Shoot
Tyne Tees Television (North East)
Football Highlights 1962-83
The North East was the 2nd ITV region to begin
regular football highlights which they originally showed in a 30 minute
slot on Saturday nights before expanding to 55 minutes on Sunday afternoon's,
but it wasn't until 1977 that the programme included the added attraction
of a 2nd and 3rd match covered by the other region's - Presentation was
moved from the ground to the studio that same year.
The Tyne Tees region's league
teams 1962-1983
Newcastle United, Sunderland, Middlesbrough*,
Darlington and Hartlepools United.
*Yorkshire Television cameras would
also turn up at Ayresome Park, although by 1978 they appeared to have conceded
that Middlesbrough were a Tyne Tees club. York City were paid a visit by
Tyne Tees cameras in 1974 but other than that they were left to Yorkshire
TV.
Tyne Tees commentators and presenters
1962 - Mid 1960's and 1970/71
The original face of Shoot, George Taylor
was still presenting the programme when its' 21 year run came to and end
in 1983, he had also served as the regular commentator until 1970 and continued
to voice the odd match until 1973/74.
Mid 1960's - 1970*
George Bayley - originally a golf correspondent
who became better known nationally as the North East football correspondent
for BBC Radio's Sports Report. He also hosted Radio Newcastle's
Sports coverage.
*There was also an Australian commentator
working for Tyne Tees around this time.
1971 - May 1973
David Taylor - Like Gerry Harrison at Anglia,
Taylor had been a runner-up in the BBC's "Find a commentator" competition
in 1969, he later narrated for Granada TV's World In Action documentary
series.
?August 1973? - May 1974
Jeff Thomas - apparently from the Republic of
Ireland.
August 1974 - May 1979
Kenneth Wolstenholme was 54 when he joined Tyne
Tees having been the voice of the BBC's televised football in the 1950's
and '60's. A former RAF Bomber pilot during the 2nd World War, the Lancashire
born Bolton fan joined BBC Television in 1948 and went on to describe 23
successive FA Cup finals and 5 World Cup tournaments, including England's
triumphant 1966 success in which he delivered the most famous commentary
soundbite of all time. His final commentary for the BBC was the 1971 European
Cup Final and following his 5 year stint at Tyne Tees he went into semi-retirement
before making a comeback with Channel 4 - reporting on their Italian League
coverage. He died in 2002 at the age of 81.
March 1979 - May 1983
Roger Tames first joined Tyne Tees in 1976 as
a reporter from the Dagenham Post, the Arsenal fan commentated on a couple
of matches for Shoot towards the end of the 1978/79 season before
taking over full-time from the start of 1979/80, he continued to work for
the station long after the end of Shoot in 1983 - presenting the
last ever local ITV sports production (Soccer Night) in May 2008.
What matches were shown
The following lists detail all the known matches recorded by Tyne Tees
cameras for local highlights, the re-edits of other region's matches
are not included here (see the other region's pages for those). Given dates
are for when the fixture was played (not the broadcast). Blanks* denote
that we don't know what game was shown (if one was shown at all). Tyne
Tees sometimes showed LWT's The Big Match if their sole ob unit
had been required for horse racing, winter postponements may have forced
them to occasionally schedule an alternate non-football programme. Known
mid-week & pre-season North East matches (not necessarily aired under
the title
Shoot) are included in grey, networked ITV coverage of
other matches of interest are in italics.
*Do please e-mail [email protected] if you are able to fill in any blanks/missing scorers.
Season 1962/63
All Tyne Tees highlights were
broadcast in 405-line black & white on VHF only throughout the 1960's.
26/Dec Possibly
Sunderland 0 Bury 1 *a clip of Brian Clough's knee injury looks like TV
film
18/May Sunderland 0 Chelsea 1 *footage
exists with commentary
The region's trio of big clubs were all in the 2nd tier at the time Tyne Tees began broadcasting football highlights. Alan Brown's Sunderland missed out on promotion in 1963 due to a poorer goal average than Chelsea. Middlesbrough, who replaced manager Bob Dennison with Raich Carter in January, were one place further behind in 4th with Alan Peacock rattling in 31 goals. Newcastle, now managed by Joe Harvey, finished 7th. In the Fourth Division Darlington were 12th whilst Hartlepools finished rock bottom of the 92.
Season 1963/64
04/Sep Newcastle United 2 (Penman,
McGarry) Middlesbrough 0 *played on a Wednesday night,
highlights probably broadcast the following night
18/Sep Sunderland 1 (Crossan)
Scunthorpe United 0 *another Wednesday night fixture with
highlights probably shown on the Thursday
14/Nov Sunderland v Benfica
[Friendly] *footage exists with commentary
21/Mar Sunderland 4 (Sharkey
2, Crossan, Mulhall) Preston North End 0 *footage exists
with commentary
04/Apr Sunderland 1 (Usher)
Swansea Town 0 *footage exists with commentary
Sunderland won promotion as runners-up but then came the surprise departure of manager Alan Brown, Newcastle finished 8th, Middlesbrough 10th.
Season 1964/65
??/Aug Darlington v Carlisle
United [Friendly]
??/Aug Sunderland v Huddersfield
Town [Friendly]
22/Aug Intended
match was Sunderland 3 Leicester City 3, but a problem with a new ob unit
resulted in a blank tape!
24/Aug Newcastle United 1 (Hilley)
Charlton Athletic 1 (????) *played on a Monday (Bank Holiday
presumably)
29/Aug
05/Sep
09/Sep Sunderland 2 Aston Villa
2
12/Sep
19/Sep Sunderland 1 (Sharkey)
Blackburn Rovers 0 *listed in the Times, no surviving
footage
21/Sep Hartlepools United 1
Torquay United 0 *Monday night match, probably shown on
Tuesday
26/Sep Newcastle United 5 (McGarry
2, Cummings, Hilley, ???(og)) Preston North End 2 (????, ????) *Times/no
footage
30/Sep Sunderland 4 West Ham
United 1 [League Cup 2nd Round]
03/Oct Hartlepools United 1
Millwall 0 *Times/no footage
10/Oct Newcastle United 5 (Iley,
Robson 2, Anderson 2) Leyton Orient 0 *footage exists
with commentary
17/Oct Sunderland 0 Fulham
0 *Times/no footage
24/Oct Middlesbrough 2 Norwich
City 0 *Newcastle United 2 Crystal Palace 0 is listed
in the Times
31/Oct Sunderland 2 Stoke City
2 *Times/no footage
07/Nov Newcastle United 3 (Suddick,
Iley, McGarry) Rotherham United 1 (????) *Middlesbrough
4 Swansea Town 0 is listed in the Times
14/Nov Sunderland 3 Burnley 2 *Times/no
footage
21/Nov Middlesbrough 4 Swindon Town
1 *Newcastle United 2 Derby County 2 is listed in the
Times
28/Nov Sunderland 4 (Hood, Sharkey,
Herd, Mulhall) Everton 0 *Times/no footage
05/Dec Newcastle United 3 (Hockey,
Iley, Anderson) Portsmouth 0 *Middlesbrough 0 Manchester
City 1 is listed in the Times
12/Dec Newcastle United 5 Northampton
Town 0 *Times/no footage
19/Dec Sunderland 3 Chelsea
0 *Times/no footage
26/Dec
28/Dec Newcastle United 2 (Hilley
2) Middlesbrough 1 (????) *Bank Holiday Monday fixture
02/Jan Newcastle United
2 Huddersfield Town 1 *Times/no footage
09/Jan *Billed as 'Cup Tie
Special'
16/Jan Sunderland 0 Arsenal 2
23/Jan Newcastle United
2 (Hilley, Anderson) Cardiff City 0 *Middlesbrough v Preston
North End is listed in the Times
30/Jan *Billed as 'Cup Tie
Special'
06/Feb
13/Feb Middlesbrough 1 Plymouth
Argyle 3*Newcastle United v Ipswich Town is listed in
the Times
20/Feb
27/Feb Newcastle United 2 Bury
3
*footage exists with commentary
06/Mar Whitley Bay 1 Hendon
3 [Amateur Cup QF] *Sunderland v Nottingham Forest is
listed in the Times
13/Mar Middlesbrough 3 Rotherham
United 5 *Newcastle United v Norwich City is listed in
the Times
20/Mar Sunderland 2 Tottenham
Hotspur 1 *Times/no footage
27/Mar Whitby Town 2 Enfield
1 [Amatuer Cup SF] *at Roker Park
03/Apr Sunderland 3 Sheffield
United 1 *Times/no footage
10/Apr Newcastle United
1 Swindon Town 0 *Times/no footage
17/Apr No
programme billed this weekend
19/Apr Middlesbrough 2 Leyton
Orient 0 *A Monday night match, Middlesbrough needing
points to avoid relegation
24/Apr Whitby Town 1 Hendon
3 [Amateur Cup Final]
*at Wembley, complete show archived
but was not titled "Shoot" - Middlesbrough v Charlton is listed in Times.
