LOOKING BACK
RICHARD CROOKS TAKES A LOOK BACK AT A DECADE THAT WAS MARKED BY MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON THE PITCH AND TRAGEDY OFF IT...

Magic moment: Tottenham’s Ricky Villa slides the ball past Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Corrigan to score the winning goal in the 1981 FA Cup fi nal replay

Hero or villain? Diego Maradona holds the World Cup aloft in 1986

FOR football it was a decade like no other. On and off the fi eld. For many it was no doubt the darkest decade for the game.
On the fi eld, there was the great Liverpool team and their seven First Division championships, their last...