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Last Question result:

Question 203: By the time this competition closes (5th February 2012), how many Premier League games (1992-present) will Sir Alex Ferguson have played against managers whom he used to manage as players?
Answer: 69.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

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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.
The winner of our bonus 2006 World Cup draw for a signed Wayne Rooney photo was Mike Wilkinson, Melbourne, Australia.

Trivia details correct at time of publication, and are subject to future change...

Question 1: Which Premiership player wore the highest squad number in the 2000/2001 season?
Answer: Sebastian Svard, Arsenal, no. 49.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 2: Which Premiership club's stadium stands on a site which was used for public hangings?
Answer: Newcastle United, St James' Park stands on Gallowgate hill.
Winner: A Matsis, Quebec, Canada.
Wins: Teddy Sheringham and Gianfanco Zola signed photos.

Question 3: Which was the last newly-promoted club to win the League Championship, and in which season?
Answer: Nottingham Forest 1977/78.
Winner: A Matsis, Quebec, Canada.
Wins: Philip Cocu signed photo.

Question 4: Who took, and scored, the first penalty ever awarded in a World Cup Final?
Answer: Johan Neeskens scored the first penalty awarded in a Final in 1974 for Holland against West Germany.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Graeme Le Saux signed photo.

Question 5: Which two English players have scored the fastest and latest goals in the World Cup Finals, before 2002?
Answer: Fastest England goal: Bryan Robson, 27 seconds against France in 1982. Latest: David Platt scored in the 119th minute against Belgium in 1990.
Winner: Chris Chandler, Kent, UK.
Wins: Nigel Martyn signed photo.

Question 6: What was the lowest attendance ever recorded at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium?
Answer: 13,  Stockport v Leicester 1921.
Winner: Paul Stanton, High Peak, UK.
Wins: Rio Ferdinand signed photo.

Question 7: What was the highest attendance ever recorded at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium?
Answer: 76,962, Grimsby v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1939.
Winner: Paul Zannetti, Margate, UK.
Wins: Diego Forlan signed photo.

Question 8: What is legendary BBC commentator John Motson's middle name?
Answer: Walker
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

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?
Answer: Charles Burgess Fry.
Winner: Jason Williams, Hampshire, UK.
Wins: Michael Owen and John Motson signed photos.

Question 10: What was the half time score of Aston Villa's first ever game, against Aston Brook St Mary's rugby team?
Answer: 0-0. Villa won the game 1-0.
Winner: Paul Zannetti, Margate, UK.
Wins: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink signed photo.

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?
Answer: 103 not out.
Winner: Paul Zannetti, Margate, UK.
Wins: Nick Barmby signed photo.

Question 12: According to BBC Political Editor Andrew Marr, which Premiership football team does/did Osama bin Laden support?
Answer: Arsenal.
Winner: A Matsis, Quebec, Canada.
Wins: Les Ferdinand signed photo.

Question 13: What is former Charlton Athletic player Andy Hunt's current occupation?
Answer: Andy Hunt now runs a herbal remedy farm in Belize.
Winner: Mark Huckstep, Margate, UK.
Wins: David James signed photo.

Question 14: Who was a Director at Liverpool and Everton at the same time?
Answer: Edward Bainbridge, pre First World War.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 15: Which two Charlton Athletic players were sent off in an FA Cup tie for fighting each other?
Answer: Derek Hales and Mike Flanagan, against Maidstone, 9th January 1979.
Winner: Alan Smith, Gloucester, UK.
Wins: Mario Stanic and Jamie Redknapp signed photos.

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)
Answer: Gelatine Products Ltd, Cheshire, UK.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 17: What was Andy Cole's first car?
Answer: Ford Fiesta XR2.
Winner: Alan Smith, Gloucester, UK.
Wins: Robbie Keane and Paul Gascoigne signed photos.

Question 18: Which 1989 FA Cup runner-up played against George Best earlier in his career?
Answer: Kevin Sheedy played against Best while making his Hereford debut against Fulham in 1976.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 19: Which player was the first to play for England at every level, from schoolboy to the senior squad?
Answer: Terry Venables.
Winner: David Beckett, Great Yarmouth, UK.
Wins: Dietmar Hamman and Ed de Goey signed photos.

Question 20: Which player was once voted Pipe Smoker of the Year?
Answer: Jimmy Greaves was the 1985 winner, although we would have accepted the 1988 winner, Ian Botham, as he was also a professional footballer with Scunthorpe United.
Winner: David Farrugia, Balzan, Malta.
Wins: Gustavo Poyet signed photo.

Question 21: Which coach was arrested in 2002 for performing Black Magic before an international semi-final cup game?
Answer: Cameroon goalkeeping coach Thomas Nkono
Winner: Paul Zannetti, Margate, UK.
Wins: Jermain Defoe signed photo.

Question 22: Which player has made the most English Premiership appearances?
Answer: Gary Speed, Newcastle United
Winner: Paul Zannetti, Margate, UK.
Wins: Steve Marlet signed photo.

Question 23: On what date did legendary goalkeeper Pat Jennings make his 1000th professional appearance?
Answer: 26th February 1983, while playing for Arsenal against West Brom.
Winner: Paul Zannetti, Margate, UK.
Wins: Mark Viduka  signed photo.

Question 24: How much is the necklace that Victoria Beckham wore to England's 2002 pre-World Cup party worth?
Answer: £1.7m
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

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?
Answer: Nuno Gomes
Winner: Stuart Loynd, Manchester, UK.
Wins: Frank Leboeuf and Lomana Tresor Lua Lua signed photos.

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?
Answer: Andy Cole, 41 goals for Newcastle United in 1993/94.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Nolberto Solano signed photo.

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?
Answer: Phil Neal and Kenny Dalglish.
Winner: No correct answers received. Several people mentioned the above players, but none together in the same answer.

Question 28: Who was the first Englishman to play for Real Madrid?
Answer: Arthur V Johnson, who scored Madrid's only goal in their first official match, a 3-1 away defeat at Barcelona in May 1902.
Winner: Stuart Loynd, Manchester, UK.
Wins: Damien Duff signed photo.

Question 29: Which British player had his contract terminated in October 2003 for head butting his captain during a match?
Answer: Scott Morgan of Forest Green Rovers.
Winner: Paul Zannetti, Margate, UK.
Wins: Les Ferdinand signed photo.

Question 30: Which football players agent was a Commonwealth gold medal winner, and in what sport?
Answer: Sky Andrew (Sol Campbell's agent, amongst others) won the Commonwealth Gold medal for Table Tennis.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 31: Who was sent of for fighting with Tony Galvin in a  League Cup match?
Answer: Martin Jol of West Brom in the 1982/83 League Cup semi-final.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Jamie Redknapp and Nigel Martyn signed photos.