01/May Networked LIVE coverage of the FA Cup Final -
Liverpool 2 (Hunt, St.John) Leeds United 1 (Bremner) AET
George Hardwick managed Sunderland for this one season only and the team finished 15th in their first term back in the top flight, Newcastle would be joining them next season after being crowned champions of the 2nd tier. Middlesbrough finished 17th.
Season 1965/66
There was a dispute between
the Football League and the TV companies at the beginning of this season,
highlights returned to BBC2 on 02/Oct and to ITV channels a week later.
14/Sep Middlesbrough
3 Ipswich Town 2 *probably a newsreel
23/Oct Newcastle United
0 Tottenham Hotspur 0 *listed in the Times, no surviving
footage
30/Oct Sunderland 3 Northampton
Town 0 *Times/no footage
13/Nov Sunderland 0 Burnley
4
*Times/no footage
20/Nov Newcastle United 1 Leicester
City 5 *Times/no footage
27/Nov Darlington 3 Rochdale
1
*Times/no footage
04/Dec Middlesbrough 1 Coventry City 1
18/Dec Newcastle United 0 Liverpool 0 *First
complete "Shoot" known to be archived
16/Mar Networked Tyne Tees
coverage of Football League v Scottish League [Friendly Match] *Commentator
John Camkin
Newcastle were this season's highest placed local club in 15th with Sunderland, now under Ian McColl, in 19th. In the 2nd tier, struggling Middlesbrough sacked Raich Carter and replaced him with Stan Anderson but the club were still relegated to the 3rd tier for the first time in their history. There was better news from the 4th tier where Darlington were promoted as runners-up. At the age of just 30, ex Sunderland player Brian Clough was appointed manager of Hartlepools in October and they finished 18th.
Season 1966/67
25/Mar Sunderland 0 Everton 2
Sunderland and Newcastle again did little more than survive in the top flight in 17th and 20th place respectively. Middlesbrough immediately bounced back from relegation by taking the runners-up spot in the 3rd tier and 27 of their goals were scored by John O'Rourke, but Darlington were swiftly relegated back down to the basement league. Hartlepools improved to finish 8th but at the end of the season Brian Clough left to manage Derby County.
Season 1967/68
11/May Newcastle United 3 (Robson, Sinclair, McNamee)
Manchester City 4 (Sumerbee, Young 2, Lee) *commentator
was George Bayley
Newcastle managed a top half finish - 10th, Sunderland were 15th with manger Ian McColl departing in February prompting the return of Alan Brown. Back in the 2nd tier Middlesbrough finished 6th and had the division's leading scorer in John Hickton with 24 goals. Down in the 4th tier, Hartlepools United won promotion for the first time since joining the Football league in 1921 and they would now drop the 's' and 'United' from their name to become known as merely 'Hartlepool'. Darlington reached the Quarter-finals of the League Cup losing 5-4 away at Derby.
Season 1968/69
10/Aug Newcastle United 1 (B. Robson) West Ham United
1 (Dear)
17/Aug Sunderland 1 (Mulhall) Southampton 0
24/Aug Middlesbrough 1 (Hickton)
Carlisle United 0
31/Aug Sunderland 1 (Suggett)
Newcastle United 1 (B. Robson)
07/Sep Sunderland 2 (Porterfield,
Mulhall) Leicester City 0
14/Sep Middlesbrough 3 (Gates
2, Hickton) Birmingham City 1 (Vincent)
21/Sep Sunderland 0 Manchester
City 4 (Lee 2, Bell, Summerbee)
28/Sep Newcastle United 2 (McNamee,
Allen) Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Pearce, Mulbery)
05/Oct Newcastle United 0 Leeds
United 1 (Charlton)
12/Oct Darlington 0 Rochdale
0
19/Oct Middlesbrough 2 (McMordie,
Downing) Fulham 0
26/Oct Sunderland 3 (Harris
2, Mulhall) Coventry City 0
02/Nov Newcastle United 0 Leicester
City 0
09/Nov Darlington 3 (Robson, Lawton,
Gauden) Peterborough United 3 (Price 2, Hall)
16/Nov
23/Nov Sunderland 2 (Harris,
Herd) Burnley 0
30/Nov Newcastle United 4 (Dyson,
B.Robson 2, Foggon) Southampton 1 (Paine) *YTV were at
Middlesbrough
07/Dec Sunderland 3 (Palmer,
Suggett, Mulhall) Chelsea 2 (Baldwin, Birchenall)
14/Dec Intended
match Middlesbrough v Sheffield United was postponed
21/Dec Sunderland 2 (Palmer,
Harris) West Ham United 1 (Hurst)
28/Dec Showed Yorkshire
TV's match *Intended match was probably postponed
04/Jan Middlesbrough
1 (Allen) Millwall 1 (Possee) [FA Cup 3rd Round]
11/Jan Sunderland 1 (Suggett)
Everton 3 (Royle 2, Kendall)
18/Jan Newcastle United
2 (B.Robson, Davies) Arsenal 1 (Gould)
25/Jan Newcastle United
0 Manchester City 0 [FA Cup 4th Round]
01/Feb Sunderland 0 Tottenham
Hotspur 0
08/Feb Showed Southern's
match *Only 4 fixtures played from all divisions
15/Feb Showed LWT's match
22/Feb Middlesbrough 2 (Hickton(pen),
Webb) Blackpool 1 (Craven)
01/Mar Darlington 6 (O'Neill
2, Robson, Gauden 2, Hale) Workington 2 (Spencer, Trail)
08/Mar Newcastle United 1 (Horsfield)
Burnley 0 *YTV were at Middlesbrough
12/Mar Newcastle United 5 Vitoria
Setubul 1 [Fairs Cup QF 1st Leg] *George Taylor commentated
on this one, Newcastle lost the 2nd leg 3-1 (won 6-4 on agg)
15/Mar Networked LWT coverage
of the League Cup Final - Swindon Town 3 (Smart, Rogers 2) Arsenal 1 (Gould)
22/Mar Newcastle United 1 (Sinclair)
Sunderland 1 (Suggett)
29/Mar Middlesbrough 0 Cardiff
City 0
05/Apr Sunderland 0 Arsenal
0
12/Apr Middlesbrough 2 (Maddren,
McMordie) Bury 3 (Kerr, Arrowsmith 2(1pen))
19/Apr Sunderland 2 (Kerr,
Tueart) Wolverhampton W. 0
26/Apr Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - Manchester City 1 (Young) Leicester City 0
A memorable season for Newcastle who won the Fairs Cup (now known as the UEFA Cup) - The European adventure began with a 4-0 home leg win v Feyenoord, then Sporting Lisbon and Real Zaragoza were overcome in the 2nd & 3rd rounds before Vitoria Setabul were beaten in the Quarter-finals, Newcastle were paired up with Glasgow Rangers in the Semi-finals, United came away from Ibrox with a 0-0 draw and the home leg was won 2-0 to set up a 2 leg final with Ujpest Dozsa, a 3-0 win in the 1st leg at St.James Park was as convincing as could be hoped for and Newcastle went on to win 6-2 on aggregate. In the league, Newcastle finished 9th with 21 goals from by Bryan Robson, Sunderland were 17th. 2nd tier Middlesbrough finished 4th. 3rd tier Hartlepool were relegated after one season. 4th tier Darlington finished 5th.
Season 1969/70
Many ITV regions began transmitting
in colour from November, but all of this season's editions of "Shoot" continued
to be broadcast in 405-line black & white on VHF only.
