Tag Archives: The 1990s

Gazza, Golazo and how we fell in love with Football Italia

CAST YOUR MIND BACK TO 1992.

As Brian Deane scored the Premier League’s first goal, our football viewing habits were more likely to include Atalanta than Atletico Madrid.

Flick through the pages of a 1990s football magazine like 90 Minutes or Total Football and you’ll find its pages devoted to Serie A with mere footnotes to La Liga.

In the early 1990s, Italy was the destination of choice for the World’s top footballers. There was simply no greater league in world football than Serie A.

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Fresh Air: Moon Safari at 20

This month sees the 20th anniversary of the release of Moon Safari the debut album by French duo Air and the record which set the mood music for the final years of the last millennium.

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Time’s No Chain: 20 years under the influence of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?

Twenty years have passed since Oasis released (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?

Which means that 20 years ago, you and I were listening to Champagne Supernova for the first time and had probably never even heard of a Wonderwall.

Oasis poster (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Noel Gallagher, 2/10/1995, 2nd October 1995
Oasis release poster for (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

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