Question 32: What two rituals was Ajax physiotherapist Bernnie Muller required to do for luck before every game in the early 1970s?
Answer: Muller had to wear his lucky ski hat and buy a special osseworst sausage.
Winner: He's done it again, with the only correct answer, it's Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Geremi signed photo.

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?
Answer: Birmingham City in the Fairs Cup in 1961, who won 2-1.
Winner: Stuart Loynd, Manchester, UK.
Wins: Salif Diao signed photo.

Question 34: In 1979 it was Sunderland, in 1981 it was Villa. Who was it in 1980?
Answer: Trevor Booking, who scored the winning goal in the 1980 FA Cup final, the others being Alan Sunderland and Ricky Villa.
Winner: Gavin Grace, Galway, Ireland.
Wins: Ronaldo signed photo.

Question 35: Which two teams have lost the most European Cup/Champions League Finals?
Answer: Benfica and Juventus, both losing five finals.
Winner: Tom D'Arcy, London, UK.
Wins: Mark Viduka signed photo.

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?
Answer: Ruel Fox for Norwich in 1993
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Emmanuel Petit signed photo.

Question 37: Who is the youngest player to play in any World Cup match?
Answer: Souleymane Mamam, at 13, for Togo v Zambia, African qualifier 2001
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 38: Which current Juventus player was sent off, without even stepping on the pitch, in an English 1st Division game?
Answer: Enzo Maresca  for West Brom.
Winner: Susan Turner, Feltham, UK.
Wins: Eidur Gudjohnsen and Bruno Cheyrou signed photos.

Question 39: Which striker played for his country despite having lost an arm in a car accident?
Answer: VfB Stutgart's Robert Schlienz, who played for Germany in 1955/56.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over. (We did receive several answers of Hector Castro, who played for Uruguay, but lost part of his arm in a carpentry accident. Close, but no cigar!)

Question 40: How many managers has Southampton captain Jason Dodd played under in his Saints career?
Answer: 10: Chris Nicholl, Ian Branfoot, Alan Ball, Dave Merrington, Graeme Souness, Dave Jones, Glenn Hoddle, Stuart Gray, Gordon Strachan and Paul Sturrock
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Lee Bowyer and Massimo Maccarone signed photos.

Question 41: Which two "third generation" players, who's grandfather and father represented the same club, have played for Tottenham Hotspur?
Answer: Ollie Allen, son of Clive and grandson of Les, and Ronnie Henry, son of Stephen and Grandson of Ron, all six of who have played for Tottenham.
Winner: Tom D'Arcy, London, UK.
Wins: Mark Viduka signed photo.

Question 42: Which five men who have managed Premiership teams in the 2003/04 season, have also scored Premiership goals during their career?
Answer: Glenn Hoddle, who scored one for Chelsea against West Ham in 1994, Gordon Strachan, who scored a hat trick against Blackburn in 1992 and a goal against Arsenal in 1993, and Steve Bruce, who scored two against Sheffield Wednesday in 1993. Micky Adams scored four for Southampton in 92/93 and Chris Coleman scored for both Crystal Palace and Blackburn. David O'Leary scored no Premiership goals, by the way.
Winner: Paul Butterfield, Leeds, UK.
Wins: Bruno Cheyrou signed photo.

Question 43: Against which opposition did Alan Mullery play his only game as England captain?
Answer: Malta, on 3rd February 1971, England won 1-0.
Winner: Craig Skinner, Peterborough, UK.
Wins: Christian Ziege signed photo.

Question 44: Who was the youngest footballer ever to play in an FA Cup match?
Answer: Andy Awford aged 15 years 88 days, Worcester City v Boreham Wood 3rd qualifying round, 10 October 1987.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Dwight Yorke signed photo.

Question 45: Which three European nations have been knocked out four times in World Cup tournaments by the eventual winners?
Answer: England (2002, 1990, 1986, 1962), Holland (1994, 1990, 1978, 1974) and France (1978, 1966, 1958, 1938). 
Winner: Stuart Loynd, Manchester, UK.
Wins: Gennaro Gattuso signed photo.

Question 46: How many non-English World Cup winners have played in England?
Answer: 25: Robert Pires (Arsenal), Bernand Lama (West Ham), Laurent Blanc (Man Utd), Didier Deschamps (Chelsea), Marcel Desailly (Chelsea), Stephane Guivarc'h (Newcastle), Youri Djorkaeff (Bolton), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Fabien Barthez (Man Utd), Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal, Chelsea), Christian Karembeu (Middlesbrough), Frank Leboeuf (Chelsea), Patrick Vieira (Arsenal), Bernard Diomede (Liverpool), Christophe Dugarry (Birmingham), Alberto Tarantini (Birmingham), Jurgen Klinsmann (Tottenham Hotspur), Karl-Heinz Riedle (Liverpool), Roque Junior (Leeds), Juninho Paulista (Middlesbrough), Gilberto Silva (Arsenal), Kleberson (Man Utd), Branco (Middlesbrough), Oswaldo Ardilles (Tottenham Hotspur) and Ricardo Villa (Tottenham Hotspur).
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 47: What is  the highest attendance record for any international game held in Europe?
Answer: 149,415 at Hampden Park, 17th April 1937, when Scotland beat England 3-1.
Winner: Craig Skinner, Peterborough, UK.
Wins: Luis Figo and David Beckham signed photos.

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)?
Answer: Southampton (1976), Barnsley (1910, 1912), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1908, 1921), West Ham (1923, 1980), Sunderland (1973, 1992) and Millwall (2004).
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Jesper Gronkjaer signed photo.

Question 49: Who were the last two sets of brothers to play for Tottenham Hotspur?
Answer: Andy and John Poulston and Cyril and Peter Knowles.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 50: Which four teams merged to become non-league side Dagenham & Redbridge
Answer: llford FC merged with Leytonstone FC in 1979 to become Leytonstone & llford FC then they merged with Walthhamstow Avenue FC in 1988 but still played under the name Leytonstone/llford. Then in 1989 renamed themselves Redbridge FC and merged with Dagenham FC in 1992 to become Dagenham & Redbridge FC.
Winner: Jacqueline Leiper, Somerset, UK.
Wins: Jermaine Jenas and Mark Viduka signed photos.

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?
Answer: Ray Cashley, Bristol City v Hull City in 1973/74, Jim McDonagh, Bolton v Burnley in 1982/83, Steve Sherwood scored for Watford against Coventry in 1983/84 and Steve Ogrizovic, Coventry v Sheffield Wednesday in the 1986/87 season.
Winner: John McEwan, Midway, UK
Wins: Emmanuel Petit signed photo.

