Quiz 70 - Non League - Answers

A non-league quiz for you to try. 
The rule is that the questions relate to non-league clubs or players when they were non-leaguers even though those clubs or players may well now be in the Football League....or Premier League!

Best of Luck.

I guess the question you might almost be expecting is who were the last non-league side to win the FA Cup - that was Spurs in 1901. So let me make it a tad more difficult - who were the last non-league club to reach an FA Cup Final?
Southern League Southampton who were beaten by Sheffield United in the replayed 1902 final. Non-leaguers Southampton had also been beaten in the 1900 final by Bury

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In February 2017 why did non-league footballer Wayne Shaw hit the headlines?
The match was Sutton United v Arsenal in the 5th Round of the FA Cup. That tie in itself was worthy of many headlines but when Sutton's 'roly-poly goalie' Wayne Shaw - a rather plump substitute goalkeeper - was photographed eating a pie while on the bench and that was later found to be part of a publicity stunt for a bookmaker then the headlines were never ending!

Pictured is the home ground of a club who were demoted a division in the National League in 2019. Which club?
Gateshead

Back in the 1974/75 season Leeds drew with a Southern League side at Elland Road in an FA Cup 4th Round tie. The non-leaguers switched the venue for the replay to a neighbouring ground and a 45,000+ crowd attended that match. Who were that Southern League side?
Wimbledon - the replay was staged at the Selhurst Park home of Crystal Palace - Leeds won the match 1-0

In 2016/17 which club became the first non-league side in over a century to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup?
Lincoln City - they lost the 6th Round tie 5-0 at Arsenal

In May 2012 Conference side Fleetwood Town sold a player - who would later become an England player - to a Championship club. Who was that player?
Jamie Vardy (to Leicester City)

Who did Macclesfield Town beat in the Wembley final of the first FA Trophy tournament in 1969/70?
Telford United

Which Southern League club shared Watford's Vicarage Road ground between 1991 and 1993?
Wealdstone

Stevenage FC played their first Football League match in 2010 by which time they had changed their name from what they were as known in their previous non-league existence. What was that name?
Stevenage Borough

On 9th May 2015 which non-league club marked the official opening of their new Broadhurst Park ground with a friendly against the reserve side of Benfica?
FC United of Manchester - the match was played 47 years to the day after Manchester United had beaten Benfica to become the first English side to win the European Cup

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