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Five mind-boggling quizzes designed to distinguish the very good from the very poor. Where will you end up?

Score:

Ranking:

10

Premier League

8-9  

Championship

6-7

League 1

4-5

League 2

2-3

Conference

0-1

Sunday League

Pub Quiz 1:

1) Approximately how many active professional footballers do FIFA estimate there are in the World?


2) What connects Dixie Dean (Everton), Bobby Moore (West Ham United), Duncan Edwards (Manchester United), Billy Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Danny Blanchflower (Tottenham Hotspur) & Sir Matt Busby (Manchester United)?


3) Which five English clubs became Top Flight League Champions immediately after being promoted?


4) How many players in England's 1990 FIFA World Cup Finals squad of  22 were affiliated with foreign clubs?


5) Which two footballers from Bermuda have featured in Premier League matches? Clue: one for Manchester City, the other with Coventry City?


6) Which three Welsh footballers have won Chelsea's player of the Year award?


7) What short-lived item of  kit did Leeds United introduce in the 1972-73 season?


8) What was unusual about the Ireland vs England match at Lansdowne Road in November 1990 (which ended 1-1)?


9) Can you name four of the seven players based with English clubs in the French World Cup Finals squad in 2010?


10) Which player scored the most goals for England during 2012?


Pub Quiz 2:

1) Which club has lost the most Football League Cup Finals?


2)Which club has appeared in the most Football League (Johnstone Paint) Trophy Finals?


3) Who is the only player to score hat-tricks in the Premier League, UEFA Champions League and FA Cup for the same club?


4) Which English player has scored the most Premier League goals without ever winning a full England cap?


5) How many different players have won full England caps during Fabio Capello's 41 matches as manager?


6) When was the last season that Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United all finished outside the Top 4 League positions?


7) Which footballer appeared twice on the same episode of "Top of the Pops" with two different groups?


8) Which was the only club to concede 100 or more goals during a Premier League season?


9) Which club was originally called Pine Villa FC?


10) Which was the only FIFA World Cup tournament not to have a Final match?


Pub Quiz 3:


1)  Who was the first non-British manager to win a Major English Domestic Trophy?


2) Which player holds the record for scoring the most goals in his debut Premier League season?


3) Which African National team are called the Chipolopolo?


4) Which two players have scored over 100 Premier League goals without ever scoring a penalty?  


5) Who were the only team to lose to Derby County during the 2007-08 Premier League season?


6) Which club holds the English Top Flight record for the most consecutive wins from the start of a season?


7) Southampton's Matt Le Tissier scored 48 out of the 49 career penalties he took - who was the only goalkeeper to save one?


8) Which two footballers can be found on the Oasis "Definitely Maybe" album cover?


9) Which Premier League club had shirts sponsored by Whyte and Mackay?


10) Which club has been relegated the most times from the Top Flight of English Football?


Pub Quiz 4:


1) Who are the only two players to have won the English League & FA Cup Double with two different clubs each?


2) What is the connection between Sherlock Holmes and AFC Portsmouth (now known as Portsmouth FC)?


3) Which club has spent the most seasons in the Football League without ever playing in the Top Flight?


4) Which club holds the record for the highest number of promotions & relegations in English League Football?


5) Which current Football League club used to have Lindsey as part of their name?


6) Who was the first African Footballer of the Year to win the award while with an English club?


7) What was unique about Frédéric Kanouté's 2007 African Player of the Year Award?


8) In which year did Brazil start wearing their iconic yellow shirts?


9) Who is the only man from the Faroe Islands to have played in the Premier League?


10) What was unusual about the football used for the 1930 FIFA World Cup Final?


Pub Quiz 5:


1) When did the tradition of placing the winner's ribbons on the FA Cup start? 


2) Which two African countries have won Olympic Games Men's Football Gold Medals?  


3) Name the five different London Stadiums that have hosted the FA Charity/Community Shield matches?


4) Which two Newcastle United players broke the British transfer record at the time when they were sold by the club?


5) Which three English League grounds have hosted England v Italy full internationals?  


6) Which three players finished the UEFA Euro 2012 Finals Group Stage with three assists each?  


7) Which team were the current English League Champions when Queen Elizabeth II first became Monarch? 


8) Which nation scored the first goal in the FIFA 2014 World Cup Qualification Competition?


9) When was the last time that a Scottish club reached the Semi-Final of the English FA Cup?


10) Apart from Ireland's Stephen Ireland, which other footballer has the same name as the country he plays for?



Number:

Answer:

1

55000

2

All have appeared on stamps.

