Never Mind The Toffees E-Book

Gavin Buckland

• Herausgeber: The History Press
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 82

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Beschreibung

Do you know which player fashioned himself on Elton John at Wembley? Or who scored the winning goal in the 1995 FA Cup final? Perhaps you know who scored the final goal of the Premier League 2009/10 season? From top scorers to lowest crowds, highest appearance makers to one-hit wonders, this Ultimate Everton quiz book covers the whole history of the club from its foundation as St Domingo's in 1878 to FA Cup glory and the mighty hair of Marouane Fellaini. Written in thirty, fun rounds, each with eleven questions, this is the ideal companion at home, down the pub or in those long car journeys to away games and is informative for fans of all ages.

Leseprobe

Contents

Title

Introduction

Round 1Warming Up

Round 2Twenty-First Century Toffees

Round 3Toffees Captains

Round 4Them and Us

Round 5Transfer Trivia

Round 6We Love the 1970s

Round 7Our Greatest Season Ever

Round 8Overseas Blues

Round 9The Swinging Sixties

Round 10The 1980s and 1990s Finals

Round 11A Mixed Bag

Round 12Penalty Prizes

Round 13The Moyes Years

Round 14The League Cup

Round 15A Mixed Bag of Toffees

Round 16Academy for Boys

Round 17The Lee Years

Round 18Premier League Toffees

Round 19The Number Nines

Round 20At the World Cup

Round 21The Harvey Years

Round 22The Magic of the FA Cup

Round 23Quick off the Mark

Round 24Toffees in Europe

Round 25Celtic Toffees

Round 26The Championship Years

Round 27The Derby

Round 28The Toffees and Manchester

Round 29Who Am I?

Round 30Scottish Toffees

Round 31Goals, Goals, Goals

Round 32Between the Sticks

Round 33Golden Oldies

Round 34One Last Mixed Bag

Round 35Premier League Teasers

Round 36What’s the Link?

Round 37Toffees Opponents

Round 38The HK File

Round 39More Derby Madness

Round 40Injury Time Toffees

The Answers

Copyright

Introduction

That old chestnut about knowledge equalling power is never truer than when talking about football. Clubs around the country all have a number of followers who can recite, on request, the result of every game their team has played, the scorers and, for the really advanced, the date of the match. That is certainly the case with Everton.

These privileged and admired few are called into arbitrate disputes over the answers to questions such as who scored the fourth goal against Sheffield United in 1993, the identity of the bloke with the glasses who ran on the pitch at Anfield after Sharpie’s goal, and the name of the dog who claimed an assist for West Brom against us at the Hawthorns in 1976 – unknown, but it was a terrier and if you don’t believe the story, check the match report!

Thankfully, this book is not aimed at those lucky enough to know everything about the Toffees. It’s aimed at all Evertonians, to be read especially on the way to the game – but not during, the exception being if bored when 4–0 up against Liverpool – either on the bus or in the car. Always welcome on away journeys, in my experience, are those who like asking football questions, but only if they bring some.

The format is pretty straightforward. There are forty rounds of questions on the mighty Blues, with eleven teasers per round. In my experience the secret of a good quiz question is giving everybody an opportunity for a decent guess, and hopefully that is the case for most contained here. Most of the questions are on the modern era, so if your particularly expertise is the names and careers of our 1906 FA Cup final winning team, deepest apologies. Be warned though, there are a couple of stinkers.

This means the range of questions is as uncomplicated and straightforward as a Peter Reid pass: the Toffees in the Premier League, the FA Cup and League Cup and so on. Some regarding the David Moyes’ era needed re-editing after the Scot, with no consideration to the production timetable of the book, decided to relocate down the M62.

Researching and compiling the questions was a hugely enjoyable experience, and I hope you have as much fun answering them!

Gavin Buckland, 2013

A quick note on the content: things can move quickly in the football world, so worth pointing out that the questions and answers are factually correct as at the start of the 2013/14 campaign, but that may change of course.

Warming up

The quiz equivalent of the pre-match kick-in. Here are 11 questions that will hopefully act as a gentle introduction to the big game. Although some are a bit taxing, a few should be as easy as putting the ball in the net from a few yards out (though that, of course, has been beyond a few players over the years!).

