That 1980s Sports Blog

Extracted and slightly adapted from my blogs on the 1983/84 FA Cup, a look back on Everton's progress in the competition, and how winnin...

Whilst browsing through my Telegraph Complete History of British Football book recently – I really, really must get out more – I stumbled ...

Wales should hopefully seal their qualification for Euro 2016 in the next two matches, but in 1984 they were not so lucky.

The Rugby Union World Cup is now one of the biggest events in the sporting calendar, but it took years of negotiations and rejection before ...

This week I am taking a look back at some of the objects that featured in sporting events of the 1980s, including a certain confectionery s...

If the 1981 Ashes series was seriously good, and the 1989 version distinctly bad from an English perspective, then I would argue that the 19...

Following on from my original blog describing my favourite commentary moments of the 1980s , I've finally got around to writing volume t...