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Big Match revisited
DIR By: Deanspen
Date: September 23, 2021, 4:23 pm
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Not sure how many of you have been watching this series but it’s
fantastic. From a personal point of view and being something of
a refereeing dinosaur it’s great to see assistants running left
wings. Also good to see some old refereeing faces from the
1970s. Fascinating to see challenges that do not even result in
a word from the referee but would probably be a red card these
days. Pure nostalgia.
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Re: Big Match revisited
DIR By: Timbo
Date: September 26, 2021, 2:04 pm
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> Not sure how many of you have been watching this series but
it’s fantastic. From a personal point of view and being
something of a refereeing dinosaur it’s great to see assistants
running left wings. Also good to see some old refereeing faces
from the 1970s. Fascinating to see challenges that do not even
result in a word from the referee but would probably be a red
card these days. Pure nostalgia.
>
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How are you watching this please ? The ITV Hub -
HTML https://www.itv.com/hub/the-big-match-revisited/1a6464
- seems
to have Series 4 (22 episodes), Series 5 (15 episodes) and the
first five episodes of series 6 available as at today (Sunday).
Don't times change ? Series 4 episode 1 is from the 1974/75
season and includes Leyton Orient versus Manchester United. I
think that might well have been in the "old" Division Two, as
Manchester United did get relegated for one season in the
mid-1970s. In the intervening period, Leyton Orient have had a
spell in non-league football, whilst most are familiar with
Manchester United's achievements.
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Re: Big Match revisited
DIR By: carrowman
Date: September 26, 2021, 2:21 pm
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ITV4 (sky 120) is showing 1979/80 Mon - Fri at 17.55 to 19.00
& on Saturday mornings at 10.30 to 11.30 1980/81.
These are subject to change if they are showing live darts or
cycling etc
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Re: Big Match revisited
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: September 30, 2021, 5:21 am
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I was watching the tributes the other day to the late great
Roger Hunt. There were two sequences involving referees,
Liverpool v Arsenal in August 1964 when Roger scored the first
ever goal on MOTD. The ref was Kevin Howley. And then the
following May, Roger scored Liverpool's first goal in the FA Cup
Final, ref Bill Clements. What was noticeable was how
exaggerated the goal signals were, with Bill taking off for the
centre circle, arms flaying in the air as if he were
celebrating. Compare that with the perfunctory flick of the
finger employed now by Kevin Friend to indicate a goal!
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Re: Big Match revisited
DIR By: olddeagle
Date: October 1, 2021, 10:46 am
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> I was watching the tributes the other day to the late great
Roger Hunt. There were two sequences involving referees,
Liverpool v Arsenal in August 1964 when Roger scored the first
ever goal on MOTD. The ref was Kevin Howley. And then the
following May, Roger scored Liverpool's first goal in the FA Cup
Final, ref Bill Clements. What was noticeable was how
exaggerated the goal signals were, with Bill taking off for the
centre circle, arms flaying in the air as if he were
celebrating. Compare that with the perfunctory flick of the
finger employed now by Kevin Friend to indicate a goal!
>
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Good point AT. When I was very junior and doing quite an
exciting match that was decided by a late goal I did the full
"Clements" goal signal plus a load blast on the whistle. The
County FA refs secretary, a nice man, was watching and
afterwards said, quietly, "I thought you had a good game overall
but I don't think the entire neighbourhood really needed to know
about that last goal, did it?"
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