York City Quizzes Pre 2004 - Answers
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1) Name the Year City ... |
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Moved to Bootham Crescent |
1932 |
Reached The FA Cup quarter finals for the first time. |
1938 |
Reached The FA Cup semi finals for the only time |
1955 |
Were promoted for the first time |
1959 |
Were relegated for the first time |
1960 |
Appointed Wilf McGuinness as manager |
1975 |
Appointed Denis Smith as manager |
1982 |
City beat Arsenal 1-0 |
1985 |
Most recently reached Round 5 of The FA Cup |
1986 |
Made our first (and to date only) trip to Wembley |
1993 |
2) Numbers Game |
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How many times have we reached the FA Cup quarter finals |
2 |
How many away league wins in our 1973/4 promotion season |
8 |
How many away league wins in our 1954/5 FA Cup semi final season |
11 |
How many metres above sea level is Bootham Crescent |
12 |
Which was the first City shirt number to have 2 owners during the 2002/3 season |
13 (Beresford and Howarth) |
How many points did City win in our record breaking 1984 Championship winning season |
101 |
How many minutes have we played Liverpool in Round 5 of the FA Cup |
390 (90, 90, 90, 120) |
What figure was widely quoted as being Steve Agnew's weekly salary during his 3 year City contract |
£1,700 |
How much did City pay for Keith Walwyn |
£4,000 |
What was Denis Smith's annual salary when he heft City in 1987 |
£45,000 |
3) Broken Bones |
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He was signed from Ayr, a former Manchester United junior, he retired when he failed to overcome a long term injury |
John Sharples |
Whose testimonial game was a 5-5 draw against "The Happy Wanderers" |
Gerry Baker |
Which former City keeper broke the pain barrier during Emley’s cup run which took them to a replay against West Ham |
Chris Marples |
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 |
Peter Swan |
Which ex England B player and former City captain had his contract terminated in acrimonious circumstances when failing to recover from injury in 2001 |
Chris Fairclough |
Which ex Halifax midfielder had his contract cancelled for medical reasons a few weeks later |
Kevin Hulme |
Name the former City loan signing, he retired following an injury received whilst playing for Celtic |
Steve Murray |
Who missed a League Cup game with Manchester United through an injury sustained the previous weekend |
Dean Kiely |
And name the wide man who missed the same game with a medium term injury. |
Paul Stephenson |
Whose broken finger in July 2002 left City in a goalkeeping dilemma |
Alan Fettis |
4) Not A Lot Of People Know That |
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Name the current leading 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 |
Martin O’Neill |
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 |
Jon Greening |
How did K. Dalgleish upset Sir Alex Ferguson in York on a sunny October Saturday afternoon in 2001 |
Rode Abbajabba to victory in the 4.15 on the Knavesmire. Sir Alex's horse Candleriggs finished 22nd out of 23. |
Name Richard Cresswell's room mate when he made his England Under 21 debut. |
Jon Greening |
Which 1983/4 City player had a dog called Yorkie |
Keith Walwyn |
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 |
Stuart Walker (as Castleford RL physio) |
Which former City keeper had a fanzine named after him at one of his previous clubs |
Marlon Beresford |
Which of our former players had previously been flung over a car bonnet following a rather acrimonious European game in Italy |
John Woodward |
Which former City star was a member of the Halifax side that lost their league status in 2002 |
Steve Bushell |
Which club played City in a friendly to mark official switch on of original floodlights in the 1950s |
Newcastle |
5) Wayne’s World - Round 1 |
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As a schoolboy, Wayne won European honours with which club. |
Sheffield United |
Wayne joined City in 1989 after a trial, which other basement club did Wayne have a trial with that season |
Darlington |
Which manager signed Wayne for City |
John Bird |
At the time, in which traditional South Yorkshire industry was Wayne working |
Steel |
Where did he made his full City debut |
Southend |
What shirt number did he wear that day |
11 |
And who wore the Number 3 shirt |
Tom Kelly |
Against who did he score a spectacular thunderbolt goal live on Sky |
Tranmere |
Which of City’s 5 penalties did Wayne convert at Wembley |
5th |
On October 25, how many candles will Wayne be blowing out |
32 |
6) Wayne's World - Name His Teammates |
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Lance, a striker with a love – hate relationship, depending on whether you ask the fans or a former chairman |
Paul Lance Barnes |
Clifford, no one’s Number One |
Andy Warrington |
Lyndon, Wayne’s partner for many seasons |
Andy McMillan |
Brian, he later played in a Scottish Cup Final |
Steve Cooper |
Laurence, a keeper with England Under 15 / 16/ 17 caps but no full England international caps |
Dean Kiely |
7) Wayne's World Left Back Rivals |
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When squad numbers were first introduced, he was our first Number 3 |
Neil Thompson |
Signed from Manchester City, sold to Plymouth |
Phil Burrows |
Had a heart transplant operation after he left City |
Alan Ogden |
Booby Saxton’s captain |
Paul Johnson |
Born Singapore and a favourite of Alan Little, equally ineffective in the Number 3 shirt as in any other shirt |
Paddy Atkinson |
8) York City + - Pop Quiz |
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Which footballer appeared singing with two different groups in one edition of Top Of The Pops in 1982. |
Steve Archibald (Spurs & Scotland) |
With which English league club did Rod Stewart have an unsuccessful trial in the 1960's |
Brentford |
Who does Frank Sidebottom support |
Altrincham |
Who sang lead vocals on the B-side of York City's 1984 single |
John Byrne |
Who or what connects York City and Manchester City with the 2 Scottish groups The Proclaimers and The Jesus And Mary Chain. |
The Reid brothers |
When was Back Home a hit for the England World Cup squad |
1970 |
Which group helped England on their 1990 World Cup song |
New Order |
Which Liverpudlian group once turned down an opportunity to play on TV's The Tube because it would have meant missing a Tranmere fixture. |
Half Man Half Biscuit |
Who was "Head Over Heels In Love" in the 1970's. |
Kevin Keegan |
Whose "Perfect Cousin" always beat them at subbuteo. |
The Undertones |
Which Division 1 club share their name with an early punk rock group. |
Chelsea |
Which club do both Chas And Dave and Phil Collins support. |
Spurs |
Which singing superstar once had a trial with Real Madrid. |
Julio Igelisas |
Which opera singer had a hit with a theme tune from the 1990 World Cup. |
Pavarotti |
Who had the original hit with Fog On The Tyne, a song that Paul Gascoigne took back into the charts in 1990. |
Lindisfarne |
At which club was Elton John once chairman. |
Watford |
Name Mike Oldfield's hit which is also the name of a 2nd division team. |
Portsmouth |
On which Yorkshire ground did The Happy Mondays and The Farm play a summer 1991 concert. |
Leeds |
Which Division 4 ground staged a concert featuring some of the Midlands top pop groups a few weeks later. |
Walsall |
What's the connection between this pop quiz and York City |
It appeared in a 1992 City programme |