We are really going back in time here... 1982. My pre-teen days, gulp. But I still like to think that I knew a good song (or a bad song) when I heard one. Bucks Fizz, remember them, had won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981 and they were atsride the UK singles chart for a couple of years afterwards. This year, they had two number 1 UK singles.

Alongside the kitsch of Buzks Fizz, we had the European electro-pop of Kraftwerk with The Model. We also had the 80's original angry young men in The Jam scoring two number 1 records. There was also Captain Sensible's piece of irreverent nonsense with Happy Talk from Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific. Does the Captain say the C word? In my youthful innocence (is that the word?) I certainly thought that he did, but surely Mike Read would have spotted it it if he had?

The 101st FA Cup competition didn't end in such dramatic fashion as the 100th.  This one ended in another victory for Spurs, after another replayed final.  After a 1-1 draw in the first game, which went to extra time, a Glenn Hoddle penalty after 6 minutes was enough to defeat QPR.

The semi final line up saw Spurs take on Leicester with Garth Crooks and Ian Wilson seeing off Leicester City at Villa Park. At Highbury in the battle of the TLA's, future Spurs hero Clive Allen's single strike was enough for QPR against WBA.

In the quarter finals Leicester had finally put an end to Shrewsbury Town's dramatic run.  The Shrews had seen off Ipswich Town in the previous round in an act of giant killing.  Previously they had beaten Burnley and Port Vale.  In the second round, non-league Altrincham had beaten Sheffield United who were playing in what was their only ever season in the bottom division in the Football League.