1 Who did David Moyes succeed as Everton boss in March 2002?

2 How many separate spells in charge of Everton did Howard Kendall have?

3 Who has played the most games for the Toffees – 751 in total?

4 And who has scored the most goals for the club in the post-war era – 159 in all?

5 Who captained Everton when we won the FA Cup for the first time in thirty-three years, in 1966?

6 In which year were Everton last crowned League Champions?

7 What is the name of the church situated in the corner of Goodison Park, between the Main Stand and the Gwladys Street End?

8 In Joe Royle’s first game in charge, against Liverpool in November 1994, which legendary striker became the first on-loan player to score for Everton in the Merseyside derby?

9 Who joined Everton from Tranmere Rovers in 1925 for a fee of £3,000?

10 Which English top-flight landmark was Everton the first to achieve in the 2002/03 campaign?

11 Which striker came to Everton from Leicester City for a club record fee of £850,000 in the summer of 1985?

Twenty-First Century Toffees

After a difficult beginning, the Toffees have been Premier League stalwarts throughout the twenty-first century, and have regularly finished the league in the top ten. These questions test your knowledge of Everton during that time.

1 Which defender came to Everton from Celtic on a free transfer in the summer of 2001?

2 In the 2–1 victory over Arsenal in October 2002, Wayne Rooney famously scored his first Premier League goal and won the game, but who scored the earlier equaliser for the Toffees?

3 Who became the Toffees’ third most expensive player at the time when moving to Goodison for a fee of £9 million in the summer of 2009?

4 In February 2000 who scored a hat-trick for Everton in the 4–0 away win at West Ham United?

5 James Vaughan became the youngest Premier League scorer at the age of 16 years 271 days when netting during a 4–0 win over which side in April 2005?

6 Which team did Everton beat for the first time in ten years with a 2–1 victory at Goodison in February 2010?

7 Who knocked Everton out of the League Cup twice in 3 seasons, in 2003/04 and 2005/06?

8 Which American international played 8 games on loan during the 2002/03 campaign, scoring 4 goals?

9 Against Newcastle at Goodison in December 2006 who became the second youngest Everton player to score two goals in a post-war league game, doing so aged 18 years 251 days?

10 Who captained Everton for the first and so far only occasion, in the 3–3 draw against Chelsea in December 2009?

11 In the 2006/07 campaign, who became the first Everton outfielder for twenty years to play every minute of a league season?

Toffees Captains

One of the proudest achievements for any Everton player is being appointed club skipper. Indeed, less than fifty have held that honour since Nick Ross was the first to do so in the 1880s. This round looks at those lucky few who have worn the armband.

1 Who succeeded Kevin Ratcliffe as club skipper in January 1992?

2 Who was appointed captain during the summer of 2001?

3 Against Newcastle United in February 1998, who was the first overseas player to captain Everton in a first-team game?

4 Who skippered Everton for the first time in a 2–2 draw against Newcastle at Goodison in October 2008 – the only match Phil Neville missed during the season?

5 Who succeeded Howard Kendall as skipper after the future managerial legend left to join Birmingham in 1974?

6 Who captained the club for the first time against Luton in April 1984, and wore the armband for the last time against Wimbledon four years later?

7 Who was never appointed club captain but unusually skippered Everton, away at Spurs in the 1996/97, 1999/00, 2000/01 and 2002/03 seasons?

8 Who took over the captaincy of the side after Phil Neville was injured against Fulham in September 2009?

9 Who skippered Everton for the first time in the Merseyside derby match at Anfield in March 1981, before later losing the club captaincy for being overweight?

10 Who followed Brian Labone as skipper of the club in 1970?

11 Who scored in 2 of his first 3 Premier League matches as captain – against Stoke City in October 2009 and Manchester City in March 2013?

Them and Us

Only a few players have been on the books of both clubs in Liverpool. A privileged few are held in the highest regard by both sets of supporters, while others have been known to get a bit of stick. Good or bad, red and blue, all the answers are those who have either bravely crossed the great divide direct or done so following a few stops on the way.

1 Who was the first player to be capped by England when playing for both teams?

2 Who scored his only Everton hat-trick against Coventry City in September 1991?

3 Who missed a penalty in his second Everton game at Southampton in March 1998?

4 Billy Hartill played for both teams during the 1935/36 season – who was the next player to appear for both teams during the same top-flight season?

5 Who left Everton for Sheffield Wednesday in a £275,000 deal in 1988?

6 In 2006, who was the most recent former Liverpool player to appear for Everton?