Match of the Day · SEASON 8
Match of the Day: The Watney Cup
Episode 1 · 1971-07-31
- Talk
- News
Episode overview
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.
80 minutes
Season 8 episodes
1. Match of the Day: The Watney Cup1971-07-31
2. Match of the Day: The Watney Cup Final1971-08-07
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
28. 12th February 19721972-02-12
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
