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1965/66
TWW (Television Wales and West) and its' sister station Teledu Cymru (the Welsh service) had done a deal with the FA allowing them to show highlights of FA Cup matches on Sunday afternoons, these were billed as "FA Cup Special" and were introduced by Hugh Johns (though curiously, he didn't commentate). There were three TWW commentators; Peter Lloyd (former host of the children's show 'Seeing Sport' and general ITV sportscaster), Max Rawlings (former BBC radio commentator in the early 1960's) and Norman Rees (possibly the same Norman Rees who later reported for ITN).
13/Nov    Bath City 2 (Denton 2) Newport County 0 [FA Cup R1]
               Swindon Town 5 (East 4, Smart) Merthyr Tydfil 1 (Jenkins) [FA Cup R1] *programme is archived
04/Dec    Hereford United 1 (Fogg) Millwall 0 [FA Cup R2]
               Bournemouth & BA 5 (?Newton?, Coughlin 3, Hodgson) Bath City 3 (Denton 2, Horton) [FA Cup R2] *programme is archived
22/Jan     Swindon Town 1 (Brown) Coventry City 2 (Trollope(og), Rees) [FA Cup R3] *played in snow & fog!
               Birmingham City 3 (Vowden 2, Thomson) Bristol City 2 (Bush, Low) [FA Cup R3] *programme is archived
12/Feb    Southport 2 (Spence, Smith) Cardiff City 0 [FA Cup R4] *Norman Rees commentated, archived

1966/67
During late 1966, many regions - who didn't produce their own highlights - began showing either ATV London's "Star Soccer" or ABC's "World of Soccer" on Sunday afternoons. By 7th January 1967 TWW/Teledu Cymru and Grampian were the only region's not showing regular weekend football highlights.
28/Jan     "FA Cup Third Round" *likely main match was Bristol Rovers 0 Arsenal 3
18/Feb    "FA Cup Soccer" *4th Round - likely matches; Bristol City 1 Southampton 0 & Cardiff 1 Man City 1
04/Mar    Began showing ATV London's "Star Soccer" every Sunday afternoon.

1967/68
TWW & Teledu Cymru began the season as they ended the last, showing ATV London's "Star Soccer", but on 01/Oct/1967 they switched to ABC's "World of Soccer".
Returned to ATV London's "Star Soccer" from 06/Jan/1968.
Switched back to ABC's "World of Soccer" from 09/Mar/1968.

Some midweek games involving Cardiff City were also shown, see the midweek page for details.

Midweek Football on TV 1955-1968
Midweek Highlights
1955/56 - 1967/68
 

1968/69 - 1982/83
HTV coverage
1968/69 - 1982/83

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02.03.2011

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