TV Match of the Day - Season 1980/81 Match of the Day - Season 1980/81 7.5/10 by 47 users BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015. Details Casts Posters Images Title Match of the Day - Season 1980/81 Alternative Titles MOTD First Air Date 1964-08-22 Last Air Date 2025-09-14 Number of Episodes 3215 Number of Seasons 62 Genres Talk, News, Networks BBC One, BBC Two, Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 1 17th August 1980 17th August 1980 1980-08-17 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 2 24th August 1980 24th August 1980 1980-08-24 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 3 31st August 1980 31st August 1980 1980-08-31 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 4 7th September 1980 7th September 1980 1980-09-07 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 5 14th September 1980 14th September 1980 1980-09-14 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 6 21st September 1980 21st September 1980 1980-09-21 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 7 28th September 1980 28th September 1980 1980-09-28 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 8 5th October 1980 5th October 1980 1980-10-05 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 9 12th October 1980 12th October 1980 1980-10-12 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 10 19th October 1980 19th October 1980 1980-10-19 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 11 26th October 1980 26th October 1980 1980-10-26 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 12 2nd November 1980 2nd November 1980 1980-11-02 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 13 9th November 1980 9th November 1980 1980-11-09 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 14 16th November 1980 16th November 1980 1980-11-16 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 15 23rd November 1980 23rd November 1980 1980-11-23 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 16 30th November 1980 30th November 1980 1980-11-30 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 17 7th December 1980 7th December 1980 1980-12-07 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 18 14th December 1980 14th December 1980 1980-12-14 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 19 21st December 1980 21st December 1980 1980-12-21 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 20 28th December 1980 28th December 1980 1980-12-28 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 21 4th January 1981: FA Cup Third Round 4th January 1981: FA Cup Third Round 1981-01-04 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 22 11th January 1981 11th January 1981 1981-01-11 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 23 18th January 1981 18th January 1981 1981-01-18 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 24 25th January 1981: FA Cup Fourth Round 25th January 1981: FA Cup Fourth Round 1981-01-25 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 25 1st February 1981 1st February 1981 1981-02-01 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 26 8th February 1981 8th February 1981 1981-02-08 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 27 15th February 1981: FA Cup Fifth Round 15th February 1981: FA Cup Fifth Round 1981-02-15 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 28 22nd February 1981 22nd February 1981 1981-02-22 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 29 1st March 1981 1st March 1981 1981-03-01 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 30 8th March 1981: FA Cup Sixth Round 8th March 1981: FA Cup Sixth Round 1981-03-08 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 31 15th March 1981: League Cup Final 15th March 1981: League Cup Final 1981-03-15 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 32 22nd March 1981 22nd March 1981 1981-03-22 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 33 29th March 1981 29th March 1981 1981-03-29 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 34 5th April 1981 5th April 1981 1981-04-05 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 35 12th April 1981: FA Cup Semi-Final 12th April 1981: FA Cup Semi-Final 1981-04-12 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 36 19th April 1981 19th April 1981 1981-04-19 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 37 26th April 1981 26th April 1981 1981-04-26 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 38 3rd May 1981 3rd May 1981 1981-05-03 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 39 9th May 1981: FA Cup Final: Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur 9th May 1981: FA Cup Final: Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur 1981-05-09 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in... Match of the Day Season 17 :Episode 40 16th May 1981: Home International Championship 16th May 1981: Home International Championship 1981-05-16 BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in...