The main commentator was Hugh Johns, ITV's man at the microphone for the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final.
The programme was broadcast during a "glory" period for Midlands-based teams: Derby County, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa all won league championships during the show's run, the latter two adding European Cups as well.
Wolves also had a successful spell, bagged a brace of League Cups and competed in Europe; Stoke City also won this competition in 1972.
An entertaining West Bromwich Albion side broke new boundaries by including three black players, Coventry City gained a reputation as durable First Division battlers, and a young Trevor Francis dazzled all before him for Birmingham City before moving to Forest in the English game's first million-pound transfer.
By 1983 the appetite for live football was growing and the FA allowed games to be shown in a deal with the BBC and ITV.