The Very Hard FF247 Quiz #1
Okay Ladies, Gents and the Inbetweenies, it is our pleasure to offer you the first of an occasional series of quizzes to entertain you during the International breaks or when I’m bored and have nothing better to do. Usual format is for 10 questions ranging from the child’s play for folks like Elle and Init, to the bloody ridiculous to keep the likes of Ivan and Cookie awake at night!
Now here’s the thing, we need you to post your answers in the same order as the questions; we know it’s bleedin’ obvious but we’ve seen you handle Harry & Lloyd’s……..
Any questions that you have no idea about you can either leave blank or use italics for a wild guess. As we slowly get the correct answers I might start giving out some clues for the tricky ones, or maybe not.
Also, please, please DO NOT post answers that you have Googled, because that just ruins the fun for everybody else. Kindly don’t spoil it for the others, ok? There is a question that I am sure that is impossible to know or guess, so we’ll know. There is the odd bonus point available too. Don’t ask for clarifications, the questions are what they are so just go for it.
So for our first, of hopefully many quizzes, your topic is ENGLISH managers as in Nationality. Questions cover the birth of the FA up to the present day. Football really did exist prior to Sky TV and Jim White!
Eyes down, game on!
Q1. Who was the last English manager to win a European trophy, guess the year to give yourself a bonus point?
Q2. Easy one, who was the last English manager to win the top-flight league in England?
Q3. Who is the English manager that is generally accepted as ‘the father’ of the modern game? Which was the first club he managed for a bonus point?
Q4. Who is the most successful English manager in top-flight football in England?
Q5. Who is the longest current serving English manager in League football?
Q6. Who is the longest serving English manager ever in League football?
Q7. Who was the 1st English manager to win back-to-back FA Cups? Correctly name the team for a bonus point.
Q8. Who was the 1st English manager to win the FA Cup with different clubs?
Q9. Who is the English manager with the most FA Cup wins? Which club for a bonus point?
Q10. England has the most FA Cup winning managers with 51, but how many titles?
Hi guys,
Been busy all day – wondering if there has been any news on Walcott and/or Zaha?
In other news, I am wanting to bringing in Hazard for Mane, so will be downgrading either Zaha or Walcott (or Mhki?) to afford that.
Any recommendations for striker worth 7m or less or midfielders worth 5.5-6.7m?
Cheers!
Hi ELCFc, Wilson/King 6.2/6.4 or Deeney 6.0 for me due to fixtures, Ings might suffer from rotation, Mids under 6.7m Rich, Madddison, Pereyra.
Hey, thanks for the reply!
Already have Wilson so would be Deeney from those options!
Do you see any value in taking a -8 and shipping Mhki as well as Mane and Zaha?
Ps. Replied to your comment below!
Don’t think it is worth -8, Mhki has good fixtures and should come back into the team. One to monitor. Thanks for the reply.
HI Guys, Just wondering if Zaha/ Walcott to Moura/ Wilson is a good idea? Bournemouth fixtures are not bad and maybe a swap to Deeney if he keeps performing after Arsenal for gameweek 8? Price rises might make me do it tonight and take a gamble?
Like the look of this.
If you don’t have/can’t afford Hazard, I would consider Pedro over Moura. I think Moura will be heavily rotated with the champions league and son back
Thanks, Hazard, Salah and Mhki would be my other mids, Kun, Mitro other forwards.
This sums up Alonso
I’m in complete denial that I don’t already have him in my side. Will be rectified next Friday/Saturday.
Come on guys, nearly there.
Answer Sheet
Sort out your own scores ladies, I’m too bloody lazy.
1. Sir Bobby Robson with Barca in 1997 Cup Winners Cup, 2 pts there for some of you. The last English club/manager combo was Howard Kendall with Everton in 1985. Wasn’t that the last time that they won anything Init?
2. Howard Wilkinson of Leeds Utd is the answer. Famously sold King Cantona for a few bob to Fergie, the rest as they say is history.
3. You now have a clue with Arsenal.
4. Yup, it’s Bob. For most fans when considering who the most successful ever manager in English football history is, Sir Alex Ferguson will spring to mind first. That’s fair enough – he won 38 trophies in his time as manager of Manchester United, including 13 Premier League titles. However, Liverpool have had someone better – Bob Paisley. The amount of trophies won through the Liverpool legend’s nine-year tenure is ridiculous. 20 in nine seasons. Significantly, from 1976-1983, the Reds enjoyed a period where they would win either the first division title or European Cup (now known as the Champions League) every year. Seven years where Liverpool fans would enjoy the victory of one of the two most sought after trophies in football.
