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General Football Quiz

Test your knowledge of Football
Answer the questions correctly to see if you'ere a football boffin


 

1: Which colour is the home kit of Japan?

Red and white
Green and white
Blue and white
Yellow and white


2: What lies between Anfield and Goodison Park?

The River Mersey
The Liver Building
Stanley Park
Liverpool Catherdral

3: England's 1966 World Cup hero Geoff Hurst played for which team?

West Ham United
Charlton Athletic
Coventry City
Fulham

4: What is the Amsterdam Arena's most interesting feature?

The Stands can be moved to allow an athletics track
It has a retractable sliding roof which allows it to be indoor/outdoor
The pitch can be "rolled up" and removed
It has it's own brothel and several "coffeeshops" 


5: If you where sitting in "The Holte End" where would you be?

White Hart Lane
Elland Road
Villa Park
Emirates Stadium

6: Who was Glasgow Celtic's captain when they won the 1967 European Cup?

Danny McGrain
Kenny Dalglish 
Billy McNeill
Jock Stein

7: Who scored Northern Ireland's famous winner against Spain in 
the 1982 World Cup game in Valencia:

Norman Whiteside
George Best
Sammy McILroy
Gerry Armstrong

8: Who scored the last ever goal at Wembley in a competitve match?

 Alan Shearer
Dietmar Hamman
Oliver Bierhoff
Michael Owen

9: Which club did Pele spend most of his career at?

Flamengo
Santos
Sao Paulo
River Plate

10: In the Irish League who are Belfast's "Big two"?

Belfast Rangers and Belfast Celtic
Linfield and Belfast Celtic
Belfast Giants and Belfast Rangers
Linfield and Glentoran

11: Arbroath FC hold the world record for a winning scoreline in a
 professional game against Bon Accord in 1885: What was the score?

21-0
30-0
36-0
55-1
 

12: How many times, in total, have Glasgow Rangers won the
old Scottish First Division and Premier League championships?

28
62
51
56


13: Who scored the winning goal in the 1994 World Cup Final?

Robero Baggio
Romario
Dunga
No-one



14: What are AC Milan's fans known as?

The Rossoneri
The Ultra's
The Tifosi
The Old Ladies of Turin
 

15: Barcelona have won the Spanish title more times than Real Madrid:
True or False?

True
False

16: Who scored the winning "Golden Goal" in France's 2-1 win
over Italy in the Final of Euro 2000?

Nicolas Anelka
Theirry Henry
Sylvain Wiltord
David Trezeguet



17: Who plays at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium ?

Besiktas
AEK Athens
Fenerbahce 
Galatasaray



18: Who famously beat Leeds United 1- 0 in the 1973 FA Cup Final?

Sunderland
Manchester City
West Ham United
Newcastle United


19: Who are the only team to be Champions of England
one season and get relegated the following season?

Preston North End 1910
Derby County 1976
Manchester City 1938
Bolton Wanderers 1901



20: Why do Italy wear blue shirts when, the colours on their
national flag are red, white and green?

Blue was the colour of the old Italian Royal Family, The House of Savoy
Blue was the colour of the Ancient Roman Caesars banner
Mussolini supported Lazio and changed the national colours to the same as theirs
The Italian FA where loaned shirts by Everton in 1900 and they liked the colour


21: Which of these teams hasn't done the League and FA Cup Double?

Arsenal
Everton
Tottenham
Aston Villa


22: In Germany Bayern Munich are also known by their critics as?

The Southern Kaisers
Beckenbauers boys
FC Hollywood
The Bavarian beerdrinkers


23: What does the writing say on the front of European Cup trophy?

European Club Champions+name of club
UEFA Champions League Winners+year
Coupe Des Clubs Champions Europeens
Nothing, there is no writing on it


24: Do the rules allow a player to score a goal directly from a throw in?

Yes
No

25: How far is the penalty spot from the goal line?

8 yards
12 yards
16 yards
18 yards


26: Who did Zinedine Zidane play for before he joined Juventus?

