pm, Tuesday (tie was drawn and went to a replay)
12/Jan     No football scheduled
19/Jan     No football scheduled
25/Jan     *BBC cameras were told to leave Turf Moor after pre-announcing Burnley v Bournemouth [FA Cup Replay] would be shown, Burnley chairman said he would sue FA and BBC
26/Jan     Cardiff City 2 (King, Hole) Port Vale 1 (Rowland) [FA Cup R3] *TWW only. Tx'd on 27th, Norman Rees comm (promo also archived)
02/Feb    Manchester United 3 (Herd, Law, Foulkes) Benfica 2 (Augusto, Torres) [European Cup QF L1] *Infax, KEn Wolstenholme (RT)
                    Possiby Cardiff City 1 (Lewis) West Ham United 5 (Peters 2, Hurst 2, Burnett) [LC] *BBC Wales, Infax (not scheduled in Times)
09/Feb    AC Milan 2 (Amarildo, Rivera) Chelsea 1 (Graham) [Fairs Cup R3 L1] *Ken Wolstenholme
16/Feb    Chelsea 2 (Graham, Osgood) AC Milan 1 (Sormani) [Fairs Cup R3 L2] *Barry Davies, 3-3 on agg. Replay in Milan was 1-1, Chelsea through on toss of coin.
23/Feb     *Possibly Swansea City v Portmadoc [Welsh Cup], BBC Wales, Infax (Not scheduled in Times)
02/Mar    West Ham United 1 (Byrne) Aufbau Magdeburg 0 [ECWC QF L1] *Infax, Ken Wolstenholme (RT), 2nd leg drawn 1-1
09/Mar    Benfica 1 (Brennan(og)) Manchester United 5 (Best 2, Connelley, Crerand, Charlton) [European Cup QF L2] *Ken Wolstenholme, shown Thursday, Utd win 8-3 on agg
16/Mar    Football League 1 (Greaves) Scottish League 3 (Penman, McBride 2) *at Newcastle, John Camkin comm
23/Mar    No football scheduled
30/Mar    No football scheduled
05/Apr    West Ham United 1 (Peters) Borussia Dortmund 2 (Emmerich 2) [ECWC SF L1] *Tuesday (Sportsview, late change - not in RT), Dortmund won 2nd leg 3-1
13/Apr    Partizan Belgrade 2 (Hasanagic, Becejac) Manchester United 0 [European Cup SF L1] *Gerry Loftus commentating, Granada only but BBC1 also showed it (not in RT)
14/Apr    Celtic 1 (Lennox) Liverpool 0 [ECWC SF L1] *Scottish only on ITV, Arthur Montford comm. BBC1 also showed it
18/Apr    Swansea Town 3 Chester 0 [Welsh Cup Final L1] *BBC Wales 9:50-10:20pm, Monday, Chester won 2nd leg (1-0) which meant they had to play off, Swansea won that 2-1
19/Apr    Liverpool 2 (Smith, Strong) Celtic 0 [ECWC SF L2] *Ken Wolstenholme, Tuesday (Sportsview, late change - not in RT)
20/Apr    Manchester United 1 (Soskic(og)) Partizan Belgrade 0 [European Cup SF L2] *Gerry Loftus commentating
27/Apr    No football scheduled
05/May   ECWC final
11/May   Leeds United 1 (Charlton) Real Zaragoza 3 (Marcelino, Villa, Santos) [Fairs Cup SF Replay] *10:30-11:00pm

Season 1966/67
24/Aug    No football scheduled
31/Aug    No football scheduled
07/Sep    No football scheduled
14/Sep    No football scheduled
21/Sep    No football scheduled
28/Sep    No football scheduled
05/Oct    No football scheduled
12/Oct    No football scheduled
19/Oct    No football scheduled
26/Oct    [League Cup R4] *Hugh Johns/director Steve Minchin (TVT), poss QPR 4 Leicester 2 (played Tuesday)
02/Nov    International
09/Nov    Possibly West Bromwich Albion 5 Utrecht 2 [Fairs Cup R1 L2] *BBC1 "Football", 10:25-10:55pm, 6-3 agg (RT bills LC QF but no LC games played this week)
16/Nov    Internationals
23/Nov    No football scheduled
30/Nov    No football scheduled
