Football Teaser
| Every fortnight, on Mondays, Premsig.com will be giving away a signed photo of one of your favourite football stars, in probably the hardest football trivia quiz on the Internet!
Simply answer the football related question below and enter your details for your chance to win. On the closing date for each question, the winner will be drawn at random from correct entries and will be notified by email immediately. Competition winners will also be displayed here.
Last Question result: Question 128: Which football team failed to concede a goal to a team from the same nation for the first seven years of their existence, and did not lose a single game against any team until halfway through their eighth season?
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Previous Winners and Answers: The winner of our bonus 2002 World Cup draw for a signed Michael Owen photo was Michael Fitzpatrick, UK. Question 1: Which Premiership player wore the highest squad number in the 2000/2001 season? Question 2: Which Premiership club's stadium stands on a site which was used for public hangings? Question 3: Which was the last newly-promoted club to win the League Championship, and in which season? Question 4: Who took, and scored, the first penalty ever awarded in a World Cup Final? Question 5: Which two English players have scored the fastest and latest goals in the World Cup Finals, before 2002? Question 6: What was the lowest attendance ever recorded at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium? Question 7: What was the highest attendance ever recorded at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium? Question 8: What is legendary BBC commentator John Motson's middle name? Question 9: Which England international football and cricket player, record-holding long jumper and Oxford classical scholar won an FA Cup runners up medal with Southampton FC? Question 10: What was the half time score of Aston Villa's first ever game, against Aston Brook St Mary's rugby team? Question 11: While playing for Tottenham Hotspur, Gary Lineker played in a charity cricket match before scoring a hat trick against West Ham on the same day. What was his score in the cricket match? Question 12: According to BBC Political Editor Andrew Marr, which Premiership football team does/did Osama bin Laden support? Question 13: What is former Charlton Athletic player Andy Hunt's current occupation? Question 14: Who was a Director at Liverpool and Everton at the same time? Question 15: Which two Charlton Athletic players were sent off in an FA Cup tie for fighting each other? Question 16: Which company sponsored Paul Gascoigne's match kit in the Merseyside derby at Everton in 2001? (Not the club's shirt sponsor, each player has a different kit sponsor) Question 17: What was Andy Cole's first car? Question 18: Which 1989 FA Cup runner-up played against George Best earlier in his career? Question 19: Which player was the first to play for England at every level, from schoolboy to the senior squad? Question 20: Which player was once voted Pipe Smoker of the Year? Question 21: Which coach was arrested in 2002 for performing Black Magic before an international semi-final cup game? Question 22: Which player has made the most English Premiership appearances? Question 23: On what date did legendary goalkeeper Pat Jennings make his 1000th professional appearance? Question 24: How much is the necklace that Victoria Beckham wore to England's 2002 pre-World Cup party worth? Question 25: Which Portuguese player was given odds of 1/4 that he would be seen playing with his hair during the quarter-final of Euro 2000? Question 26: Ruud van Nistelrooy scored his 40th goal for the season against Spurs on Sunday. Who was the last player from the top English division to score this many in one season? Question 27: Ryan Giggs has just won his 8th English Champions title. Which other two players have also won eight Championship titles in English football? Question 28: Who was the first Englishman to play for Real Madrid? Question 29: Which British player had his contract terminated in October 2003 for head butting his captain during a match? Question 30: Which football players agent was a Commonwealth gold medal winner, and in what sport? Question 31: Who was sent of for fighting with Tony Galvin in a League Cup match? Question 32: What two rituals was Ajax physiotherapist Bernnie Muller required to do for luck before every game in the early 1970s? Question 33: Before Arsenal's 5-1 win away at Inter Milan, which were the only other English team to have won a competitive game against Inter at the San Siro? Question 34: In 1979 it was Sunderland, in 1981 it was Villa. Who was it in 1980? Question 35: Which two teams have lost the most European Cup/Champions League Finals? Question 36: Who was the last player to score from the penalty spot in a English Premiership league match against Manchester United at Old Trafford? Question 37: Who is the youngest player to play in any World Cup match? Question 38: Which current Juventus player was sent off, without even stepping on the pitch, in an English 1st Division game? Question 39: Which striker played for his country despite having lost an arm in a car accident? Question 