Football Knowledge Trivia Quiz

Answer: Les Ferdinand

Les Ferdinand retired in 2006. He scored 80 goals for Queens Park Rangers (1987-1995), of which 60 were in the Premier League, 41 goals for Newcastle United (1995-1997) and 33 goals for Tottenham Hotspur (1997-2003).

Answer: Brooking

Brooking. They are the surnames of the scorers of the winning goals in the FA Cup finals for those three years.

1979 : 3-2 : Arsenal v Manchester United -- Talbot 12th, Stapleton 43rd, Sunderland 89th for Arsenal. McQueen 86th, McIlroy 88th for United.
1980 : 1-0 : West Ham United v Arsenal (Brooking 13th).
1981 : 3-2 : Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City -- Villa 8th and 76th, Crooks 70th for Spurs. MacKenzie 11th, Reeves 50th for City.

Answer: Stockport County

Stockport County's home ground, Edgeley Park, is just 3/4 of a mile from the River Mersey. Manchester United is 7 miles away on the otherside of the River Mersey, and the two Liverpool clubs have their home grounds a mile from the River (Everton play at Goodison Park and Liverpool play at Anfield).

Answer: Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest. They won the league in 1978 and then won the European Cup in 1979 and 1980.

Answer: Coventry City

Coventry City are the only team that have played in all seven divisions. They were admitted into the Football League in 1919 as a member of Division Two. They were relegated to Division Three (N) in 1925 but were transferred to Division Three (S) a year later to keep the north-south balance between the two Division Threes.

In 1959 they were placed in Division Four when the top halves of the two regionals leagues became the new Division Three and the bottom halves became the new Division Four. After one season they were promoted to Division Three and in 1964 won promotion to Division Two. After three seasons they won promotion to Division One ... and were still there when all teams in Division One left the Football League to form the FA Premier League.

Answer: Orange Ball

An orange ball was used for the first and last time. Sunderland (from Division Two) beat the defending cup-holders Leeds United 1-0 in a huge upset. The last time a Second Division team had won the FA Cup was 1931, when West Bromwich Albion beat Birmingham City 2-1.

Answer: Dennis Clarke

Dennis Clark for West Bromwich Albion in 1968 was the first-ever substitute to play in an FA Cup Final. He came on in the 45th minute for John Kaye (who went off injured). WBA won 1-0 with a goal in the first period of extra time.

Answer: Chester City

Their Deva Stadium (now Saunders Honda Stadium) crosses the England - Wales border. The pitch is in Wales, but the main stand is in England!

Answer: Eric Cantona

Eric Cantona: 1991 Ligue 1 with Olympique de Marseille, 1992 First Division with Leeds United and 1993 FA Premiership with Manchester United.

Answer: 1950

1950. The 4 top teams in the tournament (Brazil, Uruguay, Sweden and Spain) went on to a Round Robin group. As it happens, the final match proved to be as good as cup final because, going into the final match, Brazil were top of the group with Uruguay only 1 point behind, which meant the winner of the Brazil v Uruguay match wins the trophy.