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The Big Match

1968–1992ITVDocumentary

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London Weekend's Sunday afternoon football, and Brian Moore's commentary box.

One opening sequence is catalogued for The Big Match, covering season 1.

It arrived on ITV in 1968, when The Sooty Show, World of Sport and Ivor the Engine were also on the network.

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The opening titles

Season 1

No usable clip placed. The one dated result belongs to The Big Match Live, a separate strand ITV started in 1983, so it cannot be attributed to this one.

No footage of this sequence has been found yet.

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