The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1980 throughout the world. [edit] Events - Scottish Cup final: Celtic beat Rangers 1-0 after extra time at Hampden Park. After the match there is a pitch invasion, leading to rioting and 210 arrests. Following the match the sale of alcohol at Scottish football grounds is banned.
[edit] Winners club national championship [edit] Europe [edit] South America [edit] International Tournaments -
Northern Ireland [edit] National Teams [edit] Births - February 20 – Artur Boruc, Polish footballer
- February 28 – Piotr Giza, Polish footballer
- March 4 – Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer
- March 14 – Aaron Brown, English footballer
- March 21 – Ronaldinho, Brazilian footballer
- March 21 – John McGrath, Irish footballer
- April 22 – Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
- May 14 – Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
- May 30 – Steven Gerrard, English footballer
- June 10 – Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
- July 8 – Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
- August 5 – Wayne Bridge, English footballer
- August 7 – Shane Moody-Orio, Belizean footballer
- September 6 – Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer
- October 4 – Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer
- October 23 – Scott Parker, English footballer
- October 28 – Alan Smith, English footballer
- November 5 – Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
- December 6 – Steve Lovell, English footballer
- December 7 – John Terry, English footballer
- December 20 – Ashley Cole, English footballer
[edit] Deaths [edit] References
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