That 1980s Sports Blog

As someone who played over ten years of youth football as a goalkeeper, I've often had a lot of admiration for anyone mad and/or brave e...

As I settled down to watch my first ever London Marathon in 1985 - or Mars London Marathon  to give the sponsors a mention - little did I kn...

Heard the one about the 150/1 outsider from Bradford, who had never won a match at the World Snooker Championship, but turned up to the Cruc...

This piece follows on from my previous blogs on the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth rounds of the 1984/85 FA Cup, which you ca...

European golf was certainly in rude health during the 1980s, a fact reflected in one major tournament in particular; the US Masters. From Se...

Anyone who tuned into Sky's coverage of the first day of the second Test between New Zealand and England at the Basin Reserve, Wellingto...

Whilst watching Wales dash England's Grand Slam hopes so spectacularly in Cardiff last Saturday, I reminded myself of the fact that this...