Welcome to our Scottish Football Quiz
Scottish Football Quiz I
- Out of the four divisions of the Scottish Professional Football League, which club comes last alphabetically?
- Which Scottish club's ground gets its name from the Pictish for "place of manure"?
- When the first ever Scotland versus England match was played, in 1872, the Scottish team were made up entirely of players from which club?
- Who holds the record for Scotland international appearances, having played 102 times?
- Who was the manager of Scotland at the 1986 World Cup?
- Which club did Celtic famously beat to win the European Cup in 1967? And who was Celtic's manager?
- In 2001, the Scottish FA appointed the first ever non-Scot as national team coach; who was he? And this manager's lowest point was considered to be a 2-2 draw against which team?
- Queen of the South are located in which Scottish market town?
- Which club did Sir Alex Ferguson make 95 appearances for between 1969–1973, before finishing his playing career with Ayr United?
- Which team play at East End Park, are nicknamed The Pars, and won the Scottish Cup twice, in 1961 and 1968?
- What collective name is given for the rivalry between Celtic and Rangers?
- Which club, formed in the 1990s, won the Scottish Cup in 2015?
Answers:
- Stranraer
- Aberdeen (the ground is Pittodrie)
- Queens Park
- Kenny Dalglish
- Alex Ferguson
- Inter Milan. Jock Stein was the manager.
- Berti Vogts. Faroe Islands.
- Dumfries
- Falkirk
- Dunfermline Athletic
- The Old Firm
- Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scottish Football Quiz II
- Which player's ashes were buried at Ibrox Stadium in 2001 and two years later a statue was erected in his honour at his hometown, Hill of Beath?
- In 1983, Aberdeen substitute striker John Hewitt hit the 112th minute winner against which club in a final to be remembered?
- Dens Park, the home of Dundee is how far away from Dundee United's Tannadice Park: (a)300 metres, (b)3 kilometres, (c)30 kilometres?
- Which club reached the Scottish Cup Final in 2006, but fell into severe financial difficulties that forced it to dissolve in 2008?
- Who was due to manage Scotland at the 1958 World Cup but had to withdraw from the job?
- St. John's Toun is the old name for which city, that is reflected in the name of its football club?
- Name the only Scottish player to have won the Ballon d'Or award?
- Which Glasgow football club is nicknamed the Jags?
- Which club, with the motto 'To Play for the Sake of Playing', is currently the only fully amateur club in the Scottish Professional Football League?
- Which club by reaching the semi-final of the first ever European Cup in 1955–56 became the first British side to participate in a European competition?
- In 1981, the Scottish Player of the Year Award was given to which Partick Thistle player?
- Which player won the European Cup, three English league titles, captained Scotland, and scored a world cup wonder goal?
- Which Premiership club that plays its games at Rugby Park is the oldest professional club in Scotland?
- Which team is the only one to have the letters A, B, C, D and E in its name?
Answers:
- Jim Baxter
- Real Madrid in the European Cup Winners' Cup (a well used football trivia question is 'who was the last team to beat Real Madrid in any European Final'?)
- (a)300 metres - the closest grounds in British professional football
- Gretna
- Sir Matt Busby (was unable due to injuries he received in the Munich air disaster)
- Perth (St Johnstone Football Club is the club)
- Denis Law (1964)
- Partick Thistle
- Queens Park
- Hibernian
- Alan Rough
- Archie Gemmill
- Kilmarnock (Queens Park is the oldest Scottish club, but is not professional)
- Cowdenbeath
Scottish Football Trivia III
- Which club is the only one not to contain any letters from the word 'football' in its name?
- Which club won the Premier Division title for its only time, in 1983?
- Which football club is based in Dingwall, Highland?
- Which football club played in the world's first football stadium to feature a dugout when it was introduced by trainer Donald Colman in the 1920s?
- Which football club played at Boghead Park for 121 years between 1879 and 2000?
- Only two Scottish players have ever played on the field in a winning team in the Champions League Final, can you name both?
- In the 1978 World Cup Finals group stages name the team Scotland beat, the team they lost to, and the team they drew with?
- It's the Scottish football classic sports trivia question but which Scottish club has a 100% record in four matches against Barcelona in competitive European ties?
- Who was made captain of Celtic at the start of the 1977-78 season after Kenny Dalglish's departure to Liverpool?
- Which club was formed in 1874 by a group of friends from a dancing club that decided to use the title of a Walter Scott novel as the new club's name?
- Name Rangers' overall top goal scorer, with 355 goals?
- Which player holds the record for most number of apperances for Celtic?
- Which Scottish legend made 44 appearances for Welsh club Llanelli Town?
- Name the only player to captain both English and Scottish FA Cup winning teams?
- Which two Edinburgh clubs first played each other on Christmas Day back in 1875?
- Whose Tartan Army reached number six in the UK music charts? And in which year?
- As of 2019, in which year was the last time Scotland beat England in an international match?
- Which clubs regular mascots are Paisley Panda and Mrs Panda?
- In Scotland's 1974 FIFA World Cup squad, name the only two players over 30?
Answers:
- Dundee
- Dundee United
- Ross County
- Aberdeen
- Dumbarton
- Andrew Robertson (Liverpool (2019) and Paul Lambert in 1997 (Darren Fletcher was an unused substitute in 2008)
- They beat Netherlands, lost to Peru, and drew with Iran.
- Dundee United
- Danny McGrain
- Heart of Midlothian
- Ally McCoist
- Billy McNeil (790, from 1957-75)
- Jock Stein (1950-51, he then joined Celtic and made 106 appearances for them.)
- Martin Buchan (Aberdeen and Manchester United)
- Hearts and Hibs
- Ally's Tartan Army. 1978 (World Cup song).
- 1999 (1-0, in the European Championship qualifying play-off at Wembley)
- St Mirren
- Billy Bremner and Denis Law
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