Question 52: Which current Premiership player escaped a jail sentence after killing someone while driving his car?
Answer: Patrick Kluivert.
Winner: Stephen James, Staffordshire, UK
Wins: Juan Sebastian Veron signed photo.

Question 53: Which two British clubs were the first and latest to be called United (as in Leeds United or Manchester United)?
Answer: Sheffield United, formed in 1889, and Airdrie United, formed in 2002.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: David Beckham signed photo.

Question 54: Who was the first English player to play professionally outside of the UK?
Answer: Herbert Kilpin, co-founder of AC Milan, who played for FC Torinese in 1891, then for Mediolanum Milano from 1898-1900 and AC Milan from 1900-07.
Winner: Tom D'Arcy, London, UK.
Wins: El-Hadji Diuof signed photo.

Question 55: Which two players scored in Manchester and Merseyside derbies in the same year?
Answer: Andrei Kanchelskis, in 1995 for Man Utd and Everton, and Nicholas Anelka, in 2002 for Liverpool and Man City.
Winner: Jon McEwan, Derbyshire, UK.
Wins: Adrian Mutu signed photo.

Question 56: Which two players, in the top English division, scored five goals for their respective teams on the same day?
Answer: Ian Rush scored five goals for Liverpool against Luton, and Tony Woodcock scored five for Arsenal against Aston Villa, both on 29th October 1983.
Winner: Tom D'Arcy, London, UK.
Wins: Wayne Bridge signed photo.

Question 57: Which team had six past and future England captains play for them in the same year?
Answer: Mick Channon, Dave Watson, Peter Shilton, Kevin Keegan, Mick Mills and Alan Ball all played for Southampton during 1982.
Winner: A Matsis, Quebec, Canada.
Wins: Hernan Jorge Crespo signed photo.

Question 58: Which current Premiership manager and his assistant manager both scored against their current club in the same game during their playing career?
Answer: Martin Jol and Chris Hughton, Tottenham Hotspur v West Brom, November 7th, 1981.
Winner: No correct Answers received, prize carried over.

Question 59: Which player finished on the losing side in four FA Cup finals between 1985 and 1992?
Answer: Paul Bracewell.
Winner: Gavin Munro, Angus, Scotland.
Wins: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Hugo Viana signed photos.

Question 60: Which player provided the assist for Ricky Villa's FA Cup winning Goal in 1981?
Answer: Tony Galvin.
Winner: Craig Skinner, Peterborough, UK.
Wins: Ronaldo signed photo.

Question 61: Where is the football league with the fewest teams in the world played?
Answer: Isles of Scilly, with two teams, who play each other 20 times a season and even have two cup competitions.
Winner: Jan Roclawski, West Yorkshire, UK.
Wins: Hernan Jorge Crespo signed photo.

Question 62: Which former Manchester United player once scored nine goals in an FA Cup tie?
Answer: Ted MacDougall,  in an 11-0 victory for Bournemouth against Margate in the FA Cup first round on 20 November 1971.
Winner: Amber Wilkinson, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Wins: Reto Ziegler signed photo.

Question 63: Which English League club has a pub in each corner of their ground?
Answer: Brentford FC
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Darius Vassell signed photo.

Question 64: Which current English non-league footballer played for Tottenham Hotspur the last time they beat Arsenal at Highbury?
Answer: Danny Hill, who now plays for Hornchurch.
Winner: Tom D'Arcy, London, UK.
Wins: Gary Flitcroft signed photo.

Question 65: Which club is the only founding member of the English Football League that Liverpool have never played?
Answer: Accrington FC.
Winner: Paul Zannetti, Margate, UK.
Wins: Jerzy Dudek signed photo.

Question 66: Which country's national stadium is named after a 1966 World Cup linesman?
Answer: Azerbaijan's, which is named after linesman Tofik Bakhramov.
Winner: Stuart Loynd, Manchester, UK.
Wins: Patrick Kluivert signed photo.

Question 67: Who was Liverpool's first substitute ever used?
Answer: Geoff Strong, 15th September 1965, during a home game against West Ham United.
Winner: Stuart Loynd, Manchester, UK.
Wins: Mateja Kezman signed photo.

Question 68: Which Arsenal player was first to score 100 goals for the club?
Answer: Jimmy Brain, who played for Arsenal between 1923-31.
Winner: Paul Tonna, Malta.
Wins: Mark Viduka signed photo.

Question 69: Which team played against Tottenham Hotspur in the first match to be played at White Hart Lane?
Answer: Notts County, on 4th September 1899. Tottenham won 4-1.
Winner: Annette Thomas, Norwich, UK
Wins: Jermain Defoe signed photocard.

Question 70: Which striker scored his first goal for Manchester United during his 30th appearance for the club?
Answer: Garry Birtles, who was sold back to Nottingham Forest in 1982, after a record of 12 goals in 64 appearances.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over. (Diego Forlan scored on his 27th appearance)

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)?
Answer: 29th April 1995.  Tottenham Hotspur were in 7th place and Arsenal were 10th.
Winner: Paul Tonna, Msida, Malta
Wins: Glenn Hoddle and Cristian Zenoni signed photos

Question 72: Which goalkeeper had a hand grenade thrown at him from the crowd during an English league game?
Answer: Brentford's Chic Brodie, Brentford v Millwall, 6th November 1965.
Winner: Paul Tonna, Msida, Malta
Wins: Mark Viduka signed photo.

Question 73: During his career, Eric Cantona was sent off in two successive games. Who were the opposition teams?
Answer: Swindon Town and Arsenal, in the 1993/94 season.
Winner: Paul Zannetti, Margate, UK.
Wins: William Gallas signed photo.

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?
Answer: Walter Tull, born on 28 April 1888.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Alan Smith signed photo.

Question 75: Which player currently on the books of Tottenham Hotspur is the Grandson of Cliff Jones?
Answer: Matt Wells.
Winner: Paul Tonna, Msida, Malta.
Wins: David Beckham signed photo.

Question 76: Who signed for Manchester United from West Bromwich Albion on the same day as Bryan Robson?
Answer: Remi Moses.
Winner: Julian Gamble, King's Lynn, England.
Wins: Fredi Kanoute signed photo.

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?
Answer: Eddie Harper, who scored 43 league goals for Blackburn Rovers in 1925-26, 36 league goals in the 1930-31 season for Tottenham Hotspur, and 37 league goals for Preston North End during the 1932-33 season.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 78: Which former Tottenham Hotspur manager played only one senior game for England and scored with his first kick?
Answer: Bill Nicholson played once for England, against Portugal on 19th May 1951 at Goodison Park, and scored with his first kick.
Winner: Paul Zannetti, Margate, UK.
Wins: Neil Mellor and Wayne Bridge signed photos.