07/Dec    Ajax Amsterdam 5 (Dewulff, Cruyff, Nuninga 2, Groot) Liverpool 1 (Lawler) [European Cup R1 L1] *Gerry Loftus doing his best to commentate through thick fog
14/Dec    Liverpool 2 (Hunt 2) Ajax Amsterdam 2 (Cruyff 2) [European Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg] *Gerry Loftus commentating
21/Dec    No football scheduled
28/Dec    No football scheduled
04/Jan     No football scheduled
11/Jan     No football scheduled
18/Jan     No football scheduled, League Cup SF L1
25/Jan     No football scheduled
31/Jan     Swindon Town 3 (Penman, Rogers, Skeen) West Ham United 1 (Sissons) [FA Cup R3 Replay] *extended from RT duration, both Coleman & Wolstenholme at the ground
07/Feb    Queens Park Rangers 3 (Marsh 2, Keen) Birmingham City 1 (Barber) [League Cup SF L2] *Ken Wolstenholme (RT), QPR win 7-2 on agg
08/Feb    *Ref to Cardiff City 6 Hereford United 3 [Welsh Cup QF] as tx'd Thursday on Welsh service only. Hugh Johns comm, archived but date could be wrong
15/Feb    No football scheduled
22/Feb    No football scheduled
01/Mar    U23 Match on BBC1
08/Mar    No football scheduled
15/Mar    Scottish League 0 English League 3 (Clarke 2, Hurst) *at Hampden, Gerry Loftus (TVT)
20/Mar    Nottingham Forest 3 (Lyons, Baker, Barnwell) Swindon Town 0 [FA Cup R5 2nd Replay] *Monday night at Villa Park, must be late change as exists
29/Mar    No football scheduled
06/Apr    Youth Clubs Final
12/Apr    Tottenham Hotspur 6 (Venables 2, Gilzean, Greaves 2, Saul) Birmingham City 0 [FA Cup QF Replay] *Networked Rediffusion highlights
19/Apr    Leeds United 1 (Giles(pen)) Bologna 0 [Fairs Cup QF L2] *Gerry Loftus commentating for networked coverage. 1-1 on agg, Leeds win on coin toss.
25/Apr    Dulka Prague 0 Celtic 0 [European Cup SF L2] *Tuesday, Ken Wolstenholme (RT), Celtic win 3-1 on agg, 1st leg had been shown on BBC Scotland only
03/May   Cardiff City 2 Wrexham 1 [Welsh Cup Final L2] *Cardiff win (1st leg drawn), BBC Wales only from 11:35pm
10/May    Rediffusion only showed the London 5-a-side football championship from Empire Pool, Wembley with Barry Davies
17/May    No football scheduled
24/May   Kilmarnock 0 Leeds United 0 [Fairs Cup SF L2] *Scottish & Grampian only, Arthur Montford comm. Leeds win 4-2 on agg
 

Season 1967/68
23/Aug    No football scheduled
30/Aug    No football scheduled
06/Sep    Delayed Fairs Cup Final 2nd Leg
12/Sep    Coventry City 1 (Machin) Arsenal 2 (Sammels, Graham) [League Cup R2] *Infax, Ken Wolstenholme (RT)
20/Sep    *European R1 L1  highlights, probably Man Utd 4 (Sadler 2, Law 2) Hibernian Malta 0 [EC R1 L1], Ken Wolstenholme (RT)
               Shamrock Rovers 1 (Gilbert) Cardiff City 1 (King) [ECWC R1 L1] *BBC Wales
27/Sep    Tottenham 4 (Robertson 2, Gilzean, Venables) Hajduk Split 3 (Vardic, Musovic, Hlevenjak(pen)) [ECWC R1 L2] *Hugh Johns comm, 6-3 on agg
04/Oct    Liverpool 2 (Yeats, Hunt) Malmo 1 (Szepanski) [Fairs Cup R1 L2] *David Coleman, 4-1 agg, telerecording exists
               Cardiff City 2 (Toshack, Brown(pen)) Shamrock Rovers 0 [ECWC R1 L2] *BBC Wales, Ken Wolstenholme, 3-1 agg, tr exists
11/Oct    [League Cup R3] *TVWorld lists Hugh Johns/Dir Steve Minchin so prob London tie, if so then either West Ham 4 Bolton 1 or Arsenal 1 Reading 0
17/Oct    Nottingham Forest 4 (Baker 2, Chapman, Lyons) Eintracht Frankfurt 0 [Fairs Cup R2 L2] *Tuesday, David Coleman, 5-0 agg, Infax
