Extra Time

"Sports Special" / "Saturday Sport" (BBC)
This section was written by Robin Carmody, the lists are based on information compiled by Robin Carmody and Robert Pedley.
Sports Special - which began in the autumn of 1955 - was the first TV programme to feature regular Football League highlights and predated Match of the Day by a decade as a regular source of Saturday night football on BBC TV.  However, it did not take a form that would be recognisable to viewers of even a few years later, featuring only five-minute edits of games (though they could be extended to ten minutes in "exceptional circumstances") - and the matches were recorded on film, with the ever-present risk that a goal might be scored while they were changing the reels. Sports Special wasn't just made up of football - it also featured film recordings of the day's other major sporting events, some of which had been shown live (during Grandstand from 1958 onwards) but some hadn't*, it usually got everything into little more than half an hour. Kenneth Wolstenholme usually presented the programme and commentated on a match, but as he also did a round-up of Today's Sport at around 5.50pm he generally covered London matches, presumably rushing back to the studios immediately after the games.  The other regular commentators were Alan Weeks (who was occasionally heard on Match of the Day into the 1970s**), Walley Barnes (the former Arsenal and Wales left-back and captain) and Cliff Michelmore (a huge national figure in that era as presenter of Tonight).  Others may have commentated in the early years, when no details were given - matches intended for coverage do not appear in Radio Times until the 1958/59 season (and they initially have the proviso "among the films it is hoped to include"). Scottish viewers had their own version of Sports Special which presumably included brief highlights of Scottish League matches.

All games are from the First Division unless otherwise stated. BBC coverage of International matches from this period are dealt with here. Details of the BBC's midweek coverage is included here.

*A five-minute edit of a rugby match between Barbarians and South Africa at Cardiff Arms Park on 4th February 1961 has been shown on ESPN Classic.
**Alan Weeks also covered the World Cup up to 1978. In later years he mainly commentated on ice skating, which he last did only a few months before his death in 1996.
***Sports Special became 'Saturday Sport' at some point and was sold to Australia in the early 1960's.

1955/56
BBC footage exists of 27/Aug/1955 WBA v Manchester United,  perhaps this was a test run?
10/Sep     Luton Town 4 (Turner, Morton, McEwan, Lackenby (og)) Newcastle United 2 (Milburn 2) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Charlton Athletic 0 Everton 2 (Harris, Wainwright) *Cliff Michelmore
*first edition went out at 10:15-10:45pm, also included Rangers v Stirling and David Coleman doing Midlands sports news, show overran by several mins incurring wrath of controller or programmes.
01/Oct    Chelsea 2 (McNichol, Smith) Manchester City 1 (Marsden) *Saturday 10-10:30pm, footage exists
18/Feb    Charlton Athletic 0 Arsenal 2 (Groves, Bloomfield) [FA Cup R5] *Kenneth Wolstenholme, camera behind the goal
07/Apr    Manchester United 2 (Berry, Taylor) Blackpool 1 (Durie) *exists, United are champions with this win.
               Bishop Aukland 1 Corinthian Casulas 1 [FA Amateur Cup Final] *exists
21/Apr    Hearts 3 (Crawford 2, Conn) Celtic 1 (Haughney) [Scottish Cup Final] *not shown until Monday as "Sportsview Special"
05/May   Manchester City 3 (Hayes, Dyson, Johnstone) Birmingham City 1 (Kinsey) [FA Cup Final] *Sunday highlights 2-3pm (Live on both BBC & ITV)
 

1956/57
13/Oct    Aston Villa 3 (Smith 2, Sewell)  Newcastle Utd 1 (Eastham) *Walley Barnes, exists
20/Oct    *programme exists, no details
27/Oct    Blackpool 2 (Durie, Mudie) Manchester United 2 (Taylor 2)
               Fulham 1 (Stevens) Stoke City 0 *goal was missed
               Celtic 0 Partick Thistle 0 [Scottish League Cup Final] *Celtic won the replay 3-0, programme exists
10/Nov   Aston Villa 1 (Sewell) Burnley 0 *Walley Barnes
               Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Medwin, Robb, Smith) Newcastle United 1 (Hopkins(og))
               Luton Town 1 (Cullen) Preston North End 1 (Baxter) *programme exists
24/Nov   Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Harmer(pen), Robb) Manchester United 2 (Berry, Coleman) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
               Wolverhampton W. 4 (Hooper 3(1pen), Mason) Preston North End 3 (Finney 2, Baxter) *?David Coleman? Wolves come from 3-0 down
               West Ham United 2 (Lewis, Tucker) Leicester City 1 (Rowley) [Division Two] *West Ham's first goal missed, programme exists
08/Dec    Reading 1 Bedford Town 0 [FA Cup R2] *Sound breaks down at point of Reading goal, scorer is unidentified, programme exists
15/Dec    Chelsea 2 (Blunstone 2) Burnley 0
                Wolverhampton W. 3 (Murray, Broadbent, Neil) Manchester City 2 (Johnstone 2(1pen)) *Bert Trautmann's 1st match after Cup final neck break
                Birmingham City 3 (Orritt, Brown 2) Manchester United 1 (Whelan) *programme exists
29/Dec     Arsenal 2 (Haverty, Tapscott) West Bromwich Albion 0 *first goal missing from recording
                Charlton Athletic 3 (Ryan 2, Summers) Sunderland 2 (Shackleton, Anderson)
09/Feb     Tottenham Hotspur 5 (Anderson(og), Stokes 2, Harmer, Smith) Sunderland 2 (Shackleton, Fleming) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
23/Mar    [FA Cup SF] *10.15-10.45, Aston Villa v WBA, Birmingham City v Man United, one or both?
 

1957/58
31/Aug    Chelsea 5 (Lewis, Brabrook, Allen, Greaves 2) Birmingham City 1 (Brown) *Ken Wolstenholme, exists
21/Sep     Manchester United 4 (Taylor, Whelan 2, Pegg) Arsenal 2 (Tiddy, Herd)  *unconfirmed
30/Nov    Manchester United 3 (Pegg 2, Whelan) Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Smith 3, Blanchflower) *Ken Wolstenholme, exists
21/Dec    Wolverhampton W. 2 (Clamp, Mullen) Everton 0 *exists (had planned to show Charlton v Huddersfield which finsihed 7-6!!!)
25/Jan     Tottenham Hotspur 0 Sheffield United 3 (Pace, Russell, Hawksworth) [FA Cup R4] *prob Ken Wolstenholme
               West Bromwich A. 3 (Robson, Kevan, Allen) Nottingham Forest 3 (Imlach, Wilson 2(1pen))
08/Feb    *Were scheduled to feature Man Utd v Wolves, but this was PP'd following the Munich air-crash.
15/Feb    West Ham United 2 (Grice, Bond(pen)) Fulham 3 (Dwight, Hill, Haynes) [FA Cup R5] *prob Ken Wolstenholme
                Wolverhampton W. 6 Darlington 1 [FA Cup R5]
                Cardiff City 0 Blackburn Rovers 0 [FA Cup R5]
15/Mar    Chelsea 1 (Greaves) Blackpool 4 (Charnley, Mudie 2, Perry)
22/Mar    Blackburn Rovers 1 (Dobing) Bolton Wanderers 2 (Gubbins 2) [FA Cup SF] *at Maine Road
                Manchester United 2 (Charlton 2) Fulham 2 (Stevens, Hill) [FA Cup SF] *at Villa Park
29/Mar    West Bromwich Albion 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 (Mason, Murray 2)
05/Apr     Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (Clamp) Portsmouth 0
                West Ham United 0 Charlton Athletic 0
12/Apr     Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Harmer) Manchester United 0
                Chelsea 2 (Sillett(pen), Brabrook) Bolton Wanderers 2 (Ball, Gubbins)
        *plus FA Amateur Cup final: Woking 3 (Hebdon 2, Stratton) Ilford 0 *K.Wolstenholme & W.Barnes, 2nd half had been live
26/Apr    Chelsea 2 (?Cliss?, Allen) Manchester United 1 (Taylor)
               Charlton Athletic 3 (Lucas, Firmani, Hewie(pen)) Blackburn Rovers 4 (Dobing, Johnston, Vernon, Douglas(pen)) *Blackburn promoted, Charlton stay down
 

