The 1970 World Cup on television

The 1970 world cup was the first to be shown worldwide on colour television, but, as so many matches were taking place at the same time, it would have only been possible to watch 11 of the 32 games live (unless you had two televisions!)

Here is a list of the games that the TV channels (and there were only three in those days) were showing live.

Sunday 31 May - 7pm
Mexico 0 Soviet Union 0 (BBC/ITV)

Tuesday 2 June - 11pm
England 1 Romania 0 (BBC/ITV)

Wednesday 3 June - 11pm
West Germany 2 Morocco 1 (BBC)
Brazil 4 Czechoslovakia 1 (ITV)

Saturday 6 June - 11pm
Italy 0 Uruguay 0 (BBC)
Soviet Union 4 Belgium 1 (ITV)

Sunday 7 June - 7pm
Brazil 1 England 0 (BBC/ITV)

Wednesday 10 June - 11pm
Brazil 3 Romania 2 (BBC/ITV)

Thursday 11 June - 11pm
England 1 Czechoslovakia 0 (ITV)

Sunday 14 June - 7pm - Quarter Final
West Germany 3 England 2 (BBC/ITV)

Wednesday 17 June - 11pm - Semi Finals
Italy 4 West Germany 3 (BBC)
Brazil 3 Uruguay 1 (ITV)

Saturday 20 June - 11pm - 3rd place play off
West Germany 1 Uruguay 0 (ITV)

Sunday 21 June - 7pm - Final
Brazil 4 Italy 1 (BBC/ITV)