Overview of 'Match of the Day' Season 21

Episode 1 - 25th August 1984

Release Date: 1984-08-25

Jimmy Hill presents action highlights from two First Division games on the opening day of the Football League season. Manchester United v Watford Aston Villa v Coventry City

Episode 2 - 31st August 1984: Chelsea v Everton

Release Date: 1984-08-31

Two of last season's prize-winners provide an intriguing clash in the first Canon League fixture of 1984-85 to be shown live.

Episode 3 - 8th September 1984

Release Date: 1984-09-08

Jimmy Hill presents action highlights from two First Division games, plus analysis and interviews. Arsenal v Liverpool Sheffield Wednesday v Tottenham Hotspur

Episode 4 - 15th September 1984

Release Date: 1984-09-15

Action highlights from First and Third Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Southampton v Norwich City Hull City v Preston North End

Episode 5 - 22nd September 1984

Release Date: 1984-09-22

Action highlights from two First Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Manchester United v Liverpool Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur

Episode 6 - 29th September 1984

Release Date: 1984-09-29

Action highlights from First and Second Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Also, the chance to win £100-worth of premium bonds in the August-September Goal of the Month competition. Manchester City v Crystal Palace Newcastle United v West Ham United

Episode 7 - 6th October 1984

Release Date: 1984-10-06

Jimmy Hill presents highlights from two First Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Also, the result of the August/September Goal of the Month competition. Aston Villa v Manchester United Nottingham Forest v Stoke City

Episode 8 - 12th October 1984: Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool

Release Date: 1984-10-12

Match of the Day's second live transmission of the season brings together the clubs who earned European honours for Britain last spring -Tottenham, UEFA Cup winners, and Liverpool, European Cup winners.

Episode 9 - 20th October 1984

Release Date: 1984-10-20

Action highlights from two first division matches plus analysis and interviews. Liverpool v Everton Ipswich Town v West Bromwich Albion

Episode 10 - 27th October 1984

Release Date: 1984-10-27

Action highlights from two First Division matches, plus analysis and interviews. There's also a chance to win E100 worth of Premium Bonds in the October Goal of the Month competition. West Ham United v Arsenal West Bromwich Albion v Southampton

Episode 11 - 2nd November 1984: Manchester United v Arsenal

Release Date: 1984-11-02

At the start of the season, opinion was widely held that if Liverpool were to be denied a fourth successive Championship, the prize would be most likely to go to Manchester United or Arsenal. Experts are sometimes right, and in the early months of 1984-85 United and Arsenal have gone above Liverpool in both the table and the odds.

Episode 12 - 10th November 1984

Release Date: 1984-11-10

Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches. Plus news round-up and pools check. Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur Blackburn Rovers v Brighton & Hove Albion

Episode 13 - 17th November 1984

Release Date: 1984-11-17

Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches. Plus news round-up and pools check. Watford v Sheffield Wednesday Charlton Athletic v Birmingham City

Episode 14 - 24th November 1984

Release Date: 1984-11-24

Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches with analysis and interviews. Plus news round-up and pools check. Also a chance to win £100-worth of Premium Bonds in the November Goal of the Month competition. Sunderland v Manchester United Oxford United v Leeds United

Episode 15 - 1st December 1984

Release Date: 1984-12-01

Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches with analysis, interviews, news round-up and pools check. Plus the result of the November Goal of the Month Competition. Arsenal v Luton Town Oldham Athletic v Manchester City

Episode 16 - 8th December 1984

Release Date: 1984-12-08

Action highlights from two Canon League First Division matches with analysis and interviews. Plus news round-up and pools check. Nottingham Forest v Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United

Episode 17 - 15th December 1984

Release Date: 1984-12-15

Jimmy Hill presents highlights from two Canon League First Division matches. West Ham United v Sheffield Wednesday Coventry City v Southampton

Episode 18 - 21st December 1984: Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool

Release Date: 1984-12-21

Since spending £350,000 to install England's only artificial playing pitch in 1981, QPR have put together the finest home record of any club in the four divisions of the Football League-better even than that of Liverpool, champions for the past three seasons. Liverpool's one previous experience of this wall-to-wall carpet pitch brought no complaints-substitute Steve Nicol's lone goal earned them three points in October last year.

Episode 19 - 29th December 1984

Release Date: 1984-12-29

Action highlights from two Canon League First Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Plus News Round-up and Pools Check. Also, a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the December Goal of the Month competition. Newcastle United v Arsenal Ipswich Town v Everton

Episode 20 - 4th January 1985: FA Cup Third Round: Leeds United v Everton

Release Date: 1985-01-04

Traditionally the most enthralling stage of the season, as First and Second Division clubs join the 20 survivors from the Leagues' lower reaches and beyond.