1958/59
23/Aug    No details given
30/Aug    Chelsea 6 (Greaves 5, Block) Wolverhampton W. 2 (Mason, Slater) *Ken Wolstenholme, exists
               West Bromwich Albion 1 (Allen) Bolton Wanderers 1 (Edwards)
06/Sep    Leicester City 3 (McDonald, Kelly, Walsh) Manchester City 1 (McAdams)
               Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Medwin) Newcastle United 3 (White 2, McGuigan)
13/Sep    West Bromwich Albion 1 (Dudley) Preston North End 1 (Mayers)
20/Sep     Portsmouth 2 (Saunders 2) Blackburn Rovers 1 (Johnston)
                Charlton Athletic 1 (Ryan) Middlesbrough 0
27/Sep    Chelsea 4 (Nicholas, Greaves 3) Nottingham Forest 1 (Gray)
                Luton Town 4 (Cummins, Bingham, Adam 2) Preston North End 1 (Hatsell)
04/Oct     Home Internationals *N.Ireland v England
11/Oct    Chelsea 0 Bolton Wanderers 1 (Lofthouse)
               Manchester United 1 (Charlton) Arsenal 1 (Ward)
18/Oct    Home Internationals *Wales v Scotland
25/Oct    West Ham United 1 Burnley 0
               Bristol City 4 Sunderland 1
01/Nov    No details available
08/Nov    Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Smith) Bolton Wanderers 1 (Lofthouse)
                Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 (Mason 2) Preston North End 0
15/Nov    Birmingham City 1 (Larkin) Newcastle United 0
                Fulham 2 (Cook, Chamberlain) Cardiff City 1 (Walsh)
                FA Cup R1 match *possibly Tooting & Mitcham Utd 3 Bournemouth & BA 1
22/Nov    Aston Villa 2 (Smith(pen), McParland) Preston North End 0
                West Ham United 0 Leicester City 3 (Kelly, Keyworth, Hines)
29/Nov    Arsenal 1 (Clapton) Blackpool 4 (Charnley 2, Durie, Mudie)
                Bristol Rovers 3 (Hooper, Bradford 2) Middlesbrough 1 (Clough)
06/Dec    Tooting and Mitcham 2 (Viney, Hasty) Northampton Town 1 (Kirkup) [FA Cup R2]
               Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Smith) Preston North End 2 (Mayers, Hatsell)
13/Dec    Luton Town 1 (Bingham) Blackburn Rovers 1 (Johnston)
               Leyton Orient 0 Grimsby Town 1 (Scott(pen))
20/Dec    Chelsea 2 (Brabrook, P.Sillett(pen)) Manchester United 3 (Goodwin, Charlton, Scott(og))
               Brighton & HA 4 (Shepherd 2, Jones, Sexton) Middlesbrough 6 (Peacock 2, Clough 3, Bertolini(og))
27/Dec    Nottingham Forest 3 (Imlach 2, Wilson) Newcastle United 0
               Charlton Athletic 2 (Hewie, Taylor(og)) Huddersfield Town 1 (Massie)
               Queen's Park Rangers 2 (Pearson, Longbottom) Plymouth Argyle 1 (Gauld)
03/Jan      Luton Town 0 Birmingham City 1 (Neal)
                Fulham 1 (Cook) Swansea City 2 (Palmer, Davies)
10/Jan      Tooting & Mitcham Utd 2 (Granger, Murphy) Nottm Forest 2 (Murphy(og), Gray(pen)) [FA Cup R3] *on frozen pitch, Tooting 2-0 up
                     *Newcastle Utd v Chelsea and Worcester City v Liverpool scheduled but both postponed, presumably other Cup ties were shown instead
17/Jan      Arsenal 3 (Groves 2, Bloomfield) Everton 1 (Collins)
24/Jan      [FA Cup R4] *unknown ties shown
31/Jan     Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 (Mason 2, Deeley, Murray, Lill) Blackburn Rovers 0
               Charlton Athletic 2 (Hewie, Moran(og)) Liverpool 3 (Twentyman, Morris, Melia)
07/Feb    Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Norman) Manchester United 3 (Charlton 2, Scanlon)
               Leyton Orient 0 Sheffield Wednesday 2 (Curtis(pen), Finney)
14/Feb    Bolton Wanderers 2 (Parry, Birch) Preston North End 2 (Campbell, Thompson) [FA Cup R5]
               Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Jones) Norwich City 1 (Allcock) [FA Cup R5] *Norwich a minute from winning but won replay
21/Feb    Chelsea 1 (Greaves) Burnley 3 (Robson 3)
               West Bromwich Albion 1 (Kevan) Arsenal 1 (Julians)
28 Feb    [FA Cup QF] *unknown ties shown
07/Mar   Wolverhampton W. 6 (Deeley 2, Broadbent 2, Lill, Murray) Arsenal 1 (Haverty)
               West Ham United 3 (Dick 3) West Bromwich Albion 1 (Robson)
14/Mar    Luton Town 1 (Brown) Norwich City 1 (Brennan) [FA Cup SF] *at White Hart Lane
                Aston Villa 0 Nottingham Forest 1 (Quigley) [FA Cup SF] *played at Hillsborough. +Scottish Cup match
                     *Shown as part of 'Evening Grandstand' with David Coleman and Ken Wolstenholme including live athletics and tennis
21/Mar   West Ham United 4 (Obeney, Bond 2, Dick) Bolton Wanderers 3 (Stevens, Parry, Hill)
               Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 (Mason, Lill 3, Deeney) West Bromwich Albion 2 (Kevan 2)
28/Mar    Luton Town 4 (Pacey, Brown 2, Gregory) Newcastle United 2 (Allchurch, Hughes)
               West Bromwich Albion 3 (Kevan 2, Allen) Blackpool 1 (Mudie)
04/Apr    Manchester United 3 (Charlton, Scanlon, Viollet) Bolton Wanderers 0
               West Ham United 3 (Bond, Dick, Grice) Everton 2 (Hickson, Laverick)
11/Apr    Home Internationals *England v Scotland
18/Apr    West Ham United 1 (Dare) Preston North End 1 (Baxter)
               Wolverhampton W. 5 (Broadbent 2, Booth, Clamp, Murray) Luton Town 0 *Wolves are champions with this win
                Barnet 2 (Brown 2) Crook Town 3 (Tracey 2, Keating) [FA Amateur Cup Final] *second half live in Grandstand, Ken Wolstenholme comm.
25/Apr     Everton 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (Murray)
                Leicester City 2 (Walsh, Wills) Manchester United 1 (Bradley) *scheduled, but title had been decided - Man City 0 Villa 0 may have been shown instead.
 

