17/03/1973 - Match Of The Day (FA Cup 6th Round)

Highlights of Chelsea v Arsenal and Sunderland v Luton Town.
It was already uploaded but since blocked on copyright grounds. Should be OK now.

[@PjD-pk1fg]

The days when MOTD was about football and not self important, overpaid pundits.

[@edmondscott7444]

When sport on TV was watchable, not like now. RIP David Coleman and others.

[@skintslots]

The atmosphere at both these games was exactly how FA Cup games used to be. A lot at stake and nothing left in the tanks. I miss these games.

[@Edgel-in6bs]

Whilst I enjoy these old games, the problem is for all the atmosphere, there would have been some fearful violence....

[@skintslots]

@@Edgel-in6bs That is correct.Not least of all on the pitch!

[@steveingo]

@@Edgel-in6bs there was at this game!

[@seltaeb3302]

There's no replays now either. That incenses me. Getting a draw & either bringing the big boys to a small club or non league, or getting a draw & playing at Old Trafford or Anfield. Shame on them all & shame on all who watch the game now. It's fake.

[@TheSaintsray]

This episode of MOTD was shown in colour, but only exists as a monochrome 16mm telerecording. Some colour episodes were kept this way as they were exported to Australia (which basically only went colour in 1975). Some goals and shorter highlights from matches (like the Chelsea Arsenal one and Colchester v Leeds 71) exist in colour, as the goals were kept for repeat showing in future programmes. Osgood's shot in this match was Goal of the Season, I think, hence another reason it was kept.

[@dennisporter-avis7576]

I have the Match of the seventies dvd and yeah Osgoods goal is in colour but great to see the full episode

[@seanbonella]

@@dennisporter-avis7576 have that too, great dvd

[@nickabbott2242]

Thanks, I was certain that MOTD was shown in colour by 1973

[@EssexNonLeague]

​@nickabbott2242 I think it was in colour from the moment BBC1 started broadcasting in colour in late 1969. However, I believe all of David Coleman's stint exists in monochrome copies only. I think his successor, Jimmy Hill, is completely in colour.

[@TheSaintsray]

@@EssexNonLeague you're mostly right, but I know there is at least one edition of MOTD with Jimmy Hill presenting that's a monochrome telerecording. Memory serves it's the 74/75 season and the FA Cup rounds.

[@madtony2531]

Gold dust all this mate. Football heaven

[@synthdude]

Sunderland fan here, thanks so much for posting. 52,000 in the crowd, not bad for a second division side. We went on to beat the mighty Leeds Utd team in the final (with the lineup from this match), *and* Man City and Arsenal in the run up. Manager Bob Stokoe built a great side - Wearside heroes one and all!

[@Edgel-in6bs]

Never think Stokoe built a great side- he only took them over at the end of 72, and although they scraped out of division 2 eventually, they went down again immediately and he left his job. More the 73 run and final was a fairytale, magic of the cup, showed what *could* happen.

[@jimmystokoe6917]

@@synthdude he put Dave Watson in defence instead of up front Great move that by the messiah

[@fisherpeter695]

Although not a Sunderland fan I often recall the impact Bob Stokoe had taking over mid-season with his team at a low point and shaping them to be able to beat some tremendous first division sides to win the FA Cup. Both Brian Clough and Bob Paisley proved in the 70s you can succeed with players from lower sides that can be moulded into a side like this Sunderland team. Fans of my own club Everton cried out for investment in a big squad. That resulted in hundreds of millions of pounds wasted on mostly overseas players who are not a patch on these in this clip. And ended with a team that is one of the worst I have seen since going to games since 1960.

[@rmh3657]

Quality combover on Bob Stokoe 😏

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Yes it nearly took off when he ran on the field at Wembley when Sunderland beat my team Leeds in that fa cup final haha

[@lennylaa1686]

Ralph Coates...another obvious example at that time.

[@hejla4524]

36:03 Nice shot of Sunderland in 1973. Those look like shipbuilding cranes...by 1989 that was all gone.

[@West.Ham1964]

Quality football, long since gone and certainly today's managers can learn a thing or two on Dave Sexton's post match comments about respecting the referees decisions.

[@seltaeb3302]

b&w telly. We knew the pitch was green or brown if its Derby, so we couldn't afford colour sets, in fact we all rented our tv sets as the valves would die & if rented we got a new one.