09/Aug Sunderland 0 Coventry
City 0
16/Aug *Yorkshire
TV were at Middlesbrough 2 Leicester 1, Tyne Tees may have showed this
23/Aug
30/Aug Middlesbrough 1 (Hickton)
Aston Villa 0
06/Sep Sunderland 2 (Tueart,
Kerr) West. Bromwich Albion 2 (Suggett, Brown)
13/Sep Newcastle United 0 Derby
County 1 (McFarland)
20/Sep Hartlepools United 0
Colchester United 0
27/Sep Newcastle United 1 (Robson)
Wolverhampton W. 1 (McCallion)
04/Oct
11/Oct Newcastle United 1 (Foggan)
Liverpool 0
18/Oct Sunderland 1 (Hughes)
Arsenal 1 (Sammels)
25/Oct Newcastle United 0 Chelsea
1 (Osgood)
01/Nov
08/Nov Newcastle United 3 (Dyson
2, Davies) Sunderland 0
15/Nov
22/Nov
29/Nov Intended match Newcastle
United v West Bromwich Albion was postponed
06/Dec Sunderland 2 (Harris,
Park) Ipswich Town 1 (Viljoen)
13/Dec
20/Dec Intended match Middlesbrough
v Blackburn Rovers was postponed
27/Dec Sunderland 1 (Balcer)
Manchester United 1 (Kidd)
03/Jan [FA Cup 3rd Round]
10/Jan Intended match
Newcastle United v Southampton was postponed
17/Jan Sunderland 2 (Harris(pen),
Hughes) Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Morgan)
24/Jan Middlesbrough
4 (McMardie, Smith, Hickton(pen), Laidlaw) York City 1 (Boyer) [FA Cup
4th Round]
31/Jan Newcastle United
0 Crystal Palace 0
07/Feb Carlisle United 1 (Winstanley)
Middlesbrough 2 (Hickton, Downing) [FA Cup 5th Round]
14/Feb
21/Feb Probably showed YTV
coverage of Middlesbrough 1 (Hickton) Manchester United 1 (Sutton) [FA
Cup QF]
28/Feb Newcastle United 1 (McNamee)
Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Pearce Chivers)
07/Mar Networked ATV coverage
of the League Cup Final - W.B.A. 1 (Astle) Man City 2 (Doyle Pardoe)
14/Mar Networked LWT coverage
of Chelsea 5 (Webb, Houseman 2, Osgood, Hutchinson) Watford 1 (Garbett)
[FA Cup SF]
21/Mar
28/Mar
04/Apr
11/Apr Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - Chelsea 2 (Houseman, Hutchinson) Leeds United 2 (Charlton,
Jones) AET
29/Apr Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final Replay - Chelsea 2 (Osgood, Webb) Leeds United 1 (Jones)
[Old Trafford] AET
Newcastle finished 7th and defended their Fairs Cup title all the way to the Quarter-finals - Dundee United, Porto and Southampton were overcome before they lost out to Anderlecht on away goals. Sunderland were relegated from the top flight in 21st place. In the 2nd tier Middlesbrough again finished 4th and John Hickton returned to the top of the division's scoring charts with 24, 'Boro also reached the FA Cup Quarter-finals, going out to Manchester United in a replay at Old Trafford. In the 4th tier both Darlington and Hartlepool had to apply for re-election.
Season 1970/71
Tyne Tees began broadcasting
in colour on 17th July 1970, "Shoot" would probably have been in colour
from early this season.
15/Aug Newcastle United 3 (Smith,
Foggon, Gibb) Wolverhampton W. 2 (Dougan, Curran) *black
& white
22/Aug Sunderland 3 (Park,
Hughes, Kerr) Watford 3 (Walley, Wigg, Lees)
29/Aug
05/Sep Showed Yorkshire's
match
12/Sep Newcastle United 0 Liverpool
0
19/Sep Showed YTV coverage
of Sheffield United 1 (Dearden) Middlesbrough 1 (Hickton)
26/Sep Newcastle United 0 Coventry
City 0
03/Oct Sunderland 4 (Porterfield,
Harris, Park, Baker) Bolton Wanderers 1 (Fletcher)
10/Oct Newcastle United 1 (Robson)
Arsenal 1 (Graham)
17/Oct Carlisle United 1 (Owen)
Middlesbrough 0
24/Oct Darlington 0 Northampton
Town 0
31/Oct Showed YTV coverage
of Middlesbrough 2 (Laidlaw, Downing) Watford 2 (Scullion 2) *in
black & white due to a technicians 'colour strike'.
07/Nov Showed Southern coverage
of Southampton 2 (Channon, Gabriel) Newcastle United 0
14/Nov Showed YTV coverage of
Middlesbrough 3 (Hickton, Downing, McIlmoyle) Charlton Athletic 0 *in
black & white due to a technicians 'colour strike'.
21/Nov Sunderland 0 Sheffield United
0
*black & white due to a technicians 'colour strike'.
28/Nov Showed Grananda coverage
of Blackburn Rovers 0 Sunderland 1 (Kerr) *black & white.
05/Dec Hartlepool 0 Lincoln City
0 *black & white.
12/Dec Newcastle United 2 (Robson,
Dyson) Huddersfield Town 0 *black & white.
19/Dec Showed YTV coverage of
Middlesbrough 1 (Hickton) Hull City 0 *black & white.
26/Dec Showed YTV coverage of
Leeds United 3 (Giles, Epens, Clarke) Newcastle United 0 *black
& white.
02/Jan [FA Cup 3rd Round] *black
& white.
09/Jan Newcastle United 0 Stoke
City 2 (Greenhoff, Burrows)
*black & white.
16/Jan Sunderland 2 (Watson,
Hughes) Carlisle United 0 *black & white.
23/Jan Showed LWT's FA Cup
4th Round match *black & white.
30/Jan
06/Feb Newcastle United 0 Chelsea
1 (Hudson)
*black & white.
13/Feb [FA Cup 5th Round]
20/Feb Showed YTV coverage of
Middlesbrough 1 (Hickton) Sheffield Wednesday 0 *Technicians
strike ended, now back in colour
27/Feb Networked LWT coverage
of the League Cup Final - Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Chivers 2) Aston Villa 0
06/Mar FA Cup QF's
13/Mar Sunderland 0 Portsmouth 0
20/Mar Showed Yorkshire's match
27/Mar Networked LWT coverage
of Stoke City 2 (Smith, Ritchie) Arsenal 2 (Storey 2(1pen)) [FA Cup SF]
03/Apr Showed Yorkshire's
match
10/Apr Newcastle United 1 (Tudor)
Leeds United 1 (Lorimer)
17/Apr Sunderland 0 Leicester
City 0
24/Apr Newcastle United 1 (Tudor)
West Ham United 1 (Hurst) *YTV were at Middlesbrough
01/May
08/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - Arsenal 2 (Kelly, George) Liverpool 1 (Heighway)
AET
Newcastle had again qualified for the Fairs Cup and they knocked out Inter Milan in the opening round, but then suffered a 2nd round exit in a penalty shoot out to Pecs Dozsa. In the league the Magpies finished 12th. In the 2nd tier Middlesbrough finished 7th and with 25 goals John Hickton was the division's top scorer for the third time, Sunderland finished 13th. Down in the 4th tier Darlington were 12th, Hartlepool again had to apply for re-election in 23rd.
Season 1971/72
14/Aug Sunderland 1 (Watson)
Birmingham City 1 (Bowker)
21/Aug Newcastle United 3 (Macdonald
3(1pen)) Liverpool 2 (Hughes, Keegan)
28/Aug ???
Sunderland 2 Orient 0 ???
04/Sep ???
Newcastle 2 West Ham 2 ???
11/Sep ???
Sunderland 1 Swindon 0 ???
18/Sep ???
Newcastle 2 Wolves 0 ???
25/Sep ???
Sunderland 4 Preston 3 ???
02/Oct Newcastle United 0 Derby
County 1 (Hinton)
09/Oct ???
Sunderland 1 Norwich 1 ???
16/Oct ???
Newcastle 1 Crystal Palace 2 ???
23/Oct Newcastle United 0 Manchester
United 1 (Best)
30/Oct ???
Sunderland 2 Luton 2 ???
06/Nov ???
Newcastle 3 Southampton 1 ???
13/Nov ???
Sunderland 0 Blackpool 0 ???
20/Nov Newcastle United 2 (Macdonald
2) Nottingham Forest 1 (Cormack)
27/Nov ???
Sunderland 1 Bristol City 1 ???
04/Dec ???
Newcastle 0 Chelsea 0 ???
11/Dec ???
Sunderland 2 Fulham 1 ???
18/Dec Sunderland 3 (Pitt,
Hughes, Kerr) Millwall 3 (Bolland, Smethurst, Possee)
01/Jan Sunderland 1 (Kerr)
Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Stuart)
08/Jan ???
Newcastle 4 Coventry 2 ???
15/Jan [FA Cup 3rd Round]
???
Sunderland 3 Sheffield Wed 0 ???
22/Jan Middlesbrough
2 (Hickton 2) Sunderland 0
29/Jan ???
Sunderland 3 Charlton 0 ???
05/Feb [FA Cup 4th Round]
12/Feb Sunderland 3 (Tueart
2, Porterfield) Oxford United 0
19/Feb ???
Newcastle 0 Everton 0 ???
26/Feb [FA Cup 5th Round]
04/Mar Networked LWT coverage
of the League Cup Final - Stoke City 2 (Conroy, Eastham) Chelsea 1 (Osgood)
11/Mar BBC
at Newcastle
18/Mar [FA Cup QF]
25/Mar BBC
at Newcastle
01/Apr Sunderland 0 Hull City
1 (Wagstaff)
08/Apr ???
Sunderland 1 Cardiff City 1 ???
15/Apr Networked coverage
of Stoke City 1 (Simpson(og)) Arsenal 1 (Armstrong) [FA Cup Semi-Final]
22/Apr ???
Sunderland 0 QPR 1 ???
