This week's Video Of The Week takes us back to the race for the Second Division title from the 1978/79 season and features three matches from an episode of London Weekend Television's "The Big Match", presented as ever by Brian Moore. The first match is between from Selhurst Park and is between Crystal Palace and Notts County, the second match is from The Goldstone Ground and is between Brighton & Hove Albion and Blackburn Rovers (about whom Moore says, "they've already been relegated to the Third Division, so at least they'll be relaxed) and the final match is from Roker Park, and is between Sunderland and Cardiff City.

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Since there are only Johnstone's Paint Trophy matches and FA Trophy Second Qualifying Round replays this week, we thought it would be about the right time to have another "Video Of The Week" and this, I have to say, is something rather special a complete episode of London Weekend Television's "The Big Match" from April 1979.

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The latest video flashback takes us back to 1988 when England was a terrible football team despite finding glory just two years later in the 1990 World Cup.

This video features Brian Clough and Brian Moore. Cloughie makes a flub in the beginning of the analysis but doesn't seem to care, which is followed by commentary from the legendary Brian Moore and Trevor Francis in this match which ended 0-0.

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While there's no Premier League matches on until next weekend, here's another video from yesteryear to show how much the game of English football has changed as well as to give us video evidence of some of the legendary players of England.

The video features first half highlights from the London derby between Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United from the 1970-71 season.

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I came across this video today which features a West Ham United against Manchester United match from 1975, and an unfortunate incident where parts of the ground were so overcrowded that fans were getting crushed at the front and spilling over the fence on to the pitch.

It demonstrates how packed football grounds were and how the police had a difficult time trying to control crowds.

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Before I start, I just have to say thank you to all the folks who shared their wonderful stories of falling in love with Arsenal yesterday. It was a special thread and it confirms the validity of an idea I have had for a while now. More on that latter bit once I work out the details. In the mean time, I will try to incorporate more user generated content in the blog.

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Arsenal.com Anfield '89 feature

Where did those twenty years go?

26th May 1989 was the moment that has come to define Arsenal's modern era - a league title that propelled us forward as a club. It was also the most impossibly close finish to a league season - the goal required to win the title coming in the last minute of the last game against the other team challenging for it.

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What a game! Fantastically exciting and great to watch but Liverpool's title hopes have undoubtedly been damaged tonight. And twenty years after Arsenal cruelly won the title with almost the last kick of the season, they may have done the same again tonight.
When the brilliant Andrei Arshavin scored Arsenal's 4th goal, all I could hear in my head was Brian Moore's legendary commentary:
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Nostalgic football fans in the UK - can we have your attention please!
Some People Are On The Pitch are proud to announce that a new series of The Big Match Revisited is returning to ITV4 on January 1st 2009. Covering the final 20 weeks of the 1978/79 season, the first programme has an absolute gem of a game in the shape of West Bromwich Albion's 5-3 victory over Manchester United. Click to continue reading...