Left: Kenneth Wolstenholme, who commentated on virtually all of the big games in the 1950s.

The 1955-56 season saw a number of developments resulting in increased coverage of football on television. Firstly, the BBC introduced a regular Saturday night programme called 'Sports Special', which featured brief highlights from a selection of the day's Football League games from around the country, with commentary. The games were recorded on film, then rushed back to London for editing so that they were ready to be broadcast by 10 p.m.

This same production team was used to enable England's two away games in the British Championship (in Cardiff and Glasgow) to be shown on television on the same day for the very first time. Only one small problem marred the first of these games, against Wales. Because the film reels were shorter than 45 minutes, they had to be changed during play and, as luck would have it, both Welsh goals in their first victory against England for 17 years were missed.

As the BBC made better use of editing, they were able to provide highlights of every England game, in addition to the live coverage of midweek internationals. For games played abroad, it was the following night before the highlights could be broadcast, but viewers were able to see all but one England match of the 1955-56 season, with the added bonus of live coverage from a glorious 3-1 victory against the world champions, in Berlin, thanks to the Eurovision network. The only game not broadcast that season was the one in Helsinki, for the simple reason that television had not yet been introduced to Finland.

The other development in that historic season was that the BBC now had a competitor, the Independent Television Authority (ITA), which saw football as a means of attracting viewers. Their first game, broadcast by Rediffusion to the London area, was the 1955 Wembley international against Spain, which was also shown simultaneously by the BBC. Rediffusion's commentator was Kent Walton, who became more famous as the wrestling commentator on 'World of Sport' in the 1970s. It is believed that there were plans for both channels to show the game prior to this (against Northern Ireland), but it is not known if this was actually broadcast by the ITA.

1956-57 saw every single England match televised in some form for the first time and lots more besides, including Amateur, Under-23, Youth, Schoolboy and B internationals. In fact, both television channels now seemed to use internationals at all levels as a means of bombarding the airwaves with live football, due to the lack of authority to show anything more than five minutes of Football League action. Because they did not have the extent of outside broadcast facilities available to the BBC, Independent Television (ITV) only managed to gain exclusive coverage of a single Youth international played at Chelsea in 1958. Their time would come.

England's final World Cup qualifier, in Dublin, in 1957, provided a rare opportunity in the commentary box for an up-and-coming 31-year-old reporter called David Coleman. Kenneth Wolstenholme was occupied with live coverage of Scotland's game in Switzerland, leaving the man who would eventually succeed him as the BBC's big-match commentator, to voice the highlights as England dramatically secured their place in Sweden with a last-minute equaliser.

Film reports of England's eastern European tour games in Belgrade and Moscow at the end of the 1957-58 season found their way onto BBC screens via the 'To-night' and 'Sportsview' programmes, but the World Cup in Sweden was made available to both channels via the same Eurovision network that was used four years earlier in Switzerland. As there was again only one game available to be broadcast at any one time, England were only featured twice out of their four fixtures. During their opening game with the Soviet Union, viewers were watching West Germany's first defence of the title, against Argentina in Malmö; and whilst England were battling for survival against Austria in Borås, the featured game was again in Malmö, where Northern Ireland bravely held the West Germans to earn themselves another crack at a quarter-final place. The 'To-night' programme brought viewers up to date with film reports by David Coleman on the day after England's games.

With great debates going on in the football world as to how much should be shown on TV, and the Football League still resisting offers to show their games live, the coverage of intermediate internationals was eased off a little in the following season, though ITV did manage to show their first Under-23 game, live from Norwich. One other minor breakthrough in 1958 came when the BBC were able to show highlights from Belfast on the same day. Previously, games played on the emerald isle were not shown until the following day. Three of England's games on the 1959 tour of the Americas were also covered, but each took three days to appear on BBC screens.

At the end of the decade, ITV finally made the breakthrough into full England internationals, with exclusive live coverage of the two autumn games at Wembley. Surprisingly, only two regions broadcast the first of them live, with the others having to show delayed coverage following a scheduled schools programme. The BBC, meanwhile, after two end-of-season tours in which they were unable to show action on the day of the game, made their own breakthrough by showing live coverage of the second half of England's meeting with Spain in Madrid via Eurovision. Though this was a resounding defeat, it was the first time that live pictures of a non-competitive England game had been beamed from abroad in four years. Alas, they could not repeat the feat for the final game of the season, in Budapest.