1959/60
22/Aug    West Bromwich Albion 3 (Burnside 2, Foulkes(og)) Manchester United 2 (Violett 2)
               Arsenal 0 Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Fantham)
               Newcastle United 1 (Eastham) Tottenham Hotspur 5 (Jones 3, Brooks 2)
29/Aug    Bolton Wanderers 2 (Parry, Stevens) Everton 1 (Hickson)
               Fulham 1 (Leggat) Blackpool 0
               Nottingham Forest 2 (Iley, Quigley) Blackburn Rovers 2 (Vernon, Dobing)
05/Sep    Chelsea 4 (Livesey 2, Brabrook, Greaves) Burnley 1 (Connelly)
               Manchester City 4 (Barlow, McAdams 3) Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 (Deeley, Slater 2, Murray 2, Hill)
12/Sep    Leicester City 0 Newcastle United 2 (Bell 2)
               Manchester United 1 (Viollet) Tottenham Hotspur 5 (Dunmore, Smith 2, Harmer, Mackay)
               Burnley 2 (J.Robson, Pilkington) West Bromwich Albion 1 (B.Robosn) *exists? Not listed in RT. Future England manager Bobby Robson scoring in this one
19/Sep    Tottenham Hotspur 5 (Jones 2, Dunmore, Smith, Mackay) Preston North End 1 (Lambert)
               Newcastle United 1 (Tait) Burnley 3 (McIlroy, Connelly 2)
26/Sep    West Ham United 4 (Musgrove 2, Woosnam, Grice) West Bromwich Albion 1 (Burnside)
               Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 (Broadbent, Clamp) Everton 0
03/Oct    Fulham 3 (Stokes 2, Cook) Nottingham Forest 1 (Gray) *Ken Wolstenholme did "Today's Sport" so was probably at Fulham, also showed NI v Sco
10/Oct    Chelsea 0 Bolton Wanderers 2 (Hill, M. Edwards)
               Tottenham Hotspur 5 (Smith 4, Jones) Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (Mason), Sheffield United 1 Aston Villa 1
17/Oct    Arsenal 0 Preston North End 3 (Sneddon, Walton, Alston)
              Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 (Murray 2, Broadbent) Manchester United 2 (Stuart(og), Viollet) *Also showed Wales v England
24/Oct    Newcastle United 0 Bolton Wanderers 2 (Parry 2)
               West Ham United 1 (Musgrove) Blackpool 0
31/Oct    Manchester City 1 (Leivers(pen)) Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Mackay, Jones)
               Nottingham Forest 3 (Gray, Quigley, ????) Chelsea 1 (Harrison)
07/Nov    Chelsea 3 (Livesey, Harrison, Anderton) Blackburn Rovers 1 (Dobing)
                Burnley 4 (Pointer 2, Connelly 2) Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (Mason)
14/Nov    [FA Cup R1] *no matches named, but possibly Walthamstow Avenue 2 Bournemouth & BA 3
                Fulham 1 (Haynes) Preston North End 2 (Mayers, Taylor) *West Region (which included the South) also had "Sports Extra"
21/Nov    Birmingham City 2 (Hooper, Larkin) Blackpool 1 (Charnley)
                Rotherham United 2 (Sawyer, Kettlebrough) Portsmouth 1 (Harris(pen))
                Cardiff City 4 (Tapscott, Bonson 2, Asprey(og)) Stoke City 4 (Newlands, King 2, Bowyer) *BBC Wales only, exists
28/Nov    No details available
05/Dec    Notts County 0 Bath City 1 (O'Neill) [FA Cup R2] *Kenneth Wolstenholme
               Enfield 1 (McDonnell) Bournemouth & BA 5 (Bumstead 3, Dowsett, Arnott)
12/Dec    Blackburn Rovers 6 (Dougan 4, Dobing 2) West Ham United 2 (Woosnam, Dick)
               Nottingham Forest 1 (Wilson) Manchester United 5 (Dawson, Viollet 3, Scanlon)
19/Dec    Bolton Wanderers 0 Blackpool 3 (Perry 2, Peterson)
               Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Norman, Jones, White, Blanchflower) Newcastle United 0
26/Dec    No programme
               Cardiff City 2 (Bonson, Tapscott) Sheffield United 0 *BBC Wales only, exists?
02/Jan     Arsenal 4 (Evans, Haverty, Charles, Willis(pen)) Wolverhampton W. 4 (Murray, Mason, Clamp, Horne)
               Newcastle United 7 (Hughes, White 3, Eastham(pen), Bell, Allchurch) Manchester United 3 (Dawson, Quixall 2(1pen))
09/Jan     Bath City 0 Brighton and Hove Albion 1 (Tiddy) [FA Cup R3]
               Newcastle United 2 (Allchurch, Eastham) Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 (Flowers, Clamp(pen)) [FA Cup R3]
               Rotherham United 2 (Sawyer, Myerscough pen.) Arsenal 2 (Julians, Williams og) [FA Cup R3] *Rotherham came from 2-0 down and had goal disallowed at 2-2
                    *South & West region also had  'Flashback and Sports Extra' at 11:20-11:45pm, possibly including further football
16/Jan     Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Allen 2, Smith) Arsenal 0 *played on a frozen pitch
               Nottingham Forest 0 Blackpool 0
23/Jan     West Ham United 1 (Dick) Bolton Wanderers 2 (Parry, Stevens)
               Birmingham City 2 (Larkin, Neal) Preston North End 1 (Sneddon)
30/Jan     Chelsea 1 (P.Sillett(pen)), Aston Villa 2 (McParland, Thomson) [FA Cup R4]
               Liverpool 1 (Wheeler) Manchester United 3 (Charlton 2, Bradley) [FA Cup R4]
               Sheffield Wednesday 2 (Craig 2) Peterborough United 0 [FA Cup R4]
06/Feb    Fulham 1 (Jones) Bolton Wanderers 1 (Birch)
               Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (Murray) Blackpool 1 (Charnley)
13/Feb    Everton 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 (Murray 2)
20/Feb    Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Jones) Blackburn Rovers 3 (Brown, Bimpson 2) [FA Cup R5]
               Manchester United 0 Sheffield Wednesday 1 (McAnearney(pen)) [FA Cup R5]
               Cardiff City 3 (Watkins, Bonson 2) Hull City 2 (Smith, Gubbins) *BBC Wales only, exists?
27/Feb    Arsenal 1 (Barnwell(pen)) Newcastle United 0
               Aston Villa 1 (Thomson) Sheffield United 3 (Pace 3)
05/Mar    Manchester United 0 Wolverhampton W. 2 (Deeley, Stobart)
                Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Jones 3, White) Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Finney)
12/Mar    Aston Villa 2 (Hitchens, McParland) Preston North End 0 [FA Cup QF]
                Sheffield United 0 Sheffield Wednesday 2 (Wilkinson 2) [FA Cup QF]
                Burnley 3 (Pilkington, McIlroy, Connelly) Blackburn Rovers 3 (Douglas, Dobing, McGrath) [FA Cup QF] *Blackburn came from 3-0 down
19/Mar    Chelsea 2 (Nicholas, Blunstone) Blackpool 3 (Charnley, Perry 2)
                Cardiff City 1 (Tapscott) Portsmouth 4 (Harris, Saunders, Newman 2)
                Leeds United 4 (Peyton, Bremner, McCole 2(2pens)) Manchester City 3 (Gibson(og), Law, Barlow) *Alan Weeks, exists, not listed in RT, Law's debut
26/Mar    Wolverhampton W. 1 (Deeley) Aston Villa 0 [FA Cup SF] *at the Hawthorns
                Blackburn Rovers 2 (Dougan 2) Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Fantham) [FA Cup SF] *at Maine Road
                     Ken Wolstenholme & Walley Barnes commentated on these SF's.
02/Apr     Chelsea 3 (Blunstone, Greaves, Brooks) Manchester City 0
                Manchester United 2 (Charlton 2) Bolton Wanderers 0
16/Apr     Radio Times lists "key League Championship matches"
                     *most likely to be Tottenham Hotspur 0 Manchester City 1 and Burnley 3 Luton Town 0, both involved title and relegation
                      possibly also Newcastle United 1 Wolverhampton W. 0
                Cardiff City 1 (Moore) Aston Villa 0 *BBC Wales only, exists? both teams promoted
23/Apr     Wolverhampton W. 1 (Broadbent) Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Smith, Mackay, Jones) *Walley Barnes
                Arsenal 5 (Clapton, Bloomfield 3, Ward) Manchester United 2 (Pearson, Giles) *Alan Weeks
                Hendon 2 (Topp, Howard) Kingstonian 1 (Whing) [FA Amateur Cup final] *2nd half had been live in Grandstand, Wolstenholme comm.
30/Apr     Radio Times lists "Film reports spotlight the League Championship and FA Cup finalists"
                     *almost certainly Chelsea 1 Wolverhampton W. 5, possibly Burnley 0 Fulham 0 or Tottenham Hotspur 4 Blackpool 1
                      maybe also Birmingham City 1 Blackburn Rovers 0
 