29/Apr
06/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - Leeds 1 (Clarke) Arsenal 0
Newcastle ended the season in 11th with their new £180,000 superstar striker Malcom Macdonald chipping in with 23 goals. In the 2nd tier Sunderland finished 5th, Middlesbrough 9th. In the 4th Hartlepool, now managed by Len Ashurst, slightly improved to finish 18th above Darlington in 19th.
Season 1972/73
12/Aug Probably showed YTV
coverage of Middlesbrough 2 (Smith 2) Sunderland 1 (Latham)
19/Aug ???
Sunderland 1 Orient 0 ???
26/Aug ???
Newcastle 1 Ipswich 2 ???
02/Sep Sunderland 3 (Tueart,
Lathan, Kerr) Swindon Town 2 (Treacy, Rogers)
09/Sep Newcastle United 2 (MacDonald,
Craig) Arsenal 1 (Kennedy)
16/Sep ???
Sunderland 1 Sheffield Wed. 1 ???
23/Sep Middlesbrough 1 (Mills)
Hull City 0
30/Sep Sunderland 4 (Lathan
2, Porterfield, W.Hughes) Nottingham Forest 1 (Richardson)
07/Oct ???
Newcastle 3 Norwich 1 ???
14/Oct Sunderland 0 Luton Town
2 (Halom, Jim Ryan)
21/Oct ???
Newcastle 2 Man United 1 ???
28/Oct ???
Sunderland 0 Fulham 0 ???
04/Nov Sunderland 2 (W.Hughes,
Kerr) Aston Villa 2 (B.Rioch, Little)
11/Nov Newcastle United 3 (Gibb,
Howard, Macdonald) Birmingham City 0
18/Nov ???
Sunderland 1 Hull City 1 ???
25/Nov ???
Middlesbrough 0 Swindon 2 ???
02/Dec Sunderland 0 Burnley
1 (Fletcher)
09/Dec ???
Newcastle 0 Southampton 0 ???
16/Dec ???
Sunderland 0 Preston North End 0 ???
23/Dec ???
Newcastle 2 Man City 1 ???
30/Dec Newcastle United 4 (Tudor,
Nattrass, Macdonald, Craig) Sheffield United 1 (Dearden)
06/Jan Sunderland 4 (W.Hughes,
Tueart, Bolton) Brighton & Hove Albion 0
13/Jan Newcastle United
2 (Macdonald, Nattrass) Bournemouth 0 [FA Cup 3rd Round]
20/Jan ???
Newcastle 2 Crystal Palace 0 ???
27/Jan Sunderland 2 (Tueart,
Kerr) Millwall 0
03/Feb Sunderland 1 (Tueart)
Reading 1 (Chappell) [FA Cup 4th Round]
10/Feb May
have showed YTV coverage of Middlesbrough 2 (Hickton, Boam) Bristol City
1 (Emanuel) ???
Newcastle 1 Coventry 1 ???
17/Feb ???
Sunderland 4 Middlesbrough 0 ???
24/Feb Probably showed Granada
coverage of Man City 2 (Towers, Montgomery(og)) Sunderland 2 (Horswill,
Hughes) [FA Cup 5th Round]
28/Feb Sunderland 3 (Hallam,
Hughes 2) Manchester City 1 (Lee) [FA Cup 5th Round Replay] *Tape
is b&w
03/Mar Networked LWT coverage
of the League Cup Final - Spurs 1 (Coates) Norwich City 0
10/Mar ???
Newcastle 1 Stoke City 0 ???
17/Mar Probably showed other
region's FA Cup QF's *BBC covered Sunderland 2 Luton 0
24/Mar ???
Newcastle 1 Chelsea 1 ???
31/Mar ???
Sunderland 2 Bristol City 2 ???
07/Apr Networked LWT coverage
of Sunderland 2 (Halom, Hughes) Arsenal 1 (George) [FA Cup SF] *Played
at Hillsborough
14/Apr Hartlepool 1 (Honour)
Barnsley 4 (Butler 3, O'Connor)
21/Apr BBC
at Newcastle ??? Middlesbrough 3 Sheffield Wednesday 0 ???
28/Apr ???
Sunderland 1 Blackpool 0 ???
05/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - Sunderland 1 (Porterfield) Leeds United 0
After sacking Alan Brown in November and replacing him with Bob Stokoe, 1973 turned out to be a legendary year in the history of Sunderland - In one the greatest FA Cup final upsets of all time, the 2nd tier club (who finished 6th) beat the mighty whites of Leeds United 1-0 thanks to a 32nd minute goal by Ian Porterfield and a miraculous double save by Jim Montgomery, it was undoubtedly one of British football's major highlights of the 1970's and the first time a non-top flight club had won the FA Cup for 42 years. Newcastle also lifted silverware in the form of the Anglo-Italian Trophy by beating Fiorentina 2-1 in Florence, the Magpies had finished 9th in the league. In the 2nd tier Middlesbrough finished 4th having changed manager in January, Harold Sheperdson took charge until the end of the season following Stan Anderson's resignation. It was another poor season for the region's 4th tier clubs with Hartlepool 20th and Darlington rock bottom of the entire Football league.
Season 1973/74
25/Aug
01/Sep Newcastle United 1 (McDermott) Arsenal 1 (George)
08/Sep Sunderland 1 (Guthrie) Cardiff City 1 (Vincent)
15/Sep
22/Sep
29/Sep Newcastle United 2 (Tudor 2) Queens Park Rangers
3 (Thomas, Francis, Leach)
06/Oct Sunderland 3 (Hughes, Porterfield, Halom)
Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Coyle)
13/Oct
20/Oct Newcastle United 2 (Macdonald 2(1pen)) Chelsea
0
27/Oct
03/Nov Middlesbrough 2 (Foggon, Armstrong) Luton Town 1
(Butlin)
10/Nov
17/Nov Newcastle United 3 (Cassidy 2, Hope) Manchester
United 2 (Macari, Graham)
24/Nov
01/Dec
08/Dec
15/Dec Middlesbrough 1 (Boam) Nottingham Forest
0
22/Dec
29/Dec
05/Jan Newcastle United 1 (Howard) Hendon
1 (Haider) [FA Cup 3rd Round]
12/Jan
19/Jan
26/Jan Newcastle United 1 (McDermott)
Scunthorpe United 1 (Keeley) [FA Cup 4th Round]
02/Feb Sunderland 4 (Halom
2, Hughes 2) Millwall 0
09/Feb Newcastle United
5 (Craven(og), Bruce, Dugdale(og), Tudor, Macdonald) Coventry City 1 (Alderson)
16/Feb [FA Cup 5th Round]
23/Feb
02/Mar Networked LWT
coverage of the League Cup Final - Wolves 2 (Hibbitt, Richards) Manchester
City 1 (Bell)
09/Mar Newcastle United
4 (Craig, McDermott(pen), Tudor, Moncur) Nottingham Forest 3 (Bowyer, O'Kane,
Lyall) [FA Cup QF]
16/Mar Sunderland 1 (Longhorn)
Fulham 0
23/Mar
30/Mar Networked coverage
of Newcastle United 2 (Macdonald 2) Burnley 0 [FA Cup SF] *at
Hillsborough
06/Apr Middlesbrough
4 (Hickton, Needham(og), Armstrong, Foggon) Notts County 0
13/Apr
20/Apr Newcastle United
1 (Robson) Birmingham City 1 (Francis)
27/Apr Possibly
showed Yorkshire coverage of York City 1 (Jones) Oldham Athletic 1 (Whittle)
01/May "Charlton's Champions"
(A
Wednesday night Tyne Tees Special programme celebrating Middlesbrough's
promotion)
04/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - Newcastle United 0 Liverpool 3 (Keegan 2, Heighway)
Newcastle were no-doubt doubly determined to make an impression in the FA Cup this season following their neighbours success the previous year, United had won the cup three times during the 1950's but it had now been over 12 years since they had even reached the last eight. 1974 almost proved to be Newcastle's year in a run which included an extraordinary Quarter-final tie v Nottingham Forest which Newcastle won 4-3, but only after a pitch invasion had interrupted play when United went 3-1 down to a hotly contested penalty which resulted in Pat Howard being sent off. Despite Newcastle playing on with 10 men the FA decided that the pitch invasion had influenced the result and the match had to be replayed, the re-match at a neutral venue was drawn before Newcastle went through at the 3rd attempt and went on to beat Burnley in the Semi-final, but at Wembley they came up against a Liverpool side in dazzling form and in a one sided final Newcastle were soundly beaten 3-0. In the league, Newcastle finished 15th. England World Cup 1966 hero Jack Charlton was the new manager of 2nd tier Middlesbrough and he guided them to a Championship winning campaign. Sunderland were 6th but only two points short of a promotion place, the Rokerites cup success of the previous season had also earned them a place in Europe to compete in the Cup-winners Cup, they overcame Vasas Budapest in the opening round and then beat Sporting Lisbon 2-1 at Roker Park but lost the 2nd leg 2-0. It was now three up/three down between the top three divisions and fringe Tyne Tees club York City were one of those benefiting from the new rule as they claimed promotion by finishing 3rd in the Third tier. In the Fourth Division Hartlepool finished 11th (manager Len Ashurst was then tempted away to manage elsewhere), Darlington were 20th.
