SATURDAY SOCCER QUIZ
MISSING football? Aren’t we all.
It’s no substitute for the real thing but why not tackle your cravings for the game with my fiendish football quiz?
With 80 questions on The Beautiful
Can you unscramble these European Cup Winners’ Cup sides?
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Game, this might go some way to livening up your Saturday afternoon.
So here we go - let’s see who’s a title contender, mid-table mediocre, or a relegation cert...
57. Kazakhstan 58. Hungary
59. Israel 60. Ukraine 61. Turkey 62. Denmark 63. Holland 64. Portugal
West Ham lose 1976 European Cup Winners’ Cup to who?
65. Rio Ferdinand 66. Mick Mccarthy 67. Patrick Viera
68. Brian Clough 69. Paul Scholes 70. Cristiano Ronaldo 71. Steven Gerrard
72. Diego Costa
73. Salvatore Schillaci 74. Zinedine Zidane 75. Kevin Keegan 76. Dion Dublin 77. Billy Bremner 78. Jimmy Johnstone 79. Paul Peschisolido 80. George Graham. All same initials.
– Bossed it. Football god, legend, Goldenballs.
– Good performance just lacking the end product
– Few nice touches but never really got into the game
– Disappointing.
Taken off at half time
– In for extra training tomorrow
- Had a shocker here. One for the transfer list.
Can you identify the teams in these famous games just by the goalscorers?
3-2 - C.allen 2, Bennett 8, Mabbutt 40, 95 (o.g), Houchen 62
4-2 (aet) - Haller 12, Hurst 18, 101, 120, Peters 78, Weber 89
2-1 - Maradona 51, 55, Lineker 81
3-2 - Zabaleta 39, Cisse 48, Mackie 66, Dzeko 90 +2, Aguero 90 +4
9-0 - Nicol 7, 90, Mcmahon 15, Rush 45, Gillespie 56, Beardsley 61, Aldridge 67, Barnes 79, Hysen 82
3-2 - Stokes 3, 80, Miller 27, Halliday 64, Gray 90+2
4-1 - Pele 18, Boninsegna 37, Gerson 66, Jairzinho 71, Carlos Alberto 86
1-2 - Press 10, White 19, Morgan 31
Liverpool fan on trip to Besiktas
Who is Roy Keane talking about?
“Just because you are paid £120,000 a week and play well for 20 minutes against Tottenham, you think you are a superstar.” RF former teammate.
“That man can rot in hell for all I care.” MM - managed Keane for Ireland
“He is 6 foot 4, and he starts having a go at Gary Neville, so I said, “come on have a go at me, that’s it.” PV - Arsenal rival
“He was dead right, absolutely.” BC -
Who are these players and what’s the link?
Which Italian striker won the Golden Boot in the 1990 World Cup?
Which French international was sent off in the 2006 World Cup final?
Who managed
Newcastle from 1992 to 1997?
Which striker joined Coventry from Man Utd in 1994?
A statue of which midfielder, who died in 1997, is found outside Elland Road?
Who, when fans voted in 2002, did they decide was Celtic’s best ever player?
Which Canadian footballer who played for clubs including Birmingham, Derby and Fulham is married to Karren Brady?
Who was part of the Arsenal side that won the 1971 double and went on to manage them?
Celtic’s best
Pele
Which country do these Champions League
teams come from?
Astana Ferencvaros Maccabi Haifa Shakhtar Donetsk Besiktas
Brondby FC Twente
Braga manager who punched Keane in the face
“I still don’t fall for the boy-nextdoor image, or that he’s dead humble. He has more of an edge to him.” PS - Man Utd teammate
“Brilliant. Brilliant. Talented guy. Good looking lad.” CR - Man Utd teammate
“He was a really good player and I think he would have done well at United.” SG - rival Liverpool player
“I know he did well for Chelsea, but to me he’s big trouble. He looks a bit of a balloon.” DC former Chelsea striker