Football and television have been intertwined in culture for more
than half a century and Brian Barwick has played a massive role in
the continuing liaison between them. Watching The Match tells the
story of how football on television became a national obsession.
The first live football match in England was the 1938 FA Cup final,
and the winning goal was a penalty in the last minute of extra time
- proof if ever it was needed that football can deliver the
dramatic like no other sport. The BBCs Match of the Day, the first
dedicated football highlights show, was first aired in August 1964.
The FA Cup Final, for years the only match shown live, suddenly
became an all-day event with ITV's FA Cup Wrestling Special FA Cup
Final going up against the BBC's It's An FA Cup Knock-out. The 1966
World Cup brought live international matches into the public's home
for the first time and the BBC coverage of the final will forever
be remembered by Kenneth Wolstenholme's legendary, "Some people are
on the pitch ...they think it's all over ...here comes Hurst ...it
is now!" Soon commentators, presenters and analysts such as
Wolstenholme, Barry Davies, John Motson, Brian Moore, Martin Tyler,
Keith Macklin, Gerald Sinstadt, Jimmy Hill, Brian Clough and Terry
Venables became national figures and their sucessors, Gary Lineker,
Gabby Logan, Jeff Stelling, Adrian Chiles, more so. Satellite
television has moved football into a new stratosphere with almost
40 per cent of all Premier League matches shown live every season
and the FA's sale of broadcast rights in 2012 for that league alone
brought in GBP3 billion. Watching The Match is full of a
fascinating story, personal anecdotes and interviews from in front
of and behind the cameras, spanning 75 years. Written by a man who
has held every important post in football television, this is a
must-read book for all football fans.
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