Thanks to Robert Pedley for spotting the coverage of the 1959 tour.

For more details on TV football in this era, the ITV Football 1955-68 website is well worth a visit.

Season 1955-56
Other England Internationals		Tuesday 28th September 1955 - Under-23 Fratton Park, Portsmouth (second half only) England 5 Denmark 1 - BBC - 8:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
298	Sunday 2 October 1955 - Denmark 1 England 5 [0-3] Idrætsparken, København - Kick-off 2.00 p.m. (1.00 PM GMT) HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	BBC - Monday 3rd October 10:45 p.m. - 10:57 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
Other England Internationals		Wednesday 19th October 1955 Maine Road, Manchester (last hour only) England B 5 Yugoslavia B 1 - Sportsview (BBC) - 8:00 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
299	Saturday 22 October 1955 - Wales 2 England 1 [2-0] Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff - Kick-off 3.00 p.m. GMT HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	Sports Special (BBC) - 10:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
300	Wednesday 2 November 1955 - England 3 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 2.00 p.m. GMT	BBC - 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (second half only) Sportsview (BBC) - 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (recorded highlights)
301	Wednesday 30 November 1955 - England 4 Spain 1 [2-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 2.00 p.m. GMT	BBC - 1:50 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme Rediffusion (ITV London) - 2:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. commentator Kent Walton (all but first 15 minutes) Sportsview (BBC) - 8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (recorded highlights)
Other England Internationals		Wednesday 8th February 1956 - Under-23 Hillsborough, Sheffield (last half-hour only) England 3 Scotland 1 - BBC - 8:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
		Wednesday 21st March 1956 The Dell, Southampton (last half-hour only) England B 4 Switzerland B 1 - BBC - 8:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme Saturday 24th March 1956 - British Amateur Championship Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (second half only) England 4 Scotland 2 - BBC - 3:55 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme ABC (Midland) - 3:54 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. ATV (London) - 3:55 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. ITV commentator Peter Lloyd
302	Saturday 14 April 1956 - Scotland 1 England 1 [0-0] Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow - Kick-off 3.00 p.m. GMT HIGHLIGHTS ONLY (live in Scotland)	BBC Scotland - 2:35 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. commentator Peter Thomson Sports Special (BBC) - 10:30 p.m. - 10:50 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights) BBC - Sunday 15th April 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. (recorded highlights)
Notes		Whilst England were in Glasgow, viewers in the rest of the UK were watching the second half of the FA Amateur Cup Final replay between Bishop Auckland and Corinthian-Casuals, at Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough, shown live by the BBC at 3:40 p.m.
Other England Internationals		Saturday 21st April 1956 - Schoolboys Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (second half only) England 1 Scotland 2 - BBC - 3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
303	Wednesday 9 May 1956 - England 4 Brazil 2 [2-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 3.00 p.m. BST	BBC - 2:50 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. commentators Kenneth Wolstenholme and Walley Barnes 9:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. (recorded highlights)
304	Wednesday 16 May 1956 - Sweden 0 England 0 [0-0] Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län - Kick-off 7.30 p.m. BST HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	BBC - Thursday 17th May 10:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
306	Saturday 26 May 1956 - West Germany 1 England 3 [0-1] Olympiastadion, Berlin - Kick-off 5.30 PM BST	BBC - 6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (last hour only)
Season 1956-57
307	Saturday 6 October 1956 - Northern Ireland 1 England 1 [1-1] Windsor Park, Belfast - Kick-off 3.00 p.m. GMT HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	BBC - Sunday 7th October 4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
Other England Internationals		Wednesday 17th October 1956 - Under-23 Ashton Gate, Bristol (second half only) England 0 France 0 - Sportsview (BBC) - 8:20 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
		Tuesday 23rd October 1956 - Youth White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London (second half only) England 2 Hungary 1 - BBC - 8:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
308	Wednesday 14 November 1956 - England 3 Wales 1 [0-1] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 2.30 p.m. GMT	BBC - 2:25 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme Sportsview (BBC) - 8:45 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. (recorded highlights)
