That 1980s Sports Blog

The twin collapses at Brisbane last week reminded English cricket supporters of a certain age of some dark days in the past. The 1990s, and ...

The usual suspects apart - Botham, Lamb and Gower - my first few English cricketing heroes were slightly unexpected. Tim Robinson had been p...

Although matches between the Netherlands and Belgium may not possess quite the same level of rivalry as say Dutch-German meetings, there is ...

This may startle you slightly, but the FA made mistakes back in the 1980s too. Take the first round draw for the FA Cup in October 1986. Twe...

As Australia prepared for the first international leg of their 1984 tour to Britain and Ireland, it was evident that they were in a much hea...

Celebrate good times, come on! There is nothing like a great sporting celebration to get the blood pumping, as all the pressure that has bee...

When I started writing this blog eighteen months ago, there were numerous sporting events that immediately sprung to mind when I consid...