Quiztime Goal Quiz

1. How many yards wide is a soccer goal?
Eight
2. Who during the 1998 World Cup scored the first sudden death "golden goal" to decide a match?
Lauren Blanc
3. Which goalkeeper returned to the Premiership in the 1999-2000 season for Bradford City aged over 40?
Neville Southall
4. Which former goalkeeper and sports presenter claimed to be the Son of God?
David Icke
5. Who scored Germany’s golden goal winner at Euro 96?
Oliver Bierhof
6. Which footballer won the Golden Boot Award in 1992, as Europe’s top goal scorer?
Ally McCoist (scored Scotland's only goal in Euro '96)
7. Which England International goalkeeper's career came to an end after a 1972 car crash?
Gordon Banks
8. Which TV presenter / pundit once scored all five goals for Fulham in a 5-1 win at Doncaster?
Jimmy Hill
9. Who was top Premiership scorer in the 1999/20000 season with 30 goals for Sunderland?
Kevin Phillips
10. Which Arsenal striker notched League goal number 200 in 1997?
Ian Wright
11. Who in 1989 became England’s most expensive goalkeeper, and the first to be transferred for a million pounds?
Nigel Martyn
12. Which Scottish football club did not concede a goal for more than seven years after they were formed?
Queen’s Park
13. True or False - When Preston North End won the league and cup double in 1888 they did it without losing a league game or conceding a cup goal?
True - It was the leagues first year
14. Which goalkeeper was beaten by Maradonna’s “hand of god goal” in 1986?
Peter Shilton
15. In 2004, which 81-year-old was awarded an honorary OBE for helping to foster Anglo-German understanding?
Bert Trautmann – former Manchester City goalkeeper
16. Which Spanish team beat Manchester United twice in the first group stage of the 2001-2 Champions League, on both occasions scoring two goals in quick succession?
Deportivo La Coruña
17. Before fame as a Singer, Julio Inglesias was a Goalkeeper with which club?
Real Madrid
18. Name the Scottish footballer who is the only player to have scored 100 goals in both The English & Scottish leagues?
Kenny Dalglish
19. Who was the first goalkeeper to captain an FA Cup winning side?
Dave Beasant
20. Which three players scored the goal in England’s 5-1 defeat of Germany in the qualifying group game for the 2002 World Cup?
Michael Owen, Emil Heskey, Steven Gerard

21. Which ex England goalkeeper once played for Fort Lauderdale Strikers?
Gordon Banks
22. Which Arsenal player scored his first goal for the club in the 1993 Coca Cola Cup Final but broke his collar-bone during celebratory horseplay after the final whistle?
Steve Morrow
23. Who scored only one goal during his 399 appearances for Manchester United?
Peter Schmeichel
24. Six out of the seven goals scored by England at the 1986 World Cup finals were scored by Gary Lineker, Who scored the other one?
Peter Beardsley
25. Which now regular items first appeared in the FA Cup final of 1891?
Nets in the Goalmouth
26. In the 1990 soccer World Cup Finals, which national team included the two Biyik brothers, one of whom was sent off, the other scoring the goal in a 1-0 win over holders Argentina?
Cameroon
27. Hakan Sukur scored the fastest goal in the World Cup in 2002 for which country?
Turkey
28. Manchester United were the first team to score 9 goals in a Premiere match, against who?
Ipswich
29. Who was the first player to score 100 goals in the Premier League?
Alan Shearer
30. For which country did ex Liverpool goal keeper Bruce Grobbelar represent?
Zimbabwe
31. Which football league team were the first to score 1000 football league goals?
Aston Villa
32. Who is England’s most capped goalkeeper?
Peter Shilton
33. France - True or False - Goalkeeper Fabien Barthez was brought up playing Tennis and only turned to football when he was aged 15?
False - he was brought up playing Rugby
34. Which nation scored the first goal of the Euro 2004 finals?
Greece
35. Which US film star played the goalkeeper in the film ‘Escape To Victory’?
Sylvester Stallone
36. When Manchester United won the European Cup in 1968 who was their goalkeeper?
Alex Stepney
37. What should be awarded in football if a goal is scored directly from an indirect free kick?
Goal kick
38. Who scored the winning goal in the 1953 FA Cup final?
Bill Perry
39. Which two players scored the most goals for England in the 1998 World Cup Finals?
Alan Shearer and Michael Owen
40. Against which country did Bobby Moore score his last international goal?
Germany (in the film Escape to Victory)

Tiebreaker - How many goals did Turkey score on the 1996 European Championships in England?
None!