Saturday 3 May 1986

Posted in May 86

This was a very big day for sport.  In the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final from Wembley, Castleford defeated Hull KR by 15 points to 14 in a closely contested match.  Across London in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish scored the only goal of the game as Liverpool won their 16th First Division title.  In his first season as player-manager, Dalglish himself had set his team up for the classic 'Double' of League and FA Cup in the same season.  The FA Cup Final was a week away.

In Division 2, Shrewsbury Town beat Middlesbro 2-1 -  a result that saw Boro go down to Division 3 and Shrewbury stay up.  They managed to  maintain their place in the Second Division until 1988-89 when they completed a west Midlands relegation triumvirate with Birmingham and Walsall.  Try saying that without your teeth in...

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  1. Level 42 – Lessons In Love | I HEART 80's Says:

    March 3rd, 2010 at 2:15 pm

    [...] this is about Lessons In Love, the 7" single. I bought it on the 3rd of May 1986 after it had been in the UK Singles Chart for just a week having been released w/e 26th April. It [...]



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