Planet Swans ArchivesMany of you have a wonderful knowledge of the world of football and enjoy footballing facts. Therefore I have decided to include a weekly Quiz and a weekly Quotation and on occasions strange happenings in the football world, for your enjoyment (or torture?). Oh well then let’s give it a go. If you enjoy this new column, let me know. If you don’t like the column still let me know, your opinions count and will depend on if it stays
Test your football general knowledge and don’t think it’s going to be easy?
QUIZ 1
1/ Who did Gary Lineker score his first England goal against?
2/ Which noted Angler said in 1993″if Kevin Keegan fell in the Tyne, he’d come up with a Salmon in his mouth?
3/ Jimmy McGuigan, Joe Shaw, and Frank Barlow all managed which England League Club?
4/ In which year did Bobby Moore win his last England cap?
5/Beside Liverpool, which other club has had Anfield as its home ground?
6/ Which Luton, Manchester United and Chelsea defender won 91 caps for Northern Ireland?
7/ Who was the Danish Coach in Euro 96?
8/ Which former Everton player was known as “inchy”?
9/ Which 4th Division team put first Division Millwall out of the cup in 1990?
10/ What is Exeter City Nickname?
Well how did you do? Check your answers below
Strange happenings in the football world Swansea’s and Jamaican player Walter Boyd was probably the first player to be sent off having spent zero seconds on the pitch, Boyd came on as sub against Darlington and became involved in some penalty area pushing and was shown a red card by ref Clive Wilkins who later confirmed that as the game had not been restarted technically the sending off had taken place when Boyd had been on the pitch for zero seconds
In 1945 Grimsby Town were ordered to stop the practice of giving the opposition a crate of locally caught fish, as it could be considered a bribe
ANSWERS to QUIZ 1
1/ Republic of Ireland
2/ Jack Charlton
3/ Chesterfield
4/ 1974
5/ Everton (1884-92)
6/ Mal Donaghy
7/ Richard Moller Nielsen
8/ Adrian Heath
9/ Cambridge United
10/ The Grecians
Let the message board know how you did, anyone with 10 out of 10?
Well Done! Easy isn’t it with the answers at the bottom, watch out next week see how you do without the answers in front of you.
I leave you with this weeks Quotation by Eva Dijkstra, Model, on Les Ferdinand
“He loves Sex but he always checked the football results on Teletext first”.
Dave (Le rave) H.
