THE LAST 50 YEARS - One question per year from the last half a century.

This quiz is free to all. There are no prizes, it is just for fun. There is one question relating to each of the last 50-years.

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1959

Which club was elected to the Football League replacing
Gateshead, became 4th Division champions in first season,
scoring a record 134 goals?

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1960
Who scored two goals for Wolves in the FA Cup Final
defeat of Blackburn?
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1961
The first League Cup competition was won by which
club?
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1962

Which club became Scottish League champions for the
first time in their history?

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1963
Who did Spurs beat in the European Cup Winners' Cup
final?
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1964

Liverpool won the League title. Who was their regular
left-winger?

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1965

Keith Peacock became the first substitute used in
League football. For which club was he playing
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1966
Name the lion who was the mascot for the World Cup
finals.
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1967
Which club won the FA Cup for the third time in six
years?
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1968
Which injured striker missed Manchester United's
European Cup final victory?
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1969
The Footballer of the Year Award was shared jointly by
Dave Mackay and which right back?
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1970
Who scored for Chelsea in every round of the FA Cup,
including the final?
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1971
At which ground did 66 die and another 140 were injured
watching a match on 2nd January?
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1972
Which World Cup winner had to retire from the game
when an accident cost him the sight of one eye?
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1973
Brian Clough resigned as manager of the League
champions, and took over at which unfashionable club?
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1974
Manchester United were relegated to Division Two.
Who was their manager at the time?
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1975
Which North American team did Pele join?
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1976
Name the Blackburn Rovers left-winger who became the
first player in the Football League to be shown a red
card.
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1977
Which future FA Cup winners were elected to the
Football League Division 4?
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1978
On which manager did the FA impose a 10-year ban?
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1979
Who did West Brom sign from Middlesbrough in the first
domestic £500,000 transfer?
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1980
Which club won the Scottish Championship breaking
the 15-year stranglehold of the Auld Firm?
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1981
Who became manager of Everton, having once been the
youngest player to appear in the FA Cup final?
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1982
Name the club that signed Diego Maradona for a world-
record £5-million.
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1983
Oxford chairman Robert Maxwell bought a controlling
interest in Reading intending to the two clubs. What
name was he going to call the new club?
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1984
Which Italian club did Graeme Souness join?
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1985
Who became the first player sent-off in a FA Cup final?
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1986
Which club dropped-out of the League Cup competition
rather than compromise their ban on away fans?
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1987
Who was sacked as manager of Tottenham for 'non-
footballing matters'?
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1988
Which European Cup winner was manager of Oxford
United for a very short time?
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1989
Whose 2 goals against Bristol City on 1st May brought
his tally for the season to 48?
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1990
Hearts made an ambitious £6.12-million bid to buy
which club?
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1991
From which club did Liverpool sign Dean Saunders?
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1992
Who managed Leeds United to the League
Championship?
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1993
Which Brazilian scored a hat-trick on his debut for
Barcelona?
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1994
Which central defender captained England for the first
time in October? He went on to wear the armband
another 14 times.
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1995
Who scored a surprise goal for Manchester United
against Rotor Volgograd?
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1996
Which Premiership goalkeeper caused a rumpus by
giving a nazi-salute to Spurs fans at White Hart Lane?
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1997

When Mohamed Al Fayed employed Kevin Keegan as
chief-executive, who did he make manager?
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1998
Which club did Chelsea defeat in the European Cup
Winners' Cup final?
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1999
From which club did Leeds sign Danny Mills?
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2000
Which Italian goalie briefly played for Manchester
United?
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2001
For which club was Roy Essandoh an FA Cup hero after
having been discovered on the internet?
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2002
Who scored the winning goal for Germany in the 1-0
defeat of England in a World Cup qualifier?
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2003
Who captained Arsenal to FA Cup victory in the final?
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2004
Who vacated the managers chair at Barnet, to take the
same position at Brentford?
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2005
Name the international captain, who Chelsea loaned to
Charlton.
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2006
Which of their former players became director of the
Youth Academy at Manchester United?
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2007
Which Dutchman signed for Wigan on 15th June?
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2008
Name Englands first opponents under the reign of
Fabio Capello.
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