<P> The show was usually about 30 minutes long and was initially broadcast shortly after noon on Saturdays, to coincide with the build - up to that afternoon's football matches . In later years it usually went on air shortly after 1pm and in its final season was increased in length to a 45 - minute slot . At various points in the show the goals of previous matches would be shown . The show included features on clubs in both English and Scottish leagues and discussion of that weekend's major games, emphasising matches that ITV planned to broadcast . </P> <P> The series initially had a simple opening sequence showing a rotating rudimentary CGI - image of a football pitch revolving several times, before a still of the two presenters popped up at the end; the theme tune was initially identical to that used for the "On the Ball" segment of' World of Sport . In later years, the introduction to the show began with St John and Greaves as cigarette cards from their playing days on the opening credits, and the theme tune was changed to a piece named "Aztec Gold", composed by Silsoe, which, at the time, was being used as the theme tune for ITV's The Big Match, after being the theme tune for the station's coverage of the 1986 World Cup . </P> <P> Although the show predominantly dealt with football, it also covered sports such as cricket and boxing, with interviewees including Mike Tyson and Chris Eubank . When Greaves was ill at Christmas 1990, he was replaced by commentator Peter Brackley voicing a puppet modelled on him from Spitting Image, a show he had often featured on . </P> <P> In the 1991--92 season, the duo visited the United States to see how the country was preparing for the 1994 FIFA World Cup and found themselves in Trump Tower where Greaves did the Rumbelows Cup draw for the quarter - finals of the competition with future US President Donald Trump . </P>

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