1980s Football Winners

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FIFA World Cup Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1982	Italy	West Germany	3-1
1986	Argentina	West Germany	3-2

1982’s tournament was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July. The 1986 tournament was played in Mexico between 31 May and 29 June 1986.

UEFA European Champions

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1980	West Germany	Belgium	2-1
1984	France	Spain	2-0
1988	Netherlands	Soviet Union	2-0

1980’s tournament was played in Italy between 11 and 22 June. 1984 saw the tournament move to France and was played between 12 and 27 June. 1988’s version was played in West Germany between 10 and 25 June.

Winners of the Football League

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
1979-80	Liverpool	Man Utd	2pts
1980-81	Aston Villa	Ipswich Town	4pts
1981-82*	Liverpool	Ipswich Town	4pts
1982-83	Liverpool	Watford	11pts
1983-84	Liverpool	Southampton	3pts
1984-85	Everton	Liverpool	13pts
1985-86	Liverpool	Everton	2pts
1986-87	Everton	Liverpool	9pts
1987-88	Liverpool	Man Utd	9pts
1988-89	Arsenal	Liverpool	Goals scored

*From season 1981-82 the Football League trialled the awarding of 3 points for a win, instead of two. This was trialled for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA and adopted by FIFA in 1995. By this time, most other leagues had adopted the convention.

Winners of the Scottish Premier Division

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
1979–80	Aberdeen	Celtic	1pt
1980–81	Celtic	Aberdeen	7pts
1981–82	Celtic	Aberdeen	2pts
1982–83	Dundee United	Celtic	1pt
1983–84	Aberdeen	Celtic	7pts
1984–85	Aberdeen	Celtic	7pts
1985–86	Celtic	Heart of Midlothian	Goal Difference
1986–87	Rangers	Celtic	6pts
1987–88	Celtic	Heart of Midlothian	10pts
1988–89	Rangers	Aberdeen	6pts

Unlike its English counterpart, the Scottish League was wedded to the idea of 2 points for a win throughout the eighties.

Winners of the FA Cup

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1980	West Ham Utd	Arsenal	1-0
1981	Tottenham	Man City	3-2 (replay). After a 2-2 draw
1982	Tottenham	QPR	1-0 (replay). After a 1-1 draw
1983	Man Utd	Brighton	4-0 (replay). After a 2-2 draw
1984	Everton	Watford	2-0
1985	Man Utd	Everton	1-0 aet (0-0 at FT)
1986	Liverpool	Everton	3-1
1987	Coventry City	Tottenham	3-2 aet (2-2 at FT)
1988	Wimbledon	Liverpool	1-0
1989	Liverpool	Everton	3-2 aet (1-1 at FT)

Winners of the Football League Cup

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1980	Wolves	Nottm Forest	1-0
1981	Liverpool	West Ham Utd	2-1 (replay). After a 1-1 draw
1982	Liverpool	Tottenham	3-1 aet
1983	Liverpool	Man Utd	2-1 aet
1984	Liverpool	Everton	1-0 (replay). After a 0-0 draw
1985	Norwich City	Sunderland	1-0
1986	Oxford Utd	QPR	3-0
1987	Arsenal	Liverpool	2-1
1988	Luton Town	Arsenal	3-2
1989	Nottm Forest	Luton Town	3-1