1960/61
20/Aug     Aston Villa 3 (McParland, Hitchens, Thompson) Chelsea 2 (Gibbs, Brabrook)*Walley Barnes, exists
                Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Allen, Smith) Everton 0 *Ken Wolstenholme, exists
                Norwich City 1 (Allcock) Sheffield United 1 (Hamilton)
27/Aug     West Ham United 2 (Musgrove, Dick) Bolton Wanderers 1 (Deakin) *RT says Alan Weeks presented this week, exists
                Birmingham City 1 (Hooper) Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Fantham)
03/Sep     Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Smith 2, Allen 2) Manchester United 1 (Viollet) *again presented by Alan Weeks and shown as part of "Olympic Sportsview"
10/Sep     No Sports Special listed *Wolstenholme did 2nd half of Olympic Football Final live, also this weekend ITV showed a one off live league game.
17/Sep     Arsenal 5 (Clapton, Herd 3, Strong) Newcastle United 0 *Ken Wolstenholme, exists (ITV had planned to show this live, RT not listing games for this period)
24/Sep     Tottenham Hotspur 6 (White 2, Smith, Dyson, Allen, MacKay) Aston Villa 2 (McEwan, Hitchens) *Ken Wolstenholme, exists (ITV planned live)
                Everton 4 (Lill, Ring, Vernon 2) West Ham United 1 (Beesley)
01/Oct     Bolton Wanderers 1 (McAdams) Manchester United (Giles) *Alan Weeks, exists
                Chelsea 3 (Greaves, Livesey, Blunstone) Everton 3 (Collins, J.Harris, Ring) *Ken Wolstenholme, exists
15/Oct     Burnley 5 (Pointer, Connelly 2, Joyce, McIlroy) Manchester United 3 (Viollet 3)
                Nottingham Forest 0 Tottenham Hotspur 4 (White, Mackay, Jones 2)
22/Oct     Manchester United 3 (Dawson, Stiles, Sellers) Newcastle United 2 (Hughes, Stokoe(pen)) *Walley Barnes
                Chelsea 2 (Greaves, Brabrook) Burnley 6 (Robson 3, Miller, McIlroy 2) *Ken Wolstenholme, exists, also Wales v Scotland
29/Oct     Arsenal 2 (Barnwell, Herd) Manchester United 1 (Quixall) *Kenneth Wolstenholme, exists
                Sheffield Wednesday 2 (Ellis, Griffin) Bolton Wanderers 0
05/Nov    Aston Villa 2 (Hitchens 2) Burnley 0 *Walley Barnes, exists
                Tottenham Hotspur 5 (Allen 2, Jones 2, White) Fulham 1 (Leggat) *South & West also had "Sports Extra"
At this point Radio Times begins to list the commentators
12/Nov    Sheffield Wednesday 2 (Griffin, Fantham) Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Norman) *Walley Barnes (Kenneth Wolstenholme did Hungary v Poland the next day)
19/Nov    Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 (Broadbent, Farmer, Mason) Preston North End 0 *Walley Barnes
                Bolton Wanderers 3 (McAdams 2, F.Lee) Burnley 5 (Connelly 2, Pointer 2, Robson) *Alan Weeks
26/Nov    Bournemouth & BA 3 (Bolton, Weller, Smith) Yeovil Town 1 (Kelly) [FA Cup R2] *Walley Barnes
                Arsenal 3 (Herd 3) Everton 2 (Collins(pen), Vernon) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Cardiff City 3 (Hogg 2, Edgley) Manchester United 0 *BBC Wales
03/Dec     Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Norman, Jones 2, Mackay) Burnley 4 (Connelly 2, Robson, Pointer) *K.Wolstenholme, Spurs 3-0 & 4-1 up
                Wolverhampton W. 5 (Groves(og), Farmer 3, Deeley) Arsenal 3 (Herd, Strong, Barnwell) *Walley Barnes
                Everton 4 (Vernon 2(1pen), Johnson(og)), J.Harris) Sheffield Wednesday 2 (Ellis, Craig) *Alan Weeks
10/Dec     Fulham 4 (RH Brown, Setters(og), Mullery, O'Connell) Manchester United 4 (Charlton, Quixall 2(1pen), Dawson) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Nottingham Forest 2 (Quigley, Vowden) Aston Villa 0 *Cliff Michelmore
17/Dec     West Ham United 5 (Musgrove, Dunmore 2, Moore, Dick) Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 *Kenneth Wolstenholme, exists
                Sheffield United 1 (Simpson) Norwich City 1 (Allcock) *Walley Barnes
24/Dec     No programme
31/Dec     Tottenham Hotspur 5 (Smith 2, Allen 2, Blanchflower) Blackburn Rovers 2 (Douglas, Dobing) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Burnley 5 (Robson 2, Harris, Miller) Newcastle United 3 (Hughes 2, White) *Walley Barnes
07/Jan      Everton 0 Sheffield United 1 (Russell)  [FA Cup R3] *Alan Weeks
                Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Allen 2, Dyson) Charlton Athletic 2 (Leary, Lawrie) [FA Cup R3] *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (Kirkham) Huddersfield Town 1 (Stokes) [FA Cup R3] *Walley Barnes
                Bristol Rovers 1 (Biggs) Aston Villa 1 (Thomson) [FA Cup R3] *Regional opt-out following "Sports Special" & the news, the South & West had "Flashback & Sports Extra" at 11.00-11.20 pm, ?Maurice Edelston?
14/Jan      West Ham United 1 (Dick) Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Ellis) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                      *Manchester Utd v Tottenham postponed (fog), Walley Barnes may have covered another game instead
21/Jan      Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 Everton 1 *Walley Barnes
                Sheffield United 4 Stoke City 1 *Alan Weeks
28/Jan       Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Wilkinson) Manchester United 1 (Cantwell(pen)) [FA Cup R4] *Walley Barnes
                 Tottenham Hotspur 5 (Dyson, Smith, Mackay, Jones, Allen) Crewe Alexandra 1 (Tighe) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
04/Feb      Everton 1 (Collins) Bolton Wanderers 2 (McAdams 2(1pen)) *Walley Barnes
                      *Birmingham City v Burnley postponed, Cliff Michelmore may have covered another game instead
11/Feb     Wolverhampton W. 2 (Deeley, Flowers) Manchester United 1 (Nicholson) *Walley Barnes
                Arsenal 2 (Herd 2) Cardiff City 3 (Moore, Walsh, Donnelly) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Burnley 3 (Adamson(pen), Connelly, Pointer) Sheffield Wednesday 4 (Craig 2, Farnham, McAnearney(pen)) *Not listed in RT
18/Feb     Aston Villa 0 Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Neal(og), Jones) [FA Cup R5] *Walley Barnes
                Leyton Orient 0 Sheffield Wednesday 2 (Fantham, Ellis) [FA Cup R5] *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Burnley 4 (Connelly, Robson 2, Pointer) Swansea Town 0 [FA Cup R5] *Alan Weeks
25/Feb     Manchester City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Medwin) *Walley Barnes
                Northampton Town 0 Peterborough United 3 (Bly, McNamee, Smith) *Cliff Michelmore
04/Mar    Sunderland 1 (McPheat) Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Jones) [FA Cup QF] *Walley Barnes
                Sheffield Wednesday 0 Burnley 0 [FA Cup QF] *Alan Weeks
                Leicester City 0 Barnsley 0 [FA Cup QF] *Cliff Michelmore
11/Mar    Arsenal 0 Blackburn Rovers 0 *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Cardiff City 3 (Hogg, Walsh, Tapscott) Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Dyson, Allen)
                Burnley 4 (Harris 2, Lochhead 2) Chelsea 4 (Greaves 2, Tambling 2)
                Southampton 1 (Mulgrew) Plymouth Argyle 1 (Fincham) [Division Two] *shown in most of the South and West region (though not from Brighton mast) on Sunday afternoon with Maurice Edelston commentating
18/Mar     Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Smith 2, Jones) Burnley 0 [FA Cup SF] *at Villa Park, Walley Barnes
                Leicester City 0 Sheffield United 0 *at Elland Road, Alan Weeks
25/Mar     Nottingham Forest 1 (Addison) Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (Murray(pen))  *Cliff Michelmore
                Sheffield Wednesday 5 (Cantwell(og), Young 3, Craig) Manchester United 1 (Charlton) *Walley Barnes
01/Apr     Tottenham Hotspur 5 (White, Jones 3, Saul) Preston North End 0 *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Wolverhampton W. 1 (Murray) Manchester City 0 *Walley Barnes
                Crystal Palace 2 (Byrne 2) Oldham Athletic 1 (Rackley) *Alan Weeks
08/Apr     Sheffield Wednesday 2 (Wilkinson, Fantham) Leicester City 2 (Walsh, McLintock) *Alan Weeks
                Birmingham City 2 (Harris 2(1pen)) Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Smith, Allen, White) *Walley Barnes
                Ipswich Town 2 (Phillips(pen), Curtis) Portsmouth 2 (Cutler, Howells) *This is referred to as being broadcast in a book called "The men who made the town".
15/Apr     Home Internationals *England v Scotland
                     *Tottenham v Sheff Wed also scheduled with Walley Barnes but not played until Monday night, Spurs' win confirmed their title
22/Apr     Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Wilkinson) Everton 2 (Wignall 2) *Alan Weeks
                Millwall 4 (Jones, Burridge 2, Spears) Peterborough United 3 (Bly 2, McNamee) *Walley Barnes (also showed Scottish Cup final with George Davidson)
29/Apr     Chelsea 4 (Greaves 4(1pen)) Nottingham Forest 3 (Booth, Addison, Palmer(pen)) *Cliff Michelmore, exists (plus schoolboys & an international)
 

