BLACKBURN College lecturers were set to ballot for strike action over new contracts.
Union bosses revealed the move after the long-running dispute over pay and conditions escalated.
Despite England not being involved, the country was going World Cup crazy, with Diego Maradona's failed drugs test providing a major talking point, along with Ireland's victory over Italy.
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