Episode 21 - 12th January 1985

Release Date: 1985-01-12

Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches, with analysis and interviews, plus news round-up and pools check. Queens Park Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur Norwich City v Southampton

Episode 22 - 19th January 1985

Release Date: 1985-01-19

Highlights from two Canon League matches. Chelsea v Arsenal Manchester City v Wimbledon

Episode 23 - 26th January 1985: FA Cup Fourth Round

Release Date: 1985-01-26

Action highlights from three matches in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Also a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the January Goal of the Month competition. York City v Arsenal Leyton Orient v Southampton Grimsby Town v Watford

Episode 24 - 2nd February 1985

Release Date: 1985-02-02

Action highlights from two Canon League First Division matches with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check. Also in tonight's programme the result of the January Goal of the Month competition. Luton Town v Tottenham Hotspur Sheffield Wednesday v Liverpool

Episode 25 - 9th February 1985

Release Date: 1985-02-09

Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches, with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check. Manchester City v Carlisle United Barnsley v Portsmouth

Episode 26 - 15th February 1985: FA Cup Fifth Round: Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United

Release Date: 1985-02-15

The FA Cup Fifth Round begins with live coverage of a real 'Lancashire hotpot' tonight as Manchester United continue their bid for a sixth triumph in the competition that Blackburn have already won that many times.

Episode 27 - 23rd February 1985

Release Date: 1985-02-23

Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check. Also a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the February Goal of the Month competition. Leicester City v Everton Blackburn Rovers v Oxford United

Episode 28 - 2nd March 1985

Release Date: 1985-03-02

Action highlights from Canon League First and Third Division matches. Plus the results of the February Goal of the Month competition. Manchester United v Everton Bradford v Gillngham

Episode 29 - 9th March 1985: FA Cup Sixth Round

Release Date: 1985-03-09

Action highlights from this afternoon's games plus all the atmosphere and tension that surrounds the Cup. Manchester United v West Ham United Everton v Ipswich Town Luton Town v Watford

Episode 30 - 15th March 1985: West Ham United v Manchester United

Release Date: 1985-03-15

In the last of this season's live Canon League fixtures on BBC television, Manchester United's pursuit of their eighth championship takes them to one of the First Division's most compact grounds, Upton Park, the home of West Ham United, who often make life difficult for the best.

Episode 31 - 24th March 1985: League Cup Final: Norwich City v Sunderland

Release Date: 1985-03-24

North East meets East Anglia in a major final for the first time. Sunderland have travelled the hard path, needing to beat four First Division clubs on the way, whereas Norwich City faced lower division opponents in every round before the semi-final. The winners will receive £64,000 - the top team prize in British sport - and the chance of further rich rewards with a place in Europe next season in the UEFA Cup. BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you live coverage of the action and after-match scenes on this Silver Jubilee occasion -the 25th Final of the competition launched by the Football League in 1960.

Episode 32 - 30th March 1985

Release Date: 1985-03-30

Action highlights from two First Division matches. Also a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the March Goal of the Month competition. Southampton v Everton Stoke City v Arsenal

Episode 33 - 6th April 1985

Release Date: 1985-04-06

Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches plus analysis and interviews. Also, the result of the March Goal of the Month competition. Everton v Sunderland Portsmouth v Brighton & Hove Albion

Episode 34 - 13th April 1985: FA Cup Semi-Final

Release Date: 1985-04-13

Can Luton Town reach an FA Cup final for only the second time in the club's history, having last appeared there in 1959 ending as runners-up? They face the current Cup holders Everton, eager to retain the trophy, at Villa Park in one of this afternoon's FA Cup Semi-finals.

Episode 35 - 20th April 1985

Release Date: 1985-04-20

Action highlights from Canon League First and Second Division matches with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check. Liverpool v Newcastle United Oxford United v Oldham Athletic

Episode 36 - 27th April 1985

Release Date: 1985-04-27

Action highlights from two Canon League First Division matches with analysis and interviews, plus the news round-up and pools check. Also in tonight's programme a chance to win £100 worth of Premium Bonds in the April Goal of the Month competition. Manchester United v Sunderland Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur

Episode 37 - 4th May 1985

Release Date: 1985-05-04

As the season draws to a close, Match of the Day cameras bring action highlights from two Canon League matches affecting championship honours, promotion and relegation. Plus the result of the April Goal of the Month competition. Sheffield Wednesday v Everton Blackburn Rovers v Portsmouth

Episode 38 - 11th May 1985

Release Date: 1985-05-11

On the last Saturday of the Canon League programme, Match of the Day cameras bring action highlights from two matches involving championship honours, promotion and relegation. Manchester City v Charlton Athletic Southampton v Coventry City

Episode 39 - 18th May 1985: FA Cup Final: Everton v Manchester United

Release Date: 1985-05-18

Jimmy Hill presents the best moments and follows the after-match celebrations of the winners.