1961/62
"Sports Special" appeared much less often during the first half of the 1961/62 season, which may have been down to a dispute with the Football League.
28/Oct     Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Jones 2, Clayton, Saul) Burnley 2 (Pointer 2) *Alan Weeks
                Hearts 1 Rangers 1 [Scottish League Cup Final] *apparently shown throughout the UK, George Davidson
By late 1961 Saturday night highlights had returned.
30/Dec     Tottenham Hotspur 5 (Jones 3, MacKay, Allen) Chelsea 2 (Moore 2) *RT now lists show as "Sportsview Football Special"
                     *Sheff Wed v Burnley scheduled but postponed, only 12 league matches played in total, a then record.
06/Jan      Birmingham City 3 (Orritt, Harris, Leek) Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Greaves 2, Jones) [FA Cup R3] *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Everton 4 (Bingham, Vernon(pen), Fell, Collins) King's Lynn 0 {FA Cup R3] *Walley Barnes
                     *Leicester v Stoke scheduled but postponed,  Alan Weeks may have covered another game instead.
13/Jan      Ipswich Town 3 (Stephenson, Moran, Leadbetter) West Bromwich Albion 0 *Walley Barnes
                Arsenal 1 (Charles) Bolton Wanderers 2 (Stevens, Holden) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
20/Jan      West Ham United 2 (Woosnam, Dick) Aston Villa 0 *Kenneth Wolstenholme, RT now listing as "Football Special"
                West Bromwich Albion 1 (Smith) Burnley 1 (McIlroy) *Alan Weeks (by all accounts WBA should have won this very easily)
27/Jan      Stoke City 0 Blackburn Rovers 1 (Douglas(pen)) [FA Cup R4] *K.Wolstenholme, Stanley Matthews back with home-town club
                Plymouth Argyle 1 (Anderson) Tottenham Hotspur 5 (Medwin, Greaves 2, Jones, White) *Alan Weeks
                     *Burnley v Leyton Orient scheduled with Walley Barnes but abandoned due to fog, another tie possibly shown instead
03/Feb     Manchester United 3 (Stiles, Giles, Lawton) Cardiff City 0 *Alan Weeks
                Leyton Orient 2 (McDonald, Graham) Bristol Rovers 3 (Williams, Mabbutt, Jarman) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
10/Feb     Everton 2 (Vernon 2) Burnley 2 (McIlroy, Pointer) *Walley Barnes
                Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Jones 2, Smith, Medwin) Nottingham Forest 2 (Hockey, Quigley) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
17/Feb     Manchester United 0 Sheffield Wednesday 0 [FA Cup R5] *Cliff Michelmore
                West Bromwich Albion 2 (Smith, Kevan) Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Smith 2, Greaves 2) [FA Cup R5] *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Burnley 3 (Miller, Connelly, Robson) Everton 1 (Collins) [FA Cup R5] *Walley Barnes
24/Feb     Sheffield United 3 (Allchurch, Kettleborough) Leicester City 1 (Keyworth) *Walley Barnes
                West Ham United 2 (Dick, Kirkup) Ipswich Town 2 (Leadbetter, Phillips(pen)) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
03/Mar     Everton 4 (Vernon 2, Wignall 2) Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 *Walley Barnes
                Peterborough United 4 (Hudson, Bly 2, Smith) Crystal Palace 1 (Byrne) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
10/Mar    Sheffield United 0 Burnley 1 (Pointer) [FA Cup QF] *Alan Weeks
                Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Blanchflower, Jones) Aston Villa 0 [FA Cup QF] *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Preston North End 0 Manchester United 0 [FA Cup QF] *Walley Barnes
17/Mar    Burnley 2 (Harris, McIlroy) Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Greaves, Jones) *Walley Barnes
                Leyton Orient 2 (Graham, Lewis) Liverpool 2 (A'Court 2) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
24/Mar     Blackburn Rovers 1 (Pickering) West Bromwich Albion 1 (Jackson) *Walley Barnes
                West Ham United 0 Manchester City 4 (Hayes, Dobing 3) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
31/Mar    Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Greaves, Jones, Medwin) Manchester United 1 (Herd) [FA Cup SF] *at Hillsborough, Walley Barnes
                Burnley 1 (Connelly) Fulham 1 (Leggat) [FA Cup SF] *at Villa Park, Kenneth Wolstenholme
07/Apr     Manchester United 5 (Quixall 3, Stiles, Setters) Ipswich Town 0 *exists, included "Boat Race" so went out as "Sports Special"
                West Ham United 2 Birmingham City 2 *Kenneth Wolstenholme, played on Friday night
14/Apr     Home Internationals - *Scotland v England
21/Apr     No details given
28/Apr     Ipswich Town 2 (Crawford 2) Aston Villa 0 *Cliff Michelmore (also post match interview with Alf Ramsey)
                      Burnley 1 (Towers) Chelsea 1 (Blunstone) was probably other game *Walley Barnes.
                      Wolstenholme covered England/West Germany schoolboys from Wembley, last 30 mins live on Grandstand (Alan Weeks introduced it)
 

