[Maddix]

1. Brooking - all scorers of winning FA Cup final goals in 1979, 1980 and 1981
2. All on the almost the same latitude around the planet.
3. Andy Blair & Tommy Tynan
4. Moscow - the others were famous battles in WW2 between Russia and Germany
5. Donny Osmond, Eric Blair, Prince, Pulp, Zager & Evans
6. 1976
7. Minehead
8. Ballet

5 correct  

Clue 4 is on the right track but not correct  

Clue 7 to get to the M5 north from here you have to drive underneath the M5 all the way to Weston-super-mare and then come back out   unless you want to drive up through the centre of Brizzle