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Football quiz: the 1980s

West Ham FA Cup decorations
West Ham FA Cup decorations on Barking Road on 9 May 1980. Photograph: Peter Johns for the Guardian
  1. Which player was Brian Clough talking about before the 1980 FA Cup final when he said he "floats like a butterfly … and stings like one"?

    1. West Ham's Trevor Brooking

    2. Arsenal's Liam Brady

    3. West Ham's Paul Allen

    4. Arsenal's Alan Sunderland

  2. Bobby Robson won the Uefa Cup with Ipswich Town in 1981. Which Dutch side did they beat 5-4 on aggregate?

    1. Feyenoord

    2. AZ Alkmaar

    3. PSV Eindhoven

    4. Ajax

  3. Who's this happy fella' then?

    And who is this Ipswich Town stalwart posing at home in 1982 with the Uefa Cup? Clue: he missed both legs of the final due to injury …

    1. John Wark

    2. Kevin Beattie

    3. Mick Mills

    4. Alan Brazil

  4. The Swedish manager Nils Liedholm guided which Italian club to their second Serie A league title in 1983?

    1. Sampdoria

    2. Roma

    3. Torino

    4. Milan

  5. Liverpool won the English First Division title in 1984. Who finished second?

    1. Southampton

    2. Manchester United

    3. QPR

    4. Everton

  6. Gary Lineker scored 24 goals for struggling Leicester City in 1984-85. Who did he share the First Division golden boot with?

    1. Mark Hughes (Manchester United)

    2. Ian Rush (Liverpool)

    3. Kerry Dixon (Chelsea)

    4. Graeme Sharp (Everton)

  7. Diego Maradona holds the World Cup aloft at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico.

    Diego Maradona scored twice in the quarter-finals against England on his way to winning the World Cup with Argentina in 1986. Which side did he score twice against in the semi-finals?

    1. Belgium

    2. Italy

    3. France

    4. Spain

  8. Coventry City beat Tottenham 3-2 in the 1987 FA Cup final. Who scored the deciding goal?

    1. Keith Houchen

    2. Gary Mabbutt

    3. Dave Bennett

    4. Cyrille Regis

  9. Marco van Basten scored a stupendous volley as Holland beat USSR 2-0 to win the 1988 European Championship. Who scored the other goal?

    1. Ronald Koeman

    2. Ruud Gullit

    3. Frank Rijkaard

    4. Erwin Koeman

  10. Ian Rush came off the bench and scored twice during Liverpool's 3-2 victory in the 1989 FA Cup. Who came off the bench and scored twice for Everton?

    1. Tony Cottee

    2. Stuart McCall

    3. Pat Nevin

    4. Kevin Sheedy

Solutions

1:A, 2:B, 3:B, 4:B, 5:A, 6:C, 7:A, 8:B, 9:B, 10:B

Scores

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