UK Football Teams Trivia

1. Of London's big four clubs, which was the first to be founded?

From Quiz London's Big Four

Answer: Tottenham Hotspur

In September 1882, a group of schoolboys, led by Bobby Buckle, all of whom were members of the Hotspur Cricket Club, decided to form a football section to play sport during the winter. Initially named the Hotspur Football Club, in April 1884, the club was renamed as Tottenham Hotspur, to avoid confusion with another Hotspur FC. Initially playing friendly games against other local sides, the club's first competitive game in October 1885 in the London Association Cup. In 1892, the club joined the short-lived Southern Alliance, a league for clubs in the south-east. This competition folded in 1893, but in 1895 Tottenham Hotspur turned professional, joining the Southern League in the summer of 1896. In 1900, the club win its first trophy, the Southern League title, while the following season saw it become the first club from outside the Football League since its formation in 1888 to win the FA Cup. Tottenham Hotspur was eventually elected into the Football League in 1908.

From Quiz A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

Answer: Everton 3-0 Liverpool

Everton originally played their matches at Anfield, but moved to Goodison Park in early 1892 after John Houlding, Anfield's owner, raised the rent. In March 1892, Houlding (who now had an empty stadium), created a new club, Liverpool FC, who took Anfield as their home ground. Two years later, the two clubs met for the first time at Goodison Park and Everton won, with goals from Tom McInnes, Alex Latta and Jack Bell. Liverpool were relegated that season, while Everton finished second behind Sunderland.

From Quiz Coaching Icons: Brian Clough

Answer: 1965

Clough had spent a short period as a coach for the Sunderland youth team, but his first opportunity as a manager came in October 1965 when Hartlepools United (renamed Hartlepool United in 1968) appointed him. Clough, aged 30, was the youngest coach in the Football League upon his appointment. He stayed with Hartlepools until 1967 when he was appointed as manager of Derby County. While Hartlepools spent most of the 1960s at the bottom of the fourth tier, Clough led the club to an eighth-place finish in 1966-67.

From Quiz Coaching Icons: Sir Bobby Robson

Answer: Fulham

Robson was appointed Fulham manager in January 1968. His time with the club was not easy. The team only had 16 points from its first 24 games in Division One and was already headed for relegation. Robson could not stop the rot and the team was relegated at the end of the season. Robson left the Cottagers the following November.

From Quiz Coaching Icons: Sir Alex Ferguson

Answer: East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire gave Ferguson his first route into management in June 1974. The club was in serious difficulty when it appointed Ferguson, sitting in Scotland's second tier with no goalkeepers and no money. St Mirren convinced Ferguson to join them in October 1974 and by 1977 the club had moved from Scotland's Division Two to the top of Division One, with a team whose average was 19. Ferguson was sacked in 1978 as a result of falling out with the club's directors. Fergie never managed Ayr, but he did play for them in the last season of his playing career, scoring nine goals in 24 appearances. Ferguson spent the first three years of his playing career at Queen's Park, netting 15 times in 31 games.

From Quiz Former UK Football Clubs

Answer: Darwen

Darwen FC, formed in 1870, played for two years in the top division of English football and six years in the Second Division. They finished last and did not seek re-election to The Football League. The club was liquidated 139 years later, in May 2009, and almost immediatley AFC Darwen was formed; and was admitted to the Western Lancashire League. Re-election used to apply in English football when the lowest teams in the bottom division had to garner sufficient votes from other league members to enable them to maintain their league position or be replaced as there was no automatic promotion into the bottom tier of English league football until 1987. Failure to be re-elected had a major financial impact on the clubs who were voted out.

From Quiz Forever Blowing Bubbles

Answer: Southampton

Southampton Football Club was founded in 1885 as a church team and the nickname of 'The Saints' is related to their origins. The team played at The Dell until 2001 before moving to St. Mary's Stadium, which was named after their original club name and where they were formed, in 1885 (St. Mary's Young Men's Association F.C.) Although other clubs sing songs to the tune, the words are often changed, but Southampton sing the original version to tie in with their nickname. The other teams are also on England's south coast, with Brighton being known as 'The Seagulls', Portsmouth as 'Pompey' and Plymouth Argyle as 'The Pilgrims'.

From Quiz Manchester Utd. vs. Manchester City

Answer: Wilfred Wild

Wild was manager for 15 seasons from 1932 to 1946. He had a second stint as Man City's manager from August to October 1947.

From Quiz Famous Footy Fans [1]

Answer: Sheffield United

Sean Bean became a director of the club in 2001, however in December 2007, he resigned as director, deciding to go back to the terraces where he felt he 'truly belonged'. In May 2006, Sean bean had 'SUFC', tattooed on his wrist to commemorate the return of Sheffield United to the Premier League. When filming, his tattoos have to be concealed. Sheffield United Football Club was formed on 22nd March 1889. They beat Derby County 4-1 on 15th April 1899, when they won their first FA Cup Final.

From Quiz Sir Alex Ferguson

Answer: Striker

Sir Alex described his first match as a nightmare, but scored Queen Park's goal in a 2-1 defeat against Stranraer.

From Quiz Football Club Managers

Answer: Leeds United

He was manager of Leeds United from October 1998 to June 2002 before moving on to Aston Villa.

