FOOTBALL QUIZ F.A. CUP
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:14 am1 Who was the first foreign manager to win the FA Cup?
RUUD GUILT
2 Which team won the cup in 1988, eleven years after joining the Football League?
WIMBLEDON
3 Which two players with a Z in their surname scored in FA Cup finals in the 1980s?
LAWRIE SANCHEZ AND STEVE MCKENZIE
4 Which team won their first FA Cup in 1909 and their eleventh in 2004?
MANCHESTER UNITED
5 At which stadium was the first FA Cup final played?
KENNINGTON OVAL
6 Who played in the FA Cup final in 1938 and managed the winning team in 1965?
BILL SHANKLY
7 Which team in 1980, were the last from outside England’s top division to win the FA Cup?
WEST HAM
8 What is Henry Lyte’s connection to the FA Cup final?
HE WROTE THE HYMN ABIDE WITH ME
9 For which three clubs has John Barnes played in FA Cup finals?
WATFORD, LIVERPOOL AND NEWCASTLE UNITED
10 Who were the beaten 2004 FA Cup finalists?
MILLWALL
11 Which was the first team to beat Tottenham Hotspur in an FA Cup final?
COVENTRY
12 How many teams contested the inaugural FA Cup competition?
15
13 Which uncle and nephew connect FA Cup finals of 1959 and 1984?
ROY DWIGHT IN 59 - ELTON JOHN IN 84
14 Which brothers collected FA Cup winner’s medals in 1977?
BRIAN AND JIMMY GREENHOFF
15 If Villa did it in 1981 and Sunderland in 1979, who did it in 1980?
TREVOR BROOKING
16 Which was the first year when a FA final was settled with a penalty shoot out?
2005
17 Who was the first player to miss a penalty in an FA Cup final?
JOHNALDRIDGE
18 Who held the FA Cup for a record seven years?
PORTSMOUTH
19 Who captained the winners of the 1970 Scottish FA Cup final and the 1977 English FA Cup final?
MARTIN BUCHAN
20 Who scored in the 1999 FA Cup final, 96 seconds after coming on as substitute?
TEDDY SHERINGHAM
21 Which goal keeper was voted Man of the Match in the 1973 FA Cup final?
JIM MONTGOMERY
22 Who won an FA Cup winners medal and a Lonsdale Belt on the same day?
STANLEY MATHEWS
23 Which player scored the goal in a 1999 FA Cup semi final that was voted the best ever FA Cup goal?
RYAN GRIGGS
24 What did the winners of the 1988 FA Cup change their name to?
MILTON KEYES DON
25 By 2006 which six clubs had achieved the FA Cup and League Championship double?
LIVERPOOL - MANCHESTER UTD. - ARSENAL - TOTTENHAM - ASTON VILLA - PRESTON NORTH END
RUUD GUILT
2 Which team won the cup in 1988, eleven years after joining the Football League?
WIMBLEDON
3 Which two players with a Z in their surname scored in FA Cup finals in the 1980s?
LAWRIE SANCHEZ AND STEVE MCKENZIE
4 Which team won their first FA Cup in 1909 and their eleventh in 2004?
MANCHESTER UNITED
5 At which stadium was the first FA Cup final played?
KENNINGTON OVAL
6 Who played in the FA Cup final in 1938 and managed the winning team in 1965?
BILL SHANKLY
7 Which team in 1980, were the last from outside England’s top division to win the FA Cup?
WEST HAM
8 What is Henry Lyte’s connection to the FA Cup final?
HE WROTE THE HYMN ABIDE WITH ME
9 For which three clubs has John Barnes played in FA Cup finals?
WATFORD, LIVERPOOL AND NEWCASTLE UNITED
10 Who were the beaten 2004 FA Cup finalists?
MILLWALL
11 Which was the first team to beat Tottenham Hotspur in an FA Cup final?
COVENTRY
12 How many teams contested the inaugural FA Cup competition?
15
13 Which uncle and nephew connect FA Cup finals of 1959 and 1984?
ROY DWIGHT IN 59 - ELTON JOHN IN 84
14 Which brothers collected FA Cup winner’s medals in 1977?
BRIAN AND JIMMY GREENHOFF
15 If Villa did it in 1981 and Sunderland in 1979, who did it in 1980?
TREVOR BROOKING
16 Which was the first year when a FA final was settled with a penalty shoot out?
2005
17 Who was the first player to miss a penalty in an FA Cup final?
JOHNALDRIDGE
18 Who held the FA Cup for a record seven years?
PORTSMOUTH
19 Who captained the winners of the 1970 Scottish FA Cup final and the 1977 English FA Cup final?
MARTIN BUCHAN
20 Who scored in the 1999 FA Cup final, 96 seconds after coming on as substitute?
TEDDY SHERINGHAM
21 Which goal keeper was voted Man of the Match in the 1973 FA Cup final?
JIM MONTGOMERY
22 Who won an FA Cup winners medal and a Lonsdale Belt on the same day?
STANLEY MATHEWS
23 Which player scored the goal in a 1999 FA Cup semi final that was voted the best ever FA Cup goal?
RYAN GRIGGS
24 What did the winners of the 1988 FA Cup change their name to?
MILTON KEYES DON
25 By 2006 which six clubs had achieved the FA Cup and League Championship double?
LIVERPOOL - MANCHESTER UTD. - ARSENAL - TOTTENHAM - ASTON VILLA - PRESTON NORTH END