Match Of The Day BBC Titles 1978

[PeterAGaunt]

I was one of the people on it as a member of staff at Hammersmith County School. Did Christopher Wren take part too? I don't recall them.

[HitMeQuick]

In the 1970s professional footballers were retired by the government and replaced with out of work ham actors and long haired drunks. With the success of television shows like It's a Knock Out, people thought that in the future all sports would resemble a circus farce and lose any serious competitive element. This is why a lot of the so called managers like Brian Clough played the pantomime villain for the media and also explains why England failed to qualify for both the 1974 and 78 World Cups.

[TheUltimateToad]

THe good old day.. the refs were fun and not stupid assholes, players had awesome hairstyles...

Ehh..

No more Fat people in football matches now adays...=[ Oh well..one dayt.

[reformation1542]

the porky referee was Roger Kirkpatrick (aka Mr Pickwick) - like many of his day, would always enjoy a good natured banter with the players (Gordon Hill was another) Not like todays po-faced officials who take themselves too seriously

[Feisty1967]

Da best Match of the Day title sequence ever!!

[JFredUK]

Ah, back before the days of SKY television making you pay through the nose for, 'first division', football. Before the, 'money men', really got in on the game and turned it into a, 'product', to be sold worldwide. Back when it was a sport for your everyday man to watch on a Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. (Not Sundays at 12 noon!) No Trevor Brooking comparing the size of his lapels with those of John Motson, either! (0;}

[Mulderre]

@0:10 Peter Osgood? Check if it's Osgood

[gurneyer]

@Mulderre Yes it was the late great Peter Osgood in a Southampton shirt.

[andrewt008]

bring back muddy soccer pitches! Harry Redknap can fook off!!!

[900Anon900]

much better footballers in them days

[fairhillnorrie]

@900Anon900 dead right... sadly those days are gone now..

[fergcurrie]

I have the susspicion that the trumpet player is Nigel Boddice. Can anyone verify this?

[aaronlloydthorne]

the good old days,no bunch of soft ppl just got on with the game unlike our days,i say the fans had better passion then..then now

[kenfig]

Jimmy Hill is really a serial killer

[drpoxy]

I seem to recall that MOTD did do a feature once on the making of this intro. I have often wondered whether the producer / director took their inspiration for the multiple cards creating a backdrop from the Arirang Festivals of North Korea.

[willo]

The referee was A Mr.Fitzpatrick I think. Fitter than Wiley?

[rsownage95]

that was epic

[fez41]

Who was that porky sideburned referee?

[cylon6]

This takes me back to my childhood. For me Jimmy Hill is Mr Match Of The Day. And those iconic titles and iconic theme. In fact they tried several times to change the theme and each time viewers complained and it had to be changed back. You just can't improve on perfection!!

[hotox1968]

'McDermott.....Ohhhh that was beautiful' -  Mottys best line ever!

[wildenfree]

This and Grandstand - great theme tunes

[RyanT001]

you are forgetting the classic Snooker theme.

[wildenfree]

this is true

[thedj2471]

super

[quincy103LFC]

GREAT!

[jamesriise]

God, this was the theme when I was born!

[Visonu]

Terry McDermott is now assistant manager at Huddersfield

[Dannypuck]

I'm a United fan and I can appreciate McDermott's skill. I hope they find more titles from other years/

[Jaxcherr]

I was one of the kids involved in doing the tiling effect. It was done at Loftus Road (QPR's ground). They used kids from Hammersmith County and Christopher Wrens schools (both schools were in Shepherds Bush, London - close to the BBC's old White City Centre).

[sompting37]

I was there, was a 4th yr at Wren,. I remember the (See Me on Match of the day) badge we all got, and free entry to QPR's last game of the season v Birmingham

[Jaxcherr]

I was in the 1st year of Hammmersmith County. I've still got my badge!!

[abeau1]

my brother was there as well!

i was too young and still at ellerslie at the time!

[rizlateef]

I still can't believe they knocked down the old Ellerslie School!

[fantasticministry2]

was it easy or hard to do

[cylon6]

@Jaxcherr That was a piece of history. A very iconic set of opening titles.

[Chelsea1ManU0]

Roger Killpatrick!

[walshamite]

I believe the bald ref running from right to left was Roger Kirkpatrick, wasn't it? He was a bit of a character and one of the first media-recognised referees. :)

[darganx]

Mc Dermott - what a player!!!

[bluesbrother37]

Real footballers, not todays overpaid ponces!

[fairhillnorrie]

@bluesbrother37 if your still there, just to say ... WELL SAID..!!

[xzoeandmerlinx]

Kenny Hibbit beating Jennings with that cracking shot...GET IN !!!!

[keefybaby2007]

they used the fat ref runnig on the big match too........just saw it.

[Paul02here]

From when there was more humour in the game. Football became much more serious and businesslike with the start of the Premiership.

[therealdeal858]

i found some humor last week during the sunderland-stoke match when one of the sunderland players kicked a stoke player in the ass or when a hull player went to block a chelsea free kick and got hit right in the man area. it's just harder to find.

[dacomi008]

those were the days

[badbusta4lyf]

BEST ALLWAYS WILL BE

[Cubfan20032000]

Match of the Day Theme is the best!!