YCS Quiz – May 2013
THE QUESTIONS
3 rounds, 56 questions with a possible 59 points (4 points for the very last question)
ROUND 1: City Players 2012/3. They all played for City during the season- Which keeper played for City both before and after the non league years
- Which defender played for City both before and after the non league years
- Which midfielder played for City both before and after the non league years
- Name the midfielder who returned to City for a second spell in 2012 which ended in January when he left for Luton
- Name the 30 something who made his Football League debut with City. Clue, one of his former managers likened him to Tim Cahill
- Which player cost City the biggest transfer fee
- Which player has started and finished a 5 year sports science degree during his time with City
- Name the oldest squad member, he never saw even a minute of Football League action with City
- Name the Northern Ireland Under 21 international who joined City from Newcastle
- Name the player whose father won a European Cup medal
- Which player has made over 300 appearances for City
- Who gained 13 Scottish Under 21 caps
- Had loan spells with 2 Blue Square Premier North clubs before making his City debut in March
- Which player appeared in the much maligned and much missed Intertoto Cup for Bradford City in 2000
- Which City player has Renaldo as a middle name and once scored a hat trick for England Under 17
- Name the left back we signed on loan from Leeds who later played for Inverness in The Scottish Premier League
- Who is Scarborough’s youngest ever goal scorer
- Name our first loan signing from Aldershot
- Scored twice on his seasonal debut at Rochdale
- Which player did City sign from Maidenhead
- A striker signed from Oxford, he was released in January
- Name the left back signed from Burton
- Name the first City player to receive a red card during a 2012/3 Football League game
- Who received the most (7) yellow cards during the season
- Returned in February for a second spell with City
ROUND 2 – Premiership 2012/3. Name the 20 Premiership clubs
- Club we signed Adam Reed from
- In 1974, our first ever D2 (now Championship) opponents
- In 1976, our last (most recent) D2 (now Championship) opponents
- Premiership club that Nigel Worthington once managed
- The highest top flight ground above sea level in England
- The only Premiership club we've never played at first team level
- Their chief scout, Graham Carr, is a former centre half of ours (and father of a top comedian)
- We played this club 5 times, all in cup games
- We've a 100% record against them, played one, won one
- We beat them 3-0 in the Football League Cup in 1995
- We played at their former ground 4 times, winning twice, but neither time against the team in question
- In the FA Cup, we took them to a replay in 1975 and beat them in 1985
- Our only meeting with this team was in The League Cup
- Gary Mills made a loan signing from this club
- As a top flight club, they beat us in The FA Cup in 1969 and 2010. As 3rd tier clubs, we met in league action in 1998 when the clubs were managed by a pair of brothers
- Our first meeting was in D2 in 1974 and we won our first 3 meetings against them whilst in D2
- We beat them in D2 in 1976, 2 months before they won the FA Cup Final
- On our first league trip to them, they beat us 1-0 at their old Springfield Park ground. It wasn’t our first trip there as they beat us by the same score a season earlier in The FA Cup when they were a non league side
- They signed Tony Barras and Graeme Murty from us. We signed Chris Smith from them
- They beat us home and away in the Football League Cup in 1984 and signed our top striker from us a week later
ROUND 3: Former City Players. In the news during the past season
- Since retiring, he's spent many years working as chief scout for Neil Warnock, one of his ex City teammates
- Was appointed Leeds’ caretaker manager after the sacking of Neil Warnock
- Now Scotland U19 manager
- Spent the season (2012/3) as a youth team coach at Barnet
- Spent the season (2012/3) as first team coach at Birmingham
- Ended the season (2012/3) season as Torquay’s assistant manager
- He scored City’s first ever away goal in The Conference in 2004 and was sacked as Bournemouth manager in October 2012
- Born in 1973, name the former City youth keeper, who later saw league action with Wrexham, Brighton & Shrewsbury and was appointed Stoke’s Technical Director in December 2012
- Had spells at Crawley, Morecambe, Grimsby (via Wembley), Hartlepool and ended up signing for Gateshead earlier this month (May 2013)
- Gained promotion back to the Premiership where he started the season
- In May 2013, the 4 clubs in the Division 1 and Division 2 play off finals at Wembley each featured one ex City player. Name those 4 players
