Bill Edgar's fiendish Friday quiz - with the answers

Answers below

1. Who were the last club to retain the FA Cup?

A Manchester United
B Arsenal
C Tottenham Hotspur

2. How many times have Rangers met Celtic in the past 28 Scottish Cup finals?

A 3
B 9
C 15

3. Which Southampton player was the top division’s leading goalscorer in 1979-80?

A Phil Boyer
B Mick Channon
C Steve Moran

4. Which Premier League striker made 22 of his 23 league appearances last season from the substitutes’ bench?

A Antoine Sibierski
B James Vaughan
C Marlon Harewood.

5. When Real Madrid won the first five European Cups, who were runners-up in two of those seasons?

A Eintracht Frankfurt
B Fiorentina
C Reims

6. Who scored twice when Vasco da Gama beat Manchester United 3-1 at the Club World Championship in 2000?

A Edmundo
B Romario
C Juninho.

7. Who was the assistant when Bruce Rioch managed Arsenal but was later the manager of Queens Park Rangers when Rioch was the assistant?

A Stewart Houston
B Colin Todd
C Roy McFarland

8. Which present Premier League club wore shirts that featured a blue star on the chest in the 1980s?

A Middlesbrough
B Sunderland
C Newcastle United

9. Who are the reigning Asian national champions?

A South Korea
B Japan
C Iraq

10. When Manchester United won the final 11 games of their 1999-2000 title-winning season, how many goals did they score?

A 14
B 17
C 37

Answers:

1. B Arsenal. They beat Chelsea in 2002 and Southampton 2003.

2. A 3. In 1989, 1999 and 2002.

3. A Phil Boyer. He scored 23 goals.

4. C Marlon Harewood, of Aston Villa.

5. C Reims, in 1956 and 1959.

6. B Romario.

7. A Stewart Houston.

8. C Newcastle United. It was the logo of Newcastle Breweries, the sponsors.

9. C Iraq. They beat Saudi Arabia 1-0 in the final in 2007.

10. C 37.

On Thursday I asked you: Which two top-division players each scored 49 senior goals in one season in the 1980s (they did so in different seasons to each other)?

Answer: Ian Rush for Liverpool in 1983-84 and Clive Allen for Tottenham Hotspur in 1986-87.