The extended (but not the longest version) theme tune of ITV's Big Match from 1980-86 - Jubilation, by Jeff Wayne. Add "&fmt=18" to address for stereo...
Oh now come on, it sold its soul to big business media, there's a real difference. The difference being that one is about the soulless destruction of values and worth in pursuit of utter world domination...and the other is the devil
Absolutely agree. I’m just wondering if the montage was put together by a Watford Fan or Someone who really liked John Barnes., Being a Watford Fan myself, John Barnes was my hero and broke my heart when he signed for Liverpool. Needless to say he became a better player under Kenny Dalglish, just a shame he could never repeat for country what he did for Both Watford and Liverpool. Greatest English left footed player ever in my opinion.
I loved the big match tunes even now they make me feel like an excited 10 year old boy.A time when football was not a ruthless money making business with wall to wall hype.
John Barnes wonder goal in the Mericanna stadium in Rio. I remember him scoring it and thinking Wow!! Just Wow!! Went on to be my football hero For Watford and Liverpool
1st time in 30 years I've heard that tune. Never knew it was Jeff Wayne, maybe squeeze it into the next War of The World's Jeff! I was there at Wembley for Everton v Liverpool in the FA Cup Final shown at the end. I played for Everton Youth Team at the time and we were all taken to Wembley by EFC. Most of us supported Liverpool so we had to pretend to be unhappy on the coach home or the Youth Team Coach Colin Harvey would not have been happy!
I bought this tune in the early 80s and must have played it continuous for about a month, still a fantastic tune and certainly brings back some memories, thanks for the upload.
memories of gettin ready on a saturday 3pm (kick offs then) all excited watchin tiswas then waitin for my pals to call,and off to maine road to watch man city 75p to get in them days ,bovril and a pack of salt n shake at halftime,listenin to the other scores on the radio ............... still follow the blues now and tell my son you dont know how lucky you are..I was there when we was crap...!!!! :)
This ultra modern (!) theme tune was introduced when TBM was shown on Saturday nights for the first time, with MOTD being shown at the extremely wierd 4pm Sunday slot
Start of the 1980-81 football season. Initially only shown in the London region, along with whichever regional ITV companies didn’t have a football highlights programme. All change from the 1983-84 season as highlights were networked along with the odd live match, introduced with this legendary theme.
Hmm, don't think it was. I remember the tune you're thinking of and I'm sure it wasn't this one, but I can't find a clip on RU-vid. (They also used ELP's Fanfare for the Common Man for a while in the 80's, but I don't think it's that you're thinking of either...)
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B8ns3YSGq1o.html I don't know if the visuals match the music here, but as they changed things so often, it's difficult to remember.
The best big match theme music by a mile!! Reminds me of watching the highlights on a Sunday afternoon and if you were lucky it would be the game you went to the previous day!! The first time that happened to me was United v Spurs in 84/85.
You'd only know it was on tv from the trucks and cameras in and around the ground...waiting for the full time results from rivals will never be done again
Match of the Day was always the same with the odd tweak here and there but the Big Match could always be pinpointed to an era. So 80s this Jeff Wayne version, the kits, the crowds, the shorts - definitely camp football at its peak.
This is the theme I remember most from my childhood, even more so than Match of the Day as that was on past my bedtime on a Saturday night and The Big Match was on Sunday afternoons. The image of the team coach departing for Wembley is so iconic for that era as was the always brilliant commentary by Brian 'and it's in there!' Moore.
@@De1966Laney From season 80/1 they alternated. Big Match Saturday. MOTD Sunday, then MOTD Saturday and BM Sunday season 81/2 and then back again for 82/3
It sounds like a reworking of the penultimate track of "The War of The Worlds", after the Martians have been defeated. Trademark Jeff Wayne jangly guitars.
Which itself was a partial reworking of "Brave New World" from the same album. I bet a lot of musicians from WOTW played on this too - particularly Ken "Prof" Freeman on synths, Chris Spedding on guitar, Herbie Flowers on bass and Barry Morgan on drums.
Thats right, they can't have all been sitting in executive boxes, they weren't that many even at Arsenal. I liked the bovril and burger refreshments, although some grounds were in dire condition. But yeah as a Chelsea supporter we have seen more fair weather supporters than most talking as if they were fans for years. I don't remember seeing them chip in when the Save the Bridge Fund bucket came round at half time. In fact I bet that most 'supporters' haven't a clue. I watch but don't pay..
I'm guessing that what fluffy means is that after Hillsborough all seater stadiums were mandatory and that this killed the atmosphere at football matches. Of course its no fault of those fans that suffered at Hillsborough but it gave clubs the excuse to charge higher prices and passion went downhill...
I'm still not convinced Whiteside was onside there. You can't see him at the exact moment when Stapleton played the ball through and the linesman was ahead of the play and not level with Norman.
Hated you guys as a kid, you always seem to beat us, although when I was most active as a fan we didn't cross swords much. Yeah, even today our away support is good. Home support sometimes makes me ashamed. They all creep out of the woodwork, sometimes I get too wound up going to the pub listening to prats so I'll stream online or download later - the radio is still good. That reminds me, I was convinced I was at that 2-3 match you won, but can't have - must have been listening on the radio!
Can someone tell me the FA cup theme song back in those days? late 80's to 90's I think. I was still small, but I remembered listening to the band marching into Wembley stadium playing a wonderful and dramatic tune, but until today I still couldn't find out the name of it or any videos posted... :(
...When football was played on semi bare pitches by real men, not like today where we'll manicured overpaid preening layabouts play on well manicured surfaces and go down as if they have been hit by a sniper's bullet at the first suggestion of a challenge. When they are'nt making adverts for moisturiser and flouting their lifestyles on social media!
