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A football programme from the 1882 FA Cup Final between Blackburn Rovers and Old Etonians sold at auction for a world record of £35,250. [17] The programme was sold by Sotheby's in May 2013 to Old Etonians Football Club. The previous record for a football programme was for the 1909 FA Cup Final contested between Manchester United and Bristol ...
10 September - After two pilot programmes, BBC TV launches Sports Special on Saturday nights. This is the first weekly programme to show highlights of Football League and FA Cup matches. The first edition includes a Scottish League match between Rangers and Stirling Albion. 22 September - Independent Television (ITV) launches in the London area.
The demand for live televised football grew in the wake of England’s World Cup success, though the authorities remained reluctant. In April 1967, the Football League Management Committee rejected a £1m offer from BBC Television to show live League football on Thursday nights. They did, however, experiment with pay-per-view broadcasting.
Monday Night Football (British TV programme) N. NFL on Sky Sports; O. Offside (TV series) On the Ball (British TV programme) P. Pot Black; Q. A Question of Sport; R ...
The Big Match was a British football television programme, screened on ITV between 1968 and 1992. [1]The Big Match originally launched on London Weekend Television (LWT) – the ITV regional station that served London and the Home Counties at weekends – screening highlights of Football League matches.
Football League Extra (ITV, 1994–2004) The Football League Show (BBC One, 2009–present) A Football Life (NFL Network, 2011–present) Football Night in America (NBC, 2006–present) Footballers' Wives (ITV, 2002–2006) The Footy Show (Nine Network, 1994–present) Fore Inventors Only (Golf Channel) Fox Football Fone-in (Fox Soccer Channel ...
The driving force behind Georgia State football is Mark Becker, who took over as president in 2009. A self-described adrenaline junkie whose hobbies include ice climbing, he was a student at Penn State in the 1980s when it won a national championship in football and later worked at the University of Michigan during a Final Four run in basketball.
The Easter period's ten programmes are presented by Roland Rat and are called Roland Rat's Easter Extravaganza. [9] 30 March – BBC2 launches the TWO ident which is used until 16 February 1991. 31 March – The network television premiere of the 1982 romantic drama An Officer and a Gentleman on ITV, starring Richard Gere and Debra Winger.