That 1980s Sports Blog

Brazil 1982. The mere mention of that country and year combo brings back a host of memories for anyone lucky enough to have lived through th...

Continuing my 1988 Grand Slam tennis series , a look back this week on the 1988 Wimbledon Championships. A tournament that saw one Grand Sla...

It is dangerous to go through your life with the same opinions on someone or something that you have always believed to be true. So as my li...

We all remember our first World Cup; the excitement and anticipation felt as a child when you experience wall-to-wall football for a month. ...

What better way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first ever World Cup in Uruguay than to arrange a tournament between the six previo...

Roland Garros had been hosting the French Open championships for 60 years when the second Grand Slam event of the 1988 season began in Paris...

This piece follows on from my previous blogs on the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth rounds and semi-finals of the 1986/87 FA Cup...