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Football Trivia Question of the Day February 2012 Archive.
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29th February 2012:
Q: Which player is the all-time highest goalscorer for the Netherlands national team?
A: Patrick Kluivert with 40 goals from his 79 matches played between 1994 - 2004.
28th February 2012:
Q: Who was the last England player to score a winning goal against the Netherlands in a full international?
A: Teddy Sheringham's 51st minute goal proved to be the winner in a 4-1 win for England in the Group Stages of Euro 96 at Wembley.
27th February 2012:
Q: Who are the eight Scots who have managed their clubs to win the Football League (Carling) Cup?
A: Willie Reid (Norwich 1962), Matt Gillies (Leicester 64), Tommy Doherty (Chelsea 65), George Graham (Arsenal 87, 93 & Spurs 99), Alex Ferguson
(Man United 1992, 2006, 2009, 2010), Graeme Souness (Blackburn 2002), Alex McLeish (Birmingham 2011) & Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool 2012).
26th February 2012:
Q: What was the original idea behind the Football League Cup in season 1960-61?
A: It was to enable clubs to get extra income from their investment in floodlights, as matches were played midweek in the evenings, including the Final.
25th February 2012:
Q: Which was the only team to wear numbers 1 to 11 since the introduction of Premier League squad numbers in 1993-94?
A: Queens Park Rangers for their first three matches of the 1995-96 season.
24th February 2012:
Q: What do Chris Sutton, Les Ferdinand, Moritz Voltz and Marc Albrighton have in common?
A: They scored the Premier League's 5,000th, 10,000th, 15,000th and 20,000th goals respectively.
23rd February 2012:
Q: Which player holds the record for scoring the most goals in his debut Premier League season?
A: Sunderland's Kevin Phillips scored 30 goals during season 1999-2000.
22nd February 2012:
Q: 11 different goalkeepers have appeared for England in FIFA World Cup Finals but which two failed to keep a clean sheet?
A: Peter Bonetti and Rob Green.
21st February 2012:
Q: Which two goalkeepers have each kept 10 clean sheets in FIFA World Cup Finals Tournament matches?
A: Peter Shilton (England, 1982–1990) & Fabien Barthez (France, 1998–2006).
20th February 2012:
Q: Who was the first Foreign (non-UK or Ireland) footballer to play for Manchester United?
A: Yugoslavian defender Nikola Jovanovic, signed for £300,000 from Red Star Belgrade by Dave Sexton in January 1980.
19th February 2012:
Q: Who scored the very first goal in the BBC's inaugural "Match of the Day" programme?
A: Roger Hunt for Liverpool in a 3-2 win at Anfield against Arsenal on Saturday 22nd August 1964.
18th February 2012:
Q: Which English player has made the most Premier League appearances without ever winning a full England cap?
A: Chris Perry made 363 appearances with Wimbledon, Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic & West Brom but was never capped for England.
17th February 2012:
Q: Which Olympic Games Men's Football Final had the highest attendance?
A: 101,799 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the 1984 Los Angeles Games Final between France 2-0 Brazil on 11th August.
16th February 2012:
Q: Who was the first English player to win League Championships in three different countries?
A: Trevor Steven in England (Everton, 1985 & 1987), Scotland (Rangers, 1989 & 1997) and France (Marseille, 1992).
15th February 2012:
Q: Which African National team are called the Chipolopolo?
A: Newly-crowned African Champions Zambia. The name comes from the country's Copper industry.
14th February 2012:
Q: How many past & present Football League clubs had an "X" in their name?
A: Five: Crewe Alexandra, Exeter City, Halifax Town, Oxford United and Wrexham.
13th February 2012:
Q: Which player has scored the most overall goals in African Cup of Nations Finals Tournaments?
A: Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o with a total of 18 goals in ACN Finals.
12th February 2012:
Q: Who was the only Norwich City player to finish a Top Flight season as the highest goalscorer?
A: Ted MacDougall with 23 goals in Division One season 1975-76.
11th February 2012:
Q: Which three managers from Northern Ireland have won the Premier League Manager of the Month Award?
A: Martin O'Neill (Leicester City- Sept 1997, Oct 1998, Nov 1999, Aston Villa - Apr 2007, Nov 2007, Dec 2008, Apr 2010, Sunderland - Dec 2011),
Danny Wilson (Sheffield Wednesday - Jan 2000) & Brendan Rodgers (Swansea City - Jan 2012).
10th February 2012:
Q: Which was the only FIFA World Cup Finals Tournament that failed to produce a single hat-trick?
A: The 2006 World Cup Finals in Germany. Every other tournament from 1930 to 2010 produced at least one hat-trick.
9th February 2012:
Q: Which three Spanish footballers have won Premier League Winners Medals?
A: José Antonio Reyes (Arsenal 2003-04), Asier del Horno (Chelsea 2005-06) & Gerard Piqué (Manchester United 2007-08).
8th February 2012:
Q: Who are the only two players to win Full England caps with five different Premier League clubs each?
A: Scott Parker (Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Newcastle United, West Ham United & Tottenham Hotspur) and Emile Heskey (Leicester City, Liverpool,
Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic & Aston Villa)
7th February 2012:
Q: Which four players from Leeds United won the Football Writers Association Footballer of the Year Award?
A: Bobby Collins (1965), Jackie Charlton (1967), Billy Bremner (1970) and Gordon Strachan (1991).
6th February 2012:
Q: Who were the first Arsenal players to appear for England in a FIFA World Cup Finals match?
A: Kenny Sansom & Graham Rix in England's 3-1 win against France in Bilbao, Spain on 16th June 1982.
5th February 2012:
Q: Which five players have appeared for both Manchester United and Barcelona?
A: Laurent Blanc, Jordi Cruyff, Mark Hughes, Henrik Larsson and Gerard Pique.
4th February 2012:
Q: Which two managers have lost all three major European club competition Finals they've participated in?
A: Héctor Raúl Cúper with Mallorca (ECWC 1999) & Valencia (Champions League 2000 & 2001)
and Arsène Wenger with AS Monaco (ECWC 1992) & Arsenal (UEFA Cup 2000 & Champions League 2006).
3rd February 2012:
Q: Which two players have scored over 100 Premier League goals without ever scoring a penalty?
A: Les Ferdinand (149 goals) and Emile Heskey (111 goals to date).
2nd February 2012:
Q: Which four Scottish players have won English Premier League medals?
A: Brian McClair and Darren Fletcher (both 4 with Man United), Darren Ferguson (1 with Man United) and Colin Hendry (1 with Blackburn Rovers).
1st February 2012:
Q: Who was the first player to score a hat-trick of penalties in an English Top Flight League match?
A: Aston Villa's Billy Walker in a 7-1 First Division win against Bradford City, 12th November 1921.
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