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Quiz 79 -
London Football - Answers
With apologies to
those who live outside of the M25
this quiz is all about clubs in London - and my
added apologies to the supporters of
London clubs who haven't got a question this time around.
Good Luck.
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The first match this London club played in the
Football League saw them lost 4-7 at home to Crewe and then three days later
they drew 5-5 at home to Brentford in the League Cup. Which London club?
Barnet - in 1991/92 (results)
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In the 1997/98 season who
became the first footballer born in Liberia to score a goal in
the Premier League?
Arsenal's Christopher Wreh
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The Corner Pin pub was once the popular match-day
haunt of the fans of which club until that club bought it and
converted it into a ticket office?
Tottenham Hotspur
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Actor Bradley Walsh spent a couple of years at this club in the
1970s without making the first team while Rod Stewart had -
allegedly! - an unsuccessful trial with them. Which club?
Brentford
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The first £1million
player in England later had a short period as player-manager of
which London club?
Trevor Francis
had a short spell as QPR player-manager in the late 1980s
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Who was the Chelsea player
who won the Football Writers Footballer of the Year award
in 2005?
Frank Lampard
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Fulham v Bristol Rovers, Division 2,
Saturday 4th September 1976. The attendance was 21,127, which was over double
the previous League match at Craven Cottage, to see which player make his debut for Fulham (he
scored the only goal of the game)?
George Best
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What was Leyton Orient's club name before the Second
World War?
Clapton Orient
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Which London club only ever played in the UEFA Cup for one round when they
were eliminated by Ferencvaros of Hungary?
Millwall in 2004/05 - they were beaten
by Manchester United in the 2004 FA Cup Final but with United qualifying
for the Champions League Millwall took their place in the UEFA Cup
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A substitute
appearance by Jake Nicholson saw his club docked three points by the
Football League when it was later discovered that he was not registered
with his club to play in that match. Which London club suffered that
points deduction?
AFC Wimbledon in the
2013/14 season
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