309	Wednesday 28 November 1956 - England 3 Yugoslavia 0 [1-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 2.30 p.m. GMT	BBC - 2:25 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme Sportsview (BBC) - 9:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. (recorded highlights)
310	Wednesday 5 December 1956 - England 5 Denmark 2 [2-1] Molineux Ground, Wolverhampton - Kick-off 7:30 p.m. GMT	BBC - 8:25 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (second half only)
Other England Internationals		Saturday 2nd February 1957 - Youth Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London (early stages and second half only) England 7 Luxembourg 1 - Saturday Night Soccer (BBC) 6:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
		Wednesday 6th February 1957 St. Andrew's, Birmingham  (second half only) England B 4 Scotland B 1 - Sportsview (BBC) - 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme Tuesday 26th February 1957 - Under-23 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow  (second half only) Scotland 1 England 1 - BBC - 8:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
		Saturday 2nd March 1957 - Youth Griffin Park, Brentford, London (second half only) England 5 Netherlands 5 - BBC - 7:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
		Saturday 30th March 1957 - Schoolboys Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (second half only) England 2 Wales 0 - BBC - 3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
311	Saturday 6 April 1957 - England 2 Scotland 1 [0-1] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 3:00 p.m. GMT HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	Sports Special (BBC) - 10:15 p.m. - 10:45 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
Other England Internationals		Friday 3rd May 1957 Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London (second half only) England 1 Young England 2 - BBC - 8:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
312	Wednesday 8 May 1957 - England 5 Republic of Ireland 1 [4-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 3:00 p.m. BST	BBC - 2:50 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. commentators Kenneth Wolstenholme and Walley Barnes 11:00 p.m. - 11:15 p.m. (recorded highlights)
Notes		The World Cup qualifier between Scotland and Spain at Hampden Park, Glasgow was also shown live by the BBC at 6:45 p.m.
313	Wednesday 15 May 1957 - Denmark 1 England 4 [1-1] Idrætsparken, København - Kick-off 6.30 p.m. BST HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	BBC - Thursday 16th May 10:30 p.m. - 10:45 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
314	Sunday 19 May 1957 - Republic of Ireland 1 England 1 [1-0] Dalymount Park, Dublin - Kick-off 3:30 p.m. BST HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	BBC - Monday 20th May 9:00 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. commentator David Coleman (recorded highlights)
Notes		The second half of the World Cup qualifier between Switzerland and Scotland in Basel was shown live by the BBC at 3:55 p.m., whilst England were playing in Dublin.
Season 1957-58
Other England Internationals		Wednesday 16th October 1957 - Under-23 Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (second half only) England 3 Romania 2 - Sportsview (BBC) - 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
315	Saturday 19 October 1957 - Wales 0 England 4 [0-2] Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff - Kick-off 3.00 p.m. GMT HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	Sports Special (BBC) - 10:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
316	Wednesday 6 November 1957 - England 2 Northern Ireland 3 [0-1] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 2.30 p.m. GMT	BBC - 2:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme Sportsview (BBC) - 9:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. (recorded highlights)
Notes		Highlights of the World Cup qualifier between Scotland and Switzerland at Hampden Park, Glasgow were also shown by the BBC at 11:05 p.m.
Other England Internationals		Wednesday 13th November 1957 - Youth Hillsborough, Sheffield (last half-hour only) England 2 Belgium 0 - BBC - 9:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
317	Wednesday 27 November 1957 - England 4 France 0 [3-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 2.30 p.m. GMT	BBC - 3:25 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (second half only) Sportsview (BBC) - 9:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. (recorded highlights)
Other England Internationals		Wednesday 15th January 1958 - Under-23 Goodison Park, Liverpool (second half only) England 3 Scotland 1 - Sportsview (BBC) - 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (Wolstenholme had also commentated on Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifier with Italy in Belfast in the afternoon, highlights of which were shown in a later edition of Sportsview at 10:45 p.m.) Tuesday 4th February 1958 - Youth Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, London (second half only) England 2 Yugoslavia 2 - ITV - 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ATV (Midland), Granada (Northern), Rediffusion (London)and Scottish Television commentator Peter Lloyd (South Wales and West of England opted out)
