Plot: Match of the Day kicks off with the first of football's 1972/73 action highlights - from two of today's first-round ties in the Watney Cup Competition. Eight of the leading goal-scoring teams from the four divisions of the Football League - Sheffield United, Wolves, Blackpool, Burnley, Bristol Rovers, Notts County, Peterborough, Lincoln - are taking part in this knock-out competition

Match Of The Day - Season 9 - 29th July 1972 (Episode 1)
Episode Aired On:
Saturday, July 29 1972
52 years ago
Saturday, July 29 1972
52 years ago
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