That 1980s Sports Blog

The unthinkable was about to happen. Britain's golden boy walked to the concrete discus circle knowing that he was throwing for his life...

Sunday July 23, 1989: Wayne Grady, Greg Norman and Mark Calcavecchia stand on the first tee at Royal Troon, the centre of the golfing world....

Supporting the England football team really should come with a government health warning. Tournaments come and go, hopes and expectations gr...

England went to West Germany as one of the favourites to win Euro 88. What followed was a nightmare from start to finish that threatened the...

Burnley probably need to win at Tottenham on Sunday to have a chance of staying in the Premier League. But history is not on their side. Adm...

It wasn't by accident that Bryan Robson earned the nickname Captain Marvel. Constantly putting his body on the line for club and country...

Admittedly it doesn't take much, but my mind immediately rewound to the 1980s as I watched Rangers' James Tavernier fire home two pe...