Question 79: Which Ghanaian footballer once held the world record for the 100 yard sprint, at 10 seconds flat?
Answer: Arthur Wharton, who played in goal for Darlington, Preston,, Rotherham and Sheffield United, held the World record
for the 100 yards sprint winning the three A's race in 1886.
Winner: Biran Huddart, Washington, UK.
Wins: Boudewijn Zenden signed photo.

Question 80: Which two players both reached the milestone of scoring 200 league goals at exactly the same age, 23 years and 290 days?
Answer: Jimmy Greaves and Billy Dean.
Winner: Paul Zannetti, Margate, UK.
Wins: Mateja Kezman signed photo.

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?
Answer: A corner to the opposing team.
Winner: Stuart Loynd, Manchester, UK.
Wins: Ronaldo signed photo.

Question 82: Which two players have won the English Premier League, the FA Cup, The Champions League and the European Championship?
Answer: Nicolas Anelka and Peter Schmeichel.
Winner: Mike Wilkinson, Melbourne, Australia.
Wins: Michael Duberry signed photo.

Question 83: Which player scored his 100th goal for Arsenal and was sold four days later?
Answer: Joe Baker, 1962-66.
Winner: Paul Tonna, Malta.
Wins: Massimo Ambrosini signed photo.

Question 84: Which game saw the first crowd of over 100,000?
Answer: The FA Cup Final, 23 April 1901, between Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United at Crystal Palace, with an official attendance of 110,802.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 85: Which player appears on the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover?
Answer: Albert Stubbins.
Winner: Stuart Loynd, Manchester, UK.
Wins: Fredi Kanoute and Jonathan Stead signed photos.

Question 86: How many goals have been scored in the top English division since the formation of the Football League in 1889?
Answer: 131,686.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Harry Kewell signed Liverpool photo.

Question 87: What was Sven-Goran Eriksson's nickname as a child?
Answer: Two Pancakes, because he was so skinny.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Glen Johnson signed Chelsea photo.

Question 88: Which British player signed for three different current Premiership clubs in two days?
Answer: John Walker, who signed for Portsmouth and Arsenal on the same day from Vale of Clyde but the FA refused to accept registration and so he signed to Tottenham Hotspur the following day, 29th June 1931. (For all those who sent in Dietmar Hamann as the answer, how is he possibly British!?)
Winner: No correct answer received, prize carried over.

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)
Answer: Bobby Smith and Charlie Athersmith, who played for Tottenham Hotspur in the 1960s, and Aston Villa in the 1890s respectively.
Winner: Annette Thomas, Norwich, UK.
Wins: Kasey Keller and David Beckham signed photos.

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?
Answer: Sheikh Fahid Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, president of the Kuwaiti Football Association, Kuwait v France, 1982.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, England.
Wins: Sylvain Legwinski signed photo.

Question 91: Which game saw the first appearance of an English Football League club in the European Champions Cup?
Answer: Anderlecht v Manchester United, 12 September 1956. Man Utd won 2-0, and won the return leg 10-0.
Winner: David Farrugia, Malta.
Wins: Damien Duff signed photo.

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?
Answer: Lucio went 386 minutes without conceding a free-kick, until 40 minutes into Brazil v France, 1st July 2006, fouling Thierry Henry.
Winner: David Farrugia, Malta.
Wins: Ronaldo signed photo.

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?
Answer: John White, who won League and Cup Double with Tottenham Hotspur in 1961, the FA Cup in 1962 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1963. He was stuck by lightning in July 1964 while playing golf.
Winner: Stuart Loynd, Manchester, UK.
Wins: Craig Bellamy signed photo.

Question 94: Which two teams played in the first British match to feature a video screen inside the stadium?
Answer: Arsenal and Sunderland, at Highbury, 20th October 1984.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 95: Which team has played in the most draws in English Premiership history?
Answer: Aston Villa, with 165 draws from 557 games, up to 20 November 2006.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Mark Viduka and Claude Makelele signed photos.

Question 96: Who was the first England player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup qualifier?
Answer: Jackie Milburn of Newcastle United. England beat Wales 4-1 in Cardiff on 15th October 1949.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Rohan Ricketts signed photo.

Question 97: Which World Cup 2006 player used to be a member of a Queen tribute band?
Answer: Juan Pablo Sorin.
Winner: John Wesche, Oregon, USA.
Wins: Jay Jay Okocha signed photo.

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?
Answer: Hubert and Harold Pearson of West Bromwich Albion..
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

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?
Answer: Johnny Summers, 21 December 1957.
Winner: John Wesche, Oregon, USA.
Wins: Paolo Di Canio and Carlo Cudicini signed photos.

Question 100: Who was the first winger to score five goals in an English league match?
Answer: Andy McGuigan scored five for Liverpool in a 7-0 First Division win over Stoke on 4th January 1902.
Winner: No correct answers received. Prize carried over.

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?
Answer: Andy Cunningham, for Newcastle United against Leicester, 2nd February 1929, aged 39 years and 3 days.
Winner: John Wesche, Oregon, USA.
Wins: Lee Bowyer and David Beckham signed photos.

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?
Answer: Stan Lynn, of Aston Villa and Birmingham.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 103: Which country's World Cup 2006 squad of 23 players played for 23 different clubs at the time of the tournament?
Answer: Ghana
Winner: Dave Costidell, Gillingham, UK.
Wins: Markus Babbel and Mark Viduka signed photos.

Question 104: Who were the two scorers in the first English Football League match to have live commentary on the BBC?
Answer: Charlie Buchan scored for Arsenal, and Billy Gillespie for Sheffield United, in a 1-1 draw on 21 January 1927, at Highbury.
Winner: John Wesche, Oregon, USA.
Wins: Jonathan Stead signed photo.

Question 105: Which coach was told by his country's leader, shortly before a World Cup, to win it or die?
Answer: Italy coach Vittorio Pozzo. Italy beat Hungary 4-2 in the final.
Winner: Kevin Webster, London, UK.
Wins: Cristian Zenoni signed photo.

Question 106: Which player scored in the first English League match to be played on a Sunday?
Answer: Brian Clark, in Millwall's 1-0 victory over Fulham, 20 January 1974.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 107: Who was the first player to be capped  for England while playing for a Scottish club?
Answer: Joe Baker, the Nottingham Forest, Sunderland, Turin and Arsenal forward, while playing for Hibernian.
Winner: Peter Gough, High Wycombe, UK
Wins: Christian Abiatti and Hernan Crespo signed photos.