Season 1974/75
17/Aug
24/Aug Middlesbrough 1 (Mills)
Luton Town 1 (Butlin) *Ken Wolstenholme now commentating
for Tyne Tees
31/Aug Newcastle United 2 (Tudor,
Macdonald) West Ham United 0
07/Sep Middlesbrough 1 (Maddren)
Chelsea 1 (Hutchinson)
14/Sep Newcastle United 1 (Tudor)
Carlisle United 0
21/Sep Sunderland 0 Bolton
Wanderers 0
28/Sep
05/Oct Sunderland 2 (Robson
2) Oxford United 0
12/Oct York City 3 (Seal 2,
Hinch) Bristol Rovers 0 *One source says Darlington 0
Barnsley 0
19/Oct Middlesbrough 4 (Souness
2, Mills, Foggon) Coventry City 4 (Stein, Cross, Holmes 2)
26/Oct
02/Nov Hartlepool 3 (Gauden 2, Dawes)
Workington 0
09/Nov
12/Nov Hartlepool 1 (Moore) Aston
Villa 1 (Aitken) [League Cup 4th Round] *Probably Gerald
Sinstadt commentating, Villa won replay 6-1
16/Nov Newcastle United 5 (Cannell,
Macdonald 2, Kennedy, Barrowclough) Chelsea 0
23/Nov
30/Nov Newcastle United 2 (Macdonald,
Howard) Manchester City 1 (Marsh)
04/Dec Probably showed YTV
coverage of Middlesbrough 0 Manchester United 0 [League Cup QF] *'Boro
lost replay 3-0
07/Dec Sunderland 4 (Halom,
Hughes(og), Malone, Robson) Portsmouth 1 (Mellows)
11/Dec Newcastle United 3 (Tudor,
Bruce, Cannell) Southampton 0 AET [Texaco Cup Final 2nd Leg]
*4-2
on agg, Gerald Sinstadt commentated
14/Dec Middlesbrough 3 (Foggon,
Hickton, Page) Birmingham City 0
21/Dec Newcastle United 3 (Tudor,
Kennedy, Howard) Leeds United 0
28/Dec
04/Jan [FA Cup 3rd Round]
11/Jan
18/Jan
25/Jan [FA Cup 4th Round]
01/Feb Newcastle United 2 (Macdonald,
Burns) Middlesbrough 1 (Hickton)
08/Feb Sunderland 3 (Towers(pen),
Morgan(og), Robson) Cardiff City 1 (Anderson)
15/Feb [FA Cup 5th Round]
22/Feb
01/Mar Networked LWT coverage
of the League Cup Final - Aston Villa 1 (Graydon) Norwich City 0
08/Mar
15/Mar Possibly
showed YTV coverage of Middlesbrough 3 (Hickton, Souness 2) Tottenham Hotspur
0
22/Mar
29/Mar Middlesbrough 2 (Murdoch,
Foggon) Burnley 0
05/Apr Probably LWT coverage
of Fulham 1 (Mitchell) Birmingham City 1 (Gallagher) [FA Cup SF]
12/Apr Darlington 2 (Cattrell,
Sinclair) Mansfield Town 1 (Clarke)
19/Apr Sunderland 3 (Bolton,
Robson, Belfitt) Bristol City 0
26/Apr
03/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - West Ham United 2 (A.Taylor 2) Fulham 0
Back in the top flight, Middlesbrough finished a creditable 7th and threatened to make it a successive hat-trick of North East clubs reaching the FA Cup final, but 'Boro lost 1-0 at Birmingham in the Quarter-finals, they also reached the last eight of the League Cup - only to be knocked out by Manchester United in an Old Trafford replay. Newcastle finished 15th, won the Texaco (Anglo-Scottish-Irish) Cup and Malcom Macdonald was the top flight's leading scorer with 21 goals, but under pressure from fans the club then decided to move Joe Harvey 'upstairs' after managing the team for 13 years. In the 2nd tier there was yet another near-miss for Sunderland in 4th - again just two points short of a promotion place, York City were 15th. In the 4th tier, Hartlepool were 13th, Darlington 21st.
Season 1975/76
09/Aug
Newcastle United 2 (Hibbitt, Gowling) Middlesbrough 2 (Willey, Armstrong)
[Anglo-Scottish Cup]
16/Aug
23/Aug
30/Aug Sunderland 2 (Towers
2) Blackpool 0
06/Sep Middlesbrough 3 (Hickton,
Mills 2) Stoke City 0
13/Sep Sunderland 2 (Halom,
Hughes) West Bromwich Albion 0
20/Sep Middlesbrough 0 Queens
Park Rangers 0
27/Sep Sunderland 4 (Robson
2, Kerr, Halom) Notts County 0
04/Oct Newcastle United 2 (Tudor,
Barrowclough) Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Pratt, Duncan)
11/Oct Sunderland 3 (Towers(pen),
Hughes, Robson) Orient 1 (Queen)
18/Oct Newcastle United 5 (Macdonald
2, Gowling 2, Jones(og)) Norwich City 2 (McGuire, Macdougal) *YTV
at Middlesbrough
25/Oct Hartlepool 1 (Smith)
Barnsley 0
01/Nov Newcastle United 2 (Gowling,
Nattrass) Arsenal 0
08/Nov Possibly
showed YTV coverage of Leeds United 3 (McKenzie 2, Yorath) Newcastle United
0
15/Nov Middlesbrough 0 Leeds United
0
22/Nov
29/Nov Sunderland 2 (Robson 2) Oldham
Athletic 0
06/Dec Newcastle United 4 (D.Craig,
T.Craig 2(1pen), Burns) Coventry City 0
13/Dec Sunderland 1 (Porterfield)
Oxford United 0
20/Dec Middlesbrough 1 (Hickton)
Tottenham Hotspur 0
27/Dec
03/Jan [FA Cup 3rd Round]
10/Jan Newcastle United
5 (Gowling 3, Nattrass, Nulty) Everton 0
17/Jan
24/Jan [FA Cup 4th Round]
31/Jan Middlesbrough
3 (Mills, Keeley(og), Maddron) Newcastle United 3 (Gowling, Kennedy, Nattrass)
07/Feb Newcastle United 4 (Todd(og),
Nulty, T.Craig, Macdonald) Derby County 3 (Powell, George, Rioch)
14/Feb Stoke City 0 Sunderland
0 [FA Cup 5th Round] *Tyne Tees cameras outside the region,
ATV at Leicester
21/Feb Possibly
showed YTV coverage of Leeds United 0 Middlesbrough 2 (Hickton 2)
28/Feb Networked LWT coverage
of the League Cup Final - Newcastle United 1 (Gowling) Manchester City
2 (Barnes, Tueart)
06/Mar Sunderland 0 Crystal
Palace 1 (Whittle) [FA Cup QF]
13/Mar Middlesbrough 0 Leicester
City 1 (Boam(og))
20/Mar
27/Mar
03/Apr Showed networked
coverage of Crystal Palace 0 Southampton 2 (Gilchrist, Peach(pen))
[FA Cup SF]
10/Apr Darlington 2 (Sinclair
2(1pen)) Tranmere Rovers 0
17/Apr
24/Apr Sunderland 2 (Bolton,
Hughes) Portsmouth 0
01/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - Southampton 1 (Stokes) Manchester United 0
Middlesbrough were again pride of the North East in 13th and there was very nearly an all North East League Cup final as 'Boro went one better than last season by reaching the Semi-finals, but they crashed 4-0 at Manchester City after taking a 1-0 lead in the 1st leg. Newcastle had appointed Gordon Lee as manager in the summer but yet again finished 15th for the third successive season, a degree of success came in the cups as Newcastle returned to Wembley in the League Cup final - Struck by a flu epidemic days before the match they lost 2-1, the Magpies were also among the last eight in the FA Cup (losing to Derby) alongside 2nd tier Sunderland who lost out to 3rd tier Crystal Palace, but Sunderland finally went on to win promotion to the top flight as champions, York City however were relegated in 21st. Down in the 4th tier it was pretty much business as usual with Hartlepool finishing 14th and Darlington 20th.
