The document provides trivia questions related to football history, with answers covering topics like famous goals, players, matches, and records. Details include Johan Cruyff withdrawing from the 1978 World Cup after a home invasion, Rob Earnshaw holding the record for scoring hat-tricks across multiple league levels, and Barbados defending "both goals" in a 1994 qualifier where the first extra-time goal was worth two points.
2. 1) Whose playing and management career who was arrested on the grounds of suspicion as a
spy and thus returned to England to work in a tobacco factory? FITB.
This particular gentleman has worked with Hugo Meisl as well.
5. 2) Which club released this jersey on their centenary year and what is the reason
behind doing so?
The same club had the following jersey (picture on the next slide) which was named
one of the worst ever jerseys ever in the 2004-05 season.
9. 3) It is said that anyone can apply to be a part of X and the
constitution dictates that the maximum time that anyone can
have a continuous membership is for four years. Id X.
Since the formation of X in 2006, the following are some of the issues put forward by them.
• Europa League travel and match day support
• Rail Seating in the Sir Jack Hayward Stand
• Match day catering
• The closure of the Waterloo Road on match days
• Booking and administration charges for match day tickets
• Removal of the premium rate phone number
• The reintroduction of the video walls
• The introduction of a Fans Zone
• Members involvement with the ‘match day experience’ group
• The introduction of ______ Help on the website and the @______shelp twitter account
12. 4) Id X who is arguably the greatest coach of this particular national side.
• "When the team lost, he took it personally – and didn’t speak a word to us the next day. The fact that he expressed his deep disappointment like that
instead of giving us a telling-off or handing out punishments made a real impression on all of us. That was his particular way of doing things. X didn’t
motivate his players by giving us a loud lecture but by showing us how affronted he was. It felt as if we’d disappointed our own fathers.“ – One of the
players in his team had to say this about a defeat to their neighbouring rivals.
• For X, the Austrian composer Udo Jurgens wrote the following song when X passed away “The man with the hat goes home and he takes with him
our respect and our applause”.
15. 5) Who (named amongst the 125 greatest living
footballers by Pele) talking about which particular
match?
“Well, for one minute at least that day we were champions of the world. But then Brazil equalised almost immediately when Amarildo scored and in the
second half they scored two more from Zito and Vava and beat us 3-1. It was disappointing to lose, of course, but the legacy from that time has lasted all
these years. I thought for a minute it could happen but Brazil, even without Pele who was injured, were at the peak of their powers. They were the best
team in the world, but we helped them too because our goalie X, named goalkeeper of the tournament just before the kickoff, famously made two
mistakes - the second when he was blinded by the sun and dropped the ball for the third goal. Although we lost it was still an incredible achievement.”
16.
17. Answer : Joseph Masopust talking about 1962 World Cup final. Czechoslovakia vs Brazil final
20. Answer: This was the “Consolation Cup” played after the 1928 Netherlands Olympics. This was not officially part of the Olympics.
21. 7) What is award in question of which the following are the recipients? This
award is given to a footballers above 28 years of age and this can only be won
once.
27. Answer: GR Naidoo. He was a long time collaborator of Mahatma Gandhi during his time in South Africa and helped set up the three
clubs by the name of Passive Resisters Soccer.
28. 9) Id the person.
X (born in the last century) commonly known by his nickname Y is an Indian international footballer and first class cricketer. He also led
the Indian football team to achieve the gold medal at the 1962 Asian Games and earn the runners-up position at the 1964 AFC Asian
Cup. In 1960, he even turned down a trial from Tottenham Hotspur to keep on playing for Mohun Bagan. He was also the sheriff of
Kolkata police for an year. Sadly he passed away last year.
31. 10) Id the player.
• The following is the story behind the following piece of music by one Giaochino Rossini. “ The story tells of a maid who almost goes to
the gallows for stealing silver, before it is discovered that the culprit was a magpie, which had been thieving and hiding items in the
church tower.”
• The Italian name of this opera was bestowed on an Englishman after his transfer to an Italian club from an English club. The nickname
particularly suits the person given the English club that he used to play for.
34. 11) FITB with the name of a footballer who had a alcohol addiction
which he overcame to lead his side to two domestic doubles
towards the end of the last century and the very beginning of this
century. He captained the title-winning team in three different
decades.
