June 12, 2020
Our Eighties expert revisits a time when Ipswich, Everton and Steaua Bucharest won in Europe
Sports quiz: football in the 1980s
By Steven Pye for That 1980s Sports BlogWho captained Italy to World Cup success in 1982?Dino ZoffClaudio Gentile Marco Tardelli Antonio CabriniWhich of these statements about the 1980 European Championship is true?It was the first finals tournament to feature eight teams It was the last European Championship to feature a third-fourth play-off match The top scorer in the tournament scored all his goals in one match All of the aboveSteaua Bucharest beat Barcelona on penalties in the 1986 European Cup final, making them the only Romanian club to have won the trophy. What was the score in the penalty shootout?2-03-0 3-1 4-1 At which stadium did Liverpool beat Everton to win the 1984 Milk Cup final – their fourth consecutive League Cup triumph?Old Trafford Villa ParkHillsboroughMaine RoadIpswich won the Uefa Cup in the 1980-81 season – their only European silverware (so far). Which of their players scored 14 goals in the competition that season?John WarkAlan Brazil Paul Mariner Eric Gates Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle released the song Diamond Lights under the name ‘Glenn & Chris’ in 1987. Where did it peak in the UK charts?No 1 No 2 No 12No 89 Celtic won the double in 1987-88, their centenary season. Which team did they beat in the 1988 Scottish Cup final? Clue: they beat the same team by the same score in the final three years earlier.RangersAberdeenDundee UnitedHeartsArsenal pipped Liverpool to the league title in the 1988-89 season after a memorable victory at Anfield in the final match of the campaign. Which player – who was on the field that night – finished as the top scorer in the league that season?John Aldridge Ian Rush Alan SmithPaul Merson Which two teams lost FA Cup semi-finals in the same season in the 1980s, but then contested the final 10 years later?Manchester United and Everton Arsenal and Sheffield WednesdayNottingham Forest and Tottenham Newcastle and ArsenalEverton won their first and, so far, only European trophy in the 1980s, when they beat Rapid Vienna in the Cup Winners’ Cup final in 1985. Who scored the last goal in the final?Graeme Sharp Andy Gray Trevor StevenKevin SheedyWhich club – who were managed by Neil Warnock at the time – were promoted to the Fourth Division in 1987, becoming the first club to earn promotion by winning the Conference?Boston United ScarboroughBarnetDagenhamComplete the sequence of these Wembley cup winners: Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers, Reading ...Everton Nottingham ForestCrystal Palace ChelseaWho was the only footballer to finish in the top three of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in the 1980s?Paul Gascoigne Gary Lineker Kenny DalglishIan RushWhich team won the last edition of the Anglo-Scottish Cup in the 1980-81 season?Kilmarnock BuryChesterfieldNotts CountyQPR, Luton Town, Oldham Athletic and which other club played home matches on an artificial pitch during the 1980s?BurnleyBlackpoolRochdalePreston North End2 and above.Don't worry. It was a long time ago1 and above.Don't worry. It was a long time ago3 and above.Don't worry. It was a long time ago4 and above.Don't worry. It was a long time ago5 and above.Don't worry. It was a long time ago6 and above.Nice work7 and above.A fine score8 and above.A fine score9 and above.A fine score10 and above.A superb score11 and above.A superb score12 and above.A superb score13 and above.A superb score14 and above.A superb score0 and above.Don't worry. It was a long time ago15 and above.Flawless
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