The Big Match (11 Nov 1979)- Luton v QPR, Soton v Notts Forest, Everton v MBoro + Eric Morecambe

An episode from the Big Match Revisited featuring action from Division 2 and Division 1. Has an interview with a young Clive Allen and a piece at the end with Brian Moore and Eric Morecambe. There are shorter clips on YT of a couple of these games but I don't at first glance see this episode uploaded.

[@tommollett6710]

Luton fan, only my third ever game, and first for three years. This was the game that made me realise I had to follow this team forever. Still a season ticket holder.

[@skintslots]

Good old 'Skippy' Craig Johnston. Haunting Everton at Goodison in the same way he did after signing for the mighty Liverpool.

[@igorszamaszow171]

Hopefully we'll see both Forest and Luton in the Premier League next season! Now that's a throwback. Soton probably wouldn't be able to make it, sorry.

[@digeme69]

I think Forest may just survive, they play Soton next who are down and they must beat them. Would be great to see Luton back there, I remember the days of Ricky Hill and Brian Stein

[@seltaeb9691]

Bob Hatton. One of his other clubs he was, pre match, awarded a prize for scoring 3 hat tricks so far that season, game began & he promptly scored 4! he also had a 5th goal wrongly disallowed.

[@digeme69]

It was Blackpool and the match is on YT otherwise I was going to upload it. I usually check and if the matches currently shown on ITV4 are already uploaded then I don't bother. Link here kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIvMY62kYpWff6s Another channel will most likely upload it soon and get far more views as he has far more subscribers www.youtube.com/@YeOldeFootballChannel

[@markpaulo269]

Bowles and Currie together should have been dynamite 🧨

[@bazzatheblue]

Luton ,what a good team they had.

[@christouvelos4897]

Thanks for the upload, great memories! If you can add the videos at 720p the quality will be so much better, otherwise they are a bit grainy. Thanks!

[@digeme69]

Without going into detail, there are a few reasons why this isn't always possible but I understand what you mean. I always find that videos appear better on the smaller screen computer than they do on a HD tv. Added to this, the video plays perfect on my pc but when uploaded to YT it is slightly worse. Plus it can be very time consuming and life has many other things to indulge in😃

[@roystonhesketh3987]

Terrible to see fences around goodison

[@bquinn4533]

Really good stuff

[@digeme69]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@johncutler285]

Different times, viewers writing in to query offsides and they get their addresses read out ha ha

[@digeme69]

Indeed, better times as well from the World we live in now.

[@tancreddehauteville764]

Oh the days when black players were the exception and not the rule.