ANSWERS

1. Nottingham Forest - League winners in 1978 and European Cup winners in 1979 & 1980

2. Basic Instinct

3. Salt and Vinegar

4. Bert and Ernie

5. The Wasp Factory

6. Tessa Sanderson - Javelin chucker

7. Pluto

8. Doctor Who

9. Rip Van Winkle

10. The Cod Wars

and the connection is 'Acronyms'  -
    Forest - Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, 
    Basic - Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, 
    Salt - Strategic Arms Limitations Talks, 
    Ernie - Electronic Randon Number Indicator Equipment, 
    Wasp - White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, 
    Tessa - Tax-Exempt Special Savings Account, 
    Pluto - Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean, 
    Who - World Health Organisation, 
    Rip - Rest In Peace, 
    Cod - Cash On Delivery