‘The 1980s’ Archives
The legend of Kevin Keegan #3: Kev takes on Brian Jacks
Back in the mid '70s, footballers were only earning as much as the average coal miner. For those of you too young to know what a coal miner is, don't vote for the bloody Tories because they're the reason you don't know what a coal miner is. Anyhow, the mid to late '70swere a grim time in the UK, but thankfully the sporting talent of the time [...]
When Steve Bull scored 100 goals in two seasons
When you're 16, you don't have such a clear perspective on what's normal and what's truly remarkable, hence in 1989, way back when I was that tender age, I naturally thought that players bagged 50 goals a year every now and then and that it was nothing special for a bloke in the third tier of English footy to play for the national team. It took [...]
When Man Utd were crap: Ipswich 6-0 Man Utd
My brother was born in 1982 and was eleven when Man Utd won their first modern-era championship. Consequently, he doesn't believe me when I say that, for the majority of the 1980s, they defined the term mid-table also-rans. They even occasionally took an absolute hiding. To be fair, this match, which dates back to 1980 I believe, featured an [...]
Panini Legends #13: Espana 82
As a bloke who went through his teenage years in the 1980s, I got used to the idea of loads of the UK appearing in any given World Cup. Bloody hell, Wales even nearly made it in 1986. The zenith of this era was 1982, when England and Scotland were joined by a genuinely good Northern Ireland team. Panini, as ever, commorated the occasion with a [...]
Panini legends #12: Poshest bloke ever
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Forbes Phillipson-Masters. No, really, that's his name. Despite what you make think, bleeding obvious actually from the picture, this isn't the 'all good friends and jolly good company' era of the 1930s but actually the beginning of the 1980s. How a bloke named Forbes Phillipson-Masters managed to survive the enormous amount of heckling his name [...]
