Premier League: 1995-96 [1] Trivia Quiz

Answer: John McGinlay

'Super' John McGinlay chipped the ball over David Seaman in a game shown live on Sky Sports. It proved to be one of the few highlights of Bolton's season as they only won six more times in the league (8 wins in total), and McGinlay finished as Boltons top goalscorer with only 6 goals.
Their first win was a 2-1 defeat of defending champions Blackburn Rovers at Burden Park.

Answer: Les Ferdinand

Les Ferdinand was a sensation with 25 league strikes for the Geordies.

Alan Shearer finished the season top of the Premiership goal scoring charts with 31 strikes, however, all them were for Blackburn as Newcastle fans had to wait another two years before Shearer's record breaking transfer to their team.

Answer: There wasn't one

Due the a resizing of the league (from 22 to 20 teams) only two teams were promoted from Division One at the end of the previous season, whilst four teams were relegated down from the Premiership.

Middlesbrough came up as champions, and Bolton as playoff winners after a thrilling victory against Reading at Wembley. Had the normal system of 3 up and 3 down been in place, Crystal Palace would have survived in the Premiership, and Reading would have enjoyed automatic promotion.

Answer: 7th

Despite Alan Shearer's 31 goals, Blackburn suffered a disapointing season with an early exit from European competition, and a poor early season from which made defending the title an extremely difficult task.

Answer: Stan Collymore

Stan Collymore completed the record deal from Nottingham Forest to the Mersyside giants and went on to score 14 league goals in his first season. He was outdone, however, by strike partner Robbie Fowler whose 28 strikes made him the second highest goal scorer in the division. Despite his departure, Forest still had a decent season, finishing in 9th place.

Answer: Juninho

Juninho (meaning 'Little Junior') was an instant hit with fans when Bryan Robson brought him to newly promoted Middlesbrough in October 1995. This was a start of a two-year spell, although he did return in 1999 on loan and in 2002. Fellow Samba star was also a key signing for Boro in the 1995-96 season. Future Brazil star Kaka was only 13 in 1995 at the start of the season.

Ravanelli was a big signing for the Teeside club, however, he arrived in the summer of 1996 and is from Italy.

Answer: Nottingham Forest

Alan Shearer got a hat-trick and Lars Bohinen (a former Forest player) scored a double. This ended Forest's incredible run of 25 Premiership games undefeated. Forest were to suffer defeat again at the feet of Rovers when they lost 5-1 at the City Ground in April 1996.

Answer: Manchester United

Alan Hansen made the infamous comment after United lost to Aston Villa on the opening day of the season. United had sold experienced stars Mark Hughes, Paul Ince, and Andrei Khanchelskis in the summer and were now fielding several inexperienced young players. By 'kids', he was referring to David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt, and the Neville brothers who all went on to be successful players at United. Hansen finished the season with egg on his face as Man United claimed their second double, despite being 12 points behind Newcastle in January.

Answer: 5th Arsenal / 19th QPR

Arsenal had a disapointing season under new management, and QPR suffered relegation after the sale of Les Ferdinand to Newcastle United. Spurs, West Ham, and Chelsea came 8th, 10th, and 11th respectively, with Wimbledon ending the season in 14th.

Answer: Georgi Kinkladze

Georgian Georgi Kinkladze was a sensation after his move to Maine Road scoring wonder goals against Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, and Southampton. Despite the club's relegation from the Premiership and interest from teams like Liverpool and Barcelona, Georgi decided to stayed with City in the First Division.

Keith Curle and Niall Quinn were key players during that period of City's history.