That 1980s Sports Blog

Thankfully some FA Cup final traditions remain, but it is probably just as well that tackles like the ones discussed below are no longer par...

Paula Radcliffe expressed anger at the recent announcement by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) that world record...

Jeff Sluman looked set to win the 1987 Players Championship in a play-off against Sandy Lyle, before a drunk spectator plunged into the spor...

After gaining promotion under Alan Mullery in 1978/79, Brighton and Hove Albion had managed to keep their heads above water for the first tw...

I'll let you into a little secret. The moment I pick up a sporting biography I immediately turn to the photo sections of the book. From ...

Time flies when you're having fun. I can't believe that it is five years since I published my first blog on sport in the 1980s - an ...

Lincoln City are on the verge of a return to the Football League, but thirty years ago they were not so lucky. When the Football League an...