Match of the Day - Season 8 Episode 1
Match of the Day - Season 8 Episode 1 - Talk TV Shows 80:14. story about Match of the Day kicks off with The Watney Cup. Two-match action from the opening round of the Watney Cup. Eight of the highest-scoring teams from the four Divisions of the Football League - Manchester United, West Bromwich Albion, Carlisle, Luton Town, Halifax Town, Wrexham, Colchester United and Crewe Alexandra meet in an intriguing pre-season knock-out competition. Barry Davies and Alan Weeks are the commentators at two of today's matches. Halifax Town v Manchester United Colchester United v Luton Town David Coleman introduces news, views, analysis from the tournament which experiments with the controversial off-side law.
- 1. Match of the Day: The Watney Cup1971-07-31
- 3. 14th August 19711971-08-14
- 4. 21st August 19711971-08-21
- 5. 28th August 19711971-08-28
- 6. 4th September 19711971-09-04
- 7. 11th September 19711971-09-11
- 8. 18th September 19711971-09-18
- 9. 25th September 19711971-09-25
- 10. 2nd October 19711971-10-02
- 11. 9th October 19711971-10-09
- 12. 16th October 19711971-10-16
- 13. 23rd October 19711971-10-23
- 14. 30th October 19711971-10-30
- 15. 6th November 19711971-11-06
- 16. 13th November 19711971-11-13
- 17. 20th November 19711971-11-20
- 18. 27th November 19711971-11-27
- 19. 4th December 19711971-12-04
- 20. 11th December 19711971-12-11
- 21. 18th December 19711971-12-18
- 22. 1st January 19721972-01-01
- 23. 8th January 19721972-01-08
- 24. 15th January 19721972-01-15
- 25. 22nd January 19721972-01-22
- 26. 29th January 19721972-01-29
- 27. 5th February 19721972-02-05
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- 29. 19th February 19721972-02-19
- 30. 26th February 19721972-02-26
- 31. 4th March 19721972-03-04
- 32. 11th March 19721972-03-11
- 33. 18th March 19721972-03-18
- 34. 25th March 19721972-03-25
- 35. 1st April 19721972-04-01
- 36. 8th April 19721972-04-08
- 37. 15th April 19721972-04-15
- 38. 22nd April 19721972-04-22
- 39. 29th April 19721972-04-29
- 40. 6th May 19721972-05-06
- 41. 13th May 19721972-05-13
- 42. 20th May 19721972-05-20
- 43. 27th May 19721972-05-27