Season 1976/77
14/Aug
Newcastle United 3 Middlesbrough 0 [Anglo-Scottish Cup]
21/Aug Newcastle United 2 (Hudson,
Craig(pen)) Derby County 2 (Nish, George)
28/Aug
04/Sep
11/Sep Middlesbrough 2 (Willey
2) Sunderland 1 (Greenwood)
18/Sep Sunderland 0 Manchester
City 2 (Tueart, Royle)
25/Sep
02/Oct Darlington 2 (Rowles,
Lyons) Aldershot 1 (Wooler)
09/Oct Middlesbrough 1 (Souness)
Norwich City 0
16/Oct Sunderland 0 Aston Villa
1 (Cropley)
23/Oct
30/Oct Newcastle United 1 (Cannell)
Stoke City 0 *Yorkshire TV showed Middlesbrough 0 Leicester
City 1
06/Nov Sunderland 0 Liverpool 1 (Fairclough)
13/Nov
20/Nov
24/Nov Newcastle United 4 (Craig,
Gowling 2, Cannell) Everton 1 (Lyons)
27/Nov Newcastle United 2 (Cannell,
Burns) Queens Park Rangers 0
04/Dec
11/Dec Abandoned match - Newcastle
United 1 (Barrowclough) Ipswich Town 0 *abandoned after
32 minutes
18/Dec Sunderland 0 Norwich
City 1 (Busby)
01/Jan
08/Jan [FA Cup 3rd Round]
15/Jan Middlesbrough
2 (George(og), Mills) Derby County 0
22/Jan Sunderland 0 Stoke
City 0
29/Jan [FA Cup 4th Round]
05/Feb Middlesbrough 2 (Mills
2) Tottenham Hotspur 0 *possibly YTV coverage
12/Feb
19/Feb
26/Feb Showed YTV coverage
of Middlesbrough 4 (Mills 3, Armstrong) Arsenal 1 (MacDonald) [FA Cup 5th
Round]
05/Mar Sunderland 6 (Holden
2, Rowell 2, Kerr, Lee) West Ham United 0
12/Mar Networked LWT coverage
of the League Cup Final - Aston Villa 0 Everton 0
19/Mar Showed other region's
FA Cup QF's
26/Mar
02/Apr Sunderland 1 (Lee) Queens
Park Rangers 0
09/Apr Possibly
showed YTV coverage of Leeds United 1 (Cherry) Sunderland 1 (Lee)
16/Apr Newcastle United 3 (Gowling,
Cannell, Nulty) West Ham United 0
23/Apr Sunderland 1 (Towers(pen))
Derby County 1 (Powell)
30/Apr
07/May Sunderland 1 (Holden) Birmingham
City 0
14/May
21/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - Manchester United 2 (Pearson, J.Greenhoff) Liverpool
1 (Case)
Tyne Tees TV now had three clubs to cover in the top flight for the first time, but it didn't last long as Sunderland could only manage one season among the elite by finishing 1 point short of safety, Bob Stokoe had left the winless club in October and Ian MacFarlane took over before Jimmy Adamson was appointed in December. There were further managerial changes at the region's other top clubs - With Malcom Macdonald sold to Arsenal pre-season, Newcastle's Gordon Lee left for Everton in January, player power then ensured first team coach Richard Dinnis was handed the job and United went on to finish 5th - their highest finish for 26 years! Middlesbrough were 12th and again reached the FA Cup QFs (knocked out by Liverpool at Anfield) but Jack Charlton resigned towards the end of the campaign in the hope of landing the England job, 'Boro replaced him with John Neal. York City suffered a successive relegation to the basement division where Darlington finished 11th and Hartlepool 22nd.
Season 1977/78
20/Aug Newcastle United 3 (Burns
2, Kennedy) Leeds 2 (Hankin, Lorimer)
27/Aug Middlesbrough 2 (Armstrong
2) Newcastle United 0
31/Aug Newcastle United 0 Millwall
2 (Seasman, Pearson) [League Cup 2nd Round]
03/Sep Newcastle United 2 (Burns,
Cassidy) West Ham United 3 (Jennings, A.Taylor, B.Robson)
10/Sep Middlesbrough 1 (Ashcroft)
Birmingham City 2 (Francis 2)
17/Sep Sunderland 0 Bolton
Wanderers 2 (Whatmore, Reid)
24/Sep Newcastle United 1 (Gowling)
Coventry City 2 (Wallace 2)
01/Oct Sunderland 0 Brighton
& Hove Albion 2 (Piper, Ward)
08/Oct Middlesbrough 2 (Mills,
Ashcroft) Manchester United 1 (Coppell)
15/Oct Darlington 2 (Maitland,
Rowles) Huddersfield Town 2 (Baines, Johnson)
22/Oct Newcastle United 1 (Burns)
Chelsea 0 *Yorkshire TV covered Middlesbrough 2 Leeds
1
29/Oct Sunderland 3 (Elliott,
Ashurst, Lee) Oldham Athletic 1 (Taylor)
*First 30 minute edition of the Tyne Tees series "Skilful Soccer - With
Jack Charlton" was also broadcast on this date.
05/Nov Middlesbrough 1 (Hedley) Queens
Park Rangers 1 (Busby)
12/Nov Sunderland 5 (Arnott, Greenwood,
Henderson, Elliott, Lee) Bristol Rovers 1 (Staniforth)
19/Nov Middlesbrough 0 Wolverhampton
W. 0
26/Nov Sunderland 1 (Bolton) Luton
Town 1 (R.Futcher)
03/Dec Newcastle United 2 (Burns,
Nattrass) Leicester City 0
10/Dec
17/Dec Middlesbrough 1 (Hedley)
Aston Villa 0
24/Dec No fixtures played
31/Dec Newcastle United 0 Liverpool
2 (Thompson, Dalglish)
07/Jan Middlesbrough
3 (Mills 2, McAndrew) Coventry City 0 [FA Cup 3rd Round]
14/Jan Newcastle United
2 (Cassidy, McGhee) Middlesbrough 4 (Boam, Ashcroft 2, Cummins)
21/Jan Sunderland 5 (Kerr,
Rowell 2(1pen), Rostron, Elliott) Sheffield United 1 (Campbell)
28/Jan Middlesbrough
3 (Mahoney, Mills 2) Everton 2 (Telfer, Lyons) [FA Cup 4th Round]
04/Feb
11/Feb
18/Feb Probably showed other
region's FA Cup 5th Round games
25/Feb Middlesbrough 3 (Mills,
Craggs, Mahoney) Derby County 1 (Daly)
04/Mar Sunderland 0 Southampton
0
11/Mar Middlesbrough 0 Orient
0 [FA Cup QF]
18/Mar Networked LWT coverage
of the League Cup Final - Nottingham Forest 0 Liverpool 0 AET
25/Mar
01/Apr Sunderland 2 (Docherty,
Lee) Fulham 2 (Margerrison, Mitchell)
08/Apr Middlesbrough 2 (Ramage,
Cummins) Bristol City 0
15/Apr Sunderland 3 (Rostron,
Kerr, Lee) Notts County 1 (Sims)
22/Apr Hartlepool United 1
(Houchen) Newport County 1 (Goddard)
29/Apr
06/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - Ipswich Town 1 (Osborne) Arsenal 0
Middlesbrough finished 14th and yet again reached the FA Cup Quarter-finals only to suffer a frustrating exit to 2nd tier Orient, Newcastle were back in Europe but only for a 2nd round UEFA Cup exit to Bastia, and there was to be no repeat of the league form which had got them there - Richard Dinnis was sacked on 9th November and replaced by Bill McGarry but an appalling season saw them relegated in 21st. In the 2nd tier Sunderland finished 6th whilst in the basement division Hartlepool finished 21st having to apply for re-election along with York City. Darlington were only slightly better off in 19th.
