From Tommy Roy’s Ryder Cup rallying cry to Sky’s obsession with the Big Six, modern punditry is as much about allegiance as analysis.

Why are Wrexham and Newport using their heritage to update their stories?

Thirty years after the Gallagher bros.’ breakthrough—and just days after their reunion tour announcement—we look back at the era of British tabloids, bickering bands, and designer-drug-fueled national...