Match of the Eighties

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  • Premiered: Jul 1997
  • Episodes: 6
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • BBC One
  • Monday at 22
  • Documentary Sport

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Season 1
1x1
1980-81
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 21, 1997
Danny Baker looks back on the soccer scene of the Eighties, starting with the 1980/81 season when Liverpool were restoring their European ascendancy.
1x2
1981-82
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 28, 1997
Danny Baker looks back on the 1981/82 soccer season, when Bryan Robson landed at Old Trafford, the Falklands interfered with Tottenham's glory and Bruce Grobbelaar clowned around at Liverpool.
1x3
1982-83
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 04, 1997
Danny Baker looks back on the 1982/83 soccer season, when Watford battled it out with Liverpool for the league title.
1x4
1983-84
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 11, 1997
The football headline-makers of the 1983/84 season, when Joe Fagan proved there was life after Bob Paisley at Liverpool and England manager Bobby Robson endured tabloid torture.
1x5
1984-85
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 18, 1997
Recalling the 1984-1985 season, which became memorable for all the wrong reasons.
1x6 Show finale
1985-86
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 25, 1997
Recalling the 1985-6 season, which saw British football reach its lowest ebb. Last in series.

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