Question 108: Which footballer played for two teams in the FA Cup in one season?
Answer: Stan Crowther, who played in the 1958 Cup Final for Man Utd, having already played in the competition for Aston Villa during the 1957/58 season, after receiving special dispensation from the F.A., as United had lost eight of their players in the Munich Air Disaster.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 109: Which footballer broke the record for highest valued British player (based on purchase price) three times in his career?
Answer: Denis Law. Huddersfield Town to Manchester City in 1960 for £55,000, sold to Italian club Torino in 1961 for £110,000, then to Manchester United in 1962, for £115,000.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Kevin Phillips and Gary Flitcroft signed photos.

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?
Answer: Everton and England outside-right Sam Chedgzoy, in June 1924, after he dribbled the ball into the opponent's net from the corner flag. 
Winner: Riki York, Oregon, USA.
Wins: Olivier Daccourt signed photo.

Question 111: Who is currently the English Football League’s youngest manager?
Answer: Bury's Chris Casper, at 32 years old. 
Winner: David Fleming, Portsmouth, UK.
Wins: Shabani Nonda signed photo.

Question 112: What did Sepp Blatter, the FIFA General Secretary, once admit was "too complicated to understand"?
Answer: The seeding system for the 1994 World Cup draw, although we also accepted that he seemed to have trouble understanding the lottery for World Cup 2006 tickets.
Winner: Marvin Lemmon, Seatle, USA.
Wins: Nicolas Burdisso signed photo.

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)?
Answer: Derek Dooley, who played for Sheffield Wednesday, had his leg amputated after gangrene set in following a broken leg sustained. Dooley scored 46 goals in the 1952/53 season.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 114: During which mach were numbers on players' shirts worn for the first time in England?
Answer: England v Scotland, in the Home Championship at Villa Park, Birmingham, on 8th April 1922.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 115: Which game saw the highest score in English professional football?
Answer: Preston North End v Hyde, in the FA Cup, 15th October 1887, in which Preston won 26-0.
Winner: Pete Gough, High Wycombe, UK.
Wins: Mark Viduka, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Giorgio Chiellini signed photos.

Question 116: Which footballer was undefeated for the first 59 caps of his international career?
Answer: Brazil's Manuel Francisco dos Santos, aka Garrincha, who made his debut in 1955 and was on the losing side only once, his 60th and final game for Brazil during the 1966 World Cup Finals, with an international match  record of 52 wins, 7 draws and one loss.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 117: Which footballer was the first to score three penalties in an English league match?
Answer: Billy Walker, playing for Aston Villa scored the first hat-trick of penalties in the League, in a match against Bradford City on 12 November 1921.
Winner: John Wesche, Oregon, USA.
Wins: Geremi and Rafael van der Vaart signed photos.

Question 118: Which three sets of father and son footballers are the only such relatives to both have been capped for England?
Answer: George E. Eastham, 1 cap, 1935 and George R. Eastham, 19 caps, 1963-66; Brian Clough, 2 caps, 1959 and Nigel Clough, 14 caps, 1989-93; Frank R. G. Lampard, 2 caps, 1972-80 and Frank J. Lampard, 60 caps, 1999-2007. (Shaun Wright-Phillips is Ian Wright's stepson)
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Mark Viduka signed photo.

Question 119: During which game were floodlights used in an England international match?
Answer: USA v England, New York, 8th June 1953. England won 6-3.
Winner: John Wesche, Oregon, USA.
Wins: Evgeni Aldonin signed photo.

Question 120: Which player scored the first double hat-trick (six goals in one game) in a competitive match?
Answer: Jack Southworth scored six in Everton's 7-1 win over West Brom, 30th December 1893.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 121: Which match was abandoned after a former England international refused to leave the pitch when sent off for foul and abusive language?
Answer: Jimmy Greaves was sent off while playing for Barnet against Chelmsford, 17th November 1977, and refused to leave the pitch.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 122: Who was Manchester United's only player/manager?
Answer: Clarence "Lal" Hiditch, 1926-27.
Winner: Annette Thomas, Norwich, UK.
Wins: Jussi Jaaskelainen, David Beckham and Shabani Nonda signed photos.

Question 123: Who is officially the shortest player currently playing for an English Premiership team?
Answer: Tottenham Hotspur's Aaron Lennon, who stands at 5'5" (1.66m).
Winner: Ciaran Floyd, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Wins: John O'Shea signed photo.

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?
Answer: Stewart Houston, who was Bruce Rioch's assistant at Arsenal and employed Rioch as his assistant when he managed QPR.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 125: Which player holds the record for the shortest period of time between international appearances for his country's rugby and football  teams?
Answer: Arsenal's K.P. O'Flanagan played rugby for Ireland against France on 26 January 1946, and football for Ireland against Scotland seven days later.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

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?
Answer: Real Madrid president Ramón Calderón, who was stopped by USA immigration  at JFK airport in 2007.
Winner: Ciaran Floyd, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Wins: Tomas Ujfalusi, Bobby Zamora and Julio Cruz signed photos.

Question 127: Who was the first woman to officiate in an FA Cup tie?
Answer: Mrs Liz Forsdick, who was a lineswoman for the 3rd qualifying round tie between Burgess Hill Town and Carshalton on 17th October 1981.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Jermain Defoe signed photocard.

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?
Answer: Queen's Park, who conceded their first goal to a Scottish team, Vale of Leven, on 16 January 1875. London team Wanderers were the first team to beat Queen's Park, in February 1876, and Vale of Leven were successful again at the end of the 1876 season, becoming the first Scottish team to beat them.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 129: Which coach, then working for a current English League 1 (3rd tier) club, came out of retirement to score a hat-trick in his first League appearance for 18 months?
Answer: John Manning, who coached Crewe Alexandra, on 13 February 1975.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 130: Which team hit the crossbar the most times in the 2007/08 English Premier League season?
Answer: Tottenham Hotspur hit the crossbar 15 times in the 38 league games.
Winner: Damian Yeats, Blackburn, UK.
Wins: Alan Smith, Nolberto Solano and Michael Duberry signed photos.

Question 131: Back in the days when FA Cup ties used to be replayed ad nauseam if the result was a draw, which two teams competed in the longest such Cup tie?
Answer: On 22 November 1971, Alvechurch beat Oxford City 1-0 at the sixth attempt.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Giorgio Chiellini signed photo.

Question 132: Which player was refused registration by the English Football League, due to outstanding fees owed to Leeds Utd by Juventus and Roma?
Answer: John Charles. Juventus and Roma owed Leeds United balances of fees incurred in April 1957 and November 1962 respectively.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 133: Which team won 59 consecutive home games while racing through the fourth, third and second English League divisions?
Answer: Millwall, who's run was ended by Plymouth Argyle in the 1966/67 season.
Winner: Ciaran Floyd, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Wins: Cristian Zenoni and Pascal Chimbonda signed photos.

