The Love Match is a 1955 British black and white comedy film directed by David Paltenghi and starring Arthur Askey, Glenn Melvyn, Thora Hird and Shirley Eaton.

[2] A football-mad railway engine driver and his fireman are desperate to get back in time to see a match.

Arthur Askey stars as a football crazy railway employee whose passion for a team of no-hopers lands him in all sorts of trouble.

The highlight is Askey's heckling of the referee, a wonderful moment of football hooliganism.

"[10] Britmovie called it a "boisterous Lancashire comedy with a rapid succession of old jokes.