Season 1978/79
19/Aug Sunderland 1 (Rowell)
Charlton Athletic 0
26/Aug
02/Sep
09/Sep Newcastle United 3 (Withe
2, McGhee) Blackburn Rovers 1 (Gregory)
16/Sep Sunderland 1 (Brown)
Fulham 1 (Margerrison(pen))
23/Sep Hartlepool United
3 (Houchen, Newton(pen), Goldthorpe) Halifax Town 1 (Lawson)
30/Sep Middlesbrough 2 (Ashcroft,
Mills) Arsenal 3 (O'Leary, Price, Walford)
07/Oct
14/Oct Sunderland 1 (Greenwood)
Newcastle United 1 (Withe)
21/Oct Middlesbrough 2 (Burns,
Armstrong) Wolverhampton W. 0
28/Oct Newcastle United 3 (Connolly,
Withe, Robinson) Cardiff City 0
04/Nov Sunderland 0 Stoke City 1
(O'Callaghan)
11/Nov
18/Nov Middlesbrough 2 (Burns, Mills)
Southampton 0
25/Nov Newcastle United 1 (McGhee)
Oldham Athletic 1 (Valentine)
02/Dec Sunderland 5 (Entwistle
3, Lee, Rowell) Bristol Rovers 0
09/Dec
16/Dec Middlesbrough 7 (Proctor,
Burns 4, Armstrong, Cochrane) Chelsea 2 (Osgood, Bumstead)
23/Dec Possibly no programme
due to an industrial strike
30/Dec Possibly no programme
due to an industrial strike
06/Jan [FA Cup 3rd Round]
13/Jan
20/Jan Intended
match was probably postponed
27/Jan Newcastle United
1 (Withe) Wolverhampton W. 1 (Hibbitt) [FA Cup 4th Round]
03/Feb Middlesbrough 1 (Proctor)
Nottingham Forest 3 (Birtles 2, Robertson(pen))
10/Feb
17/Feb Bad weather *only
5 fixtures from all divisions played
24/Feb Newcastle United 1 (Connolly)
Sunderland (Rowell 3(1pen), Entwistle)
03/Mar Newcastle United 5 (Shoulder
2(1pen), Martin, Mitchell, Connolly) Charlton Athletic 3 (Gritt, Shipperley,
Robinson) *Roger Tames commentated
10/Mar Sunderland 3 (Rowell(pen),
Bolton, Rostron) Oldham Atheltic 0 *Ken Wolstenholme commentated
17/Mar Networked LWT coverage
of the League Cup Final - Nottingham Forest 3 (Birtles 2, Woodcock) Southampton
2 (Peach, Holmes)
24/Mar Middlesbrough 2 (Burns,
Ashcroft) Birmingham City 1 (Givens) *Ken Wolstenholme
commentated
31/Mar Probably networked
coverage of Manchester United 2 Liverpool 2 [FA Cup Semi Final]
07/Apr Darlington
1 (Peachey) Newport County 0 *Roger
Tames commentated
14/Apr
21/Apr
28/Apr Sunderland 1 (Ashurst)
Cardiff City 2 (Moore, Bishop) *Ken Wolstenholme commentated
05/May Newcastle United 1 (Shoulder)
Brighton & Hove Albion 3 (Horton, Ward, Ryan) *Ken
Wolstenholme's last commentary for Tyne Tees
12/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - Arsenal 3 (Talbot, Stapleton, Sunderland) Man Utd
2 (McQueen, McIlroy)
Another mid-table finish for the region's sole top flight club Middlesbrough in 12th. In the 2nd tier, Sunderland manager Jimmy Adamson had left for Leeds in August, David Merrington and then Billy Elliot took charge only to see Sunderland repeat their 70's habit of just missing out on promotion, this time in 4th - two points behind the champions, Gary Rowell netted 21 goals. Newcastle adapted to life in the 2nd tier by finishing 8th and there were predictable bottom half finishes in the 4th tier for Hartlepool (13th) and Darlington (21st).
Season 1979/80
All ITV regions (except Channel
TV) were taken off the air in early August 1979 due to a strike which lasted
for almost three months! (So we only had BBC1 and BBC2 from 6th August-24th
October).
27/Oct
03/Nov Sunderland 2 (Arnott,
Gilbert) Chelsea 1 (Johnson)
10/Nov Newcastle United 1 (Shoulder)
Cardiff City 0
17/Nov Middlesbrough 1 (Armstrong)
Bristol City 0
24/Nov Sunderland 3 (Elliott,
Cummins, Robson) Bristol Rovers 2 (Parkinson, White)
01/Dec Newcastle United 2 (Withe,
Rafferty) Fulham 0
08/Dec Middlesbrough 0 Southampton
1 (Williams)
15/Dec Newcastle United 4 (Shoulder,
Withe 2, Cassidy) Queens Park Rangers 2 (Goddard, Roeder)
22/Dec *All
but 4 of this weekend's fixtures were played on Friday night, there were
no Tyne Tees home games on the Saturday
29/Dec Newcastle United 2 (Shoulder,
Cassidy) Charlton Athletic 0
05/Jan Sunderland 0 Bolton
Wanderers 1 (Whatmore) [FA Cup 3rd Round]
12/Jan Middlesbrough
1 (Armstrong) Manchester United 1 (Thomas)
19/Jan Newcastle United
2 (Barton, Connolly) Orient 0
26/Jan
02/Feb
09/Feb Middlesbrough 3 (Burns,
Ashcroft, Armstrong) Derby County 0
16/Feb Probably showed other
region's FA Cup 5th Round ties
23/Feb Middlesbrough 1 (Burns)
Stoke City 3 (Cook, Crooks 2)
01/Mar Newcastle United 0 Watford
2 (Barton(og), Jenkins)
08/Mar Sunderland 0 Leicester
City 0
15/Mar Networked LWT coverage
of the League Cup Final - Wolves 1 (Gray) Nottingham Forest 0
22/Mar Middlesbrough 2 (Hodgson,
McAndrew) Everton 1 (Hartford)
29/Mar Hartlepool United 2
(Hampton, Houchen) Northampton Town 1 (Ingrams)
05/Apr Sunderland 1 (Cummins)
Newcastle United 0
12/Apr Sunderland 1 (Arnott)
Orient 1 (Coates)
19/Apr Newcastle United
1 (Shoulder) Swansea City 3 (Stevenson, Giles 2)
26/Apr
03/May Newcastle United 2 (Shoulder,
Rafferty) Luton Town 2 (Hatton 2)
10/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - West Ham United 1 (Brooking) Arsenal 0
Top flight Middlesbrough finished 9th whilst in the 2nd tier new manager Ken Knighton won Sunderland promotion as runners-up leaving Newcastle behind in 9th. Sunderland's Bryan Robson and Newcastle's Alan Shoulder both netted 20 league goals each. Hartlepool and Darlington continued to struggle in the Fourth division finishing 19th and 22nd respectively.
Season 1980/81
"Shoot" was on Saturday nights
for this season.
16/Aug Sunderland 3 (Hawley(pen),
Cummins, Lyons(og)) Everton 1 (Eastoe)
23/Aug Darlington 2 (Hamilton,
Walsh) Stockport County 2 (Sword, Bradd)
30/Aug Newcastle United 2 (Koenen,
Hibbitt) Luton Town 1 (Stein)
06/Sep
13/Sep Sunderland 0 Middlesbrough
1 (Jankovic)
20/Sep Newcastle United 0 Oldham
Athletic 0
27/Sep Sunderland 4 (Robson
2, Rowell, Brown) Leeds United 1 (Parlane)
04/Oct Newcastle United 0 West
Ham United 0
11/Oct Sunderland 1 (Rowell)
Crystal Palace 0
18/Oct Middlesbrough 1 (Jankovic)
Southampton 1 (Watson)
25/Oct Sunderland 0 Ipswich
Town 2 (Muhren, Brazil)
01/Nov Newcastle United 2 (Hibbitt,
Shinton) Watford 1 (Poskett)
08/Nov
15/Nov Middlesbrough 1 (Johnston)
Manchester United 1 (Jordan)
22/Nov Possibly
Newcastle United 0 Wrexham 1 (McNeil) *YTV showed Middlesbrough 2 (Johnston(pen),
Shearer) Wolves 0
29/Nov
06/Dec Middlesbrough 2 (Johnston,
Shearer) Aston Villa 1 (Shaw)
13/Dec Sunderland 2 (Hawley,
Arnott) Arsenal 0
20/Dec
27/Dec Middlesbrough 1 (Ashcroft)
Everton 0
03/Jan Newcastle United
2 (Waddle 2) Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Pearson) [FA Cup 3rd Round]
10/Jan Sunderland 3 (Rowell
2, Cummins) Norwich City 0
17/Jan
24/Jan Probably
Middlesbrough 1 (Bailey) West Bromwich A. 0, possibly Newcastle United
2 (Clarke, Martin) Luton Town 1 (Ingram) [FA Cup 4th Round]
31/Jan Newcastle United
2 (Clarke, Martin) Bolton Wanderers 1 (Bennett)
07/Feb Middlesbrough 1 (Hedley)
Sunderland 0
14/Feb Middlesbrough 2 (Proctor,
Jancovic) Barnsley 1 (Lester) [FA Cup 5th Round]
21/Feb Newcastle United 0 Bristol
Rovers 0
28/Feb Sunderland 1 (Bowyer)
Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Crooks)
07/Mar Sunderland 1 (Hinnigan)
Aston Villa 2 (Evans, Mortimer)
14/Mar Hartlepool United 2
(Houchen, Newton) Wimbledon 3 (Cork 2, Downes)
21/Mar Sunderland 3 (Hinnigan
2, Cummions(pen)) Coventry City 0
28/Mar Newcastle United 1 (Halliday)
Chelsea 0
04/Apr
11/Apr Middlesbrough
1 (Shearer) Brighton & Hove Albion 0
18/Apr
25/Apr Sunderland 1 (Brown)
Brighton and Hove Albion 2 (Robinson, Williams)
*also Whickham 3 (Scott, Williamson, Peck(og)) Willenhall Town 2 (Smith,
Stringer) [FA Vase Final at Wembley]
02/May Middlesbrough 2 (Jancovic
2) Ipswich Town 1 (Mariner)
09/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - Man City 1 (Hutchison) Spurs 1 (Hutchison(og)) AET
14/May Networked LIVE coverage
of FA Cup Final Replay - Man City 2 (MacKenzie, Reeves(pen) Spurs 3 (Villa
2, Crooks) [Wembley]
For the 5th time in 12 season's Middlesbrough exited the FA Cup at the QF stage (this time to Wolves in a Molineux replay). In the league 'Boro finished 14th, newly promoted Sunderland managed to stay up this time, but not before manager Ken Knighton left to be temporarily replaced by Mick Docherty in April who oversaw a 17th placed finish. In the 2nd tier, just weeks into the season, Newcastle sacked Bill McGarry, his replacement was Arthur Cox and United finished 11th. It was a much improved season for the region's long suffering Fourth Division pair as Darlington finished 8th and Hartlepool 9th.
