10th September 2008: On this day there was an impressive display by England, who won 4-1 in Croatia in a World Cup qualifier. Theo Walcott became the youngest England player to score a hat-trick with Wayne Rooney scoring the other goal. The future was bright for England - surely?
On this date in 1960, the first attempt to offer the British TV public regular live League football started and finished, when ITV broadcast, the Saturday evening fixture between Blackpool and Bolton. Bloomfield Road became the venue for the first televised football game in England for the visit of Bolton Wanderers. The Totters (yes Bolton) won by a single goal.
| 10 Sep 1960 | Blackpool v Bolton Wanderers | L | 0-1 | League Division One |
In 1953 those two clubs contested a famous FA Cup Final, won famously, by Stanley Matthews' Blackpool, 4-3. By 1960 they were both struggling in the First Division and the fixture was missing its star player, yes....Stanley Matthews, due to injury. It was a dismal match with poor TV ratings and the following Saturday (17th) Arsenal refused permission for their match against Newcastle to be televised as did Spurs the week after that (24th) for their match against Aston Villa. As a result, ITV abandoned the project which was planned to last for 26 matches and nearly a quarter of a century passed before there was another live League match on British TV – Tottenham v Nottingham Forest,- on 2nd October 1983.The first MOTDs were, of course, in black and white. sadly no film present....
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