Football quiz: stadiums of yore
Who flew The Nest? Who hosted the Spice Girls? Who was amused?
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Who are the only British club to have played home matches in a stadium that has also hosted gigs by U2, the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson and the Spice Girls as well as a World Student Games?
Tottenham
MK Dons
West Ham
Rotherham
Whose old ground featured the "Chocolate Boxes" – the only uncovered upper-tier terracing in British football?
Southampton
Tottenham
Brighton
Sunderland
Whose former ground derives its name from a 20-ton rock that may have been a place of worship for ancient druids?
Brighton
Barnet
Swansea
Southampton
Which two bird-nicknamed clubs started life in the Football League at grounds called The Nest?
Bristol City and Swindon Town
Cardiff and Brighton
Crystal Palace and Norwich City
Swansea City and Sheffield Wednesday
In January 1990 Ramsline Halt, a single-platform railway station, was built at a cost of £26,000 next to Derby County's Baseball Ground. How many trains ever stopped there?
Zero
Four
Several hundred
Three a day ever since
At which football ground would you have found “The Chicken Run”?
Upton Park
Maine Road
Highbury
Belle Vue
There’s a small bronze sculpture in the middle of a housing estate marking the exact spot from which North Korea’s Pak Doo-ik struck his famous winner against Italy in the 1966 World Cup. On the site of which ground does it stand?
Burnden Park
White City Stadium
Roker Park
Ayresome Park
Whose recently vacated old ground was very nearly called Percy Park when it opened in 1899?
West Ham
Manchester City
Tottenham
Arsenal
Which club used to play at a ground known as The Kursaal, an amusement park on the town’s seafront?
Southend United
Portsmouth
Southampton
Plymouth
Which stadium had a record crowd of 75,118 in 1933 but when it closed in 1997 a capacity of only 22,500?
Christie Park
Highbury
Roker Park
Elm Park
4 and above.
Did you get a bit lost?
5 and above.
That is a fine score. Well played
6 and above.
That is a fine score. Well played
7 and above.
That is a very impressive score. Well played
8 and above.
That is an extremely impressive score. Well played
9 and above.
That is an extremely impressive score. Well played
10 and above.
That is an extremely impressive score. Well played
3 and above.
Did you get a bit lost?
2 and above.
Did you get a bit lost?
0 and above.
Did you get a bit lost?
1 and above.
Did you get a bit lost?
Continue reading...from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/25/football-quiz-stadiums-of-yore
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