Question 134: After which game was post-match drug testing undertaken for the first time in England?
Answer: England v Uruguay, 11 July 1966.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 135: After which club match (i.e. not an international game) was post-match drug testing undertaken for the first time in England?
Answer: Swindon Town v Brentford,  FA Cup, 26 November 1979.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 136: During which game were floodlights used for the first time in Great Britain for an international match?
Answer: Floodlights were switched on late in the second half of England's 4-1 win over Spain at Wembley on 30 November 1955.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 137: Which two teams competed in the first ever English League match to be played at Wembley Stadium?
Answer: Clapton Orient beat Brentford 3-0, on 22 November 1930, in a Division Three South match at Wembley Stadium, as Orient's pitch was considered below league standards. They played one more league match at Wembley, against Southend United, two weeks later.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 138: During which season were all of the top division English clubs playing in the fourth round of the FA Cup for the first time in the competition's history?
Answer: During the 2000/2001 season, all 20 Premier League clubs were in the draw for the FA Cup fourth round.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 139: Which player was the first substitute to score an English League goal?
Answer: Bobby Knox, playing for Barrow against Wrexham on 21st August 1965.
Winner:  David Farrugia, Ireland.
Wins: Bastian Schweinsteiger, Steven Reid, Wilfred Bouma, Reto Ziegler and Karel Brukner signed photos, and a Paul Robinson signed photocard.

Question 140: Who was the first footballer to play for two spells at Glasgow Rangers, playing for rivals Celtic in between?
Answer: Kenny Miller: Rangers 2000-01, Celtic 2006-07, Rangers 2008-
Winner:  Anthony Matsis, London, UK.
Wins: Henrik Pedersen signed photo.

Question 141: Which footballer holds the record for the fastest sending off, timed from match kick off?
Answer: Lee Todd, playing for Cross Farm Park Celtic away at Taunton East Reach Wanderers, 8th October 2000, was sent off after two seconds for using foul and abusive language in complaining about the loudness of the referee's whistle. Cross Farm Park Celtic went on to win 11-2.
Winner:  Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Mark Viduka signed photo.

Question 142: For which match were the longest odds offered against a home side winning in the English Premier League?
Answer: Derby County v Manchester United, 15 March 2008. Derby were 1/14 to win the game.
Winner:  No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 143: Who was the first goalkeeper to captain the senior English national team?
Answer: Alexander Morten, against Scotland on 8 March 1873.
Winner:  Paul Woodhouse, Manchester, UK.
Wins: Louis Saha and Danny Mills signed photos.

Question 144: Which two players were both credited with scoring the same own goal in an English League match?
Answer: Leicester City's Jack Froggart and Stan Milburn shared an own goal in their match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on 18th December 1958.
Winner:  Paul Woodhouse, Manchester, UK.
Wins: Dejan Stankovic signed photo.

Question 145: Who was the first Chinese-born player to play  in the English Football League?
Answer: Cheung Chi-Doy, playing for Blackpool against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 14 January 1961.
Winner:  No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 146: Which two clubs were the first to face each other 100 times in the English Football League?
Answer: Aston Villa and Sunderland, 1st January 1953. The match finished Sunderland 2 Aston Villa 2.
Winner:  No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 147: Who was the first substitute to play in an international match?
Answer: D. Davies replaced the injured L.R. Roose in goal for Wales, in the international game against England on 16th March 1908. England won 7-1
Winner:  No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 148: Which club was the first to use shin guards?
Answer: The first football team to use shin guards was Nottingham Forest, in 1874. They were invented by their centre forward Sam Widdowson.
Winner:  Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Giorgio Chiellini, Gary Speed, Steven Reid and Mark Viduka signed photos.

Question 149: Who was the first Indian born player to score in the English Football League?
Answer: Richard Alfred William "Ricky" Heppolette, born in Bhusawal, near Bombay, scored for Preston North End against Charlton on 9th August 1969. Heppolette was also the first Indian born player to appear in the English League, making his debut against Middlesbrough on 20th April 1968.
Winner:  John Wesche, Oregon, USA.
Wins: Mark Viduka signed photo.

Question 150: Who was the first player to be sent off three times in a single English football season?
Answer: Wrexham goalkeeper Eddie Niedzwiecki was sent off for the third time in a single season on 30 April 1983.
Winner:  No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 151: Which six players have scored in 10 consecutive English League matches in a single season?
Answer: There are actually SEVEN players who have completed this feat! We missed the first footballer who managed this: Bertram Feeman, for Everton in 1906-07. The other six were Tom Phillipson, for Wolverhampton Wanderers, and George Camsell, for Middlesborough, both in the 1926-27 season; Dixie Dean, for Everton, 1930-31; Billy McAdams, for Manchester City, 1957-58; Ron Davies, for Southampton, 1966-67; and Jermain Defoe, for AFC Bournemouth, 2000-01.
Winner:  We have decided to award the prize to Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK, who missed out George Camsell, but who submitted the only entry that didn't include an incorrect answer. John Aldridge, James Beattie and Ruud van Nistelrooy have not managed this feat, at least not League games in the same season.
Wins: Dejan Stankovic and David Beckham signed photos.

Question 152: Which current English Premier League manager once played for his club and his nation on the same day?
Answer: Mark Hughes, who, on 11th November 1987, played in Wales's 2-0 loss away against Czechoslovakia and came on in the second half for Bayern Munich in the cup game against Borussia Monchengladbach
Winner:  Paul Woodhouse, Manchester, UK.
Wins: Mark Viduka signed photo.

Question 153: Which national side once refused to enter a team for the World Cup Finals, which they had qualified for, as they had previously stated that they would only enter if they finished top of their qualifying group?
Answer: Scotland, in 1950.
Winner: Jordan Henkel, Oregon, USA.
Wins: Ronaldo signed photo.

Question 154: Which player was the first son of a former senior England player to play for the senior England team?
Answer: George Eastham Jr, son of George Eastham Snr, on 8th May 1963.
Winner: Jordan Henkel, Oregon, USA.
Wins: Gianluca Zambrotta signed photo.

Question 155: Which match saw the first FA Cup tie to be played under floodlights?
Answer: Kidderminster Harriers v Brierley Hill Alliance FC, 14 September 1955.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Mark Viduka signed photo.