From Quiz Team's Year of Creation

Answer: 1892

1892 : John Houlding, the owner of Anfield Road, raised the rent so Everton Football Club had to move to another location (Goodison Park) Some players of Everton Football Club stayed at Anfield Road and they founded Liverpool Football Club.

From Quiz London Football Clubs

Answer: Queens Park Rangers

They beat West Bromwich Albion 3-2 and this made QPR the first 3rd Division team to win a major trophy in England.

From Quiz Merseyside Footy

Answer: 5

Gary Stevens, Trevor Steven, Peter Reid, Paul Bracewell, Gary Lineker. Sadly, Alan Harper missed out.

From Quiz English Football Clubs

Answer: Manchester United

Glory Glory Man United.

From Quiz English Football Teams

Answer: Manchester United

From Quiz Coaching Icons: Sir Bobby Robson

Answer: Dave Sexton

Chelsea manager at the time, Sexton sent Robson to Portman Road to look out for possible future signings for the London club. While at the ground, Robson met an Ipswich Town club director by the name of Murray Sangster, and the job was offered to Robson while the pair had a footballing discussion.

From Quiz Coaching Icons: Sir Alex Ferguson

Answer: 3

Fergie's first league title win with the club came in 1980, when the Dons beat Celtic to the title by one point. Then, in 1984, the club won the league again, beating Celtic to the title by seven points. In 1985, the Dons won a third title under Ferguson's guidance, losing just four games in the league throughout the campaign.

From Quiz Former UK Football Clubs

Answer: Third Lanark

Third Lanark FC was formed in 1872 from the Third Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, a part of the British armed forces. Third Lanark were champions of Scotland in 1904, and won the Scottish Cup in 1899 and 1905. Subsequent to the club's demise in 1967, several board members were found guilty of contravening the Companies Act with the chairman being accused by the UK Board of Trade of blatant corruption.

From Quiz Forever Blowing Bubbles

Answer: Z-Cars

The theme tune to "Z-Cars" was based on a song called "Johnny Todd", a traditional Liverpool folk song. According to Everton's fan site, www.toffeeweb.com, several of the cast members of "Z-Cars" came to a game and the theme tune of the show was played in their honour. The tradition stuck and survived an attempt to change it in the mid-1990s. The show itself was set in the Liverpool area, in the fictional district of "Newtown".

From Quiz Manchester Utd. vs. Manchester City

Answer: Glyn Pardoe

Pardoe's injury, which nearly ended his playing career prematurely, was the result of a tackle by Man Utd legend George Best.

From Quiz Famous Footy Fans [2]

Answer: Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday were initially a cricket team called The Wednesday Cricket Club, as they played their games on a Wednesday. The football team was formed on 4th September 1867, in an effort to train the cricketers during the winter off-season. They were known as The Wednesday Football club until they changed their name to Sheffield Wednesday in 1929. The team have won their first FA Cup in 1896. Tragedy struck the club on 15th April 1989 when Nottingham Forest were playing Liverpool at Hillsborough in the FA cup semi final; when 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death due to extreme overcrowding on the terraces.

From Quiz Famous Footy Fans [1]

Answer: Leeds United

Leeds City Football Club were formed in 1904, but due to alleged illegal payments to players during World War I, the club was disbanded by the Football League in 1919. Leeds United were then formed. The Right Honourable Earl of Harewood was appointed President of the club in 1961. He was also president of the Football Association between 1963 and 1972. Other famous fans of Leeds United include former tennic ace, Stefan Edburg and Kelly Jones of the Stereophonics.

From Quiz Sir Alex Ferguson

Answer: Queen's Park

Sir Alex started his football career in 1957 as an amateur for Queen's Park scoring on his debut the only goal for his club in a 2-1 defeat by Stranraer.

From Quiz Football Club Managers

Answer: Preston North End

He managed North End from January 1998 to March 2002, when he was appointed Manager at Everton.

From Quiz Team's Year of Creation

Answer: 1886

11 December 1886, workers of the Woolwich Armaments Factory (= a huge government munitions factory in Woolwich, Kent), also known as Royal Arsenal, made a soccer team Dial Square FC and won their only game against East Wanderers with 6-0. 25 December 1886, the members of the winning soccer team and other workers of the factory founded the official club Royal Arsenal 1891 : changed name to Woolwich Arsenal Football Club. 1913 : changed name to Arsenal Football Club, after moving to Highbury.

From Quiz Midlands Football

Answer: Tony Barton

Tony Barton inherited the team in 1982 after Ron Saunders won the league championship.

From Quiz London Football Clubs

Answer: Crystal Palace

They went on to lose to Manchester United in the final 1-0 after a replay. The first game ended a 3-3 draw.

From Quiz Merseyside Footy

Answer: Terry McDermott

McDermott's goal gave Liverpool the lead until the second half. The final score was Liverpool 3, Borussia Moenchengladbach 1.

From Quiz English Football Clubs

Answer: Fulham

Fulham FC was founded in 1879. They joined the Second Division of The Football League in 1907. Their first-ever FA Cup final appearance came almost 100 years after they were formed, when they lost 2-0 to West Ham United.

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