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Snatch of the day: Ryan Foley on when televised football became a big deal

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Singing the Blues: Ipswich celebrate beating Arsenal in the 1978 FA Cup final, one of few live televised matches at the time

On November 16, 1978, London Weekend Television captured exclusive rights to all Football League and League Cup matches for ITV.
The bombshell deal, dubbed ‘Snatch of the Day’ by the newspapers, was for three years at a staggering £5m.
“It was,” wrote Robin Lustig in The Observer three days later, “one of the most successful coups in British broadcasting history.”
A coup that was masterminded by Michael Grade, director of programmes at LWT. At a meeting with Jack D...

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