40: How many managers has Southampton captain Jason Dodd played under in his Saints career? Question 41: Which two "third generation" players, who's grandfather and father represented the same club, have played for Tottenham Hotspur? Question 42: Which five men who have managed Premiership teams in the 2003/04 season, have also scored Premiership goals during their career? Question 43: Against which opposition did Alan Mullery play his only game as England captain? Question 44: Who was the youngest footballer ever to play in an FA Cup match? Question 45: Which three European nations have been knocked out four times in World Cup tournaments by the eventual winners? Question 46: How many non-English World Cup winners have played in England? Question 47: What is the highest attendance record for any international game held in Europe? Question 48: Which six teams have reached the FA Cup final, whilst playing in the old Second Division (i.e the Second division up to 1992, the First Division up to 2004, or the current Coca Cola Championship)? Question 49: Who were the last two sets of brothers to play for Tottenham Hotspur? Question 50: Which four teams merged to become non-league side Dagenham & Redbridge Question 51: Goalkeeper Peter Shilton scored from a goal kick for Leicester in the 1967/68 season. Which four other goalkeepers, from the top two English divisions, have scored from goal kicks since? Question 52: Which current Premiership player escaped a jail sentence after killing someone while driving his car? Question 53: Which two British clubs were the first and latest to be called United (as in Leeds United or Manchester United)? Question 54: Who was the first English player to play professionally outside of the UK? Question 55: Which two players scored in Manchester and Merseyside derbies in the same year? Question 56: Which two players, in the top English division, scored five goals for their respective teams on the same day? Question 57: Which team had six past and future England captains play for them in the same year? Question 58: Which current Premiership manager and his assistant manager both scored against their current club in the same game during their playing career? Question 59: Which player finished on the losing side in four FA Cup finals between 1985 and 1992? Question 60: Which player provided the assist for Ricky Villa's FA Cup winning Goal in 1981? Question 61: Where is the football league with the fewest teams in the world played? Question 62: Which former Manchester United player once scored nine goals in an FA Cup tie? Question 63: Which English League club has a pub in each corner of their ground? Question 64: Which current English non-league footballer played for Tottenham Hotspur the last time they beat Arsenal at Highbury? Question 65: Which club is the only founding member of the English Football League that Liverpool have never played? Question 66: Which country's national stadium is named after a 1966 World Cup linesman? Question 67: Who was Liverpool's first substitute ever used? Question 68: Which Arsenal player was first to score 100 goals for the club? Question 69: Which team played against Tottenham Hotspur in the first match to be played at White Hart Lane? Question 70: Which striker scored his first goal for Manchester United during his 30th appearance for the club? Question 71: When was the last time that Tottenham Hotspur were above Arsenal in the league when the two teams played each other in a league match (not including 29th October 2005, obviously)? Question 72: Which goalkeeper had a hand grenade thrown at him from the crowd during an English league game? Question 73: During his career, Eric Cantona was sent off in two successive games. Who were the opposition teams? Question 74: Who was the first black outfield player (i.e. any position except goalkeeper) in the top English division, and on what date was he born? Question 75: Which player currently on the books of Tottenham Hotspur is the Grandson of Cliff Jones? Question 76: Who signed for Manchester United from West Bromwich Albion on the same day as Bryan Robson? Question 77: Which former England player broke the league goals per season scoring record at three different clubs, still holding two of these records today? Question 78: Which former Tottenham Hotspur manager played only one senior game for England and scored with his first kick? Question 79: Which Ghanaian footballer once held the world record for the 100 yard sprint, at 10 seconds flat? Question 80: Which two players both reached the milestone of scoring 200 league goals at exactly the same age, 23 years and 290 days? Question 81: If a defender takes an indirect free kick and passes back to his goalkeeper, the keeper misses it and it enters the goal, what does the referee give? Question 82: Which two players have won the English Premier League, the FA Cup, The Champions League and the European Championship? Question 83: Which player scored his 100th goal for Arsenal and was sold four days later? Question 84: Which game saw the first crowd of over 100,000? Question 85: Which player appears on the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover? Question 86: How many goals have been scored in the top English