As the new season began, televised football in England was about to experience seismic changes which would eventually lead to the end of the Football League's domination of the professional game. The regular Saturday night Match of the Day programme of highlights on the BBC was now rarely in ...
with Scotland entertaining San Marino, Northern Ireland facing Austria, Wales in Albania, and the Republic of Ireland visiting Portugal. The regional variations would also have included the games. Sportsnight also previewed the England cricket team's first test series in South Africa for 31 ...
fitness a bit better, " stressed Fletcher, who refused to single out those players he believes have arrived below the required standards."They were caught out a little bit when they pitched up here because suddenly they weren't able to get into match fitness as soon as they would have ...
whilst the BBC had had the FA Cup to themselves, with England home match highlights as part of the same deal. The 1990 World Cup had brought new interest in the national game, but this wasn't particularly well-reflected in the sales of satellite dishes as the two...