A CENTURY OF QUESTIONS; TEST YOUR SOCCER KNOWLEDGE

Sunday Mirror, Jan 2, 2000

1Who dedicated his European Footballer of the Year Award to Nelson Mandela in 1987?

2Which errant England star of the 1970s memorably remarked: "If I had the choice of a night with Raquel Welch or going to the betting shop, I'd choose the betting shop"?

3Eight grounds that hosted top-flight football in the last 30 years are no longer used for League football. Name them.

4Which English football personality hit the lower reaches of the pop charts in June 1979 with "Head Over Heels In Love"?

5Who was the Football Writers' Association's first Player of the Year in 1948 and also later became the first footballer to be knighted?

6Which famous referee was in charge of the 1966 FA Cup Final and the 1974 World Cup Final?

7Why were Luton Town kicked out of the 1986 Littlewoods Cup?

8Which current Premiership manager was enrolled in the 92 Club in 1986 after visiting every English league ground?

9Why did the Southampton team sheet for an October 1988 fixture with Sheffield Wednesday create post-war football history?

10Who am I? Born in Lambeth in 1959, I began my career with Reading. My biggest claim to fame is that I'm the Cup-winning goalscorer most people forget.

11Which great manager of the 1970s and 1980s once quipped: "Mind, I've been here during the bad times too. One year we came second."

12Name the year. Celtic become the first British club to win the European Cup, Rangers and Leeds United lost in the Cup Winners Cup and Fairs Cup Finals respectively and Spurs beat Chelsea in the all- London FA Cup Final.

13For how many games did Leeds United remain unbeaten from the start of the 1973-74 season?

14Against which South American nation, in February 1998, did Liverpool's Michael Owen become England's youngest player this century?

15Name the only club to have played in the Premiership, Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4 as well as both the old Third Division North and South.

16An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman were all voted European Player of the Year in the 1960s. What was the link between them?

17Which player scored the first hat-trick in Wembley play-off history in May 1998?

18Who scored the first goal of England's successful 1966 World Cup Final campaign against Mexico?

19What did Leeds United do in 1995 that Manchester United repeated in 1997 and Sunderland did in 1999?

20Zinedine Zidane scored two of France's goals in the 3-0 World Cup Final win over Brazil. Who scored the other?

21The FA Cup Final moved to Wembley in 1923. Where was the 1922 Final staged?

22Identify the club. We were the first FA Cup winners of the 20th Century, walloping Southampton 4-0 and followed this with a 6-0 Final slaughter of Derby County in 1903. Later we unearthed two England internationals in Colin Bell and Terry McDermott and sold striker David Johnson to Ipswich Town for pounds 1.1 million.

23Which Premiership manager lost his job after his side drew their first two games of the 1998-99 campaign?

24Who was the first footballer to win the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award?

25The Carling Premiership's all-time top scorer found the net in his club's final game of the 20th Century at Leicester City on Tuesday. Name him.

26Who in November 1960, became the youngest player to score 100 League goals?

27"He is accused of being arrogant, unable to cope with the Press and a boozer. Sounds like he's got a chance to me." Who was describing whom in 1988?

28Name the year. QPR unveil football's first synthetic pitch, Paulo Rossi is top scorer in the World Cup Finals with six goals, Bobby Robson becomes England manager and Kevin Keegan moves to Newcastle United from Southampton.

29Who in 1978 became the first black player to appear for England?

30Which club won both the last First Division title of the 19th Century and the first top-flight championship of the 20th century.

QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Ruud Gullit; 2. Stan Bowles; 3. Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough; Baseball Ground, Derby; Burnden Park, Bolton; Leeds Road, Huddersfield; The Den, Millwall; Victoria Ground, Stoke; Roker Park, Sunderland; Plough Lane, Wimbledon; 4. Kevin Keegan; 5. Sir Stanley Matthews; 6. Jack Taylor; 7. For an away-fan ban that prevented Cardiff City fans attending a tie; 8. Jim Smith; 9. It was the first in English football for 68 years to contain the name of three brothers - Danny, Ray and Rod Wallace; 10. Lawrie Sanchez, who scored Wimbeldon's 1988 FA Cup winner against Liverpool; 11. Former Liverpool boss Bob Paisley; 12. 1967; 13. 29; 14. Chile; 15. Coventry City; 16. Bobby Charlton, George Best and Denis Law played together at Manchester United; 17. Charlton Athletic's Clive Mendonca against Sunderland; 18. Bobby Charlton; 19. Staged an England international; 20. Emmanuel Petit; 21. Stamford Bridge; 22. Bury; 23. Newcastle United's Kenny Dalglish, who was replaced by Ruud Gullit; 24. England's World Cup-winning skipper Bobby Moore in 1966; 25. Newcastle United and England skipper Alan Shearer; 26. Chelsea's Jimmy Greaves; 27. George Best on Paul Gascoigne; 28. 1982; 29. Viv Anderson; 30. Aston Villa.