Stags games on TV over the years
Review By Martin Shaw,
(First published in FTYBR fanzine, issue 52, Sept 2003)
LAST UPDATED March 2024
Since 1990, almost all games have been covered by TV cameras, and hence goals have been shown on TV channels (ITV and/or Sky). For example in the 2001/2002 season, extended highlights from 11 of Stags 46 games were shown on an ITV region or the ITV Sport channel.
So, in this review, we list all extended highlights of Stags games shown on TV before 1990, and then only live games shown on TV since 1990.
Extended highlights (to 1990):
BBC Match of the Day
8 Mar 69, Leicester City, Home, FA Cup Rd 6, 0-1
7 Feb 70, Leeds United, Away, FA Cup Rd 5, 0-2
15 Feb 75, Carlisle United, Home, FA Cup Rd 5, 0-1
13 Mar 76, Peterborough United, Away, Div 3, 3-0 (Clarke 2, McCaffrey)
27 Dec 80, Lincoln City, Away, Div 4, 1-1 (OG, in fact, only the goals from this game were shown)
ITV regions:
Anglia: 14 Mar 70, Luton Town, Away, Div 3, 2-2 (Roberts, Partridge)
Anglia: 28 Apr 73, Cambridge United, Away, Div 4, 2-3 (Roberts, McCaffrey)
Tyne-Tees: 12 Apr 75, Darlington, Away, Div 4, 1-2 (Clarke)
Yorkshire: 20 Dec 75, Rotherham United, Away, Div 3, 1-2 (Hodgson)
ATV Midlands: 9 Apr 77, Port Vale, Away, Div 3, 4-1 (Bird 2, Randall, C.Foster)
HTV Wales: 14 May 77, Wrexham, Away, Div 3, 1-0 (Moss)
Yorkshire: 8 Oct 77, Sheffield United, Home, Div 2, 1-1 (Aston)
Anglia: 17 Dec 77, Luton Town, Away, Div 2, 1-1 (Syrett)
ATV Midlands & Yorkshire: 14 Jan 78, Southampton, Home, Div 2, 1-2 (Syrett)
Yorkshire: 4 Mar 78, Sheffield United, Away, Div 2, 0-2
ATV Midlands: 25 Mar 78, Tottenham, Home, Div 2, 3-3 (Syrett 3)
Yorkshire: 26 Apr 80, Grimsby Town, Home, Div 3, 0-0
Granada: 8 May 82, Wigan, Away, Div 4, 1-3 (Burrows)
HTV West: 24 May 87, Bristol City, Wembley, FRT Final, 1-1 (won on pens) (Kent)
Screensport (later bought out by Eurosport)
Delayed full match coverage:
20 May 85, Wigan, Home, FRT Northern Area Final, 1-1 (lost on pens) (Foster)
Live appearances:
Sky Sports:
16 Nov 91, Preston, Home, FA Cup Rd 1, 1-1 abandoned fog
27 Nov 91, Preston, Home, FA Cup Rd 1, 0-1
11 Apr 97, Carlisle, Home, Div 3, 0-0
22 Jan 99, Rotherham United, Home, Div 3, 0-3
17 Mar 2000, Rotherham United, Away, Div 3, 3-2 (Boulding, Greenacre, Clarke)
16 Nov 2002, Team Bath, Away, FA Cup Rd 1, 4-2 (Lawrence 2, OG, Christie)
13 Aug 2003, Sunderland, Home, Carling Cup 1, 1-2 (OG)
5 Dec 2003, Wycombe, Away, FA Cup Rd 2, 1-1 (Christie)
31 May 2004, Huddersfield, Cardiff, Play-off final, 0-0 (lost on pens)
2 Dec 2005, Grays, Home, FA Cup Rd 2, 3-0
18 Mar 2019, Lincoln, Home, League 2, 1-1
22 Apr 2019, Oldham, Away, League 2, 2-3
9 May 2019, Newport, Away, Play-off semi final 1st leg, 1-1
12 May 2019, Newport, Home, Play-off semi final 2nd leg, 0-0 (lost on pens)
2 May 2022, Salford, Away, League 2, 2-2
14 May 2022, Northampton, Home, Play-off semi final 1st leg, 2-1
18 May 2022, Northampton, Away, Play-off semi final 2nd leg, 1-0
28 May 2022, Port Vale, Wembley, Play-off final, 0-3
14 October 2023, Notts County, Away, League 2, 4-1
23 March 2024, Colchester, Home, League 2, 1-1
29 March 2024, Wrexham, Away, League 2, 0-2
BBC1:
2 Dec 2007, Harrogate Railway, Away, FA Cup Rd 2, 3-2
26 Jan 2008, Middlesbrough, Home, FA Cup Rd 4, 0-2
S4C and BBC iPlayer:
4 Nov 2023, Wrexham, Home, FA Cup Rd 1, 1-2
Setanta Sports:
2 Sep 2008, York, Away, Conference, 1-1
7 Oct 2008, Stevenage, Away, Conference, 2-3
13 Oct 2008, Burton, Away, Conference, 0-1
4 Dec 2008, Oxford, Home, Conference, 1-3
Premier Sports TV:
9 Oct 2010, Rushden, Away, Conference, 0-1
12 Feb 2011, Newport, Home, Conference, 3-3
10 Sep 2011, Newport, Home, Conference, 5-0
25 Jan 2012, Luton, Away, Conference, 0-0
20 Apr 2012, Wrexham, Home, Conference, 2-0
2 May 2012, York, Away, Conference play-off, 1-1
7 May 2012, York, Home, Conference play-off, 0-1 AET
26 Oct 2012, Dartford, Away, Conference, 0-2
15 Mar 2013, Forest Green, Away, Conference, 2-1
20 Apr 2013, Wrexham, Home, Conference, 1-0
ESPN:
12 Dec 2012, Lincoln, Home, FA Cup Rd 2 replay, 2-1
6 Jan 2013, Liverpool, Home, FA Cup Rd 3, 1-2
BT Sport:
17 Dec 2013, Oldham, Home, FA Cup Rd 2 replay, 1-4
4 Nov 2017, Shaw Lane, Away, FA Cup Rd 1, 3-1
Overseas TV only (not in UK), including beIN Sports, ESPN and others:
11 Nov 2018, Charlton, Home, FA Cup Rd 1, 1-1
10 Jan 2021, Cheltenham, Away, FA Cup Rd 3, 1-2 AET
8 Jan 2022, Middlesbrough, Home, FA Cup Rd 3, 2-3
31 October 2023, Port Vale, Home, Carabao Cup Rd 4, 0-1
If any readers have any footage of any of the BBC Match of the Day games, or the following from ITV: Luton, Darlington, Rotherham, Southampton; then this author would be delighted to hear from you!