That 1980s Sports Blog

Opening league matches were becoming an issue for Arsenal as the Division One evolved into the Premier League. Since winning the league titl...

If you are going to score one goal at international level then you might as well make it special. Argentina's Jose Luis Brown scoring i...

Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen. As thousands upon thousands of Arsenal fans took planes, trains and automobiles (and possibly boats) to rea...

The European Cup Winners' Cup may have become a victim of the Champions League expansion in the late 1990s, but there could be no questi...

The 1980s had not been a kind decade for supporters of Leeds United. Relegated from the top flight in the 1981/82 season, the glory days of ...

"He's the Bonnie Prince this afternoon". The words of the excellent Barry Davies at the conclusion of the 1987 League Cup fina...

It's all just a little bit of history repeating. As Chelsea travel to Wales to take on Wrexham in the FA Cup fifth round it is interesti...