1962/63
Anglia and Tyne Tees ITV region's also begin producing highlights programmes from September.
BBC highlights now going out as "Saturday Sport"
18/Aug    Manchester United 2 (Herd, Law) West Bromwich Albion 2 (Kevan, Smith) *Alan Weeks, Denis Law made his debut, exists
               Leyton Orient (Gibbs) Arsenal 2 (Strong, Baker) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
25/Aug    West Ham United 1 (Woosnam) Tottenham Hotspur 6 (Lyall(og), Medwin, Greaves 2, Jones, White) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
               Sheffield United 2 (Pace, Simpson) Ipswich Town 1 (Crawford) *Alan Weeks
01/Sep    Fulham 1 (Brown) Everton 0 *Kenneth Wolstenholme
               Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 (Hinton 2, Farmer, Crowe) Blackburn Rovers 2 (Ferguson, Shaw) *Alan Weeks
08/Sep    Birmingham City 5 (Leek, Hellawell 2, Bloomfield, Bullock) Burnley 1 (Pointer) *Alan Weeks
               Arsenal 1 (Baker) Sheffield Wednesday 2 (Layne 2) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
15/Sep    Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Allen 2, White, Medwin) Blackburn Rovers 1 (Pickering) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
               Aston Villa 1 (J.Shaw(og)) Sheffield United 2 (Hartle) *Alan Weeks
               Cardiff City 5 (P.Davies(og), Charles 2, McIntosh, Hooper) Swansea Town 2 (H.Williams 2) *BBC Wales, exists
22/Sep    Everton 2 (Vernon(pen), Morrissey) Liverpool 2 (Lewis, Hunt) *Alan Weeks, exists
               Ipswich Town 2 (Moran, Crawford) Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 (Hinton, McParland 2) *Kenneth Wolstenholme (perhaps the BBC's covering this game was the reason Anglia might not have shown their recording of it)
29/Sep    Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Kay) Manchester United 0 *Walley Barnes
               Tottenham Hotspur 9 (Greaves 4, Jones 2, White, Medwin, Allen(pen)) Nottingham Forest 2 (Hockey, Vowden) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
06/Oct    Wolverhampton W. 0 Everton 2 (Bingham, Young) *Alan Weeks, exists
               West Ham United 5 (Hurst, Byrne 2, Musgrove, Brown) Birmingham City 0 *Kenneth Wolstenholme
13/Oct    Burnley 5 (Lochhead 2, Harris, Connelly, Miller) Sheffield United 1 (Russell) *Alan Weeks
               Leyton Orient 0 Blackpool 2 (Parry 2) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
20/Oct    Home Internationals
27/Oct     Bolton Wanderers 1 (Stanley) Nottingham Forest 0 *Alan Weeks
               Arsenal 5 (Baker 3, Eastham 2) Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 (Crowe, Flowers(pen), McParland, Broadbent) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
03/Nov    Manchester City 1 (Dobing) Everton 1 (Wignall) *Walley Barnes
                Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Blanchflower(pen), Medwin, Greaves 2) Leicester City 0 *Kenneth Wolstenholme
10/Nov    Burnley 2 (McIlroy, Lochhead) Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 *Alan Weeks
                Leicester City 2 West Ham United 0 *Kenneth Wolstenholme
17/Nov    Liverpool 5 (Hunt 3, Stevenson, St.John) Leyton Orient 0 *Walley Barnes, exists
                Nottingham Forest 3 Arsenal 0 *Kenneth Wolstenholme
24/Nov    Burnley 2 (Connelly, Pointer) Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Greaves) *Walley Barnes
                Fulham 2 (Brown, Leggat) Manchester City 4 (Hannah, Dobing, Harley 2) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
01/Dec    Tottenham Hotspur 0 Everton 0 *Kenneth Wolstenholme, exists
               Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (Hinton) Leicester City 3 (Gibson 2, Flowers(og)) *Walley Barnes, exists
08/Dec    Arsenal 2 (Martin(og), Strong) Blackpool 0 *Kenneth Wolstenholme
               Huddersfield Town 0 Sunderland 3 (Clough 2, Mulhall)) *Walley Barnes
15/Dec    Chelsea 3 (Bridges, Blunstone 2) Rotherham United 0 *Kenneth Wolstenholme, exists
               Everton 3 (Stevens, Vernon, Young) Burnley 1 (McIlroy) *Alan Weeks
22/Dec    Aston Villa v Manchester City  was abandoned after 48 minutes (Alan Weeks), Fulham v Bolton Wanderers postponed (Ken Wolstenholme)
29/Dec    Burnley 4 (Miller, Pointer, Harris, McIlroy) Sheffield Wednesday 0 *Alan Weeks
                    *Arsenal v Everton scheduled with Wolstenholme but frozen off, only 10 League matches played, a record which would be surpassed almost immediately
05/Jan    *Only 3 of 32 FA Cup ties played due to bad weather. BBC were at all three and the programme still exists, hosted by Alan Weeks
(orig sched to be at Spurs v Burnley(Wolstenholme), Man Utd v Huddersfield(Barnes) and Forest v Wolves(Michelmore).
               Preston North End 1 (Holden) Sunderland 4 (Sharkey 2, Fogarty, Davidson) [FA Cup R3] *Walley Barnes
               Plymouth Argyle 1 (McAnearney) West Bromwich A. 5 (Cram, Kevan 2, Smith, Newman(og))  [FA Cup R3] *Maurice Edelston, snow covered pitch
               Tranmere Rovers 2 (King, Jones) Chelsea 2 (Tambling, Bridges) [FA Cup R3] *Kenneth Wolstenholme
12/Jan     Chelsea v Stoke (Ken Wolstenholme) & Sheffield Utd v Liverpool (Walley Barnes) both postponed (only game played in top 2 divs was WBA 0 Sheff Wed 3)
19/Jan     West Ham v Man City(Wolstenholme) and Leciester v Everton(Weeks) both postponed
                    Spurs 2 Blackpool 0 (probably shown with Wolstenholme), only other top flight games were Villa 0 Blackburn 0 and Wolves 0 Sheff Utd 0.
26/Jan    *3 FA Cup ties scheduled, but only 5 ties went ahead.
02/Feb    WBA v Leicester(Barnes) and Luton v Sunderland(Wolstenholme) both postponed, only 4 matches played (all in 3rd & 4th tier).
09/Feb    Liverpool v Everton (Walley Barnes) and Fulham v Burnley (Kenneth Wolstenholme) both postponed (only top flight game was Leicester 2 Arsenal 0, only seven League matches played in total)
16/Feb    Arsenal 3 (McLeod, Brown, Armstrong) Bolton Wanderers 2 (Hill, Butler) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
               Liverpool 4 (Lewis 2, St.John 2) Wolverhampton W. 1 (Murray) *Walley Barnes, exists
                    2nd match replaced scheduled Bury v Stoke City
23/Feb    Everton 0 Wolverhampton W. 0 *Alan Weeks
               Leyton Orient 1 (Elwood) Manchester City 1 (Harley) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
02/Mar    Liverpool 0 Leciester City 2 (Keyworth, Gibson) *Walley Barnes
               Chelsea 1 (Mulholland) Huddersfield Town 2 (O'Grady, White) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
09/Mar    Burnley 1 (Pointer) West Ham United 1 (Byrne) *Walley Barnes
                West Bromwich Albion 6 (Kevan 3, Jackson, Clark, Smith) Ipswich Town 1 (Crawford) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
16/Mar    Three FA Cup R5 ties scheduled (Kenneth Wolstenholme, Alan Weeks, Walley Barnes)
23/Mar    Leciester City 2 (Stringfellow, Keyworth) Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Smith, Greaves) *Alan Weeks
                Leyton Orient 0 Nottingham Forest 1 (Addison) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
30/Mar    Coventry City 1 (Foulkes(og)) Manchester United 3 (Charlton 2, Quixall) [FA Cup QF] *exists, three FA Cup QF ties scheduled (Kenneth Wolstenholme, Alan Weeks, Walley Barnes)
13/Apr     Charlton Athletic 1 (Durandt) Huddersfield Town 0 *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Aston Villa 0 Sheffield Wednesday 2 (Quinn, Layne) *Walley Barnes
20/Apr     Everton 1 (Young) Tottenham Hotspur 0 *Alan Weeks
                Fulham 0 Liverpool 0 *Kenneth Wolstenholme
27/Apr     Liverpool 0 Leicester City 1 (Stringfellow) [FA Cup SF] *Alan Weeks, at Hillsborough
                Southampton 0 Manchester United 1 (Law) [FA Cup SF] *Kenneth Wolstenholme, at Villa Park
04/May    *one English match with KW plus Scottish FA Cup Final with George Davidson (first Rangers v Celtic final since 1928)
11/May    *Rugby League only
18/May    *two promotion/relegation games (with Kenneth Wolstenholme and Walley Barnes)
                       probably Sunderland 0 Chelsea 1 & Stoke City 2 Luton Town 0
 

