The D is part of penalty area, any fouls within it will result in a penalty kick.

The penalty area was circular when the rules were first drawn up.
The D is a hold-over from then.

It is to keep players a distance of 10 yards from the penalty spot at a penalty kick.

The goalkeeper is allowed to handle the ball in the D without giving away a foul.

2: Which manager has won the most ever trophies in the
history of Scottish football?

Jock Stein (Celtic)
Walter Smith (Rangers)
Sir Alex Ferguson (Aberdeen)
Bill Struth (Rangers)

3: Johan Cruyff played for Ajax Amsterdam and which other Dutch club?

Willem II
AZ '67 Alkmaar
Feyenoord

4: Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool are the top 3 clubs in the list of
having won the most English league titles. Which club is 4th?

Aston Villa
Everton
Newcastle United
Leeds United

5: Which continent does the football confederation of CONMEBOL represent?

Asia
South America
Oceania
North and Central America

6: UEFA and FIFA headquarters are both in which European country

Switzerland
France
Germany
Luxembourg

7: What football stadium is this?

Amsterdam Arena
Olympic Stadium, Berlin
Bernabeu, Madrid
Allianz Arena, Munich

8: Which team is not from the North-West of England?

 Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Wigan Athletic
Middlesbrough

9: Which of these movies is not about Football?

Field of Dreams
When Saturday comes
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
Mike Bassett: England Manager

10: Who is the only British player to have finished the
season's top scorer in the Italian Serie A.

Jimmy Greaves
Ian Rush
John Charles
Luther Blisset  

11: Who scored Wimbledon's winning goal in the 1988
FA Cup Final 1-0 win over Liverpool?

Dave Beasant
Denis Wise
Vinny Jones
Lawrie Sanchez


12: By what margin did Arsenal win the 1989 League title?

1 point
+1 goal difference
More goals scored For

13: What is the Italian word for "football"?

Futebol
Calcio
Fussball
Voetball

14: Why were Marseille stripped of the 1990 Champions League title?

Several players took banned performance enhancing substances
Crowd trouble and rioting after the final
A bribery and match fixing scandal
They fielded an illeligible player
 

15: Which European country's top football division is called the Gambrinus Liga?

Czech Republic
Spain
Austria
France

16: Who scored the winning penalty in the shoot-out for Portugal that
put England out of World Cup 2006?

Nuno Gomes
Figo
Deco
Cristiano Ronaldo


17: Which of these Premiership managers never had a previous career as a professional footballer?

Arsene Wenger
Jose Mourinho
Glenn Roeder
Alan Curbishley


18: What animal is the symbol of the FA Premiership?

An eagle
A lion
A tiger
A bear

19: Manchester City have NEVER won a European trophy?

True
False


20: Which nation has produced the most Copa Liberadores
(South American club champions) winners?

Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
Peru

21: Why is a match between local rivals called a 'Derby'?

In the early 1920's the city of Derby had five teams in the first division
which meant lots of local 'Derby' clashes.

Matches between local rivals in England used to be played
on the same day as the famous horse race.

An early form of football was played in the middle ages
between two teams from opposite ends of a town in Derbyshire, England.

Unknown


22: Which big European club game is known as "El Classico"

Rangers v Celtic
Real Madrid v Barcelona
AC Milan v Inter Milan
Lazio v Roma


23:Why was Glenn Hoddle sacked as England manager in 1999?

Embarassing sex scandal
For failing to get England to the World Cup
Made offensive comments about disabled people
Had a fight with the FA Chief Executive


24: Which team has yet to play in the English Premiership? (since 1992 )

Wolverhampton Wanderers
Barnsley
Derby County
Preston North End


25: Who was Tottenham Hotspur's great manager of the 1960's and early 70's?

Keith Burkinshaw
Danny Blanchflower
Peter Shreeves
Bill Nicholson


26: Which Greek club side has won the most domestic silverware?

