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The Guardian - UK

Sport

Paul Campbell

Football quiz: trophy droughts

Leeds United celebrate with the Football league Division One trophy for the 1991/92 season, Sunderland manager Bob Stokoe celebrates after they beat Leeds United in the 1973 FA Cup Final, Glenn Hoddle kisses the FA Cup as he and Steve Archibald celebrate their 1982 victory, was the 80s the last decade they won a trophy and in which decade did Newcastle United win three FA Cup finals? Composite: Getty Images; PA Images

In which decade did Tottenham last win a major trophy?
1. The 2010s
2. The 2000s
3. The 1990s
4. The 1980s
Leeds have not won a trophy since Howard Wilkinson guided them to the league title in 1991-92. Who was their top scorer that season?
1. Eric Cantona
2. Lee Chapman
3. Gordon Strachan
4. Gary Speed
Who was the prime minister the last time Everton won a trophy?
1. Margaret Thatcher
2. John Major
3. Tony Blair
4. James Callaghan
Manchester United won the double in the 1993–94 and 1995-96 season. Which club won the League Cup in those two seasons – and have not won a trophy since?
1. Middlesbrough
2. Leeds United
3. Aston Villa
4. Sheffield Wednesday
Sunderland have not won a major trophy since they beat Leeds in the FA Cup final in 1973. What was remarkable about that Sunderland team?
1. They were in the Third Division at the time
2. They won the game 1-0 even though they did not have a shot on target
3. None of their team had played international football at the time
4. They won all of their FA Cup ties 1-0 that season – including the final
Newcastle have not won the league in the post-war period. In which decade did they win three FA Cups?
1. 1950s
2. 1960s
3. 1970s
4. 1980s
Which of these London clubs has won the top flight?
1. West Ham
2. Crystal Palace
3. Queens Park Rangers
4. Fulham
5. Charlton Athletic
6. None of them
Which club won three league titles in a row in the 1920s and have never won the league since?
1. Ipswich Town
2. Sheffield Wednesday
3. Huddersfield Town
4. Wolverhampton Wanderers
Who are the only club to have won the old First Division yet never played in the Premier League?
1. Notts County
2. Bristol City
3. Plymouth Argyle
4. Preston North End
Which club won the league title 100 years ago but haven’t won it since?
1. West Brom
2. Bolton Wanderers
3. Birmingham City
4. Swansea City

Solutions

1:B - Spurs have not won a trophy since Juande Ramos led them to Carling Cup glory against Chelsea in 2008. Jonathan Woodgate scored the winning goal for them at Wembley that day., 2:B - Cantona only scored three goals in the league for Leeds that season – although he did provide a lot of assists for Chapman., 3:B - Everton have not won a trophy since the 1995 FA Cup, when Major was prime minister and Tony Blair was leader of the opposition. Manchester United were the opposition at Wembley that day., 4:C - Villa beat Manchester United in the final in 1994 and Leeds in the final in 1996., 5:C - Only one of their team had played at Wembley before – and that was for an England schoolboys game., 6:A - For a club that hasn’t won the league in nearly a century, Newcastle have a surprisingly good record in the FA Cup., 7:F - Only three clubs from London – Arsenal (13), Chelsea (six) and Tottenham (two) – have been champions of England., 8:C - Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool have also won three successive titles, although Huddersfield did it first., 9:D - Of the 24 teams that have won the league, Preston are the only side not to have featured in the top tier since 1992. They won the first two season of the Football League, back in 1888–89, without losing a game, making them the original Invincibles., 10:A - The other three have never won the league.