Dream Team 80’s (2006) Timeline 1980-1986
Episode 1	1980	October Mike Maynard arrives in Harchester’s Youth Team. He meets Susan Porter, team mate Terry Glover’s girlfriend, while Kevin Nelson meets Isabelle, wife of youth team manager Al Mackay. December Mike and Susan begin seeing each other in secret. On Christmas Day Terry proposes to Susan, only to learn the truth about she and Mike. Mike is promoted to the First Team, but at the Boxing Day match suffers a bad injury to his knee and is taken out of the game. Kevin and Isabelle begin their secret relationship.
Episode 2	1981	March Mike’s playing career is officially over and he leaves to return to Chester. April-October Ann Kavanagh arrives as HUFC’s receptionist. Terry is promoted to the first team. November Al is promoted to Reserve Team Manager. Terry and Jonny Fletcher meet Mike again, who is working as a car salesman. Terry is put back under Al in the reserves after failing to impress (and control his temper) in the first team.
	1982	February Mike begins working as Jonny’s agent. Studs nightclub has its grand opening, owned originally by Jonny. Mike and Susan become engaged, while Terry and Ann get together. Isabelle realises her relationship with Kevin will never work, and leaves both he and Al behind.
	1983 (Off-Screen)
	1984	January-August Mike and Susan marry, and Mike now has his own agenting business. September Al has descended into alcoholism since Isabelle left, and Kevin is now practically looking after him. October After his brother is badly beaten, Terry decides to change his material ways and make his family proud, selling his car and putting Ann first. Al too tries to sort his life out, but Kevin refuses to continue being his carer. Al quits as Reserve Team Manager shortly afterwards. Mike begins representing Kevin, and before long he has joined Terry in the first team squad.
	1985 (Off-Screen)	June As predicted by Mike, Harry Sidwell is replaced by Kenny Bruce as manager. October Disillusioned with the way football is heading (greed and agents etc), still-chairman Sidwell sells the club to Clive Hawes and retires permanently from the game.
Episode 3	1986	January Dream Inc. begin their sponsorship of Harchester United. Ann is pregnant with Terry’s child, and on their wedding day Susan admits she wishes she’d married him instead of Mike. February Al dies following years of drinking, and when visiting his grave, Kevin sees Isabelle with a child. He realises the boy, Archie, is his son from his relationship with Isabelle. April Worried that Bruce’s formation is hindering Kevin’s chances for the Mexico World Cup, Mike begins blackmailing the Gaffer into playing Kevin his way. Susan tells Terry she is finishing with Mike, and the two sleep together. Kevin visits Isabelle, who tells him she wants him to let Archie go, as he has a father in her new husband. Kevin has to tell Terry that Ann has gone into labour, and catches him with Susan. Ann gives birth to a son and Terry promises he’ll never let her down again. May Harchester face Manchester City to decide whether they will win the Title for the first time in their history. Kevin and Terry discover that Mike has been blackmailing Bruce, and Kevin drops him as his agent. Susan then finds Mike with cocaine, and announces she is filing for divorce. Harchester win the Title with two goals from Kevin and Terry. Kevin learns he has been selected for Mexico, and gives Mike, who believes he has lost everything, his job of representing him back. June At the '86 World Cup, a pass from Kevin leads to a goal for England from Lineker.