Olympiakos
Panathinaikos
AEK Athens
PAOK Thessaloniki


27: Which company agreed the biggest ever football shirt sponsorship deal with
Juventus in 2005, just one year before the club were relegated?

Fiat motors
Tamoil
Sony

28: Who was the colourfully attired, goal-scoring Mexican
goalkeeper from the 1990's?

Rene Higuita
José Luis Chilavert
Jorge Campos
Vítor Baía

29: The League with the highest average attendance
per game in world football for 2005-2006 was the German Bundesliga.
True or false?

True
False


30: Which player still holds the record for the biggest
ever transfer fee paid by a club?

Zinedine Zidane
David Beckham
Luis Figo
Ronaldo


31: At 17 years and 75, days who was the youngest ever player to win a
senior England cap?

Wayne Rooney
Steven Gerrard
Theo Walcott
Michael Owen

32: Who are the two bitter football rivals in the Spanish city of Seville?

Sevilla and Real Sociedad
Sevilla and Real Betis
Celta Vigo and Deportivo La Coruna
Real Zaragoza and RCD Espanyol

33: Who scored with decisive penalty in the shoot-out with France
that won Italy the 2006 World Cup?

Marco Materazzi
Fabio Grosso
Alessandro Del Piero
Andrea Pirlo

34: What do Derry City, Berwick Rangers, Wrexham and
Cardiff City all have in common?

All play in a red home kit
All share a stadium with another club
They play in a different domestic league to the actual country
in which they are located in.
They all have changed their name in the last 30 years

35: What team has this image on their club crest?


Portsmouth
Wigan Athletic
Reading
Everton

36: Why did Arsenal change their home kit to dark claret red
for the 2005-2006 sseason?

Nike made them
Commercial rebranding
A mix up at the Nike factory
To celebrate the last season at Highbury

37: Why do Germany play in white and black when the German
flag is black, red and yellow?

They copied England's kit from black and white photos.
White and black was the colours of the old German Royal family.
White and black was colour of the old Prussian Empire flag.

38: Which hooligan "firm" is associated with Chelsea?

Bushwackers
Inter City Firm
Yid Army
Headhunters


39: What is the OFFICIAL name of West Ham United's stadium?

The Boleyn Ground
Upton Park
East End Road
Bobby Moore stadium


40: What is the European Championship trophy called?

The Jules Rimet Trophy
The Henri Delaunay trophy
The Sir Stanley Rous Cup
The Lennart Johansson trophy


41: Which of these players is not a Spanish goalkeeper?

Víctor Valdés
Iker Casillas
Santiago Cañizares
Sergio Ramos

42: Which country has never hosted a World Cup?

Italy
Brazil
Spain
Colombia

43: How many times have Brazil won the World Cup?

4
5
6
7

44: Who is England's second all time top scorer, trailing
Sir Bobby Charlton's 49 goals by just one?

Gary Lineker
Michael Owen
Alan Shearer
Kevin Keegan

45: When England played Ireland for the first time in 1882 what was the score?

0-0 draw
3-0 to England
5-0 to Ireland
13-0 to England

46: What is meant by a team that is playing "Catenaccio" style?

All out attack
Attack down the wings
Negative tactics with a highly organized defence
Playing the long ball to a lone front man

47: Apart from Benfica, Porto and Sporting Lisbon, only two other teams have
ever won the Portuguese league championship?

True
False


48: What American soccer team did Pele, Franz Beckenbauer
and Carlos Alberto all play for?

Tampa Bay Rowdies
Vancouver Whitecaps
New York Cosmos
San Diego Sockers

49: Which high profile UEFA referee decided to retire after
receiving death threats in 2005?

Markus Merk
Pierluigi Collina
Urs Meier
Anders Frisk


50: In the film "Escape to Victory" what does the Nazi general do when
Pele scores with a last minute overhead kick?

Orders his troops to open fire on the crowd
Stands up and applauds wildly
Dies of a heart attack
He shoots Pele using a sniper rifle