Lens
Marseilles
Paris St Germain
Bordeaux


27: What do Middlesbrough, Sunderland and Derby have in common?

They've all never played in European competition
They've all never won the League Championship
They all moved to new stadiums in the 1990's
They've all at one time or another been relegated from the Premiership.


28: Who missed the penalty that sent England out of the
World Cup in France 1998?

David Batty
Paul Ince
Stuart Pearce
Gareth Southgate

29: What famous player was known as "The Black Panther
"?

Eusebio
Pele
Jairzinho
Lev Yashin


30: Who is England's most capped ever player?

Bryan Robson
Peter Shilton
Bobby Moore
Bobby Charlton


31: Who scored Wimbledon's winning goal against Liverpool
in the 1988 FA Cup Final?


Vinne Jones
Robbie Earle
Denis Wise
Lawrie Sanchez


32: The old British Championship Home International tournament ended in 1984. Who was the last country to win it and therefore kept the trophy?

England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland


33: Who once said "There are only two teams in Liverpool,
Liverpool and Liverpool reserves" ?


Ian St John
Bob Paisley
Bill Shankly
Emlyn Hughes


34: Who are the "Mack'ems?"

Newcastle United
Sunderland
Grimsby Town
Oldham Athletic


35: Who scored the winning penalty in the 1990 World Cup Final
for West Germany v Argentina?


Jurgen Klinnsmann
Andreas Brehme
Lothar Mattheus
Karl Heinz Rumminege


36: Juventus's famous black and white stripes came about after they
copied another team's kit - Whose was it?


Notts County
Newcastle United
Udinese
Dunfermline


37: Who is Holland's all-time top scorer at International level?

Marco Van Basten
Dennis Bergkamp
Johan Cryuff
Ruud Gullit


38: Who scored the most goals ever in a season in the top division in England?

Roy Race: 50 goals 1962-63
Dixie Dean: 60 goals 1927-8
Denis Law :40 goals 1967-8
Jimmy Fulchester: 75 goals 1907-08


39: Who scored the last ever goal at Highbury?

Robert Pires
Gilberto Silva
Thierry Henry
Robin Van Persie


40: Who once said about Argentina: "They'ere the second best team
in the world and there's no higher praise than that"?


Ron Atkinson
John Motson
Jimmy Hill
Kevin Keegan



41: What was rumoured to have happened to the original Jules Rimet trophy?

It was stolen and melted down into gold bars by Brazillian drug dealers
It was sold to an anonymous collector at auction by the cash strapped Brazillian FA
Nothing, it sits safely in the Brazillian FA Museum



42: Where do Benifca play?

Estadio Da Luz
Santiago Bernabeu Stadium
Nou Camp
Estadio Das Antas


43: Who won the first ever World Cup in 1930?

Germany
Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay


44: 3 of these players have all won 3 European Cup winners medals each,
Who is the odd man out?


Michel Platini
Alfredo Di Stefano
Franz Beckenbauer
Johan Cruyff


45: With which club would you associate the names Billy Wright,
Derek Dougan and Steve Bull?


Burnley
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Preston North End
West Bromich Albion


46: Which of these clashes isn't a "derby" ?

Hearts vs Hibernian
Juventus vs Torino
Hertha Berlin vs Kaiserslauten
Barcelona vs Espanyol


47: Which city are Bohemians FC from?

Budapest
Prague
Stockholm
Dublin


48: Which European nation do the following clubs' come from:
Genk, Geel, Germinal Beerschot, Excelsior Mouscron,
SV Ingelmunster, Strombeek and Molenbeek?


Holland
France
Belgium
Austria


49: Liverpool always go on about the Kop. It is named after a place in South Africa. In Afrikaans what does "Spion Kop" mean?

Vantage point
Battlefield
Cess pit
Public lavatory


50: Which team's players included Blackie Gray, Duncan McKay, Pak Soon,
Bob Wilson, Emlyn Hughes and two members of Spandau Ballet?


Doncaster Rovers
Barnstoneworth United
Melchester Rovers
Fulchester United