On the Spot

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First World War

1. Why was the FA Cup Final in 1915 known as ‘The Khaki Final’?

Because:
c. so many of the crowd were in uniform

2. How many professional footballers are thought to have enlisted at the start of the First World War?

b. 2000

3. Why hasn’t Leigh Roose got a grave with a headstone?

b. His body was never found so his name is inscribed on the Thiepval Memorial instead

4. Which one of these statements is FALSE?

a. Walter Tull was the first black professional footballer in England

5. Who was the captain of Dick, Kerr Ladies Football Team?

b. Lily Parr

6. Where is Patrick Slavin, the Celtic player, buried?

a. Serre Road Cemetery No. 2

7. How many Hearts players were killed in the First World War?

c. 7

8. Which regiment was it whose soldiers kicked footballs across no-man’s land during the Battle of the Somme?

a. East Surrey Regiment

9. What do the initials CWGC stand for?

b. Commonwealth War Graves Commission

10. Why did Christmas Day, 1914, become so famous?

c. Because British and German troops played football together in no-man’s land.

11. How much did Bolton Wanderers pay for Harry Goslin in 1930?

c. £25

12. In the Second World War, the East Stand at White Hart Lane was used as:

b. A mortuary

13. Two footballers from which team are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial?

c. Arsenal

14. Liverpool player, Tom Cooper’s death resulted in a new law. What was it?

b. That army despatch riders had to wear a crash helmet

15. Why was February 3rd, 1940, a memorable day in football history?

c. Every league match was cancelled except one because of the weather

16. How did soldier Patrick Kelly prevent another soldier from taking part in the D-Day landings?

a. He broke his ankle with a flying tackle

17. Which of these statements about the war film ‘Escape to Victory’ is TRUE?

b. Sylvester Stallone played the part of a goalkeeper

18. Why was goalie, Joe Coen, buried in an English churchyard?

b. He died in a flying accident on British soil

19. Alan Fowler played for Swindon Town before he was killed in Normandy. What job did his father have at the same club?

c. Groundsman

20. Which animals were injured when Wembley Stadium was bombed?

b. Greyhounds that lived in nearby kennels