They are all on the ITV Hub, though.

@@BelfastGav I've seen them all early last year on the Hub but there's no early 70s, I think '73 is there but can't rmbr. Prob all wiped. Go seek DuckJive..

A major benefit of the way most of the large and medium-sized ITV regions covered a main game in this era, is how their respective highlights' programmes could choose which game to lead with. So, an example here where London Weekend Television made their game, which finished 0-0, on their own programme the second game, meaning the Southern Television coverage at Southampton was made the main match (Southern sometimes had its own programme, often not, in which case they would take LWT's 'The Big Match'. It wasn't an issue for Ulster Television here in Northern Ireland: with no teams in the Football League, it was always 'The Big Match' for us, along with Westward and Channel, while Border took-turns between 'Scotsport' and 'The Big Match', and very occasionally either Granada's or Tyne Tees's highlights' programme.

Yes I agree with you, you could see a good length of match coverage in those days and why not cover those extra 7 minutes by adding 10 minutes to the broadcast time, are those on the hub subject to edits I don’t have it installed and unsure if they come through on satellite on demand

David BOBIN…who continued with TVS after Southern TV lost the franchise and stayed with Meridian when TVS lost their franchise, finally leaving ITV in the 90s to join Sky Sports👍🏼

@@Dommer1973 You are correct. I belive it was Chris Peacock who left Television South to move to Central in 1987. Many thanks for your reply.