Match of the Day 24/10/1981

The Match of the Day episode broadcast on 24th October 1981, featuring highlights of Wolves v Aston Villa and Crystal Palace v Derby.

[@a.tanner8524]

Those scoreboard graphics in the title sequence were state of the art back in 81’.

[@davidrees5030]

I remember going to old trafford to watch man utd in 1983-84 season and it cost £1.20 to get into the stretford end. Those were the days, none of this book and pay before hand, just turn up and pay at the gate. Oh and that was for a under 16.

[@edmundpower1250]

United in 1983-84? You were robbed😂😂

[@stephenwalker8299]

Why

[@alanevans9604]

The day when Match of the day had a decent presenter and football was much better.

[@seltaeb9691]

Agree. Jimmy Hill & Brian Moore the best. I could take 'em to bed & snuggle them I miss the two so much (jockstraps on at all times!) I could be a lady of course. Or not...

[@Eat-MyGoal]

How was the football better? The football back then was shit...

[@damianmcdonagh7908]

I remember this so well. I had it recorded on VHS. I haven't seen this in 40-years. Thanks for posting.

[@chrisevans5259]

Best times for football...now it's money obsessed,..loved it back in the day muddy pitches, ....no var, ....no diving,..no money grabbing agents...great times

[@tomduggan51]

Football Heaven, Thanks a lot for this exciting edition of Match of the Day. Great action and well presented by Jimmy Hill and Bob Wilson. Compliments on your channel and thanks for 'shining a light' on this golden era of football!

[@motormouthalmighty]

ASTON VILLA V WOLVES? TWO MASSIVE CLUBS OF THE GAME.BOTH FORMER TITLE WINNERS! ASTON VILLA WERE JUST REMARKABLE.WON THE FIRST EVER LEAGUE CUP IN 1960-61 AMAZINGLY AGAINST ROTHERHAM OF ALL TEAMS AND EVEN THEN WERE 2-0 DOWN FROM THE FIRST LEG.WON 3_2 ON AGGREGATE.WON THE FA CUP SEVEN TIMES? THAT IS INCREDIBLE.BEEN ABOUT SIXTY FIVE YEARS NOW.WON THE LEAGUE TITLE FIVE TIMES IN SEVEN YEARS FROM 1893 TO 1900.LAST WON IN 1981 AFTER SEVENTY YEARS SINCE 1910.AND WON THE UEFA CUP AND SUPER CUP?1982 ISH? NOT MANY CLUBS HAVE THAT KIND OF PEDIGREE! WERE A THIRD DIVISION TEAM IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES? THEN WON THE TITLE A FEW YEARS LATER.WHAT A HISTORY! INCREDIBLE STUFF!

[@ewoodrailway]

Lovely to watch MOTD without bored with the big 4. Incidentally we got a score draw away at Grimsby thanks to the pools news at the end!!

[@Seoirseify]

Thanks fot uploading

[@mrkipling2201]

The VW beetle in the corner!! Was the Stamford Bridge car park shut that day??!!😂😂 and I forgot we beat Liverpool at anfield that day with an albiston winner.

[@6toonboy]

A time of no-frills football, dugouts made from cut down bus shelters,no heated seats,pitches resembling ploughed fields,no pampered millionaires crying for a winter break,score a goal and get a handshake instead of been sexually assaulted by your team mates, ah small boys,jumpers for goalposts, enduring imgage.

[@sfwplant]

When Wolves built that stand in another postcode from the rest of the ground, all of which was eventually condemned if memory serves me right.

[@lennylaa1686]

0-3 flattered Wolves, they were terrible. Villa quite superb. Loved it as they totally dominated the second half, they were fluent and on fire.

[@christianbriancon108]

The scoreboard graphics used Watford's Vicarage Road End .. I know because my brother did it !!

[@edmundpower1250]

Wow Christian that's amazing and you know what they really added to the superb intro. Today's intro is so dull yiy would think things and imagination has gone backwards

[@edmundpower1250]

The intro to MOTD in the 70s and 80s was exciting and imaginative not like the very poor dull and lifeless one used today.

[@lennylaa1686]

@ 24-50...great shot of the Mighty Ron Saunders, he must have been purring at this excellent performance against a woeful Wolves team. I'll never know why he decided to leave when he was at the peak of his powers.

[@PAUL-bm9ob]

Omg I was at this match with me Dad. Drove from Middlesbrough to watch that shite I remember me Dad was gutted. John Ireland stand miles away from the pitch too.

[@angelicupstart1977]

My.

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Words you will NEVER hear again "last seasons champions Aston Villa,,,"

[@richardhumphrey2685]

Dream on.

[@diggers7169]

Why was that huge stand built so far from the pitch?

[@seltaeb9691]

So. Things change to quickly now, not that I watch it. The great Brian Moore had a big piece of plywood & unvarnished guests. Mid 60s to 90s great footy. Shame ITV don't get it anymore. The Beeb & ITV should share it & keep it simple in a broom cupboard!

[@paulmcdonough1093]

wolves could have done with steve bull in that period wayne clarke played for Everton my team scored all 4 in a 4 0 win over shef wed.

[@dazo69]

How i long for these days! I was watching these 2 games and comparing them to how they would be played today. Every time these players got the ball their first though was to play it forward, whether that was a long ball, through the midfield or out to the wing. Now they just pass to the centre half, to the full back, back to the centre half - repeat half a dozen times and then give it to the midfield who repeat the same thing half a dozen times, up to the strikers who piss about between themselves and the midfielders, lose the ball and then the opposition repeats the cycle ad infinitum 🙄

[@wildbill8635]

When Ron Saunders abandoned his team that he built to be the most exciting in the Div. I find it deplorable really, yes money and reward was lacking but "Slowee Slowee Catchee Monkee". My God they were League Champions & won the European Cup. He should have stuck in solidarity with his Band of Brothers & seen it through. Worse, after that the team slowly fell apart.

