The year 1985, with the tragedy at Heysel and attendances at a post-war low, saw British football on the brink of self-destruction, blighted by the scourge of hooliganism. The events at Hillsborough two years later shook the game still further. Against this bleak backdrop, supporters and commercial forces clashed over control of the sport. The former won the battles, but it was the latter that eventually won the war.