The English disease or British disease may refer to: The British disease, a term for the economic stagnation the nation underwent during the 1970s Football hooliganism carried out by British fans Sudor anglicus, also known as the sweating sickness, common in sixteenth-century Europe Rickets The English Disease, a novel by Joseph Skibell Perceived trade union militancy in the 1970s–1980s, in particular the Winter of Discontent and ending with the 1984–1985 miners' strike The English Disease (album)