Our Eighties expert revisits a time when Ipswich, Everton and Steaua Bucharest won in Europe
By Steven Pye for That 1980s Sports Blog
Who captained Italy to World Cup success in 1982?
Dino Zoff
Claudio Gentile
Marco Tardelli
Antonio Cabrini
Which 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 above
Steaua 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?
2-0
3-0
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 Park
Hillsborough
Maine Road
Ipswich 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 Wark
Alan 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 12
No 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.
Rangers
Aberdeen
Dundee United
Hearts
Arsenal 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 Smith
Paul 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 Wednesday
Nottingham Forest and Tottenham
Newcastle and Arsenal
Everton 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 Steven
Kevin Sheedy
Which 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
Scarborough
Barnet
Dagenham
Complete the sequence of these Wembley cup winners: Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers, Reading …
Everton
Nottingham Forest
Crystal Palace
Chelsea
Who 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 Dalglish
Ian Rush
Which team won the last edition of the Anglo-Scottish Cup in the 1980-81 season?
Kilmarnock
Bury
Chesterfield
Notts County
QPR, Luton Town, Oldham Athletic and which other club played home matches on an artificial pitch during the 1980s?
Burnley
Blackpool
Rochdale
Preston North End
2 and above.
Don’t worry. It was a long time ago
1 and above.
Don’t worry. It was a long time ago
3 and above.
Don’t worry. It was a long time ago
4 and above.
Don’t worry. It was a long time ago
5 and above.
Don’t worry. It was a long time ago
6 and above.
Nice work
7 and above.
A fine score
8 and above.
A fine score
9 and above.
A fine score
10 and above.
A superb score
11 and above.
A superb score
12 and above.
A superb score
13 and above.
A superb score
14 and above.
A superb score
0 and above.
Don’t worry. It was a long time ago
15 and above.
Flawless
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