THE ANSWERS
ROUND 1: City Players 2012/3. They all played for City during the season- Which keeper played for City both before and after the non league years
- Which defender played for City both before and after the non league years
- Which midfielder played for City both before and after the non league years
- Name the midfielder who returned to City for a second spell in 2012 which ended in January when he left for Luton
- Name the 30 something who made his Football League debut with City. Clue, one of his former managers likened him to Tim Cahill
- Which player cost City the biggest transfer fee
- Which player has started and finished a 5 year sports science degree during his time with City
- Name the oldest squad member, he never saw even a minute of Football League action with City
- Name the Northern Ireland Under 21 international who joined City from Newcastle
- Name the player whose father won a European Cup medal
- Which player has made over 300 appearances for City
- Who gained 13 Scottish Under 21 caps
- Had loan spells with 2 Blue Square Premier North clubs before making his City debut in March
- Which player appeared in the much maligned and much missed Intertoto Cup for Bradford City in 2000
- Which City player has Renaldo as a middle name and once scored a hat trick for England Under 17
- Name the left back we signed on loan from Leeds who later played for Inverness in The Scottish Premier League
- Who is Scarborough’s youngest ever goal scorer
- Name our first loan signing from Aldershot
- Scored twice on his seasonal debut at Rochdale
- Which player did City sign from Maidenhead
- A striker signed from Oxford, he was released in January
- Name the left back signed from Burton
- Name the first City player to receive a red card during a 2012/3 Football League game
- Who received the most (7) yellow cards during the season
- Returned in February for a second spell with City
ROUND 2 – Premiership 2012/3. Name the 20 Premiership clubs
- Club we signed Adam Reed from
- In 1974, our first ever D2 (now Championship) opponents
- In 1976, our last (most recent) D2 (now Championship) opponents
- Premiership club that Nigel Worthington once managed
- The highest top flight ground above sea level in England
- The only Premiership club we've never played at first team level
- Their chief scout, Graham Carr, is a former centre half of ours (and father of a top comedian)
- We played this club 5 times, all in cup games
- We've a 100% record against them, played one, won one
- We beat them 3-0 in the Football League Cup in 1995
- We played at their former ground 4 times, winning twice, but neither time against the team in question
- In the FA Cup, we took them to a replay in 1975 and beat them in 1985
- Our only meeting with this team was in The League Cup
- Gary Mills made a loan signing from this club
- As a top flight club, they beat us in The FA Cup in 1969 and 2010. As 3rd tier clubs, we met in league action in 1998 when the clubs were managed by a pair of brothers
- Our first meeting was in D2 in 1974 and we won our first 3 meetings against them whilst in D2
- We beat them in D2 in 1976, 2 months before they won the FA Cup Final
- On our first league trip to them, they beat us 1-0 at their old Springfield Park ground. It wasn’t our first trip there as they beat us by the same score a season earlier in The FA Cup when they were a non league side
- They signed Tony Barras and Graeme Murty from us. We signed Chris Smith from them
- They beat us home and away in the Football League Cup in 1984 and signed our top striker from us a week later
ROUND 3: Former City Players. In the news during the past season
- Since retiring, he's spent many years working as chief scout for Neil Warnock, one of his ex City teammates
- Was appointed Leeds’ caretaker manager after the sacking of Neil Warnock
- Now Scotland U19 manager
- Spent the season (2012/3) as a youth team coach at Barnet
- Spent the season (2012/3) as first team coach at Birmingham
- Ended the season (2012/3) season as Torquay’s assistant manager
- He scored City’s first ever away goal in The Conference in 2004 and was sacked as Bournemouth manager in October 2012
- Born in 1973, name the former City youth keeper, who later saw league action with Wrexham, Brighton & Shrewsbury and was appointed Stoke’s Technical Director in December 2012
- Had spells at Crawley, Morecambe, Grimsby (via Wembley), Hartlepool and ended up signing for Gateshead earlier this month (May 2013)
- Gained promotion back to the Premiership where he started the season
- In May 2013, the 4 clubs in the Division 1 and Division 2 play off finals at Wembley each featured one ex City player. Name those 4 players
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