York City Quiz - Pre 2004

Try these questions used in the branch's York City quizzes pre 2004.

1) Name The Year City ...

2) Numbers Game ...

  • How many times have we reached the FA Cup quarter finals
  • How many away league wins in our 1973/4 promotion season
  • How many away league wins in our 1954/5 FA Cup semi final season
  • How many metres above sea level is Bootham Crescent
  • Which was the first City shirt number to have 2 owners during the 2002/3 season
  • How many points did City win in our record breaking 1984 Championship winning season
  • How many minutes have we played Liverpool in Round 5 of the FA Cup
  • What figure was widely quoted as being Steve Agnew's weekly salary during his 3 year City contract
  • How much did City pay for Keith Walwyn
  • What was Denis Smith's annual salary when he heft City in 1987

3) Broken Bones

  • He was signed from Ayr, a former Manchester United junior, he retired when he failed to overcome a long term injury
  • Whose testimonial game was a 5-5 draw against "The Happy Wanderers"
  • Which former City keeper broke the pain barrier during Emley’s cup run which took them to a replay against West Ham
  • Who was signed from Burnley following a successful trial to demonstrate that he’d overcome previous injury problems, he retired a year later in 2001 through injury
  • Which ex England B player and former City captain had his contract terminated in acrimonious circumstances when failing to recover from injury in 2001
  • Which ex Halifax midfielder had his contract cancelled for medical reasons a few weeks later
  • Name the former City loan signing, he retired following an injury received whilst playing for Celtic
  • Who missed a League Cup game with Manchester United through an injury sustained the previous weekend
  • And name the wide man who missed the same game with a medium term injury
  • Whose broken finger in July 2002 left City in a goalkeeping dilemma

4) Not A Lot Of People Know That

  • Name the current leading manager (and later international manager) who was once on a shortlist of one for the Bradford City job, only to be pipped by Terry Dolan and then didn’t even get an interview when he applied for the City job
  • According to dressing room rumour, which apprentice tried on the boots of Eric Cantona prior to City's League Cup game with Manchester United at Bootham Crescent
  • How did K. Dalgleish upset Sir Alex Ferguson in York on a sunny October Saturday afternoon in 2001
  • Name Richard Cresswell's room mate when he made his England Under 21 debut
  • Which 1983/4 City player had a dog called Yorkie
  • Which City keeper from the 1970s won a medal at Wembley in 1986 and was later a physio at clubs including Aston Villa and Derby County
  • Which former City keeper had a fanzine named after him at one of his previous clubs
  • Which of our former players had previously been flung over a car bonnet following a rather acrimonious European game in Italy
  • Which former City star was a member of the Halifax side that lost their Football League status in 2002
  • Which club played City in a friendly to mark official switch on of original floodlights in 1959

5) Wayne’s World - Round 1

  • As a schoolboy, Wayne won European honours with which club
  • Wayne joined City in 1989 after a trial, which other basement club did Wayne have a trial with that season
  • Which manager signed Wayne for City
  • At the time, in which traditional South Yorkshire industry was Wayne working
  • Where did he made his full City debut
  • What shirt number did he wear that day
  • And who wore the Number 3 shirt
  • Against who did he score a spectacular thunderbolt goal live on Sky
  • Which of City’s 5 penalties did Wayne convert at Wembley
  • On October 25, how many candles will Wayne be blowing out

6) Wayne's World - Name His Teammates

  • Lance, a striker with a love – hate relationship, depending on whether you ask the fans or a former chairman
  • Clifford, no one’s Number One
  • Lyndon, Wayne’s partner for many seasons
  • Brian, he later played in a Scottish Cup Final
  • Laurence, a keeper with England Under 15 / 16/ 17 caps but no full England international caps

7) Wayne's World - Left Back Rivals

  • When squad numbers were first introduced, he was our first Number 3
  • Signed from Manchester City, sold to Plymouth
  • Had a heart transplant operation after he left City
  • Booby Saxton’s captain
  • Born Singapore and a favourite of Alan Little, equally ineffective in the Number 3 shirt as in any other shirt

8) York City + - Pop Quiz

  • Which footballer appeared singing with two different groups in one edition of Top Of The Pops in 1982
  • With which English league club did Rod Stewart have an unsuccessful trial in the 1960's
  • Who does Frank Sidebottom support
  • Who sang lead vocals on the B-side of York City's 1984 single
  • Who or what connects York City and Manchester City with the 2 Scottish groups The Proclaimers and The Jesus And Mary Chain
  • When was Back Home a hit for the England World Cup squad
  • Which group helped England on their 1990 World Cup song
  • Which Liverpudlian group once turned down an opportunity to play on TV's The Tube because it would have meant missing a Tranmere fixture
  • Who was "Head Over Heels In Love" in the 1970's
  • Whose "Perfect Cousin" always beat them at subbuteo
  • Which Division 1 club share their name with an early punk rock group.
  • Which club do both Chas And Dave and Phil Collins support
  • Which singing superstar once had a trial with Real Madrid
  • Which opera singer had a hit with a theme tune from the 1990 World Cup
  • Who had the original hit with Fog On The Tyne, a song that Paul Gascoigne took back into the charts in 1990
  • At which club was Elton John once chairman
  • Name Mike Oldfield's hit which is also the name of a 2nd division team
  • On which Yorkshire ground did The Happy Mondays and The Farm play a summer 1991 concert
  • Which Division 4 ground staged a concert featuring some of the Midlands top pop groups a few weeks later
  • What's the connection between this pop quiz and York City

Answers - Pre 2004 Quiz and Try - 2004 Quiz