English Premier League in the 2020s Quiz

Answer: Norwich City

Norwich City finished bottom of the league and were relegated to the Championship along with Watford and Bournemouth. They bounced straight back the following season, as well as Watford.

Answer: Liverpool

Liverpool finished as Champions ahead of Manchester City who trailed them by 18 points. This was Liverpool's first Premiership title; their last League title was in 1989-90. Their manager, Jürgen Klopp, was also named Premier League Manager of the Season.

Answer: Jamie Vardy

The Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy won the Golden Boot with a total of 23 premiership goals beating out both Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) and Danny Ings (Southampton) who finished with 22 goals. Vardy, at 33 years old, was the oldest player to win the award.

Answer: Juventus

Ronaldo first played for Manchester United in 2003 when he was signed from Sporting CP and later moved to Real Madrid in 2009. He signed a four-year deal with Juventus in 2018 after contract negotiations with Real Madrid came to a halt. He started the 2021-22 season on the bench and was wanting to leave Juventus. On 27th August 2021 he reached amicable contract terms with Manchester United, after Manchester City had pulled out of talks and made his second debut on 11th September, scoring twice in the 4-1 win over Newcastle United.

Answer: Brentford

Brentford Community Stadium had the lowest ground capacity at 17,250 followed by Burnley (Turf Moor) at 21,994, Watford (Vicarage Road Stadium) at 22,200 and Crystal Palace (Selhurst Park) with 25,486. Manchester United (Old Trafford) had the highest capacity at 74,140.

Answer: Southampton

In October 2019, Southampton were beaten at home 9-0 by Leicester City, their worst defeat in the history of the club. (Vardy and Pérez both scoring hat tricks). Unfortunately for Southampton, this was followed in February 2021 by their worst away defeat at the hands of Manchester United. In both games Southampton had players sent off for red card offences.

Answer: False

The record for the most hat-tricks scored in a season of the Premiership was in 1993-94 and 2011-12 when there were 19 scored. The least number scored was in the 2006-07 season when just three were scored. In the 2019-20 season 11 hat-tricks were scored and 12 in the 2020-21 season.

Answer: False

Harry Kane, the Tottenham Hotspur and England striker won the Golden Boot award with a total of 23 Premiership goals. He was followed by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) with 22 and Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) with 18 goals.

Answer: Raheem Sterling

On 10th August 2019, Raheem Sterling of Manchester City scored the first hat-trick of the season in the 5-0 away win over West Ham United at the London Stadium. He scored another on the 11th July 2020 in their 5-0 away win at Brighton & Hove Albion.

Answer: Bruno Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes started off the 2021-22 season with a hat-trick on 14th August 2021, in Manchester United's 5-1 home win against Leeds United. A near capacity crowd of 72,732 saw a dominating performance by The Red Devils.