[@martinryan2370]

Swindlehurst was magnificent that day I have his shirt come on you rams

[@mrkipling2201]

That big main stand that runs the length of molineux apparently nearly bankrupted wolves. It doesn’t look right either, it’s so far from the pitch and doesn’t fit in with the other stands.

[@infrasleep]

Every team that built new stands in the 70's (Chelsea, Sheff Utd ) went all but bankrupt and plummeted down the leagues, which is probably why no one bothered and we ended up with Bradford and Hillsborough disasters-just about every ground was decrepit and dangerous in some way-more so when you think of how many were packed in. I think Wolves had a complete new stadium plan of which that stand was phase one. As you say, it near bankrupted them and they sunk to Division 4 before better days arrived

[@mrkipling2201]

infrasleep I think one of the stands behind the goal at molineux was shut down after the Bradford fire because it was a wooden stand. A few clubs had the same problem. And Scunthorpe United built a new ground because it was cheaper to do that than refurbish the old showground. The old pop side at Derby was the same with the wooden structure. So many grounds just left for years and years and nothing was done to them. I have to say that although I would take watching football on terraces from this era all day long, the facilities were absolute crap. Totally agree with you.

[@sfwplant]

I think there was a point when all 3 other sides were shut. I certainly went to a game there where only the end to the right (open terrace that was in a dreadful state of repair at the time) and the new stand were open.

[@mrkipling2201]

Steve Plant I think you’re right I seem to remember the same thing. Late 80’s I think it was.

[@YJB8CCFC]

@@infrasleepyou’re absolutely correct with that assertion. My club Swansea built a new east stand at the cost in 1981. At the time it cost £2M which doesn’t seem a lot in todays terms, but it crippled the club, and as quick was our ascent, we were back in the fourth division in 1986, five years after topping the first!

[@paulmcdonough1093]

i got them pools numbers its to late to claim

[@mrkipling2201]

Paul Mcdonough give it a try they might give you a few quid!!😂😂

[@barryreeves1803]

Very scrappy football. Late 60's to mid 70's by far the best football!

[@Spectrescup]

Peter Withe with his pioneering Brummie South African accent

[@allanarmstrong4333]

He was from liverpool.

[@roccoparks]

No Gary linekar happy days

[@TheTmny876able]

The back passes look strange though !

[@mrkipling2201]

Palace playing in all white with the red and blue stripe. When did they change to a red and blue striped shirt?? And it looked like the palace keeper just bought a goalkeepers shirt from the local sports shop!! No badge or anything!!

[@MrJonno85]

They wore versions of that strip from the mid 70s until at least the 84-85 season. It was their 'Team Of The 80s' kit!

[@mrkipling2201]

Jon Cole I preferred the red and blue one. You??

[@MrJonno85]

@@mrkipling2201 Actually I liked the white with blue/red sash. They adopted a predominantly red strip with blue stripes in the late 80s, but I prefer the current (predominantly blue) version to that. At least with their current kit, having got rid of the yellow trim, they can't be accused of trying to look like Barcelona !

[@edwardburek1717]

I like the red/blue sash Palace kit as well, that Adidas version looks okay, but I think the best one was by Bukta. Honourable mentions are from Hummel and recently from Nike (but I am a Nike groupie).

[@johnroberts6753]

He did. The keepers shirt was from a local sports shop. I Was at the palace game. Towards the end i saw my uncle say let's go.

[@baderyousef6340]

💐💐👍🏻

[@agneyfernandes]

What stadium is that ???

[@AB-kx4nc]

Molinuax

[@chrisrowl5001]

Jimmy hill chin rub 🤔

[@angelicupstart1977]

Did jimmy really Rimmer ?

[@matthewwright7831]

Motson : Shaw and Withe the best tandem in the first division... Dalglish and Rush hold my beer

[@richardhumphrey2685]

Shaw and Withe were certainly the best tandem in the first division at that time....check the record books.

[@matthewwright7831]

@@richardhumphrey2685 Yes...they were very good, I think Shaw could have been a Dalglish replacement if his career wasn't cut short

[@user-lu8dy3wl5v]

Did villa change to Chelsea.😁

[@enolagay9]

Wolves ground is terrible ....dont think its much better now ....wawaw

[@allanarmstrong4333]

Its shit.

[@orineboyd6346]

lol, I was 15,

[@malcolmclements9254]

Tottenham in 4th no change there then 20 24 except Villa in 4th Tottenham in 5th.

[@PHILIPWATSON82]

Check out the sponsors 😬

[@edwardburek1717]

Yup, no shirt sponsors. Other teams were sponsored in that era, but they couldn't wear them if they were on the telly. For example, Liverpool couldn't wear their Hitachi branded shirts, and my Coventry City had to have the Talbot logo removed from their shirts if their matches were televised. Oh - and take notice of the advertising hoardings on the side of the pitch and guess which ones are still in business today.

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

@@edwardburek1717 Your team had two home and two away kits because of the Talbot sponsorship. I only ever saw the Talbot strip in Shoot magazine. It was frustrating because the design was on the Subbuteo team, but a totally different looking strip on television

[@edwardburek1717]

@@andrewphippsphillips1455 Yes, that's right, what I tend to term as our "Match of the Day" specials.

[@MIKEHUNT-iy7my]

SUBWAY ARMY

[@RainGod356]

fsktyr

[@upyaronson]

back in the day when rimmer was a goalkeeper not a sex act

[@Eat-MyGoal]

yeah, not funny...

[@upyaronson]

@@Eat-MyGoal awwwww salty