Goals Goals Goals Trivia Quiz

Answer: Leeds, England

The 19 year old scoring sensation Haaland moved from England to Bryne in Norway at the age of three. He is the son of a former Nottingham Forest, Leeds United and Manchester City player Alf-Inge Haaland. His proud dad scored 36 goals in 293 appearances in his career.

His son scored 47 goals in his first 73 appearances for Molde from the Norwegian Eliteserien and for Red Bull Salzburg who play in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Answer: Josef Bican, Austria

Josef Bican, 1931-1955, was an Austrian, who scored a total of 805 goals, which could well be more as the records from some of his 1952 season's games have been lost.
Romario, 1985-2007, scored 772.
Pele, 1957-1977, scored 767.
Puskas, 1943-1966, scored 746.

Answer: West Ham United

Geoff Hurst the West Ham striker scored three for England against West Germany in the 1966 Final at Wembley Stadium. With only 52 hat-tricks ever have been scored in over 800 matches in the 21 tournaments of the World Cup it is quite a rare event.

This is also the longest hat-trick to be completed - most time between the first and third goals. His first goal came at 10 minutes, while the second goals were in extra time at 98 and 120 minutes. "They think it's all over, it is now", was the famous commentary as Hurst smashed in his third in the last minute. The game ball, traditionally given to a hat-trick scorer, was stolen by Uwe Seeler before poor Geoff could get his hands on it!!

Answer: James Vaughan - Everton

James Vaughan came on as a substitute to make his Everton debut in April 2005, and it took him just 13 minutes to score the fourth goal in the Toffees 4-0 win. He was aged just 16 years and 270 days.

James Milner of Leeds was 16 years and 346 days old when scoring his first. Wayne Rooney of Everton was 16 years and 351 days old when he opened his account and Cesc Fabregas of Arsenal was a relative ancient when he knocked in his first at 17 years and 114 days old.

Answer: Julie Fleeting

Julie Fleeting has a record of 116 goals in 121 games for Scotland from 1996 till she retired in 2015. A total that beats the men by some distance.

As for the men:
Denis Law, 1958-1974, scored 30 goals in 55 games.
Kenny Dalglish, 1971-1986, scored 30 goals in 102 games.
Hughie Gallacher, 1924-1935, netted 24 goals in 22 games.

Answer: Robert Earnshaw

Robert Earnshaw was born in Zambia in 1981 but chose to play for Wales were he was bought up. His hat-trick record is:
Premiership -- West Bromwich Albion vs. Charlton, 19 March 2005.
Championship (Division 1) -- Cardiff vs. Gillingham (13 September 2003) and Nottingham Forest vs. Leicester City (5 December 2009).
League One (Division 2) -- Cardiff vs. QPR (29 November 2002) and vs. Tranmere Rovers (14 March 2003).
League Two (Division 3) -- Cardiff vs. Torquay United (2 December 2000).
FA Cup -- Cardiff City vs. Bristol Rovers (19 November 2000).
League Cup -- Cardiff City vs. Boston United (11 September 2002) and vs. Leyton Orient (12 August 2003).
International -- Wales vs. Scotland (18 February 2004).

Answer: Sadio Mané

Sadio Mané scored three times for Southampton against a hapless Aston Villa during a 6-1 win over Aston Villa in 2015. It took him just 2 minutes 56 seconds.

Robbie Fowler's netted three in 4 minutes 33 seconds against Arsenal in 1994. In 1999, Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjćr netted four goals in twelve minutes as a substitute against Nottingham Forest. Thierry Henry scored eight Premier League hat-tricks but in his own time.

Answer: Shane Long - for Southampton against Watford

Shane Long scored a goal in only 7.69 seconds in a 1-1 draw at Watford whose home ground is Vicarage Road. This beat the record of 9.82 seconds that former Tottenham Hotspur defender Ledley King had held for nearly 19 years since 2000-1.
Alan Shearer netted after 10.52 seconds for Newcastle v Man City in 2002-03.
Christian Eriksen scored after 10.54 seconds for Spurs v Man Utd in 2017-18.

Answer: Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi was the first to win the European Golden Boot 6 times when he collected the award in 2019. His six wins are: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (three straight).
Cristiano Ronaldo (2008, 2011, 2014 and 2015), Luis Suarez (2014 and 2016), Thierry Henry(2204 and 2005) are all previous multiple-winners too.

Answer: Real Madrid

Real Madrid scored their 950th goal in European Cup and European Champions League v Viktoria Plzeo in season 2018-19. Their first game in the competition was in 1955-56. The European Champions Cup (or simply the European Cup) became the European Champions League for the 1992-93 season.