Question 156: Which four players have each suffered relegation from the English Premier League with four different clubs?
Answer: Hermann Hreidarsson: Charlton 2006-07, Ipswich Town 2001-02, Wimbledon 1999-2000, Crystal Palace 1997-98 .
Ashley Ward: Bradford City 2000-01, Blackburn Rovers 1998-99, Barnsley 1997-98, Norwich City 1994-95.
Nathan Blake: Wolverhampton Wanderers 2003-04, Blackburn Rovers 1998-99, Bolton Wanderers 1997-98, Sheffield United 1993-94.
Nigel Quashie: West Bromwich Albion 2005-06, Southampton 2004-05, Nottingham Forest 1998-99, Queens Park Rangers 1995-96.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 157: Which player once scored nine hat tricks in his first full season at a top flight English club, having moved up from the third tier, and went on to become top scorer at his new club for ten consecutive seasons?
Answer: George Camsell, for Middlesborough in 1926-27.
Winner: Paul Zannetti, Margate, UK.
Wins: Andrew Taylor and Alberto Gilardino signed photos.

Question 158: Which player was the first professional British footballer to refuse to play on a Sunday for religious reasons?
Answer: Swindon Town goalkeeper Jimmy Allan, on 30th January 1974.
Winner: Paul Woodhouse, Manchester, UK.
Wins: Juliano Belletti signed photo.

Question 159: Who is the oldest outfield footballer to have played in the English Premier League this season?
Answer: Burnley midfielder Graham Alexander, born 10th October 1971.
Winner: Paul Woodhouse, Manchester, UK.
Wins: David Wheater signed photo.

Question 160: Which two players have scored seven goals in a single top-flight English League game?
Answer: James Ross for Preston North End, PNE v Stoke, 6th October 1888, and Ted Drake for Arsenal, Aston Villa v Arsenal, 14th December 1935.
Winner: Ciaran Floyd, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Wins: Roman Pavlyuchenko signed photo.

Question 161: Who was the first goalkeeper to score a hat trick in a professional competitive match?
Answer: Jose Luis Chilavert, for Velez Sarsfield against Ferro Carril Oeste on 28 November 1999.
Winner: Peter Faragher, Castletown, Isle of Man.
Wins: Mark Noble signed photo.

Question 162: Which two English Premiership managers pitted their wits against each other for the first time in 2009, despite having been in charge for over 1500 matches between them?
Answer: Harry Redknapp and Mick McCarthy, on 12th December 2009.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over (Alex Ferguson and Alex McLeish met on 1st January 2008).

Question 163: Which two players have scored hat tricks, against three different goalkeepers in single league games in the top English division?
Answer: David Herd, for Manchester United against Sunderland, 26 November 1966, and Alvin Martin, for West Ham United against Newcastle United, 21 April 1986.
Winner: Paul Woodhouse, Manchester, UK.
Wins: Sergei Semak and Brad Friedel signed photos.

Question 164: Who is the only player to have scored in the FA Youth Cup, the FA Cup and the English Premier League in the same season?
Answer: Danny Sturridge, for Chelsea, 2007-08.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Alessandro Diamanti signed photo.

Question 165: Which match saw the first double digit score (i.e. one team scoring 10 or more) in a single leg of the English League Cup?
Answer: Liverpool beat Fulham 10-0 in the first leg of the second round, 23 September 1983.
Winner: John Wesche, Oregon, USA.
Wins: Sergei Ignashevich signed photo.

Question 166: Roman Pavlyuchenko came off the bench to score two goals as a substitute in Tottenham Hotspur's 4-0 win over Bolton in the 2010 FA Cup Fifth Round replay against Bolton. Name the two other players who have scored two goals in a single game as substitutes for Tottenham.
Answer: Darren Bent and Steffan Iversen.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 167: On what date was an entire round of the FA Cup postponed due to bad weather for the first time?
Answer: 5th Round, 8th Ferbruary 1969
Winner: Laura Norton, Oregon, USA.
Wins: Jose Bosingwa and Jack Collison signed photos.

Question 168: Which former Tottenham Hotspur footballer played in 247 consecutive league games?
Answer: Ted Ditchburn, April 1948-March 1954.
Winner: Ciaran Floyd, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Wins: Shabani Nonda signed photo.

Question 169: Which English cup game was decided on penalties, including one taken by a player who had been substituted during the match?
Answer: Peterborough won their Watney Cup match against Blackpool, on 31 July 1972, 7-6 on penalties. Don Heath was allowed to take a spot kick despite being substituted during the match. The Football League decided that the result must stand.
Winner: No correct answer received, prize carried over.

Question 170: During which season did the greatest number of teams all finish bottom of their English Football League division, with the same number of points?
Answer:At the end of the 1897/98 season, Preston North End, Notts County, Bury, Blackburn Rovers and Stoke all finished bottom of Division One with 24 points.
Winner: No correct answer received, prize carried over.

Question 171: Who was the first person to be knighted in the UK for services to football?
Answer: Sir John Charles Clegg, who was knighted by King George V in 1927.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Mark Viduka, Tore Andre Flo and Zavon Hines signed photos.

Question 172: Who scored the fastest ever goal scored by an away team at Barcelona's  Camp Nou stadium in the Champions League?
Answer: Aleksandr Ryazantsev, after two minutes of play, on 20th October 2009, for Rubin Kazan.
Winner: Annette Thomas, Norwich, UK.
Wins: John O'Shea signed Manchester United photo.

Question 173: Which club side was the first to provide all of the players of an official England international team?
Answer: Corinthians, on 12 March 1894, when England beat Wales 5-1 at Wrexham.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 174: Who was the first player from the 4th tier of English league football (i.e. current League Two, previous 3rd Division, or 4th Division prior to 1992) to win a full senior international Cap?
Answer: Crystal Palace goalkeeper Vic Rouse, for Wales, on 22 April 1959.
Winner: Paul Woodhouse, Manchester, UK.
Wins:  Junior Stanislas and Branislav Ivanovic signed photos.

Question 175: Who is the only player to have scored for both teams (not own goals) in Tottenham v Arsenal matches?
Answer: Jimmy Robertson (Spurs 1964-68/Arsenal 1968-70)
Winner: Brett Clouser, Minneapolis, USA.
Wins:   Juliano Belletti signed photo.

Question 176: Which four current Liverpool players have scored more goals against them than for them?
Answer: Jamie Carragher (6), Joe Cole (4), Paul Konchesky (1), Pepe Reina (1).
Winner: No Correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 177: Which club has fielded more players in its history than any other team?
Answer: Stockport County, 1284 players.
Winner: No Correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 178: Which match was the first to feature live coverage on large screens at the away team's stadium?
Answer: Cardiff City v Coventry City, 7 October 1965.
Winner: No Correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 179: Who is the only player to have won the main domestic cup competition (FA Cup or equivalent) in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland?
Answer: Jimmy Delaney, 1954 Irish Cup winner with Derry, 1948 FA Cup winner with Man Utd, and 1937 Scottish Cup winner with Celtic.
Winner: Mike Berry, Hereford, UK.
Wins: Luis Jimenez, Ricardo Carvalho, Igor Semshov and Mark Viduka signed photos.