1963/64
No regular Football League coverage throughout this season apart from on ITV in the Anglia and Tyne Tees region's. "Saturday Sport's" final fling came when it was brought back on FA Cup days.
16/Nov    Queen's Park Rangers 4 Gillingham 1 *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Altrincham v Wrexham *Cliff Michelmore, abandoned after 76 minutes with Wrexham leading 2-1
                Peterborough United 1 (Bell(og)) Watford 1 (Oliver) [FA Cup R1] *Walley Barnes
07/Dec    Yeovil Town 3 (Taylor 2, Pound) Crystal Palace 1 (Wood) *Walley Barnes
                Coventry City 1 Bristol Rovers 2 *Kenneth Wolstenholme
04/Jan      Southampton 2 (Chivers, Paine) Manchester United 3 (Moore, Traynor(og), Crerand) [FA Cup R3] *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Yeovil Town 0 Bury 2 (Jones 2) [FA Cup R3] *Walley Barnes
25/Jan      Blackburn Rovers 2 (Pickering, McEvoy) Fulham 0 [FA Cup R4] *Cliff Michelmore
                Bedford Town 0 Carlisle United 3 (Kirkup, Livingstone, Davies(pen)) [FA Cup R4] *Kenneth Wolstenholme
                Leeds United 1 (Lawson) Everton 1 (Vernon(pen)) [FA Cup R4] *Walley Barnes
15/Feb     Arsenal 0 Liverpool 1 (St John) [FA Cup R5] *Kenneth Wolstenholme, Baker & Yeats sent off for fighting
                Oxford United 3 (Jones 2, Calder) Blackburn Rovers 1 (Ferguson) [FA Cup R5] *Walley Barnes
                Stoke City 2 Swansea Town 2 [FA Cup R5] *Cliff Michelmore
29/Feb     Manchester United 3 (Hurley(og), Charlton, Best) Sunderland 3 (Mulhall, Crossan 2(1pen)) *Cliff Michelmore, Sunderland 3-1 up with 4 minutes to go
                Oxford United 1 (Jones) Preston North End 2 (Dawson, Godfrey) *Walley Barnes
                West Ham United 3 (Sissons, Byrne 2) Burnley 2 (Connelly, Pointer) *Kenneth Wolstenholme
14/Mar    West Ham United 3 (Boyce 2, Hurst) Manchester United 1 (Law) [FA Cup SF] *Walley Barnes, exists but not with commentator
              Preston North End 2 (Dawson pen., Singleton) Swansea Town 1 (McLaughlin) [FA Cup SF] *at Villa Park, Kenneth Wolstenholme

From 1964/65, weekly league football highlights - now on VT and at a much greater length - were confined to BBC2, not widely available at the time, though FA Cup highlights continued to be shown on BBC1. League football returned to BBC1 at the start of 1966/67, though still with the restriction Sports Special had always worked under - they could not be shown before 10:00 pm.

1964/65
Just FA Cup ties scheduled for "Sports Special" on Saturday nights this season with "Match of the Day" now up and running on BBC2 in the early evenings.
09/Jan    West Ham United 4 (Byrne, Hurst 2, Sissons)  Birmingham City 2 (Thwaites, Jackson) [FA Cup R3] *Ken Wolstenholme (RT)
              Everton 2 (Burgin(og), Pickering) Sheffield Wednesday (Fantham, Quinn) [FA Cup R3] *Walley Barnes (RT), "Sports Special" 11:10-11:55pm, games listed in the RT
30/Jan    [FA Cup R4] "Sports Special" 11:10-11:40pm, followed recording of the funeral of Winston Churchill earlier that day
20/Feb   Chelsea 1 (Bridges) Tottenham Hotspur 0 [FA Cup R5] *Prob Alan Weeks, "Sports Special" 11:10-11:40pm
              Peterborough United 0 Swansea Town 0 [FA Cup R5] *Prob Walley Barnes
              Manchester United 2 (Law, Crerand) Burnley 1 (Lochhead) [FA Cup R5] *Prob Ken Wolstenholme (these games were listed in the RT)
06/Mar   Leicester City 0 Liverpool 0 [FA Cup QF] *"Sports Special" 11:10-11:40pm, RT said 3 QF's would be shown but only 2 played
              Chelsea 5 (Tambling 2, Hollins, Bridges, Murray) Peterborough United 1 (McNamee) [FA Cup QF]
27/Mar   Chelsea 0 Liverpool 2 (Thompson, Stevenson) [FA Cup SF] *at Villa Park. Ken Wolstenholme (RT)
               Leeds United 0 Manchester United 0 [FA Cup SF] *at Hillsborough. Alan Weeks
 

1965/66
FA Cup highlights now going out on Sunday afternoon's as "FA Cup Special" , a 45 minute programme broadcast around 3pm with one match being a repeat/re-edit of the previous night's MOTD feature with Ken Wolstenholme commentating, plus two games.
22/Jan    Liverpool 1 (Hunt) Chelsea 2 (Osgood, Tambling) [FA Cup R3] *Ken Wolstenholme
                   *Plus two other games, Sunday 2:45-3:30pm (commentators Walley Barnes and Frank Bough)
12/Feb   Chelsea 1 (Tambling) Leeds United 0 [FA Cup R4] *Ken Wolstenholme
                    *Plus two other games, Sunday 2:55-3:40pm (commentators Walley Barnes and Frank Bough)
05/Mar   Wolverhampton W. 2 (Wharton 2) Manchester United 4 (Law 2, Best, Herd) [FA Cup R5] *Ken Wolstenholme
                    *Plus two other games, Sunday 2:55-3:40pm (commentators Walley Barnes and Frank Bough)
26/Mar   Preston North End 1 (Dawson) Manchester United 1 (Herd) [FA Cup QF] *Ken Wolstenholme
               Blackburn Rovers 1 (Byrom) Sheffield Wednesday 2 (Ford 2) [FA Cup QF] *Walley Barnes
                   *Plus one other QF scheduled in RT with Alan Weeks comm (Man City apparently refused cameras for their QF v Everton), 2:55-3:40pm
23/Apr   Sheffield Wednesday 2 (Pugh, McCalliog) Chelsea 0 [FA Cup SF] *Ken Wolstenholme
              Everton 1 (Harvey) Manchester United 0 [FA Cup SF] *Walley Barnes, Sunday 3:05-3:50pm
 

Televised Youth, B, U21 and U23 matches
ITV games are listed in white, BBC in grey.

