Liverpool Football Club Trivia Quiz

Answer: 1893-94

Liverpool won the title without losing a single game. 22 wins and 6 draws from 28 games. They also won the test match (an early form of play-offs used between 1893 and 1898 to decide promotion & relegation) 2-0 against Newton Heath (became Manchester United in 1902)

Answer: 2 Seasons

After being promoted in 1893-94, Liverpool got relegated the following season. In 1895-96 they won the Division 2 title again to go back into the top flight.

Answer: Accrington

Accrington only lasted 5 seasons in the Football League (1888-93). This team is NOT the same club as Accrington Stanley who gained league status in 1921 and lasted 33 seasons before withdrawing during the 1961-62 season.

Answer: Lancashire Second Division

Liverpool spent 1 season (1892-93) in the Lancashire League (which they won) before they gained league status. The regular league was postponed in 1915 (World War 1) and Liverpool were competing in the Lancashire Section Principal Tournament and Supplementary Competition before rejoining the league for the 1919-20 season.

Answer: Wolverhampton Wanderers

Liverpool lost 2-1 away to Sheffield United before beating both Middlesbrough (4-1) and Chelsea (1-0) at Anfield.

Answer: 3rd

Liverpool finished 3rd behind Aston Villa and Cardiff City. The following season they also finished 3rd. 1961-62 saw them clinch the Division 2 title for the fourth time.

Answer: Geoff Strong

On 15th September 1965, during a home game against West Ham United, Geoff Strong replaced Chris Lawler for Liverpool's first ever subsitution. He also scored the equalizer to earn a 1-1 draw for the Reds.

Answer: 2nd Round

They only played 2 games in the competition that season. A 1-1 draw to Bolton Wanderers following by a 3-2 defeat in the replay.

Answer: Manchester United

He came on as a subsitute for Steve Peplow but was on the losing side as United won 4-1. Hunt scored a total of 285 goals in 489 games for the club (a new club record that stood until Ian Rush broke it in the early 1990s).

Answer: Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham won the Semi-Final 2nd leg 2-1 at White Hart Lane. Liverpool scrapped through on the away goals rule thanks to a 1-0 win at Anfield.

Answer: 1st Round 1st Leg

Liverpool also won the second leg 1-0 in Norway. They got knocked out of the competition in the next round on the away goal rule after drawing 1-1 over the two games against Ferencvaros.

Answer: Nottingham Forest

The game ended 0-0 at Wembley. The replay at Old Trafford didn't go Liverpool's way. They lost 1-0.

Answer: Ipswich Town

The game finished 1-1 with 'Rushie' not scoring. He played a total of 9 games that season and failed to score a single goal.

Answer: 87

Liverpool finished top of the table 4 points clear of Ipswich Town.

Answer: 2

1980-81 they lost the 2nd Round 1st Leg game 1-0 away to Bradford City before winning the return leg 4-0. 1982-83 they lost the 2nd leg of the semi-final 1-0 away to Burnley but went through 3-1 on aggregate. In total they won 27, drew 11 and lost 2 from the 40 League Cup games they played.

Answer: Chelsea

A Kenny Dalglish goal gave Liverpool a 1-0 victory to finish 2 points ahead of Everton (League Champions the season before). Liverpool denied Everton 2 trophies in the space of a week.

Answer: Screen Sports

This trophy only lasted the one season. Liverpool ended up as winners after beating Everton 7-2 on aggregate in the final.

Answer: Arsenal

League Cup Final. 'Rushie' scored first before 2 goals by Charlie Nicholas gave Arsenal a 2-1 win. Starting from his debut in 1980-81 until this game, Liverpool had not lost a single game in which Ian Rush had scored.

Answer: Everton

Everton beat them 1-0 at Goodison Park. They had also beaten Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield in the League Cup 3rd Round. The only other games Liverpool lost this season were 2-1 away to Nottingham Forest in the league and the 1-0 FA Cup Final defeat to Wimbledon at Wembley.

Answer: Derby County

He came on as a subsitute for Jan Molby in the 1-0 victory over Derby in the second to last game of the season. This was also his last full season as a manager, as he resigned as manager in January 1991.

Answer: 4th

Ronnie Moran took temporary charge when Kenny resigned. Graeme Souness became the first permenent manager in the latter half of 1991 but he also resigned 3 years later. Roy Evans then took charge but had limited success so Liverpool teamed him up with Gerard Houllier at the beginning of the 1998-99 season.

This partnership only lasted 4 months before Roy Evans handed in his notice leaving Houllier in charge since then.

Answer: 3

They won their last League Championship at the end of the 1989-90 season, the 1992 FA Cup against Sunderland (2-0) and the 1995 League Cup against Bolton Wanderers (2-1). They also 'shared' the 1990-91 Charity Shield with Manchester United after a 1-1 draw, but did not win it outright.

Answer: Michael Owen

Marcus Babbel (3rd minute) and Steven Garrerd (15th) put Liverpool 2-0 early on before Ivan Tomic (26th) pulled one back for Alaves. Gary McAllister (40th) put the Reds 3-1 up going into half time, but two quick goals from Javi Moreno Varela (47th & 50th) after the break. Robbie Fowler (72nd) looked like he had scored the winning goal until Jordi Cruyff scored with two minutes to go. Delfin Geli Roura's 116th minute own goal won the game for Liverpool, deep into extra time.

Answer: 8th

1993-94 saw Liverpool finish in their lowest league postion for 31 seasons. They are 1 of only 2 teams (the other is Manchester United) that did not finish outside the top 10 in the Premier League during the 1990s. The last time they finished lower than 10th in any division was 49 seasons ago. An 11th place finish in Division 2 during 1954-55.

Answer: Gerry Marsden

Lead vocalist for 'Gerry and the Pacemakers'. The song went to No. 1 in the UK music charts back in 1963. He also wrote "Ferry across the Mersey", another Kop favourite.