Season 1984/85

39 episodes August 25, 1984

The show celebrated its 20th anniversary and matches were still being broadcast on Fridays. Most other sports were now seen live on television so the production team wanted to continue the football experiment as well. Jonathan Martin, the Head of Sport at the time, recalled that the experiment was disappointing: "We only got six or seven million viewers on a Friday night which was poor for the slot so we moved to Sundays in the following year." This was to be the last time that Match of the Day contained weekly League highlights until the beginning of the 1992-93 season.

Episodes

1 25th August 1984 Aug 25, 1984 No ratings 2 31st August 1984: Chelsea v Everton Aug 31, 1984 No ratings 3 8th September 1984 Sep 8, 1984 No ratings 4 15th September 1984 Sep 15, 1984 No ratings 5 22nd September 1984 Sep 22, 1984 No ratings 6 29th September 1984 Sep 29, 1984 No ratings 7 6th October 1984 Oct 6, 1984 No ratings 8 12th October 1984: Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool Oct 12, 1984 No ratings 9 20th October 1984 Oct 20, 1984 No ratings 10 27th October 1984 Oct 27, 1984 No ratings 11 2nd November 1984: Manchester United v Arsenal Nov 2, 1984 No ratings 12 10th November 1984 Nov 10, 1984 No ratings 13 17th November 1984 Nov 17, 1984 No ratings 14 24th November 1984 Nov 24, 1984 No ratings 15 1st December 1984 Dec 1, 1984 No ratings 16 8th December 1984 Dec 8, 1984 No ratings 17 15th December 1984 Dec 15, 1984 No ratings 18 21st December 1984: Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool Dec 21, 1984 No ratings 19 29th December 1984 Dec 29, 1984 No ratings 20 4th January 1985: FA Cup Third Round: Leeds United v Everton Jan 4, 1985 No ratings 21 12th January 1985 Jan 12, 1985 No ratings 22 19th January 1985 Jan 19, 1985 No ratings 23 26th January 1985: FA Cup Fourth Round Jan 26, 1985 No ratings 24 2nd February 1985 Feb 2, 1985 No ratings 25 9th February 1985 Feb 9, 1985 No ratings 26 15th February 1985: FA Cup Fifth Round: Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United Feb 15, 1985 No ratings 27 23rd February 1985 Feb 23, 1985 No ratings 28 2nd March 1985 Mar 2, 1985 No ratings 29 9th March 1985: FA Cup Sixth Round Mar 9, 1985 No ratings 30 15th March 1985: West Ham United v Manchester United Mar 15, 1985 No ratings 31 24th March 1985: League Cup Final: Norwich City v Sunderland Mar 24, 1985 No ratings 32 30th March 1985 Mar 30, 1985 No ratings 33 6th April 1985 Apr 6, 1985 No ratings 34 13th April 1985: FA Cup Semi-Final Apr 13, 1985 No ratings 35 20th April 1985 Apr 20, 1985 No ratings 36 27th April 1985 Apr 27, 1985 No ratings 37 4th May 1985 May 4, 1985 No ratings 38 11th May 1985 May 11, 1985 No ratings 39 18th May 1985: FA Cup Final: Everton v Manchester United May 18, 1985 No ratings