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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.
Mansfield's other works include "The Young Scene" (the original 1968 theme to The Big Match), "Light and Tuneful" (the opening theme for the BBC's coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships), "World Champion" (the closing theme for NBC's coverage of the same tournament), and "World Series" (used for the BBC's athletics coverage).
1968. 18 May - The FA Cup Final is televised in colour for the first time, on BBC2. ... 25 August – The first edition of The Big Match is broadcast.
1968. 24 June-6 July – The Wimbledon Championships are shown on ITV for the final time. ITV launches On the Ball, a lunchtime preview of the day's football fixtures. It is shown as a segment within World of Sport. 25 August – The first edition of The Big Match is broadcast.
Richmond College won the inaugural match and went on to win the next two matches in 1906 and 1907. Mahinda College's first victory was registered in 1908 and their last victory in a big match was recorded in 2008, [3] while Richmond College's last win was recorded in 2019. Having broken a 30-year-long deadlock of draws, Mahindians registered an ...
The programme's format was typical of the time, extended highlights of a London (1965–68) based match and a Midlands based match (from August 1968) was the main attraction and then shorter highlights of two other games from around the country, covered by other ITV regions. Where possible this would be a game involving a Midlands team as the ...
25 August – The Big Match (1968–1992) 22 September – The Caesars (1968) 24 September ... Danger Man (1960–1961, 1964–1968) Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
1968–1992 Between 1997 and 2001, ITV had the rights to show the FA Cup , both as highlights and live, and ITV revived the name The Big Match . However, when these rights reverted to the BBC, with ITV replacing the BBC as holder of the rights to English top-flight football highlights in 2001, the new programme was simply called The Premiership .