Contrary to what you might expect, football and television weren’t always eager bedfellows.
The first live match shown in the UK wasn’t until 1960 when only the second half of an evening encounter between Blackpool against Bolton was shown on ITV as not to impact attendances at the other 3pm kickoffs.
Despite the success of Match of the Day, which went a long way to cementing football’s status as the national sport among the masses, the tug-of-war between viewing figures and attendances lasted until 1992.
Read the article at Planet Football.
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