03/Jan/1956     Southern Junior Floodlit Cup Final *Probably 2nd half live (or some of it) West Ham v Chelsea, Danny Blanchflower commentated for Rediffusion
23/Oct/1956    LIVE 2nd Half - England Youth 2 (Setters, Bunce) Hungary Youth 1 (Sztani) *White Hart Lane, Ken Wolstenholme
26/Feb/1957    LIVE 2nd Half  - Scotland U23 1 (Crawford(pen)) England U23 1 (Dyson) *Ibrox, Ken Wolstenholme
02/Mar/1957   LIVE 2nd Half - England Youth 5 Holland Youth 5 *7.30-8.15pm, Ken Wolstenholme at Brentford
13/Nov/1957   England Youth 2 Belgium Youth 0 *BBC 9:00-9:30pm
15/Jan/1958     England U23 3 (Murray, Greaves, Hayes) Scotland U23 1 (Young) *Goodison Park, Ken Wolstenholme (he covered two matches in one day!)
15/Oct/1958    LIVE 2nd Half - England U23 3 (Charlton 2, Greaves) Czechoslovakia U23 0 *at Norwich, 8:30-9:15pm. Gerry Loftus & John Graydon with Peter Lloyd
16/Mar/1960    England U23 5 (Greaves, Eastham(pen), Baker, Paine 2) Netherlands U23 2 (Prins 2) *at Hillsborough, Gerry Loftus & Peter Lloyd, 8:20-9:20pm
02/Nov/1960    England U23 1 (Charlton) Italy U23 1 (Nicole) *8:40-9:25pm at St James Park, Gerry Loftus 'assisted by' George Taylor
07/Nov/1962    Part LIVE - England U23 6 (Stokes, O'Grady, Peters 2, Suddick, Tambling) Belgium U23 1 (Persegael) *at Plymouth, closing stages shown live on "Sportsview" (5-1 at HT), Ken Wolstenholme
21/Mar/1963    LIVE 2nd Half - England U23 0 Yugoslavia U23 0 *Gerry Loftus, 8:00-9:00pm
23/Apr/1963    England Youth 4 (Whittaker 2, Sammels, Sissons) Northern Ireland Youth 0 [UEFA Youth Cup Final] *11:00-11:10pm, late programme addition after the scheduled closedown.
06/Nov/1963    England Youth 5 Rest of Great Britain Youth 2 *at Wembley, Gerry Loftus, 8:00-9:00pm
25/Nov/1964   2nd Half - England U23 5 (Jones, Murray, Ball, Hinton, Chivers) Romania U23 0 *at Coventry, 9:15-10:05pm on BBC2 (all 5 goals scored in 2nd half), Ken Wolstenholme
07/Apr/1965    2nd Half LIVE - England U23 0 Czechoslovakia U23 0 *at Leeds, on "Sportsview" 8:20-9:15pm, Ken Wolstenholme
01/Mar/1967    England U23 1 (T.Smith(pen)) Scotland U23 3 (McCalliog, Cormack, J.Smith) *at Newcastle, Ken Wolstenholme (RT)
06/Apr/1967    LIVE - Lancashire 3 Oxfordshire 1 [Youth Clubs Final] *At Crystal Palace, most regions showed this from 2:05pm (Thursday). Hugh Johns & Barry Davies
17/Apr/1968    LIVE - Lancashire 1 Isle of Wight 1 [Youth Clubs Final] AET *Rediffusion, Southern and Granada, Wednesday afternoon

Wembley Schoolboy Internationals
This section by Glen Isherwood
The BBC had live coverage of every schoolboy international played at Wembley between 1950 and 1962 but only the first two were shown in their eighty-minute entirety, with the rest being second-half coverage only. From 1959, they were shown as part of Grandstand. These games gave the public their first glimpse of future stars, such as Johnny Haynes and Dave Mackay (1950), Duncan Edwards (1951), Sir Bobby Charlton (1953), Nobby Stiles (1957), Terry Venables and Billy Bremner (1958), Martin Peters (1959) and George Graham (1960).
The BBC and ITV then alternated coverage. It was on ITV for the first time in 1963, back on Grandstand in 1964 and then appeared on World of Sport in 1965 (with Peter Shilton in goal for England). There was no further televising of the spring international until 1991, but they added another Wembley fixture to the calendar in the 1970's - It was played at the end of the season and attracted live coverage of the whole game.

21/Apr/1956    LIVE 2nd Half - England Schoolboys 1 Scotland Schoolboys 2 *Ken Wolstenholme, exists
30/Mar/1957   LIVE 2nd Half - England Schoolboys 2 Wales Schoolboys 0
26/Apr/1958    LIVE 2nd Half - England Schoolboys 3 Scotland Schoolboys 1
25/Apr/1959    LIVE 2nd Half - England Schoolboys 2 Germany Schoolboys 0 *on "Grandstand", Ken Wolstenholme
30/Apr/1960    LIVE 2nd Half - England Schoolboys 5 Scotland Schoolboys 3 *on "Grandstand" (except Rowridge (South)), Ken Wolstenholme.
29/Apr/1961    LIVE 2nd Half - England Schoolboys 8 Wales Schoolboys 1 *on "Grandstand", Walley Barnes
28/Apr/1962    LIVE 2nd Half - England Schoolboys 1 West Germany Schoolboys 2 *on "Grandstand"
27/Apr/1963     LIVE 2nd Half - England Schoolboys 4 Wales Schoolboys 1 *Gerry Loftus, 3.50-4.45pm
25/Apr/1964    LIVE 2nd Half - England Schoolboys 1 West Germany Schoolboys 1 *on  "Grandstand"
03/Apr/1965     LIVE 2nd Half - England Schoolboys 3 Scotland Schoolboys 0 *3:45-4:25pm on "World of Sport", Gerry Loftus

Amateur Football
07/Apr/1956    LIVE 2nd Half - Bishop Auckland 1 Corinthian Casuals 1 [FA Amateur Cup Final] *at Wembley
14/Apr/1956    LIVE 2nd Half - Bishop Auckland 4 Corinthian Casuals 1 [FA Amateur Cup Final Replay] *at Ayresome Park
13/Apr/1957    LIVE 2nd Half - Bishop Auckland 3 Wycombe Wanderers 1 [FA Amateur Cup Final] *at Wembley, Ken Wolstenholme
 

'Pay-TV'
Pay-TV was an experimental coin-slot TV service jointly owned by Associated British Picture Corporation, British Home Entertainment and British Relay Wireless. The service began in Westminster and Southwark on 7th January 1966 and was later made available in Sheffield from 17th November 1966. During its' three years of operation, Pay-TV showed at least two football matches live.....

22/Nov/1966    LIVE - Chelsea 2 (Hateley, Hollins) Real Madrid 0 [Friendly] *cost 10 shillings to view
07/Dec/1966    ?LIVE? - Sheffield United 2 (Fenoughty, Mallender) Birmingham City 3 (Bullock, Hockey, Vincent) [League Cup QF] *unconfirmed
29/Nov/1967    LIVE - Burnley 3 (Lochhead, O'Neil, Irvine) Arsenal 3 (Graham 2, McLintock) [League Cup QF] *Maurice Edelston wrongly identified Storey being sent off instead of McNab.

The service reached a regulated limit of 10,000 subscribers and became notorious for showing X rated horror movies. It was popular with those who had access to it, but plans to expand the service to a sufficiently viable number of homes were blocked and it was closed down on 9th November 1968.