Team's Year of Creation Quiz | UK

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1. Can you name the year Liverpool FC were formed?

Answer: 1892

1892 : John Houlding, the owner of Anfield Road, raised the rent so Everton Football Club had to move to another location (Goodison Park)
Some players of Everton Football Club stayed at Anfield Road and they founded Liverpool Football Club.

2. Can you name the year Arsenal FC were formed?

Answer: 1886

11 December 1886, workers of the Woolwich Armaments Factory (= a huge government munitions factory in Woolwich, Kent), also known as Royal Arsenal, made a soccer team Dial Square FC and won their only game against East Wanderers with 6-0.
25 December 1886, the members of the winning soccer team and other workers of the factory founded the official club Royal Arsenal
1891 : changed name to Woolwich Arsenal Football Club.
1913 : changed name to Arsenal Football Club, after moving to Highbury.

3. Can you name the year Manchester United FC were formed?

Answer: 1878

1878 : founded as Newton Heath by workers of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company.
1902 : changed name to Manchester United Football Club.

4. Can you name the year Portsmouth FC were formed?

Answer: 1898

Portsmouth football club were formed in 1898.

5. Can you name the year Tottenham Hotspur were formed?

Answer: 1882

1882 : founded as Hotspur Football Club by members of the Hotspur Cricket Club.
1885 : changed name to Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.

6. Can you name the year Blackburn Rovers were formed?

Answer: 1875

1875 : founded as Blackburn Rovers Football Club.
1888 : member of the foundation of the Football League.

7. When were Wolverhampton Wanderers were formed?

Answer: 1877

1877 : foundation of St-Luke's Church School in Blakenhall.
1880 : fusion with The Wanderers.
The new club changed name to Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club.
1888 : foundation member of The Football League.

8. Can you name the year Manchester City were formed?

Answer: 1887

1887 : founded as Ardwick Football Club.
1895 : changed name to Manchester City Football Club.

9. Can you name the year in which Bolton Wanderers were formed?

Answer: 1874

1874 : students of Christ Church Sunday School founded a soccer team.
1877 : changed name to Bolton Wanderers Football Club.
1888 : foundation member of The Football League.

10. Can you name the year in which Southampton FC were formed?

Answer: 1885

Dearney FC formed was formed in 1880. Most of its players left in 1885 and founded St. Mary's Young Men's Association FC. It became St. Mary's FC two years later and adopted the name Southampton St. Mary's FC when the club joined the Southern League in 1894. The club changed its name to Southampton FC in 1897 when it became a limited company.

Source: Author bernaz

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