		Saturday 1st March 1958 - Youth Boothferry Park, Hull (last half-hour only) England 2 Scotland 0 - BBC - 8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
		Tuesday 4th March 1958 - Youth Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London (last forty minutes only) England 3 Austria 2 - BBC - 8:00 p.m. - 8:40 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
		Wednesday 12th March 1958 - Youth Burnden Park, Bolton (second half only) England 1 West Germany 2 - Sportsview (BBC) 8:15 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
318	Saturday 19 April 1958 - Scotland 0 England 4 [0-2] Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow - Kick-off 3.00 p.m. GMT HIGHLIGHTS ONLY (live in Scotland)	BBC Scotland - 2:45 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. commentator Peter Thomson Sports Special (BBC) - 10:20 p.m. - 10:50 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
Other England Internationals		Saturday 26th April 1958 - Schoolboys Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (second half only) England 3 Scotland 1 - BBC - 3:45 p.m. - 4:35 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
		Friday 2nd May 1958 Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, London (second half only) England 4 Young England 2 - BBC - 8:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
319	Wednesday 7 May 1958 - England 2 Portugal 1 [1-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 7.30 p.m. BST	Sportsview (BBC) - 8:15 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (second half only)
320	Sunday 11 May 1958 - Yugoslavia 5 England 0 [1-0] Stadion Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija, Beograd HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	To-night (BBC) - Monday 12th May 6:45 p.m. - 7:23 p.m. (recorded highlights)
321	Sunday 18 May 1958 - U.S.S.R. 1 England 1 [0-1] Lenin Stadium, Moskva - Kick-off 7.00 p.m. (5.00 p.m. BST) HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	Sportsview (BBC) - Wednesday 21st May 9:25 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. (recorded highlights)
World Cup Finals 1958		Sweden
322	Sunday 8 June 1958 - England 2 U.S.S.R. 2 [0-1] Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg - Kick-off 7.00 p.m. BST HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	To-night (BBC) - Monday 9th June 6:45 p.m. - 7:23 p.m. (recorded highlights)
323	Wednesday 11 June 1958 - Brazil 0 England 0 [0-0] Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg - Kick-off 7.00 p.m. BST	BBC - 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. and 7:55 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. (Cricket Scores during half-time interval) commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme ITV - 6:45 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. ATV (Midland), Granada (Northern), Rediffusion (London), Scottish Television and TWW (South Wales and West of England) commentators Peter Lloyd and Gerry Loftus
324	Sunday 15 June 1958 - England 2 Austria 2 [1-0] Ryavallen Stadion, Borås - Kick-off 7.00 p.m. BST HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	To-night (BBC) - Monday 16th June 6:45 p.m. - 7:23 p.m. (recorded highlights)
325	Tuesday 17 June 1958 - U.S.S.R. 1 England 0 [0-0] Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg - Kick-off 7.00 p.m. BST	BBC - 6:55 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. and 7:55 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. (News during half-time interval) commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme ITV - 6:45 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. ATV (Midland), Granada (Northern) and Rediffusion (London) Scottish Television - 6:35 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. (began with recorded highlights from the World Cup tie between France and Scotland in Örebro from two nights earlier) commentators Peter Lloyd and Gerry Loftus (South Wales and West of England opted out)
Season 1958-59
326	Saturday 4 October 1958 - Northern Ireland 3 England 3 [1-1] Windsor Park, Belfast - Kick-off 3.00 p.m. GMT HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	Sports Special (BBC) - 10:35 p.m. - 11:05 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
Other England Internationals		Wednesday 15th October 1958 - Under-23 Carrow Road, Norwich (second half only) England 3 Czechoslovakia 0 - ITV - 8:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. ATV (Midland), Granada (Northern), Rediffusion (London)and Southern Television (South Wales and West of England unconfirmed) commentators Gerry Loftus, John Graydon and Peter Lloyd (Scottish Television opted out)
327	Wednesday 22 October 1958 - England 5 U.S.S.R. 0 [1-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 2.30 p.m. GMT	BBC - 2:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme Sportsview (BBC) - 8:20 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. (recorded highlights)
