Sat, Apr 22, 1978
The first of a six-part series looking at all aspects of world soccer focuses on the great names of the game - Best, Beckenbauer, Cruyff and Pele - how they became stars and what they achieved. In addition, action features new names, like Brazil's Zico, who were looking to become the superstars of the 1978 World Cup Finals in Argentina.
Sat, Apr 29, 1978
Much responsibility for a trouble-free World Cup rests with referees. This program features two of the best - Arnaldo Coelho of Brazil and Clive Thomas of Wales - as well as Sir Stanley Rous who perfected the modern system of refereeing.
Sat, May 6, 1978
The third program in the series of six traces the growth of international soccer from the earliest match to the 1974 World Cup final in Germany, and includes action from every World Cup tournament.
Sat, May 13, 1978
Part 4 concentrates on the new soccer nations, including Iran, who are making their debut in the World Cup Finals this summer in the same group as Scotland. But nowhere is the game growing faster than in the United States, whose clubs are now spending vast sums in recruiting some of the best players in the world and who are aiming to be World Cup finalists in the 1980s.
Sat, May 20, 1978
What does it take to be a World Cup manager? How do men cope with the pressures of winning and losing? Part 5 of the series features the men in the hot seat: Helmut Schoen of West Germany, Claudio Coutinho of Brazil, Cesar Luis Menotti of Argentina, and Ally Macleod of Scotland, all striving to see that their teams will finish among the medals.
Sat, May 27, 1978
Broadcast four days before the beginning of World Cup 78, the last program in the series looks at preparations for the Finals themselves and the goals which took the 16 countries to Argentina.