5. Not even close, yet.
6. Dario Gradi has been associated for more than 30 years with Crewe Alexandra, with whom he is currently the director of football and also director of the Academy. Gradi had a 24-year first spell as manager of Crewe between 1983 and 2007. He stepped down from his managerial role in 2007, handing first-team responsibilities to Steve Holland, and became technical director. At that time, Gradi was the longest-serving manager of an English football league club. After two further spells as Crewe manager, he finally stepped down in November 2011 to focus on the club’s youth system.
7. Charles Alcock. The wanderers
8. Herbert Chapman was the 1st manager to win the FA Cup with 2 clubs: Huddersfield Town and Arsenal.
9. Nope
10. Nope. I suggest you dipsticks read the Q more carefully. We’re ranging from 6 to 140 ffs.
Shouldn’t have written the quiz if you can’t be bothered to mark it 😉
Innit’s winning, feel better now?
Woohoo! How many did I get right? Can’t be bothered counting them myself 😉
6 plus 1 bonus so 7. Can’t be beaten so enjoy your T-shirt, lol.
9, Nicholson, Sheff Utd ?
Hooray, that is correct. Well done
10, 76 ?
Too high
3. Don Howe ???
5. Jim Bentley???
10. 44
Sorry 5 obviously wrong.
3. Nope
5. YESSSSSS Jim Bentley, Morecambe FC Div2 7yrs & 100 odd days.
10. Eh, with 50 odd managers, I think it’s safe to say 44 is a tad low.
Q. 10 is poorly worded, to say the least.
Should Bentley not be 6? Sorry misread Q10.
Sorry can’t even read the numbers. Trying to finish off work. Thanks for the quiz, secretzorro.
#10 is worded correctly, 51 managers have how many titles? It’s not difficult…
It isn’t when you reword it correctly like that 😉
1 of 7, 5 is current, 6 is all time.
Thanks, Got That after I posted. Sorry.
No worries mate.
For the next quiz, anybody’s country not on the list?
Scotland
Wales
N.Ireland
England
Eire
Bulgaria
Ghana
India
USA
Colombia
Holland
France
Finland
Prussia. :big-lol:
You’ll get a smack in a minute
I don’t identify with one country. I am a European 😉
I’m a cosmo 😉
Vodkaholic more like
Comparing Finlandia to all the other vodkas like that is a blasphemy! I’ll let it slide, once….
Tried one paint stripper, tried them all really
You mean body painted?
Lol. I like Absolute (the original – not those flavoured abominations) and Grey Goose in summer with a splash of OJ or the clam/tomato mix juice.
I do like a Bloody Mary every now and then! With Finlandia (goes without saying)…
Off the top of my head you can safely add in Canada, Mexico, Sweden, Australia, Kenya, Norway, Japan, Sweden and Bhutan. I’m sure there are others.
NZ, oh and Yorkshire. :p.
Grease.
Republic of Mancunia?
Thx mate
Anyone’s country of birth not here?
Australia
Bhutan
Bulgaria
Canada
Colombia
Denmark
Eire
England
Finland
France
Ghana
Greece
Holland
India
Japan
Kenya
Mexico
New Zealand
N.Ireland
Norway
Scotland
Sweden
USA
Wales
@zorro – you can add Bangladesh
Sure
The current European Champions.
Evening All,
What’s the general consensus on the zaha injury situation ? He looks like dropping in price soon so Is it better to wait and see what happens or replace him with someone like mitrovic.?
Hi Hammers,Unconfirmed reports he is out for a month.
Still waiting for the scan results apparently, so probably why they are unconfirmed 😉
Toby Gannon report in the Sun, That’s why I added unconfirmed!!!!!
Don’t anyone mention the scum paper again. Ta.
Did you grab him at £7.0m? If so you can let him drop £0.1m without any consequence.
I’m personally waiting, but that’s probably because I’ll wildcard if he’s out.
This!
No bought him this week for 7.1
Great buy that was!
Ouch
damn hammers
hey AT, hows it going? you got my tweet earlier today?