1979-80
16/01/80 Programme included coverage of Euro 80 draw
20/02/80 Yes, Villa vs Blackburn was shown, with Barry Davies commentary
19/03/80 Also goals from Real Madrid 3 Celtic 0 (Archie Macpherson), Scotland had own programme
21/05/80 No football on Sportsnight, just athletics
1980-81
16/09/80 Newport vs Crusaders also shown on BBC Northern Ireland, simulcast BBC Wales show (commentator listed on paperwork as “Edward Robling”)
17/09/80 Also goals from Aberdeen 1 Austria Vienna 0 (Archie Macpherson), Scotland had own programme
15/10/80 England match definitely wasn’t shown live on the BBC, Alan Green commentated on NI match, Robling commentated on Wales
22/10/80 Also Ipswich 3 Bohemians 0 (Barry Davies). Archie Macpherson commentated on Aberdeen vs Liverpool for BBC Scotland who had own show
05/11/80 Goals from Newport 6 Haugar 0 (Tuesday), looks like BBC Wales might have shown highlights the previous night
26/11/80 Sportsnight had five-a-side from Wembley (John Motson)
07/01/81 Also goals from Spurs 3 QPR 1, Barry Davies off-tube
18/02/81 Also goals from Everton 1 Southampton 0 (Tuesday), Alan Parry off-tube
04/03/81 Brief highlights of West Ham 1 Dynamo Tblisi 4 were shown, with John Motson, looks like Ipswich was indeed an off-tube for Football Focus
15/04/81 Plus report on Villa 1 Ipswich 2 (Tuesday) by Barry Davies
22/04/81 Both matches were shown
20/05/81 Uefa Cup Final was main game, followed by England vs Wales
1981-82
21/10/81 Liverpool only a two minute goals report with John Motson
18/11/81 Scotland still had own show (only half an hour) with highlights of England and NI matches plus goals from Wales match. Alan Green on NI match
20/01/82 No football on Sportsnight
24/03/82 England match commentary from off-tube Alan Parry, also showed Wales goals
07/04/82 Both games were indeed shown, Villa main game
14/04/82 Barry Davies on Germany match
19/05/82 Alan Parry on Uefa Cup Final (five minutes)
1982-83
08/12/82 Yes, Dundee United match was shown
12/12/82 No coverage of Intercontinental Cup on MOTD or following week’s Focus
12/01/83 Both matches shown
02/03/83 Aberdeen match was shown on Sportsnight, as was Bohemians Prague 1 Dundee United 1 with Alan Parry
04/05/83 No footage of Uefa Cup Final, presumably just a news item
22/05/83 Sunday Grandstand included FA Cup Final and Scottish Cup Final highlights, PLUS highlights of the European Under-18 Championships final at White Hart Lane between France and Czechoslovakia ( with Alan Parry. They showed a report on England’s semi-final during the Cup Final build-up the previous day, though appear not to have shown anything from their third place match.
1983-84
19/10/83 Yes, John Motson was at Spurs
09/11/83 No Sportsnight at all because of a strike
16/11/83 Northern Ireland had own Sportsnight 10.25-11.15 for NI highlights
23/11/83 Also goals reports from Bayern Munich 1 Spurs 0 (Alan Parry) and Watford 2 Sparta Prague 1 (Tony Gubba). Forest vs Celtic shown live on BBC1 Scotland, with Archie Macpherson and Denis Law commentating. Match held up for ten minutes due to crowd disturbance
25/01/84 Yes, the Liverpool match was shown
07/03/84 Barry Davies off-tube on Spurs 2 FK Austria 0, plus goals from Barcelona 2 Man U 0, doesn’t look like anything from Forest was shown
14/03/84 Yes, Derby match was shown
18/04/84 France vs West Germany was shown on Sportsnight, with Motson off-tube
1984-85
14/11/84 Looks like Sportsnight didn’t show anything from any of the matches, just phone reports and interviews
20/03/85 Videoton vs Man U was off-tube, as too was Real Madrid 0 Spurs 0 with Barry Davies. Programme also featured profile of Terry Venables
03/04/85 Paperwork totally illegible, alas
1985-86
19/02/86 Portugal 1 East Germany 3 was indeed an off-tube Barry Davies
05/03/86 Archie Macpherson on Aberdeen vs Gothenburg
1986-87
03/09/86 Yes, John Motson on Leicester vs Liverpool, and just a report from Charlton
01/10/86 Dundee United 2 Lens 0 with Archie Macpherson, Sion 3 Aberdeen 0 with Derek Rae, goals from Linfield 1 Rosenberg 1 with Mike Nesbitt, Tony Gubba did a report on future of English clubs in Europe. NI and Scotland had own shows
15/10/86 Yes, NI took network Sportsnight
18/03/87 Archie Macpherson in Barcelona, main match
08/04/86 Barry Davies on Dundee United
15/04/87 Yes, John Motson at Man City
29/04/87 NI had own programme with Michael Nesbitt on NI match
1987-88
29/08/87 Had thought Coventry 1 Liverpool 4 with John Motson was on Sports Special, looks like it wasn’t shown until Football Focus on the Bank Holiday Monday
30/09/87 Yes, Barry Davies on Rangers, Motson off-tube on Napoli, also goals from Linfield 2 Lillestrom 4 with Michael Nesbitt (NI had own show)
14/10/87 Archie Macpherson on Scotland, goals shown on Sportsnight, also goals from Ireland 2 Bulgaria 0 with Tony Gubba off-tube, and several other goals. Looks like only the goals were shown from NI, and NI took the network show
17/02/88 Scotland had their own show and Derek Rae and Billy McNeil commentated on Scotland match (they were also heard in a brief edit on the English show). They did show ice hockey on Olympic Match of the Day, for fifteen minutes before the 2.35 kick-off
17/05/88 No Rous Cup coverage on BBC Scotland, must have been something on ITV