division since the formation of the Football League in 1889? Question 87: What was Sven-Goran Eriksson's nickname as a child? Question 88: Which British player signed for three different current Premiership clubs in two days? Question 89: Which two players have won the English top division league championship and the FA Cup, and played for England against Scotland, Ireland and Wales all in the same season? (The two players achieved this feat in different years, not both in the same season) Question 90: Which President of a national Football Association invaded the pitch during one of his country's games and successfully changed the referee's decision, causing the ref to disallow a controversial goal? Question 91: Which game saw the first appearance of an English Football League club in the European Champions Cup? Question 92: Which player holds the record for the longest time without conceding a free kick in the World Cup Finals, and how many minutes was it between his fouls? Question 93: Which Scotland international player had his career cut short when he was struck by lightning and killed a year after winning the European Cup Winners Cup, having won the FA Cup the previous year? Question 94: Which two teams played in the first British match to feature a video screen inside the stadium? Question 95: Which team has played in the most draws in English Premiership history? Question 96: Who was the first England player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup qualifier? Question 97: Which World Cup 2006 player used to be a member of a Queen tribute band? Question 98: Which father and son goalkeepers, who played for the same team, won between them two FA Cup runners-up medals, one FA Cup winner's medal and a League Championship medal, having played a combined total of 608 league matches? Question 99: Which Charlton winger scored five goals in a league match, in which Charlton were losing 5-1 at half time, to help the club win the game 7-6? Question 100: Who was the first winger to score five goals in an English league match? Question 101: Who holds the record for the oldest player to make a debut in the English Football League, making his first appearance in the League at the age of 39? Question 102: Who was the only player in English league football to play in each of the first 20 seasons after the resumption of the League after the Second World War? Question 103: Which country's World Cup 2006 squad of 23 players played for 23 different clubs at the time of the tournament? Question 104: Who were the two scorers in the first English Football League match to have live commentary on the BBC? Question 105: Which coach was told by his country's leader, shortly before a World Cup, to win it or die? Question 106: Which player scored in the first English League match to be played on a Sunday? Question 107: Who was the first player to be capped for England while playing for a Scottish club? Question 108: Which footballer played for two teams in the FA Cup in one season? Question 109: Which footballer broke the record for highest valued British player (based on purchase price) three times in his career? Question 110: Which footballer caused the rules for corner kicks to be changed, to state that a second player must touch the ball before the corner taker can touch it again? Question 111: Who is currently the English Football League’s youngest manager? Question 112: What did Sepp Blatter, the FIFA General Secretary, once admit was "too complicated to understand"? Question 113: Which player had to have his leg amputated the season after scoring 46 goals in 30 matches in the old English Second Division (currently the Championship)? Question 114: During which mach were numbers on players' shirts worn for the first time in England? Question 115: Which game saw the highest score in English professional football? Question 116: Which footballer was undefeated for the first 59 caps of his international career? Question 117: Which footballer was the first to score three penalties in an English league match? Question 118: Which three sets of father and son footballers are the only such relatives to both have been capped for England? Question 119: During which game were floodlights used in an England international match? Question 120: Which player scored the first double hat-trick (six goals in one game) in a competitive match? Question 121: Which match was abandoned after a former England international refused to leave the pitch when sent off for foul and abusive language? Question 122: Who was Manchester United's only player/manager? Question 123: Who is officially the shortest player currently playing for an English Premiership team? Question 124: Which coach, who was an assistant manager at a current English Premiership club, went on to manage another English team and employed his previous manager as his assistant? Question 125: Which player holds the record for the shortest period of time between international appearances for his country's rugby and football teams? Question 126: Which president of a European football club was stopped by USA immigration recently, as he has the same name as a Mexican thief? Question 127: Who was the first woman to officiate in an FA Cup tie? |
