Match of the Day 2/2/1985

The Match of the Day episode broadcast on 2nd February 1985, featuring highlights of Luton v Spurs and Sheffield Wednesday v Liverpool, plus a report on Millwall v Newport and the goals from Dumbarton v Aberdeen.

[@mickgooch1302]

In the words of Kevin Keegan I'd love it if you could find the following week's programme from 9th February as the featured game was Manchester City 1 - 3 Carlisle in Division 2. In an eventful game, City's David Phillips scored a superb early goal which was used in the MoTD opening titles for some time after, past Carlisle's reserve keeper John Blott (a convicted rapist in later life) making his only appearance for the club. Malcolm Poskett (2) and future City and West Ham star Ian Bishop scored Carlisle's goals.

[@garyowens4269]

When you didnt have two pundits going over pointless analysis. Gary lineker isnt a patch on jimmy hill.

[@Kill--alllll---IDF]

Hes probably referring to the patch on Jimmy hill's chin 🤣🤣🙈🙈

[@jpastalker]

Love all your videos @1980s Football Heaven - I’m hoping you have the MOTD from the following week to this, when Carlisle United won away at Man City!

[@andydevine6864]

0:46 spurs favourites for the title haha bottled it again 😆

[@meropealcyone]

Luton in the top tier...strange days indeed. Brian Stein was a terrific striker. Deserved more England caps than the one he got.

[@dirkdiggler5622]

Wednesdays home end must have been the biggest back then

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

Tottenham, favourites for the title... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@motormouthalmighty]

IF THAT'S CHOPPED UP,LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEING PLAYED VIA A MODERN CABLE BOX WITH AERIAL DIFFICULTIES.THE OLD STYLE ONES DIDN"T DO THAT DID THEY?

[@motormouthalmighty]

AAH FOOTBALL.THAT KEPT YOUR YOUNG LAD OUT OF TROUBLE AND OUT OF JAIL FOR A WHILE! HE WOULD HAVE GONE TO PRISON MUCH EARLIER HAD HE NOT BEEN OUT WITH THE LADS PLAYING FOOTBALL INSTEAD OF BURGLING HOUSES AND SHOPLIFTING.HE'S IN PRISON NOW AT TWENTY TWO.BEATS BEING THERE AT SIXTEEN,SEVENTEEN! BEFORE IT'S EVEN BEGAN! OH LADIES.FOOTBALL ON THE BOX,IN THE PUB OR ON THE FIELD.IT JUST KEEPS THEM OFF YOUR BACK FOR A FEW HOURS!

[@otimoluk]

That’s the worst performance I’ve seen from Hoddle

[@davidbrooks187]

For sure. he normally dominated midfield possession with his incredible skill touch and precision.

[@mrkipling2201]

Always a haunting feeling seeing Liverpool playing at hillsborough in the old match of the day highlights. And millwall get featured on match of the day and then just over a month later they became one of the most infamous clubs in the country and made their fans some of the most hated. Even though the events at Luton wasn’t all their fault.

[@dominewimbury2039]

Yeah. I'm no Liverpool fan but seeing the terraces and especially seeing Hillsborough horrifies me, knowing what was about to happen a few years later

[@mrkipling2201]

Domine Wimbury definitely. And in the game shown here not all of those fences had been put up to make those disgusting pens.

[@scherben8870]

@@mrkipling2201 Horrible. I genuinely feel sick looking at it. Wednesday put those pens in after the near disaster of 1981 (I presume to divert people away from the centre where you'd naturally gravitate); they seem to have forgotten that they needed to be manned so people knew where to go. And that's just _one_ of the issues that happened that terrible day.

[@mrkipling2201]

scherben what they did was put in 2 radial fences after the 81 semi final and then another 2 at the end of the 84/85 season. A South Yorkshire police inspector said that there should be separate turnstiles for the separate pens in the summer of 1986 but because it would cost a lot and Sheffield Wednesday didn’t want to spend the money because they had put a roof on the kop which cost a bit, we got the bottleneck configuration at leppings lane. I didn’t go to our game there in 1987 but I went to the game in 1989 and the central tunnel was closed at about quarter to 3 and my dad and I were directed to the corner pen below the high banked terrace.

[@scherben8870]

@@mrkipling2201 Ridiculous that the legislation of the time didn't force a closure for sections without a safety certificate such as Hillsborough. Entirely preventable tragedy as your info shows.

[@mrkipling2201]

And that was some team Luton had back then. The best period in their history. Plus they hadn’t got that horrible plastic pitch yet. I think it was the following season they got it or the season after, 86/87. Either way it was an abomination.

[@mrkipling2201]

paul smith definitely not one of my favourite grounds. I thought it was the 85/86 season that they got the plastic. I remember the away end getting the roof as well. Before they banned away fans.

[@yippyialeftside8351]

Heaving terraces 2 great kits , huge away support, none of this 3 thousand shite, I know there were lots of issues this era but also incredible aswell some of the supports just don't get that now

[@mrkipling2201]

Richard Taylor very well said. Spot on mate.

[@mrkipling2201]

Phil Williams it was horrible. There was a reason why only 4 teams out of 92 league clubs fitted one.

[@nazirkhalifa5377]

Newport dearnt win, the fans will climb over the fence and kick the goal scorer in the teeth

[@bigbadjohn07]

Never seen so many home fans in the leppings lane.

[@Goalspaytherent]

Interesting that no home fans were in there at kick off.

[@bigbadjohn07]

@@Goalspaytherent good point. Another example of poor organisation at swfc.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

@@bigbadjohn07 when Leeds played Coventry the year before the disaster, there was a crush in the same stand...The organisation there was always terrible...!!

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Game of 2 halves

[@goonerali3547]

Good old Arsenal.

[@mrkipling2201]

Best season ever. Ok we had the trouble and the horrible disasters but a close season in the league and United won the cup!!

[@mrkipling2201]

Phil Williams I mentioned that. I meant the football played.

[@scherben8870]

@@philipwilliams5808 What a ridiculous straw man. Reread his original post, Carefully.

[@mrkipling2201]

scherben thanks mate. There’s a huge number of fans who will say that was the best ever season, solely on the football that was played.

[@yippyialeftside8351]

Sheffield Wednesday in the 80s had some massive crowds when football was not fashionable proper club , great atmosphere at both games, great kits,just a great channel, I'm in heaven

[@dominewimbury2039]

I was one day old lol

[@turboearl5398]

Did you watch it?

[@nazirkhalifa5377]

Wish they would let joe bloggs run on to the pitch after each match, adds to the atmosphere oh keeps the players on their toes.

[@Kill--alllll---IDF]

4:34 ha ha ha ohhh my goodness that was miles onside oh my word

[@ciaranroy9806]

I think it’s the guy at the top that’s offside. Back then if anyone was offside then it was called, no matter if they were interfering with play or not.

[@Kill--alllll---IDF]

@@ciaranroy9806 even the guy on right on was on

[@ciaranroy9806]

@@Kill--alllll---IDF doesn’t look like it to me, he’s clearly ahead of the two guys on the screen, and the other defender that comes in from the left is already sprinting so I doubt he was behind him

[@jeannotschumacher1024]

​@ayubGuntoh no. Bullshit.