Wednesday, 5 June 2019

1983 French Open: Jo Durie

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The past is indeed a foreign country. Before Johanna Konta’s exploits, the last British woman to reach a French Open semi-final was Jo Duri...
Tuesday, 21 May 2019

1984 UEFA Cup: Tony Parks

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Sport has a habit of creating heroes from the ranks of the previously unknown. In football, one such example was the tale of Nigel Spink. A...
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Thursday, 9 May 2019

1983 Cricket World Cup: Kapil Dev turns the tide

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Kapil Dev wasn’t quite walking into the last chance saloon as he made his way to the middle of the Nevill Ground at Tunbridge Wells on S...
Friday, 3 May 2019

1987/88: Celtic's glorious centenary season

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The relationship involving Billy McNeill and Celtic Football Club was always destined to be a marriage made in heaven. The captain of the L...
Tuesday, 30 April 2019

1985/86: Norwich bounce back

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As spring turned to summer in 1985, Norwich City fans must have felt emotionally drained. The footballing Gods may have provided the ecstas...
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Thursday, 4 April 2019

Great saves of the 80s: 1986 Bruce Grobbelaar

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“Hero or villain? Genius or clown? Will the real Bruce Grobbelaar please stand up?” Ken Rogers, writing in the Liverpool Echo, was not alon...
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Tuesday, 12 March 2019

1985: Chelsea's electric fence

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Football pitch invaders have been making the news in recent weeks. In April 1985, Chelsea chairman Ken Bates chose a rather controversial m...
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