Scorched Earth Thatcher’s dark shadow was cast over England in the Eighties. A bleak and desolate country. The Specials serenaded the decade with the haunting anthem, ‘Ghost Town’, to a backdrop of inner-city decay and industrial decline. The working class were conflicted between the sceptre of mass unemployment and the gratification of council house ownership. […]
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Why Steven Gerrard is breaking the hex at Ibrox It’s taken him a while to get going but having romped to the Scottish Premiership in style this season, overseen some memorable performances in Europe and with a domestic double still very much in his sights, Steven Gerrard is bucking the trend of so many England […]
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The only Englishman to lift the World Cup. Born on this day in 1941, the former West Ham United and Fulham defender would have been 80 today.
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Back in 1993, England put seven past San Marino with Ian Wright netting four but they still failed to qualify for USA 94 after Holland and Norway qualified ahead of the Three Lions.
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