Season 1981/82
"Shoot" was back on Sunday afternoon's
for this season.
29/Aug Middlesbrough 1 (Otto)
Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Falco, Hoddle, Villa)
05/Sep Sunderland 0 West Ham
United 2 (Goddard, Cross)
12/Sep
19/Sep Darlington 2 (Speedie,
Hamilton) Blackpool 2 (Bamber, Morris)
26/Sep
03/Oct
10/Oct Middlesbrough 1 (Gunn(og))
Nottingham Forest 1 (Fashanu)
17/Oct Sunderland 0 Tottenham
Hotspur 2 (Archibald, Hazard)
24/Oct Newcastle United 1 (Shinton)
Rotherham United 1 (Gooding)
31/Oct Sunderland 0 Liverpool
2 (Souness, McDermott)
07/Nov
14/Nov
21/Nov Middlesbrough 3 (McAndrew(pen),
Ashcroft 2) Aston Villa 3 (Withe, Cowans, Shaw)
28/Nov
05/Dec
12/Dec
19/Dec Possibly
showed Granada coverage of Manchester City 2 (Francis 2) Sunderland 3 (Cummins,
Rowell, Venison)
26/Dec
02/Jan [FA Cup 3rd Round]
09/Jan *Intended
match probably postponed
16/Jan *Intended
match probably postponed
23/Jan Sunderland 0 Liverpool
3 (Dalglish 2, Rush) [FA Cup 4th round]
30/Jan Middlesbrough
0 Southampton 1 (Keegan)
06/Feb
13/Feb Newcastle United 2 (Varadi,
Trewick) Cardiff City 1 (Stevens)
20/Feb
27/Feb Sunderland 1 (Brown)
Notts County 1 (McCulloch)
06/Mar Middlesbrough 0 Wolverhampton
W. 0 *corrected score
13/Mar Networked LWT coverage
of the League Cup Final - Liverpool 3 (Whelan 2, Rush) Spurs 1 (Archibald)
AET
20/Mar
27/Mar
03/Apr Probably showed Tottenham
Hotspur 2 (Crooks, Wilson(og)) Leicester City 0 [FA Cup SF]
10/Apr
17/Apr Sunderland 3 (Rowell
2(1pen), West) Everton 1 (Irvine)
24/Apr Hartlepool United 3
(P.Linacre, Newton(pen), Staff) Port Vale 1 (M.Chamberlain)
01/May Sunderland 3 (Rowell 2(1pen),
West) Brighton & Hove Albion 0
08/May Middlesbrough 1 (Baxter) Arsenal
3 (Talbot, Davis, Rix)
15/May Sunderland 1 (Buckley) Manchester
City 0
22/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - Spurs 1 (Hoddle) QPR (Fenwick) 1 AET
27/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final Replay - Spurs 1 (Hoddle(pen)) QPR 0 [Wembley]
Under new manager Alan Durban, Sunderland were now the region's leading club despite finishing one place above relegation in 19th. A change of manager at Middlesbrough proved disastrous as Bobby Murdoch's men ended their top flight campaign in last place. In the 2nd tier Newcastle finished disappointing 9th whilst in the 4th tier Darlington and Hartlepool slipped back to mid-table in 13th and 14th place.
Season 1982/83
"Shoot" was on Saturday night's
again for its' final season.
28/Aug Newcastle United 1 (Keegan)
Queens Park Rangers 0 *Kevin Keegan's debut for Newcastle
04/Sep Sunderland 1 (Rowell)
West Ham United 0
11/Sep Newcastle United 1 (Clarke)
Chelsea 1 (Lee)
18/Sep
25/Sep
02/Oct Middlesbrough 1 (Otto)
Oldham Athletic 1 (Palmer)
09/Oct Sunderland 1 (McCoist)
Southampton 1 (Williams)
16/Oct Middlesbrough 1 (Macdonald)
Bolton Wanderers 0
23/Oct Newcastle United 1 (Waddle)
Crystal Palace 0
30/Oct Sunderland 2 (Pickering,
Rowell) Stoke City 2 (Maguire, M.Chamberlain)
06/Nov Middlesbrough 2 (Shearer,
Wood) Barnsley 0
13/Nov
20/Nov
27/Nov
04/Dec Probably showed LWT
coverage of Charlton Athletic 2 (McAllister, Simonsen) Newcastle United
0
11/Dec Newcastle United 1 (Wharton)
Wolverhampton W. (Eves)
18/Dec Sunderland 3 (Rowell
3) Arsenal 0
01/Jan
08/Jan Sunderland 0 Manchester
City 0 [FA Cup 3rd Round] *City won replay 2-1
15/Jan Sunderland 2 (McNaught(og),
Worthington) Aston Villa 0
22/Jan Newcastle United
4 (Wharton 2, Varadi, Keegan) Shrewsbury Town 0
29/Jan Middlesbrough
2 (Hankin, Beattie(pen)) Notts County 0 [FA Cup 4th Round]
05/Feb Middlesbrough 1 (Baxter)
Newcastle United 1 (Keegan)
12/Feb
19/Feb Middlesbrough 1 (Otto)
Arsenal 1 (Rix) [FA Cup 5th Round]
26/Feb Sunderland 3 (Atkins,
Rowell 2(1pen)) Manchester City 2 (Caton, Reeves)
05/Mar Sunderland 2 (Rowell
2(1pen)) Everton 1 (Sharp)
12/Mar Probably showed Granada
and TVS FA Cup QF's
19/Mar
26/Mar Middlesbrough 3 (Bell,
Baxter 2) Charlton Athletic 0
02/Apr
09/Apr Newcastle United
3 (Metcalfe(og), Waddle, Varadi) Blackburn Rovers 2 (Keeley 2)
16/Apr Probably showed
Brighton & Hove Albion 2 (Case, Robinson) Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Mirocevic)
[FA Cup SF]
23/Apr Middlesbrough
0 Wolverhampton W. 0
30/Apr Sunderland 1 (West)
Birmingham City 2 (Blake(pen), Harford)
07/May Hartlepool United 3
(Hogan(pen), Staff, Dobson) Rochdale 0
14/May Showed LWT coverage
21/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final - Brighton 2 (Smith, Stevens) Man Utd 2 (Stapleton,
Wilkins) AET
26/May Networked LIVE coverage
of the FA Cup Final Replay - Brighton 0 Man Utd 4 (Robson 2, Whiteside,
Muhren(pen)) [Wembley]
The final season of Shoot saw the region's sole top flight representatives Sunderland finish 16th, but the main focus of attention was on 2nd tier Newcastle United who signed England striker Kevin Keegan in time for the start of the season, the Magpies improved to finish 4th (4 more points would have been required to gain promotion) and both Kevin Keegan and Imre Varadi scored 21 league goals apiece. Despite last season's relegation, Bobby Murdoch kept his job at Middlesbrough but only until the end of September, Malcom Allison arrived a month later but 'Boro sunk to an alarming 16th placed finish. Elsewhere there was a return to the old familiar gloom of Fourth division struggle for Darlington in 17th and Hartlepool 22nd.
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YouTube Shoot Clips
24/Apr/1965
- Whitby Town 1 Hendon 3 [Amateur Cup Final] - commentator
George Taylor at Wembley
11/May/1968 - Newcastle
United 3 Manchester City 4 - commentator is George
Bayley
28/Feb/1973 - Sunderland
3 Man City 1 [FA Cup 5th Round Replay] - commentator
is Gerald Sinstadt
07/Apr/1973 - Sunderland
2 Arsenal 1 [FA Cup SF] - commentator is Brian Moore
(at Hillsborough)
09/Mar/1974 - Newcastle
United 4 Nottingham Forest 3 [FA Cup QF] - A
report on the pitch invasion + Hugh Johns (ATV) commentary on the last
two goals.
09/Apr/1983 - Newcastle
United 3 Blackburn Rovers 2 - commentator Roger Tames
Shoot title
sequence (1982/83)
Tyne Tees stuff
TV
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