The first FA Cup tie other than the final to be shown was a fifth round match between Charlton Athletic and Blackburn Rovers on 8 February 1947, but matches were sparing and only games in London could be broadcast, for technical reasons. However, coverage of football television did not expand and for the next two decades the only matches screened were FA Cup finals and the odd England v. Twenty minutes of the game against fellow amateur side Wealdstone F.C.n the Athenian League were televised in the first half and thirty five minutes of the second half before it became too dark. On 19 October 1946, the first live televised football match was broadcast by the BBC from Barnet's home ground Underhill. This was followed by the first televised international match, between England and Scotland on 9 April 1938, and the first televised FA Cup final followed soon after, on 30 April the same year, between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End. The BBC started its television service in 1936, although it was nearly a year before the very first televised match of football was screened – a specially-arranged friendly match between Arsenal and Arsenal Reserves at Highbury on 16 September 1937. Main article: Sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom § Association football Early history Early years
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