ITV 'The Match' Football Theme 1988-1991 (Goal Crazy)

[MrKnibbler]

I was 9 yrs old and loved this part of my weekend, watching liverpool side smash everyone around and also the 89 final with the gooners. just football and no major money in the game.

[Ali74]

Loved the highlights while this was played. Brian Moore was a great commentator.

[GloucesterAdam]

@RSidhuR Elton does a lot of corporate and charity work nowadays, and his charity of choice is Zoe's Place (which is a children's hospice). He has also toured with Ricky Tomlinson in the stage production of 'An Evening With Ricky Tomlinson' with Ricky reprising the part of Jim Royle from The Royle Family.

[KennnnnnyTucky]

Makes you feel old hearing this. Another Rod Argent classic. Thanks for uploading.

[mixy111178]

Ah man i love this ,remeber coming in from under 13's footy sunday afternoon and watching this. Elton Welsby legend!!

[applecynical]

What a wonderful theme tune. Zero dislikes says it all. The good old days.

[wak4life]

Sunday afternoons... Elton Wellsby - check, Brian Moore - check, Jimmy Greaves - check. Ace theme tune. Shame that free to air league football scarcely exist these days.

[paul151982a]

just class!!!

[kinobomaster]

The good old days of free to air league football :)

[woldsmariner]

Wonderful theme tune, evoking memories of what was, in so many ways, a better time for our game. Thanks for making me seven or eight all over again.

[mgmt54]

Fantastic tune. Bring back live top flight football to ITV.

[bAzTNM]

This tune is class.

[samanthasmax]

Life before the premiershit, when football was for the real fan on the terrace, not the foreign twats in the posh suits sitting in boxes!

[Rayzorsharp24]

I have goosebumps hearing this again! Best football theme ever - then they used to play "final fight" from Rocky IV as the lineups came up.

[adeybobs]

@Rayzorsharp24 The song from Rocky IV is called War, by Vince DiCola.

[Klaaarke]

@Rayzorsharp24

Yeah Was by Vince DiCOla is the one you want. I spent years looking for it on CD. Saint n Greavsie also used to use it a bit!

[Gare80]

Flippin' heck! This tune takes me back to when I was a kid growing up in the 80s & 90s. And I still love it! Thanks for the upload. You're a legend!

[oohaghhcantona]

Fuckin Ace Reminds me of our cup winners cup victory over Barcelona and a young Lee Sharpe making the headlines Cheers

[GloucesterAdam]

When football was still the working man's game. Spent most Sundays watching Elton & Brian Moore, followed by Jim Bowen and Bully. Many happy memories of watching Arsenal and their games over great sides of the day (Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday and even Luton Town!) Sadly, money killed the game and made it a business - at least non-league is still (for now) the domain of the true football fans.

[barryhorne10]

you are my hero for uploading this on here. absolutely loved the match and elton welsby. those were the good old days. 1 live game on a sunday, then you'd copy the action in the playground the next day at school. glorious memories when we were young and lived together. now we've grown up and moved on but how great it would be to be a kid again. thank you very much.

[driller007]

its about fucking time this was on youtube

thank you

[jghatora1]

Oh this is such a classic. I can remember every Sunday afternoons. It was just so simple when football was still the game for the masses.

[andrewrobson79]

Absolute legend for uploading this. Sunday afternoon memories from when I was a kid!

[JoeRyan33]

Quality upload from when football was football. When we had Division One to Four, no silly league names, and no foreign ownership of every club, before money ruined the game.

[GloucesterAdam]

@JoeRyan33 Hopefully it'll go back that way, once the Premiership bubble bursts. I say that as a Gooner as well!

[SeventiesMania]

@JoeRyan33 I think Canon League was a silly name. But Divisions One to Four, YES!!! Think the name League One was created to make Leeds feel better about themselves.

[DarthCipient]

These were the days. No Moloko. No Kasabian. No Andy Gray fucking around with computer graphics. Just football. Give me "Division 1" over "The Premier League" anyday. Remember Brian Moore "AND IT'S IN THERE!!!" LOL

[diamondstylus]

@DarthCipient srry mate mnt to r8 this up

[drrrink00]

@DarthCipient mind u, who cud forget mindblowing bias towards man utd? then again, bit like nowadays...

[SeventiesMania]

@DarthCipient Do you not think the world is a better place with Moloko and Kasabian, lol?

[traffic71]

@DarthCipient i don't think i have heard a truer comment on youtube than yours. takes me back to the days of having sunday roast at home then running down the road to a mates house and playing with his cars or space lego with football on the telly in the back ground. i was positive we used to watch live div 1 games on sat/sun afternoons. now its just greedy league teams and players, wealthy foreign owners and piss taking tv companies with everything boiling down to money money money

[afuzzyduck]

@DarthCipient not to mention the awesome sound of Moore's "posessed by Satan" voice

[JoeRyan33]

@afuzzyduck Best commentator we ever had.

[Klaaarke]

@DarthCipient oooch.......Beardsley's arriving IN THERRRRE!.............And don't you agree Ron that everytime we s........AND IT'S IN THERRRRRE!!!

[drrrink00]

great tune. best match (apart from up for grabs now, hehe...) villa 6 everton 2. mustve been many many moons ago - my villa were good then!!!

[uptheglassboys]

@drrrink00 i remeber that villa game well i got stick from all my villa fan friends at primary school but i still wore my everton top (and stourbridge fc scarfe) on the monday and brian moore was the best along with martin tyler and barry davies

[drrrink00]

@uptheglassboys but in those days footy so great, unpredictable. now its yawn, yawn, man ure or chelski 1st and 2nd. now its whos got biggest bank balance or far east support thanx to murdoch an hiss sky cronies. also remember prob best game not broadcast - same season, everton 3 villa 3 after 92 min. soaring header into efc net til dave bloody platt scissor kicked off line 4u - what a prise tit!! best of luck rest of this season tho efc, wud love 2see liverpool go down all same...

[uptheglassboys]

@drrrink00

i watch stourbridge now more than everton been watching stourbridge after the 86 world cup (6yo) and not missed a game since 1995 home n away (includinf friendlys) and i remember stourbridge beating villa 4-1 (i think) in birmingham senior cup in 1991 when dwight yorke played

[deeplyfloating]

Agree totally - Elton and Bryan were The Match...the graphics predicted Sky's metallic flair, the synth riff chased that spinning turnstyle with orgasmic energy...

nb - the match, not the big match, which was from 70s/early 80s and not live!! ;)

[BrooksterMax]

Been looking for this for ages, I remember this well before Sky came in and took ITVs Big match live away! :)

[84cats]

Oh the memories, particularly of my first North London derby, October 18th 1989, Vinny Samways and Paul Walsh scoring the goals as the scum were thrashed 2-1. Elton Welsby anchoring, the one and only Brian Moore commentating, football as it should be!