[@grimupnorth]

Wish someone would conjure up the BBC coverage of the 3rd round, when Orient v Coventry was shown. It was the game which converted me to follow the Sky Blues. Never seen it since 😞

[@johnruby147]

In the days when the only live game was the Final , which was a 3;00 kick off , Semi-Finals were played on Neutral Ground , all games in each round were played on the same day at the same time . Use to love watching Alan Ball play , specially for England , the passion and the commitment

[@cuibono6872]

I went to the Sunderland v Luton game, there was a train strike at the time, Luton brought 52 coaches of fans, it was a long drive home. Btw - Craftily Sunderland dispersed the Luton fans to all different parts of the ground so they couldn't get any real vocal support going for the team and were drowned out by the famous "Roker roar"

[@steveat22]

i wonder if u sell these games via a web site please thanks

[@mixinmagic5995]

Been looking for this for so long (Sunderland v Luton). Just wish it was in colour.Thanks for posting.

[@jimmystokoe6917]

It is in colour ITV

[@richardfurness7556]

Thank you so much for this. I was 17 and on my way to a geography field course near Scarborough when the Sunderland - Luton match was being played, and as television wasn't considered to be a necessary part of the centre's facilities I haven't seen the highlights of the game until now. I also enjoyed the interview with Bob Stokoe - not only a man of impeccable honesty and integrity, but someone who understood what could be achieved if the most football-mad town in the world had a team whose desire to win matched that of their supporters.

[@richardfurness7556]

@maxwellboyne2770 Unemployed

[@NorthallertonMackem]

All the power for Dave Watson's header came from his sideburns. And Arthur Cox, next to Bob Stokoe, dressed like a driver for an East End gang.

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

@56-34....just look at that First Division league table and notice Man Utd a mere one point off a relegation place. A year later, they did drop into the Second Division. In truth, they had been in decline since the 1968 EC triumph, largely due to an ageing squad of players.

[@ianmckenney9080]

No interminable replays, no time wasting VAR and no bloody pundits taking up more of the programme than the football.

[@nickgower8681]

People don't follow the fa cup anything like they used to. This coincides with the formation of the Premier league

[@seltaeb9691]

Unfortunately most of those moaning about it will have bought Sky back in the day & thus paying the killer who wielded the knife. I didn't as dumping that 2nd great trophy League Champions trophy down to the 2nd tier. My hands are clean.

[@diptastik5651]

I would rather have lost this than the semi against Sunderland. That was really depressing LOL

[@dlamiss]

Yes excellent play by Jeff Blockley....

[@steveat22]

@@dlamiss i went to the semi as a spurs fan with my dad = great result😃

[@videosrus8631]

@@dlamiss What a crap signing Blockley turned out to be.

[@davidhoward5392]

When the FA Cup really meant something

[@videosrus8631]

Is that Jason King (Peter Wyngarde) reffing. LOL

[@garyfautley9843]

Great commenter

[@stephenlever419]

I agree below,,, it’s just not the same anymore ,,, all about the money!!

[@davidpollard4051]

What an atmosphere. Not John Phillip's best game. Wasn't Osgood's goal the BBC Goal of the Season for 72-73 ? Great upload.

[@Isleofskye]

It was,my friend.

[@rubewaddell1704]

Nearly 50 years ago.

[@robertgausden7766]

Absolutely brilliant. David Coleman had an ideal voice for a sports commentator. So much better to have twenty-five minutes or so of each match than just ten minutes, followed by banal analysis provided by ex-players. The atmosphere at both grounds was electric. All-seated stadiums have taken something away from football, albeit they are safer and more comfortable.

[@dannywlm63]

Still remember listening to this on the radio. How did Sunderland beat us in the semi? But wanted them to beat Leeds I hated them then and still do

[@seltaeb3302]

They were the best in the land & people couldn't stomach that. Without them Div 1 would have been lessened. When Leeds played away full gates was the norm. Funny that..

[@rich_devoto]

'Best in the land'? Not on 5th May 1973 😂😂

[@jimluton6310]

Doubly annoying because Luton did the double over Sunderland that season.

[@videosrus8631]

"How did Sunderland beat us in the semi?" One word - BLOCKLEY.

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

@ 51-49 .....an exquisite pass with the outside of his right foot from Dennis Tueart. Stunningly beautiful.

