Football Quiz

[SeaJayPea]

1. Who is the most recent man to have been appointed England football captain for the first time?

2. Who was the first foreign player to be Football Writers' Association Player of the Year?

3. Which football team do we know for certain was supported by one Matthew Simmons in 1995?

4. Who had to resign as a director of his home town football club in 1998 after referring to his star striker as Mary Poppins and their female supporters as 'dogs'?

5. Having won a League Cup Winner's medal in 2000 and an FA Trophy one in May 2007, who was the first footballer to have won at both the old and new Wembley stadiums?

6. Which was the most recent year in which the winners of all three of the major English football competitions - the Premier League (or old First Division), the FA Cup and the many versions of the League Cup - were all led by English managers?

7. Which former footballer failed a trial with QPR, turned down the opportunity to play for Hull City and played non-league for Wealdstone while training to be a plumber? In 1983, Bobby Gould took him to Coventry City from where he went on to play for four other clubs and 74 times for England.

8. Who is the only man to have captained England at football and managed a club in a European Cup Final?

9. The footballer Keith Peacock, Gavin's dad, spent almost his entire career as both player and coach with Charlton Athletic. He's back there now as a director. He was also the first player to do what?

10. The Premier League started in August 1992, but it wasn't until January 2006 that anybody scored a hat-trick against Manchester Utd in that competition. Who scored those goals?

[EGTB]

No 7 should be Stuart Pearce

He failed a trial for QPR , played for Wealdstone , then Coventry in 1983 and then 4 other clubs, But the number of games recorded for England is 78 though some records show 75

http://www.givemefoot...rofiles/stuart-pearce

[EGTB]

No 2
Johnny Carey -Ireland (1948-49)
after that it would have been

Bert Trautmann- Germany (155-56)

[SeaJayPea]

You're right EGTB, dunno why I put 74, I knew it to be 78. Fat fingers, I suppose. Thanks for pointing it out.

[EGTB]

9 He was the first substitute ever to be used in the Football League

[EGTB]

Hi,
from your post you have set the quiz - does that mean you want the answers posting as a complete set once worked out -rather than individually . If so ,sorry that i got the wrong gist .

[SeaJayPea]

Whichever you wish. Bear in mind that other people may submit answers as well if you delay. Thanks for the interest.

[mark01]

5. Steve Guppy
8. Jimmy Armfield
10. David Bentley

[SeaJayPea]

Good one, Mark. All are right so far, just Nos 1, 3, 4 and 6 to get.

[joeluke]

3. Crystal Palace (he was the spectator kung fu kicked by Cantona)
4. Freddie Shepherd?

[SeaJayPea]

Both right joeluke. Two more to go..

[mark01]

1. Wayne Rooney
6. 1984

[SeaJayPea]

Get in. Both right Mark,

That's the lot.

Thanks for taking part

[Davethedog]

Stuart Pearce is an Electrician not a plumber.