Goals on Sunday (1989 TV programme)

Goals on Sunday is a British football highlights television programme which aired on the ITV Yorkshire Television region initially between 1989 and 1992 in its first format, and then again from 1992 to 2002.

Not to be confused with Goals on Sunday, the British football discussion television programme that has aired on Sky Sports since 2000.

Goals on Sunday
Developed byYorkshire Television
Presented byNick Powell
John Shires
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkITV
Original release8 October 1989 (1989-10-08) –
22 April 2002 (2002-04-22)

Original Format

The show was a 30-minute programme featuring action from Saturday's games featuring the region's teams in top four divisions beginning with a main 10-minute featured match, mostly commentated by John Helm and presented by Nick Powell. Leeds United or one of the Sheffield teams (Wednesday or United) were usually featured in the main game with interviews with players and managers afterwards.[1]

With the formation of the Premier League in 1992 Sky Sports won the rights to show the games meaning the show continued showing games from the Second, Third and Fourth levels. The last show aired on the final weekend of the 2001–02 season.

History

The show was usually shown in a mid day slot on Sunday lunchtime showing the previous days Football highlights. Teams featured were from the Yorkshire Television region's, the area covered all of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire including a small number of sides from neighbouring Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire that are situated close to the borders with Yorkshire.

From 1992 to 1993 when ITV lost the rights to show First Division matches to Sky Sports, whilst highlights rights were given to the BBC for their Match of the Day show. The highlights and any live match feature would initially go out under the title Your Match.[2] but the name "Goals on Sunday" was revived. There were also live Football League games, that featured teams in the second tier, were shown until 2002 called "Goals on Sunday: Live".

The show was replaced by Soccer Night which featured the Yorkshire TV region's Football League clubs until 2004.

Team Years Featured Notes
Barnsley1989–1997, 1998–2002Promoted to the Premier League in 1997, highlights shown by Sky Sports and BBC
Bradford City1989–1999, 2001–2002Promoted to the Premier League in 1999, highlights shown by Sky Sports and BBC
Chesterfield1989–2002
Doncaster Rovers1989–1998Relegated to Non-League football in 1998.
Grimsby Town1989–2002[3]
Halifax Town1989–1993, 1998–2002Relegated to Non-League football in 1993 and returned in 1998.
Huddersfield Town1989–2002
Hull City1989–2002
Leeds United1989–1992Founding member of the Premier League in 1992.
Lincoln City1989–2002
Mansfield Town1989–2002
Rotherham United1989–2002
Scarborough1989–1999Relegated to Non-League football in 1999.
Scunthorpe United1989–2002
Sheffield United1989–1992, 1994–2002Founding member of the Premier League in 1992, relegated in 1994.
Sheffield Wednesday1989–1992, 2000–2002Founding member of the Premier League in 1992, relegated in 2000.
York City1989–2002

References
  1. Televised Football In The Regions - Yorkshire twohundredpercent.net
  2. ITV Regional Live Football. "Your Match Live 1992-93-1995-96". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
  3. Zhang Enhua - When Saturday Comes, November 2010
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