• The following are the lyrics of the song “Ali in the Jungle” by the hours.
Like Ali in the jungle,
Like Nelson in jail,
Like Simpson on the mountain,
With odds like that, they were bound to fail
Like Keller in the darkness,
Like ____'s in the dock,
Like Ludwig Van, how I loved that man,
Well the guy went deaf and didn't give a damn, no
38. List the top scorers of all the World Cups along with the number of goals that they have scored in that particular World Cup. If there is a
joint top scorer, naming either would get you points.
44. 1)ID X and what decision,what heartbreak.
The following quote is by X where he describes a home intrusion when he was living in
Spain in 1977.
"I had a rifle at my head, I was tied up, my wife tied up, the children were also in the
apartment.”
“ The children were going to school accompanied by the police. The police slept in our
house for three or four months.”
The experience made X take a certain decision which led to nationwide heartbreak
down the line.
47. 2) ID what was unique about the second leg and when was
the previous instance of it occurring in the world cup.
Why is the scoreline 2-0 in favour of Chile?
Shown below is the scorecard from a qualifying round for the
1974 FIFA World cup.
What is unique about the second leg of this tie,something
which had happened only once before in the history of the
FIFA World Cup.
48.
49.
50. Russia refused to play their match due to political reasons.
Chile were granted a 1-0 scoreline due to the walkover but
the Chile captain walked across and scored into the empty
Russian goal to record a 2-0 win
Previous instance of walkover was Austria vs Sweden in
1938
51. 3)ID X and the 1996 context where this goal was
immortalized.
The goal in the video clip is from the 1978 World Cup and it basically
is X scoring his country’s most famous goal ever.
The commentator who gave us the iconic commentary for this goal
was asked to re-record his famous commentary for a 1996 project.
54. X-Archie Gemmil
The goal and commentary is played during the scene in
Trainspotting where Ewan McGregor’s character, Renton,
has sex with Diane, played by Kelly Macdonald.
The scene ends with Renton saying: “I haven’t felt that
good since Archie Gemmill scored against Holland in
1978.”
55. 4)ID X, what record/FITB and what did Y do to ease the
burden on X.
In this image the person on the left ‘X’ set the record books alight in 1979
when he became the first to achieve a certain record in British Football, for
this he was dubbed the, ‘_______ _____ ___’.
The person on the right Y didnt want X to feel the burden of his
achievement and did something to try and ease it.
56.
57.
58. X- Trevor Francis, he was Britains first million pound man.
To ease the pressure on him Brian Clough announced that
he had been signed for 999,999 GBP
59. 5)These are the record breaking matches of X’s career,
what is this remarkable achievement that X holds.
● West Brom vs Charlton
● Cardiff vs. Gillingham/ Nottingham Forest vs. Leicester City
● Cardiff vs. QPR/ Cardiff vs. Tranmere Rovers
● Cardiff vs. Torquay United
● Cardiff vs. Bristol Rovers
● Cardiff vs. Boston United/Cardiff vs. Leyton Orient
● Wales vs Scotland
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61.
62. Rob Earnshaw being the only player to have scored a hat-
trick in all four levels of the English football league as well
as in the League Cup and FA Cup and for his national
team
70. 8)What rumour and what cultural impact.
X(left) and Y(right) were both key players for Graham Taylors Watford and
attracted a lot of attention which resulted in AC Milan signing X.
However AC Milan and X both were quite unhappy with the move and X returned
back to Watford after just one season at Watford where X and Y resumed their
delightful partnership.
There was/is a major rumour floating around about why AC Milan was unhappy
with the signing X, and it went on to have an impact on Italian Culture.
71.
72.
73. X-Luther Blissett
Y-John Barnes
Rumours circulated that Milan had simply mixed up the two
players and had meant to sign Barnes instead.
The name Luther Blissett was then taken up by several
Italian cultural activists during the 90s who came to name
their movement The Luther Blissett Project.
78. 10)That game saw an entirely unique and unprecedented
event for footballing history take place. What happened?
In the 1994 Qualifier Match between Barbados and Grenada, a new rule was
implemented. It was an unusual variant of the golden goal rule: the first goal
scored in extra-time not only won the match, but was also worth two goals.