BBC Match of the Seventies 1973-74 Season
Series showing classic footballing action from the 1970's intercut with music from the time. The 1973-74 season. Tottenham Hotspur becomes the first British club to be banned from European football after riots in Rotterdam. England fails to qualify for the World Cup, and Manchester United are relegated. Sunday football makes its first appearance, provoking protests outside the grounds by religious groups.
Between 1995 and 1999, the BBC broadcast Match of the Seventies (1995-96), Match of the Eighties (1997) and Match of the Nineties (1999). Each series acted as a chronological review of seasons through each decade, presented in a slightly off-beat style, and relied heavily on footage originally included in Match of the Day broadcasts. Presenters included Dennis Waterman, Danny Baker, Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley
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