Football programme on ITV from 1970s/1980s

[SurreyGuy]

I'm trying to find out any details about a programme that I remember watching that was on broadcast on a midweek evening (at around 7pm) in the 70s or 80s on ITV.

The best way I can describe it is that it was a cross between a football skills competition and "It's A Knockout"!

I think it may have been introduced by Brian Moore or Dickie Davies and it involved all the "big names" from the "old" First Division.

Does anyone remember it?

[webbo3]

it was'nt superstars was it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstars



Dave

[ABerrant]

All In The Game.

First series broadcast on ITV from 21st July - 1st September 1976 (networked in a Friday evening slot at 7:30-8pm).
Second series broadcast on ITV from September - October 1977 (Day/Times varied by region).

This was an HTV produced series [devised by Alan Joy-sticks, the long-serving manager of Bristol City FC from 1967 to 1980] featuring eight clubs taking part in a knock-out fitness/skills contest, it was presented by Dickie Davies with Brian Moore commentating, Norwich City and Derby County reached the final of the first series.
The eight clubs who took part in the 2nd series were Bristol City, Ipswich Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leeds United, Leicester City, Manchester City, Queens Park Rangers and St Mirren, the final was contested by Leicester City and Manchester City.

http://homepage.ntlwo...sel/ITV/oddsends.html

[ABerrant]

^ Censor-bot gone mad! The obscenely named manager was Alan Dісks

[SurreyGuy]

webbo - no it definitely wasn't Superstars. Even I know that that wasn't exclusively made up of footballers :o)

ABerrant - that sounds like it. How on earth did you know/find that?!

[SurreyGuy]

Sorry, forgot to say - thanks for your answers guys!

[Chroak]

I think the programme you're referring to is called 'All In The Game'. It was presented by Davies and Moore and, according to the TV Times, 'an exciting series of games intended to test the skills' of two teams, such as St. Mirren and Bristol City in one episode.