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That Was The Team That Was featured side interspersed with recollections from former players and managers. A scrapbook style format, showing newspaper clippings, is used to cover events for which there are no television highlights, a particular problem in 1985, when a dispute between television companies and the League led to a 6-month football broadcasting hiatus. The first series, entailing 6 episodes, was broadcast in February and March 2006. The date provided is that on which the episode was first aired. The second series, again featuring 6 episodes, was broadcast in January, February and March 2007. The date provided is that on which the episode was