25/Oct    No football scheduled
01/Nov   [League Cup R4] *probably Huddersfield 2 West Ham 0 (TVT lists Eric Harrison director, Gerry Loftus comm), if not then prob Sheff Wed 0 Stoke 0
08/Nov    No football scheduled
15/Nov    FK Sarajevo 0 Manchester United 0 [European Cup R1 L1] *Infax, Ken Wolstenholme (RT)
                     Possibly NAC Breda 1 (Visschers) Cardiff City 1 (King) [ECWC R2 L1] *If so TWW only on Thursday, archived with Hugh Johns but may be a report/off tube
22/Nov    Home International
29/Nov    Manchester United 2 (Aston, Best) FK Sarajevo 1 (Delatic) [European Cup R1 L2] *David Coleman
                Cardiff City 4 (Brown, Jones, Clarke, Toshack) NEC Breda 1 (Nouwens) [ECWC R2 L2] *BBC Wales 11:25pm, Infax, 5-2 agg
06/Dec    Home International
13/Dec    Either Spurs 4 Lyon 3 [ECWC R2 L2] *4-4 agg, Lyon win on away goals, Or Leeds 2 Stoke 0 [LC QF], David Coleman (RT)
20/Dec    No football scheduled
27/Dec    No football scheduled
03/Jan     No football scheduled
09/Jan     Liverpool 0 Ferencvaros 1 (Branikovits) [Fairs Cup R3 L2] *Tuesday, Gerry Loftus commentating, Liverpool lost 0-2 on agg
17/Jan     [League Cup SF L1] *Most likely Arsenal 3 Huddersfield 2 (TVT lists Hugh Johns & director Steve Minchin), if not then Derby 0 Leeds 1 [LC]
24/Jan     No football scheduled
30/Jan     Newport County 2 (A.Williams, Hill)  Southampton 3 (Saul, Sydenham, Channon) [FA Cup R3 Re] *Ken Wolstenholme
31/Jan     Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Robertson) Manchester United 0 [FA Cup R3 Replay] *ITC export
07/Feb    Leeds United 3 (Belfitt 2, Gray) Derby County 2 (Hector, Stewart) [League Cup SF L2] *Hugh Johns comm, networked highlights
14/Feb    No football scheduled
21/Feb    Southampton 2 (Saul, Fisher) West Bromwich Albion 3 (Astle 2, Brown) [FA Cup R4 Replay] *ITC export
28/Feb    Manchester United 2 (Florenski(og), Kidd) Gornik Zabrze 0 [European Cup QF L1] *David Coleman
06/Mar    Cardiff City 1 (B.Jones) Torpedo Moscow 0 [ECWC QF L1] *TWW only, 11:00-11:45pm
13/Mar    Gornik Zabrze 1 (Lubanski) Manchester United 0 [European Cup QF L2] *Utd win 2-1 on agg, Infax (arranged at short notice, not in RT)
20/Mar    English League 2 (Hunt, Newton) Scottish League 0 *at Middlesbrough, Hugh Johns (TVT)
27/Mar    No football scheduled
03/Apr     International
               Cardiff City 1 (Dean) Torpedo Moscow 0 [ECWC QF Replay] *In neutral Augsburg, BBC Wales 10:00-10:35pm
                    TWW poss showed it too on Thursday? Hugh Johns commentating, some survives but not goal.
08/Apr    Liverpool 1 (Hateley) West Bromwich Albion 1 (Astle) [FA Cup QF Replay] *Monday, Barry Davies commentating
18/Apr    West Bromwich Albion 2 (Astle, Clark) Liverpool 1 (Hateley) [FA Cup QF Replay] *at Man City, Thursday (ITV had Youth Clubs Final on Wednesday)
24/Apr    Manchester United 1 (Best) Real Madrid 0 [European Cup SF L1] *David Coleman
01/May   Cardiff City 2 (Dean, Harris) SV Hamburg 3 (Honig 2, Seeler) [ECWC SF L2] *Ken Wolstenholme, 3-4 on agg, injury time winner was last kick of game, tr exists
08/May    International
15/May    Real Madrid 3 (Pirri, Gento, Amancio) Manchester United 3 (Zoco(og), Sadler, Foulkes) [European Cup SF L2] *David Coleman, Utd won 4-3 on agg