Bill Edgar's Friday football quiz

The weekend is nearly here again, so to get you in that winning mood it's time to tackle another fiendishly difficult Friday football quiz compiled by The Times's resident statistical genius, Bill Edgar.

If you find any of these brain-teasers too taxing, check back again on Monday when we will post the answers.

QUESTION ONE: When did England last lose a match by a 3-0 scoreline?

(A) 1990
(B) 1975
(C) 1960

QUESTION TWO: In the past few days two Premier League managers have resigned, Alan Curbishley from West Ham United and Kevin Keegan from Newcastle United. Both played for their respective clubs – how many of the league’s remaining 18 permanent managers (before any permanent replacements are named by those two clubs) played for the club they manage?

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2

QUESTION THREE: Which is the only year in which Scotland and Ireland both played in a leading international tournament (World Cup or European championship).

(A) 1990
(B) 1996
(C) 1998

QUESTION FOUR: Of the present Premier League clubs who have changed their name at some point in their history, which did so the most recently?

(A) Arsenal
(B) Manchester City
(C) Stoke City

QUESTION FIVE: Tottenham Hotspur have signed two Croatians in the summer transfer window – Luka Modric and Vedran Corluka. In which year did the club sign two players from another Eastern European country in successive months?

(A) 1994
(B) 1996
(C) 1998

QUESTION SIX: Wigan Athletic won 5-0 away to Hull City last weekend. Which was the only Premier League fixture of last season to produce a 0-5 scoreline?

(A) Derby County v Aston Villa
(B) Derby County v West Ham United
(C) Derby County v Reading

QUESTION SEVEN: In which of the following years did the FA Cup winners play all their seven matches in London?

(A) 1950
(B) 1961
(C) 1967

QUESTION EIGHT: What was unusual about the last two matches of Alan Curbishley’s spell as manager of West Ham United?

(A) They were the only two occasions when West Ham scored more than three goals at home in his 21-month reign.
(B) Both games were against teams managed by former West Ham players.
(C) They were the only two West Ham matches in 2008 to feature a red card. 

QUESTION NINE: Which club have had the present longest unbroken sequence in the second tier of English football?

(A) Coventry City
(B) Burnley
(C) Preston North End.

QUESTION TEN: After three Premier League rounds (29 matches) this season there have been 81 yellow cards and two red cards. After three rounds last season (27 matches), how many yellows and reds had there been?

(A) 62 yellows and 0 reds   
(B) 80 yellows and 2 reds
(C) 107 yellows and five reds

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The answers

QUESTION ONE: C 1960. It happened in a friendly against Spain in Madrid.

QUESTION TWO: B 1. Gareth Southgate (Middlesbrough).

QUESTION THREE: A 1990. At the World Cup in Italy.

QUESTION FOUR: C Stoke City. They were known simply as Stoke up until 1925.

QUESTION FIVE: A 1994. Ilie Dumitrescu and Gica Popescu, the Romania internationals, arrived in August and September respectively. 

QUESTION SIX: B Derby County v West Ham United, November 10.

QUESTION SEVEN: A 1950. Arsenal won at Highbury from third to sixth round, met Chelsea at White Hart Lane twice in the semi-finals and beat Liverpool at Wembley in the final.

QUESTION EIGHT: A There were the only two occasions when West Ham scored more than three goals at home in his 21-month reign. West Ham 4-1 Macclesfield Town; West Ham 4-1 Blackburn Rovers.

QUESTION NINE: C Preston North End. They have played at that level since 2000.

QUESTION TEN: C 107 yellows and five reds.

Thursday trivia question - the answer

Remember, we asked you: When did England last not use a substitute in a match (the match went to extra-time)? 

Answer: Euro 96 semi-final v Germany.