3

Liverpool (1905-06), Everton (1931-32), Tottenham Hotspur (1950-51), Ipswich Town (1961-62) and Nottingham Forest (1977-78).

4

5. Gary Stevens, Terry Butcher, Chris Woods & Trevor Steven (all with Rangers) and Chris Waddle (with Marseilles).

5

Shaun Goater (Manchester City 2000–01, 2002–03) and Kyle Lightbourne (Coventry City 1997–98).

6

Joey Jones (1983), Eddie Niedzwiecki (1986) & Mark Hughes (1997).

7

Leeds United had the sock tie-ups as part of their kit from 1972-73 to 1976-77 and several other clubs also adopted them during this period.

8

The goalkeepers both played for Rangers (Chris Woods, England) and Celtic (Pat Bonner, Ireland).

9

Any of: Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Abou Diaby & Gaël Clichy (all with Arsenal), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Florent Malouda & Nicolas Anelka (both with Chelsea).

10

Danny Welbeck with five goals.

Answers: Pub Quiz 1

Answers: Pub Quiz 2

Number:

Answer:

1

Arsenal have lost 5 of 7 they’ve competed in.

2

Carlisle United have appeared in 6 Football League Trophy Finals winning two of them.  

3

Yossi Benayoun with Liverpool (against Burnley, Besitkas and Havant & Waterlooville).

4

Kevin Campbell with a total of  82 Premier League goals.

5

60

6

Season 1962-63 when Everton were Champions, Tottenham Hotspur runners-up, Burnley third and Leicester City fourth.

7

Steve Archibald in 1982.

8

Swindon Town in 1993-94.


9

Oldham Athletic.

10

1950 in Brazil. The top four teams (Brazil, Spain, Sweden & Uruguay) played in a mini-league against each other. Uruguay finished champions.

Answers: Pub Quiz 3

Number:

Answer:

1

Ruud Gullit (Netherlands) won the 1996-97 FA Cup with Chelsea.  

2

Sunderland's Kevin Phillips scored 30 goals during season 1999-2000.


3

Zambia.

4

Les Ferdinand and Emile Heskey.


5

Newcastle United lost 1-0 away to Derby County - this was Derby's only Premier League win in 2007-08.

6

Tottenham Hotspur won their first 11 consecutive matches of the 1960-61 season.


7

Nottingham Forest's Mark Crossley on 24th March 1993. The Saints lost at home 1-2 to Forest.


8

Manchester City's Rodney Marsh and Manchester United's George Best.


9

Leeds United in the season 2003-04.


10

Birmingham City who have been relegated 11 times.  

Answers: Pub Quiz 4  

Number:

Answer:

1

Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal 1997-98 & Chelsea 2009-10) and Ashley Cole (Arsenal 2001-02 & Chelsea 2009-10).   

2

Author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was AFC Portsmouth's goalkeeper 1884-86.  

3

Lincoln City have spent 104 seasons as a Football League club but have never played in the Top Flight.

4

Grimsby Town with a total of  28.


5

Scunthorpe United were called Scunthorpe and Lindsey United from 1910 to 1958.

6

Nigeria's Nwankwo Kanu with Arsenal in 1999.  

7

Mali's Kanouté was the first recipient not to have been born in Africa - he was born in Lyon, France.

8

Brazil's first  game with their yellow  shirts with green trim was in March 1954. Prior to this, Brazil wore white shirts with blue trim.

9

Gunnar Nielsen (Manchester City).

10

Two different balls were used - Argentina's choice for the first half and Uruguay's for the second half. Uruguay won 4-2 after being behind 2-1 at half time.

Answers: Pub Quiz 5   

Number:

Answer:

1

The 1901 FA Cup Final Replay when Tottenham Hotspur of the Southern League beat Sheffield United 3-1. The ribbons were tied to the FA Cup by the wife of the Spurs Director Morton Cadman and the tradition has continued until today.  

2

Nigeria and Cameroon.

3

Wembley Stadium, Stamford Bridge, Highbury, White Hart Lane and The Den.

4

Len Shackleton (to Sunderland, February 1948 for £20,500) and Andy Cole (to Manchester United, January 1995 for £7,000,000).  

5

Highbury (Arsenal), White Hart Lane (Tottenham) and Elland Road (Leeds).  

6

Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Steven Gerrard (England) and David Silva (Spain).  

7

Tottenham Hotspur. 

8

Belize. Deon McCaulay scored on 15th June 2011 in their 5-2 CONCACAF First Round away win against Montserrat.

9

The season 1886-87 when Rangers FC lost 1-3 to Aston Villa.

10

Xavi Andorrà, who has won 23 full international caps so far as a striker for Andorra.

Answers below.