Question 180: Which former England star won his last five international caps under five different managers?
Answer: Darren Anderton: 18/11/98 under Glenn Hoddle v Czech Republic, 10/02/99 under Howard Wilkinson v France, 02/09/00 under Kevin Keegan v France, 15/11/00 under Peter Taylor v Italy, and 10/11/01 under Sven-Göran Eriksson v Sweden.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Carlton Cole signed photo.

Question 181: Which player finished a league season as two different clubs' top scorer, while both teams were relegated?
Answer: Andy Wilson, who was top scorer for Middlesbrough with 8 goals, and Chelsea's top scorer with 5 goals, when both teams were relegated in 1924.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 182: Tottenham Hotspur recently won two consecutive league games with only 10 men. Which was the last team to accomplish this in the top English division?
Answer: Southampton, in 1998.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 183: Which team were the first to score two or more goals in each of their six European Champions League group games?
Answer: Tottenham Hotspur, 2010/11.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 184: Which player scored the first international goal directly from a corner kick?
Answer: Argentina's Cesareo Onzari scored against Uruguay, on 2 October 1924.
Winner: Paul Woodhouse, Manchester, UK
Wins: Mark Viduka, Steve Bruce, Deco and Wilson Palacios signed photos.

Question 185: To which schoolboy did Ian Rush award a pair of his boots, being top scorer in his 1990 Ian Rush tournament?
Answer: Andriy Shevchenko.
Winner: Mark Wedlake, London, UK
Wins: Valon Behrami signed photo.

Question 186: Which player scored eight goals on his senior professional debut, in a competitive league match?
Answer: James Dyet, in King's Park's 13-2 win against Forfar Athletic in Scottish League Division Two, 2nd January 1930.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over (we did have an entry of Johan Voskamp, who scored 8 on his debut for Sparta Rotterdam in 2010, but this was not his senior professional debut).

Question 187: Which national coach was ordered by FIFA to stop smoking during games?
Answer: Mexico coach Ricardo La Volpe, during the 2006 World Cup Finals.
Winner: Paul Woodhouse, Manchester, UK.
Wins: Paul Ince and Herita Ilunga signed photos.

Question 188: Which are the only two teams to have progressed to the quarter finals of the European Champions League after losing the first leg of their last 16 match at home?
Answer: Internazionale and Ajax
Winner: Mark Wedlake, London, UK.
Wins: Branislav Ivanovic signed photo.

Question 189: Who was the only player from the first England Schoolboys side to play against a foreign team, to go on to play for the senior England team?
Answer: Barry Bridges, 1965.
Winner: No correct answer received, prize carried over.

Question 190: Which was the first English club to score 100 league goals in a season?
Answer: Sunderland, 1893.
Winner: Annette Thomas, Norwich, UK.
Wins: Mark Viduka and Nicky Butt signed photos.

Question 191: Which player has/had the longest full name in English football league history?
Answer: Arthur Griffiths Stanley Sackville Redvers Trevor Boswin Trevis, who made his professional debut for West Bromwich Albion in 1934.
Winner: No correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 192: Which Welsh player has more goals in English football league history that any other Welshman?
Answer: Ron Davies, who played for Southampton among others, scored 275 in 549 league games, 1959-1975.
Winner: Herbie Cullen, Mombassa, Kenya.
Wins: Mick Mills and Danny Sturridge signed photos.

Question 193: Which player holds the record for the longest professional career at a single club? Note: amateur and youth contracts not included.
Answer: Everton goalkeeper Ted Sagar, 24 years and one month, from 29th March 1929 to May 1953.
Winner: No correct answer received, prize carried over.

Question 194: Who was the only footballer to be registered as a player at English Football League clubs during each one of the 20 seasons between World War I and World War II?
Answer: George Mee, who played for eight different clubs between the wars, most notably for Accrington Stanley and Blackpool.
Winner: No correct answer received, prize carried over.

Question 195: What were Ecuador's players promised if they beat England in the 2006 World Cup 2nd round?
Answer: A herd of cattle each, gifted by Ecuador's president.
Winner: Julian Dolan, Enniskerry, Ireland.
Wins: Salomon Kalou, Mark Noble and Steve Foster signed photos.

Question 196: Which two teams traveled the most miles and the least miles to play games during the 2011/12 English Premier League pre-season?
Answer: Chelsea travelled the most, clocking up 19,091 miles with a tour of Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong. Swansea travelled the least, just 19 miles, playing away against Neath and Port Talbot.
Winner: There was an error in the original question, which asked about the 2010/11 season. The answer for that season was Blackpool (400 miles) and Everton (23,810 miles). Julian Dolan, of Enniskerry, Ireland, supplied the only correct answer, so we have decided to award him the prize.
Wins: Ricardo Oliveira signed Brazil photo.

Question 197: Who is the only player to have played Premier League games for six different teams, but has never scored a Premier League goal (as of 5th September 2011)?
Answer: Wayne Routledge, who has never scored a Premier League goal for Crystal Palace, Tottenham, Portsmouth ,Fulham, Aston Villa, or Newcastle, and now a seventh Premier League team, Swansea.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Gary McAllister signed Liverpool photo.

Question 198: Who was the first player in the UK to score a league goal directly from a corner kick?
Answer: Billy Alston of St Barnards became the first player to score directly from a corner, against Albion Rovers in the Scottish Second Division on 21st August 1924.
Winner: No Correct answers received, prize carried over.

Question 199: Which team lost the Scottish FA Cup final by failing to turn up?
Answer: Rangers, in 1879, and also Vale of Leven in 1884.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Gary Birtles and Mark Viduka signed photos.

Question 200: Which team's substitutes scored the most English Premier League goals in the 2010/11 season?
Answer: Manchester United, who's substitutes scored 11 Premier League goals.
Winner: Cherie Jones, Wexford, UK.
Wins: Carlton Cole signed photo.

Question 201: Which player scored all seven of his team's goals in an English FA Cup game but still ended up on the losing side?
Answer: Wilfred Minter, for St Albans City, who lost 8-7 to Dulwich Hamlet in the FA Cup fourth qualifying tie on 22nd November 1922.
Winner: Helmi Iskandar Bin Jalil, Jurong West, Singapore.
Wins: Danny Sturridge signed photo.

Question 202: Which team were the first to win an English FA Cup tie via a penalty shootout?
Answer: Birmingham City, against Stoke City in a third place playoff on 5th August 1972.
Winner: Michael Fitzpatrick, Basingstoke, UK.
Wins: Carlton Cole signed photo.

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