Following the tragedy at Heysel, Margaret Thatcher called for tough action against hooligans. But is the reputation of English fans about to be damaged even further? Show more In the aftermath of ...

Dennis Daly: May was the month that a rising tide of hooliganism among British soccer fans would erupt into a tide of death and destruction. In early May, someone apparently tossed a firework or ...

Pleat recalls that Margaret Thatcher’s government was already “waging war” against the battered national sport, scapegoating football for society’s ills.