On the Ball (British TV programme)

On the Ball
GenreSports programme
Presented by
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Original release
NetworkITV
Release
  • 1965 (1965) – 1985 (1985)
  • 5 September 1998 (1998-09-05) – 15 May 2004 (2004-05-15)

On the Ball is an English ITV Saturday lunchtime television show about football, which ran as part of World of Sport from 1968 until the mid 1980s, and as a stand-alone show from 5 September 1998 to 15 May 2004. There was another ITV television show called On the Ball which was a game show hosted by Nick Weir in 1997, shown only in the Granada region.