It is the greatest show on earth.

No, not the Olympics. This is the World Cup. And it is almost here.

To whet your appetite ahead of the big kick off on Thursday, we have compiled a series of quizzes from the World Cups of years gone by.

We started by rewinding back to the 1970s, and now it is time for the 1980s -  Diego Maradona, Paolo Rossi and Brazil 1982 - the greatest side to never win a World Cup?

How good is your 1980s World Cup knowledge? Try our quiz and see how many questions you can answer, before sharing the results.

You will get some answers straight away, others will require an educated guess. We take our hat off to anyone who scores full marks.

Good luck!

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Who scored after 27 seconds in England's opening group game against France at World Cup 1982?

And don't forget to come back tomorrow when it's the turn of the 1990s.