[@Isleofskye]

This is The Football I was brought up in though only £26,000 from 53,000 fans at Sunderland means less than 50 pence per person and that includes seated fans. lol The Roker Roar with fans right on top of the pitch. Standard shirts numbered 1 to 11. Old-style pitches that prevented the ball from whizzing 20 feet over the bar and hardly any stoppages as only 1 Substitute and almost no stoppages for injuries.

[@millwallholdings]

Brilliant any chance you can get the previous rounds games ? Wolves v Millwall for one that was on MOTD

[@YeOldeFootballChannel]

There ain't many full MoTD editions. Even so, I am not sure that these goals even survive. I haven't seen them in my years of collecting.

[@JohnnieE1961]

Great stuff. Managers got about 1 mention in each match. Chelsea would have had 5 penalties nowadays. What kind of manager was Dave Sexton? "I trust the ref".

[@paullinford4510]

The Osgood goal at 10.20 was one of the goals of the 70s, or any era for that matter.

[@jimmystokoe6917]

Itv show it in colour at the time

[@EssexNonLeague]

It was shown in colour on the BBC. However, the original colour footage for this, plus I believe all the David Coleman editions was presumably wiped, though luckily a monochrome copy exists, plus a few highlights kept in colour for key games in the early-mid 70s.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Colemanballs! any true legends will get the reference.

[@chrismiller6317]

Oh the memories of 3.00 KO’s EN MASSE 🙏

[@DrewTU01]

Barry Davies = quality.

[@converse91970]

Thanks for uploading again!

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

I watched these two games with a smile on my face, the atmosphere lifted you off your feet. Arsenal were that bit better organised and sharper with their passing...and their fans sounded louder and more passionate. (So who won the replay?). Luton tried so hard but could not carve out a clear chance. Sunderland deserved their win, they were relentless.

[@davedawson3770]

Arsenal won the replay but lost the semi-final to Sunderland

[@videosrus8631]

@@davedawson3770 I was at both the replay (2-1) and the subsequent SF debacle at Hillsborough v Sunderland (1-2), courtesy of Jeff Blockley. What an absolutely rubbish signing he was.

[@john111257]

When football was good

[@paulscott1300]

Cracking this never seen the footage of the Luton game other than the goals before

[@jimmystokoe6917]

@@paulscott1300 almost 54000 at that Luton game I was there

[@scotmorley8526]

Back pass looks so ugly now

[@bluey7007]

Great days..

[@chrisburton8079]

Proper football

[@CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

why was it in b&w?

[@chriscumbria]

Although broadcast in colour from November 1969 (and matches had been filmed in colour since early 1969), the majority of editions up to and including the 1974/75 season only exist in black and white as the BBC re-used the tapes and they only exist as black and white film recordings that were produced for Australian TV. The majority of goals and the odd major incident were kept in colour for future use, but most full editions were wiped. I believe the first edition to still exist in colour was highlights of the 71 cup final which is a pity it was this and not another edition that season given that the tape of the full cup final exists anyways!

[@CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

@@chriscumbria Sad that so much sports archive was destroyed in this way. 😩

[@EssexNonLeague]

​@CONSIDERABLYMORE1 Be grateful this exists at all. Many programmes from the time were completely wiped with no surviving copy at all, so gone presumably forever, notably some of the first decade or so of Top of the Pops.

[@team19611]

I was 12 years old and in the Roker End , the noise was amazing , People forget Sunderland had some great players , Monty with no gloves on , what a day that was .

[@paulkington8380]

Two clear pens on Osgood not given and then they won the replay by a penalty after a dive. Yep, still rankles after 50 years...Good to hear the roker roar though.

[@nasreireinas3392]

Get over it😁✌you lost to the better team in the end, both great sides coming to the end of there day , ps great support from the travelling Arsenal fans, EIE

[@paulkington8380]

@@nasreireinas3392 still an obvious dive though😉

[@nasreireinas3392]

@@paulkington8380 havent seen it to be fair, but i will take your word for it fella , mind you they did call us lucky Arsenal back in them days🙂

[@nasreireinas3392]

Ps just noticed your comment on the roker roar, so im a bit confused, either way it wasnt to be our year!

[@nasreireinas3392]

@@grahamlee2 yes went their back in 91, we went on to win the league, think it was a 0-0 draw, and yes i heard the roker roar it was loud! The other ground that made the most noise was leeds, and i have been to many grounds in my time,