Football Fun Quizzes
Quiz I - Football Legends
- Shortly after his departure from Manchester United, Eric Cantona became captain of which French national team?
- What club did Kevin Keegan play for on his return to English football from Hamburger SV?
- Which team did Jurgen Klinsmann play for in the Premiership?
- Which Italian international player, who also played for Middlesbrough, was affectionately known as the 'White Feather'?
- Which player won the 'Golden Foot' award in 2011, an international football award given to players who stand out for their athletic achievements and for their personality?
- Who was the Professional Footballers' Association Players' Player of the Year for the 2012-13 season?
- Which two English Premiership players have come second in the FIFA World Player of the Year awards?
- Who claimed in his 2006 autobiography to have only taken trials with Manchester United 'to pressure Liverpool into giving me a YTS contract'?
- Which Sheffield Wednesday player was FWA Footballer of the Year for 1992/93?
- Michael Owen was attached to which club when he scored for England in the 1998 World Cup in France?
- Who was affectionately nicknamed the 'Non-Flying Dutchman' by Arsenal supporters?
- What colour sweatshirt was Brian Clough most likely to wear on match days?
Answers:
- French national beach football team
- Souhampton
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Fabrizio Ravanelli
- Ryan Giggs
- Gareth Bale
- David Beckham (1999 and 2001) and Frank Lampard (2005)
- Steven Gerrard
- Chris Waddle
- Liverpool
- Dennis Bergkamp
- Green
Quiz II - Popular Culture
- In the Mike Leigh play Abigail's Party, the character Tony mentions that he used to play professionally for which team?
- Elijah Wood plays a follower of which team in the 2005 film 'Green Street'?
- The book Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby is an autobiographical account of Hornby's life and relationship with which football club?
- What middle name was Rodney of 'Only Fools and Horses' fame given by his football supporting mother?
- In the sitcom Porridge, the character Lennie Godber is a supporter of which club?
- If Ipswich's Kevin Beattie stood in for Michael Caine in the football scenes, who did goalkeeper Paul Cooper stand in for?
- Which football club features in the film The 51st State (also known as Formula 51), in which ex-hitman Felix DeSouza (Robert Carlyle) is a keen supporter of the team?
- Terry McCann in 'Minder' and Wolfie Smith in 'Citizen Smith' supported which team?
- In the first series of 'Only Fools and Horses' which team's scarf could be seen on the coat rack?
- Which football team did Alf Garnett support?
- 'There's Only One Jimmy Grimble' was also a fictional film which focused on a young boy whose dream it was to play for which club?
- Which 2009 British biographical sports film, starring Michael Sheen, was about Brian Clough's ill-fated spell as the Leeds United football manager in 1974?
Answers:
- Crystal Palace
- West Ham United
- Arsenal
- Charlton
- Aston Villa
- Sylvester Stallone (Escape to Victory)
- Liverpool
- Fulham
- Crystal Palace's
- West Ham United
- Manchester City
- The Damned United
Quiz III - Cities of Birth
In which cities were the following former players and managers born:
- Gary Lineker
- David Beckham
- Alan Shearer
- Brian Clough
- John Barnes
- Eric Cantona
- Roy Keane
- Wayne Rooney
- Michael Owen
- Arsene Wenger
- Owen Hargreaves
- George Best
- Gordon Banks
- David Seaman
- Matt Le Tissier
Answers:
- Lecester
- London
- Newcastle
- Middlesbrough
- Kingston, Jamaica
- Marseilles, France
- Cork, Ireland
- Liverpool
- Chester
- Strasbourg. France
- Calgary, Canada
- Belfast
- Sheffield
- Rotherham
- Saint Peter Port, Guernsey