328	Wednesday 26 November 1958 - England 2 Wales 2 [1-1] Villa Park, Birmingham - Kick-off 2.00 p.m. GMT	BBC - 2:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (last hour only) Sportsview (BBC) - 8:20 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. (recorded highlights)
329	Saturday 11 April 1959 - England 1 Scotland 0 [0-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 3:00 p.m. GMT HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	Sports Special (BBC) - 10:15 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
Other England Internationals		Saturday 25th April 1959 - Schoolboys Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (second half only) England 2 West Germany 0 - Grandstand (BBC) 3:50 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
		Friday 1st May 1959 Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London (last 35 minutes only) England 3 Young England 3 - BBC - 8:35 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
330	Wednesday 6 May 1959 - England 2 Italy 2 [2-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 3.00 p.m. BST	BBC - 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme Sportsview (BBC) - 8:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. (recorded highlights)
331	Wednesday 13 May 1959 - Brazil 2 England 0 [2-0] Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro - Kick-off 5.00 p.m. (9.00 p.m. BST) HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	BBC - Saturday 16th May - 10:40 p.m. - 10:55 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
332	Sunday 17 May 1959 - Peru 4 England 1 [2-0] Estadio Nacional Coloso de José Díaz, Lima HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	Sportsview (BBC) - Wednesday 20th May - 7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
333	Sunday 24 May 1959 - Mexico 2 England 1 [1-1] Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad Universitaria, ciudad de México HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	Sportsview (BBC) - Wednesday 27th May - 7:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
Season 1959-60
335	Saturday 17 October 1959 - Wales 1 England 1 [0-1] Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff - Kick-off 3.00 p.m. GMT HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	Sports Special (BBC) - 10:15 p.m. - 10:55 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
Notes		Highlights of the First Division games between Arsenal and Preston North End, and Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester United were also shown in the same programme.
336	Wednesday 28 October 1959 - England 2 Sweden 3 [1-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 2.30 p.m. GMT	Granada (Northern) - 3:20 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. (second half only) TWW (South Wales and West of England) - 3:50 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. (last twenty minutes only) ITV - 3:50 p.m. Anglia, ATV (Midland), Rediffusion (London), Scottish Television, Southern Television and Tyne Tees (second half recording) ITV commentator Kent Walton Sportsview (BBC) - 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
337	Wednesday 18 November 1959 - England 2 Northern Ireland 1 [1-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 2.30 p.m. GMT	ATV (Midland) - 3:50 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. commentator Kent Walton (last twenty minutes only) Sportsview (BBC) - 8:35 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
Notes		The other regions appear to have opted out, whilst Granada and Rediffusion both showed hockey from Dartford, instead!
Other England Internationals		Wednesday 16th March 1960 - Under-23 Hillsborough, Sheffield (second half only) England 5 Netherlands 2 - ITV - 8:20 p.m. - 9:29 p.m. Anglia, ATV (Midland), Granada (Northern), Rediffusion (London), Southern Television, TWW (South Wales and West of England), Tyne Tees and Ulster commentators Gerry Loftus and Peter Lloyd (Scottish Television opted out)
338	Saturday 9 April 1960 - Scotland 1 England 1 [1-0] Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow - Kick-off 3.00 p.m. GMT HIGHLIGHTS ONLY	Sports Special (BBC) - 10:10 p.m. - 10:40 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (recorded highlights)
Other England Internationals		Saturday 30th April 1960 - Schoolboys Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (last 35 minutes only) England 5 Scotland 3 - Grandstand (BBC) - 3:55 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
		Friday 6th May 1960 Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London (second half only) England 2 Young England 1 - BBC - 8:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
339	Wednesday 11 May 1960 - England 3 Yugoslavia 3 [1-1] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London - Kick-off 3.00 p.m. BST	BBC - 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme Sportsview (BBC) - 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. (recorded highlights)
340	Sunday 15 May 1960 - Spain 3 England 0 [1-0] El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid - Kick-off 5.00 p.m. BST	BBC - 6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme (second half only)

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