Duk da gagarumar nasarar da aka samu a Turai a shekarun 1970 da farkon shekarun 1980, ƙarshen shekarun 1980 ya kasance mafi ƙasƙanci ga ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila. Gidajen wasan kwaikwayon suna rushewa, magoya baya sun jimre da kayan aiki mara kyau, 'yan tawaye sun kasance masu yawa, kuma an dakatar da kungiyoyin Ingila daga gasar Turai na tsawon shekaru biyar bayan bala'in filin wasa na Heysel a shekarar 1985. Football League First Division, matakin farko na kwallon kafa na Ingila tun 1888, ya kasance a baya da wasannin kamar Italiya Serie A da La Liga na Spain a cikin halarta da kudaden shiga, da kuma manyan' yan wasan Ingila da yawa sun koma ƙasashen waje.A farkon shekarun 1990, yanayin da ke ƙasa ya fara juyawa: a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 1990, Ingila ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe; UEFA, hukumar kula da kwallon kafa ta Turai, ta soke haramcin shekaru biyar a kan kungiyoyin Ingila da ke taka rawa a gasar Turai a shekarar 1990, wanda ya haifar da gasar cin kofin Turai ta Manchester United, wanda ya haifar da gasar cin kofin UEFA ta Manchester United a shekarar 1991, kuma magoya bayan Tottenham ya yi nasara.
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