it was during an era when: 1) the world wide web and da internet like we know it, didn't exist. 2) it was a pre-ipod era n dat 3) fashion sucked big time back den. 4) stop - hammer tmie ! 5) da late Bobby Robson (RIP) tooks us all da way to da semis of da world cup in italy. 6) Sinead O Connar offended Catholics and da Pope - big time. 7) Saddam Hussain was being a nuisance to da kuwaitis n dat 8) Manchester United won da FA Cup dat year 9) Dey (dem racist white braires) freed Nelson Mandella - finally. 10) 1990 started on a Monday... 11) Kids thought 'Timmy Mallet' was a jokah...no i mean like a total 'bellend' n dat. 12) mallets mallet was fun to watch - say bleerrugh lol 13) regarding #12, i wanted one of dem sticky plasters on ma cheek or chin 14) its WACKADAY ! (sounds like something blokes do....eww ) 15) Argentina and England initiated dialogue and restored ties - 8 years after the falkland islands 'dispute' ....a dispute which cost many Argentinians their lives. 16) April 1 1990 – Strangeways Prison riot: The longest prison riot in Britain's history begins at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, and continues for 3 weeks and 3 days, until April 25....dayum ? 17) it was a time when Liverpool fans poked fun at Manchester United fans for having not won a league title for 23 years.... 18) A year earlier, we won da league on merseyside. Michael Thomas I could KISS you. 19) May 22 – Microsoft releases Windows 3.0. (just think, HUNDREDS of ppl wet their pants in excitement when that FINALLY came out.....mostly geeks and nerds) 20) July 2 1990 – A stampede in a pedestrian tunnel leading to Mecca kills 1,426. (RIP to all those who lost their lives on what was one of the hottest days in Saudi Arabia that year) 21) September 11 1990 – Gulf War: President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait. 22) November 28 1990 – Margaret Thatcher resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; John Major succeeds her as Party Leader and is appointed Prime Minister by Queen Elizabeth II. 23) Madonna releases her 3rd 'hits album' entitled 'The Immaculate Collection' in November 9th 1990 - one of the songs featured on the album was "Vogue" - which spent nearly 3 1/2 weeks at #1 in the charts from 21st April till 5th May 1990... dats all I was gonna say bout dat era....just incase some Liverpool fans on here are old enough to remember that year and dat summer of 90. my eldest bruv (who lives in Ohio, USA) did his masters at uni in Liverpool in the late 80s early 90s , one of da reasons he chose dat uni was cos he supported (and still does to this day) Liverpool FC. so my bruv remembers da glory days of Pool, and the last yaer when dey was crowned champions. but does n e of chu braires remembre dat ?