Throughout the 1980s, England lurched between the highs of Ashes victories and the lows of on-field humiliation and a series of controversies involving tabloid scandals, South African rebel tours and Pakistani umpires. The Ashes were won dramatically in 1981, regained by David Gower's team in 1985 a[...]

In the summer of 1970, England was buzzing about the new soccer season. The new age of televised highlights meant that the sport's profile had never been greater, generating a new celebrity status for players and catapulting them into the limelight like never before. The 1970-71 season did not disap[...]