How many clubs competed in the Premier League's first season, in 1992-93?
18
20
22
24
On the first day of that inaugural season there were 13 foreign players (not from the British Isles) in action for 11 different clubs. Which two clubs fielded two each?
Leeds and Liverpool
Arsenal and Manchester United
Manchester City and QPR
Ipswich Town and Sheffield Wednesday
Who has played in a Merseyside derby, a North London derby, a Manchester Derby, a Tyne-Wear derby and a West London derby in the Premier League?
Michael Owen
Emmanuel Adebayor
Nicolas Anelka
Louis Saha
Which club has scored the most goals from headers in the Premier League?
Arsenal
Stoke City
Chelsea
Everton
Peter Reid did it for Manchester City; Trevor Francis did it for Sheffield Wednesday; Gordon Strachan did it for Coventry City; and Gianluca Vialli, Ruud Gullit and Glenn Hoddle did it for Chelsea. Who did it for Manchester United?
Roy Keane
Ryan Giggs
Alex Ferguson
Bryan Robson
Nicolas Anelka is one of two players to have represented Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal in the Premier League. Who is the other?
Kolo Touré
William Gallas
Yossi Benayoun
Jermaine Pennant
What does Anelka have in common with Andrei Kanchelskis?
They are the only former Premier League players to have managed clubs in India
They shared the golden boot in 2007-08
They are the only Premier League players to have won the player of the tournament at a European Championship
They have both scored in the Manchester derby and a Liverpool derby in the same calendar year
Who has scored the most Premier League goals for one club?
Wayne Rooney at Manchester United
Alan Shearer at Newcastle United
Thierry Henry at Arsenal
Frank Lampard at Chelsea
The lowest attendance for any Premier League match was recorded on 26 January 1993, when just 3,039 fans turned attended a match in which stadium?
Selhurst Park
Boundary Park
Elland Road
Loftus Road
Which team have managed to finish third in the league despite having a negative goal difference (-4)?
Aston Villa
Norwich City
Blackburn Rovers
Arsenal
Which team has conceded the most goals in the Premier League (1,231 goals in 25 seasons)?
Aston Villa
Newcastle United
Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool
What links Mark Robins in 1994-95, Steve Kabba in 2006-07, David Nugent in 2009-10 and George Boyd in 2014-15?
They captained clubs on their debuts
They played for two relegated clubs in the same season
They were the top scorer at their clubs with just five goals all season
They were appointed player-managers
Who has scored the most penalties (56) and missed the most penalties (11)?
Matt Le Tissier
Frank Lampard
Alan Shearer
Steven Gerrard
Which team won just one game in a Premier League season?
QPR in 2002-03
Sunderland in 2005-06
Derby County in 2007-08
Aston Villa in 2015-16
Only one manager has led six different Premier League clubs. Who?
Sam Allardyce
Alan Pardew
Mark Hughes
Harry Redknapp
What are Bobby Zamora and Obafemi Martins the only players to have done in the Premier League?
Scored a brace and been sent off in the same game
Suffered relegation at three different clubs
Scored penalties with both feet
Scored a hat-trick and an own goal in the same game
Whose managerial career lasted 13 games and produced no wins?
Alan Shearer
Tony Adams
Terry Connor
Bob Bradley
What did Duncan Ferguson do for Everton against Bolton in 1997 that Salomon Rondon did for West Brom against Swansea in 2016?
Received a second yellow card for taking a shirt off
Hit the woodwork 10 times in one match
Scored a hat-trick of headers
Went into nets, saved a penalty and kept a clean sheet
Matthew Briggs remains the youngest player to have appeared in the Premier League. For which club did he make his debut in 2007 as a 16-year-old?
Fulham
Everton
Charlton Athletic
Manchester City
Managers from five different countries have won the Premier League: Scotland, Portugal, Italy, France and ... ?
Wales
Spain
Germany
Chile
No Englishman has won the Premier League as a manager. How many Italians have done it?
Two
Three
Four
Five
However, only one Italy international has won the league as a player. Which club was he playing for?
Leicester City
Arsenal
Blackburn Rovers
Manchester City
Chelsea
Manchester United
Peter Schmeichel became the first goalkeeper to score a goal in the league in 2001. Which club was he playing for at the time?
Manchester United
Aston Villa
Manchester City
Leicester City
Who was the first manager to field a team without a British player in a Premier League match, on Boxing Day 1999?
Gianluca Vialli at Chelsea
Gérard Houllier at Liverpool
Alex Ferguson at Manchester United
Arsène Wenger at Arsenal
Who is the only player to have scored goals for seven clubs in the Premier League?
Teddy Sheringham
Nick Barmby
Craig Bellamy
Darren Bent
Solutions
1:C - There were 22 clubs for the first three seasons before the league was downsized to the now-familiar 20., 2:B - The four players were: John Jensen and Anders Limpar at Arsenal, and Peter Schmeichel and Andrei Kanchelskis at Manchester United., 3:D - Anelka came close but he hasn't played for Newcastle or Sunderland., 4:A - So much for walking it into the net., 5:B - They were all player-managers., 6:C - Benayoun scored hat-tricks in the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup, something Anelka never achieved., 7:D - Kanchelskis did it for Manchester United and Everton in 1995; Anelka did it for Liverpool and Manchester City in 2002., 8:A - He has scored 183 goals for Manchester United and 15 (and counting) for Everton., 9:A - Everton beat Wimbledon 3-1., 10:B - Huddersfield were promoted with a negative goal difference in 2016-17. , 11:C - Everton have lost the most matches. , 12:B - It has nothing to do with the Premier League but Dave Bassett managed Sheffield United and Watford during the 1987-88 season and both clubs were relegated., 13:C - Shearer has also scored the most goals (260) and the most hat-tricks (11)., 14:C - They played 38 games, lost 29 of them, scored 20 goals and won 11 points. , 15:A - Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham, Sunderland and Crystal Palace. He also managed England for one game., 16:C - Impressive., 17:C - Bradley won two of his 11 games in charge of Swansea; Shearer won one of his eight games in charge of Newcastle; and Adams won two of his 16 games at Portsmouth., 18:C - However, neither player comes close to matching Peter Crouch, who has scored a record 37 headed goals in the Premier League., 19:A - Briggs represented England at Under-16, Under-17, Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 levels but is currently without a club, having been released by Colchester United at the end of last season. , 20:D - Manuel Pellegrini won the title in the 2013-14 season., 21:C - Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto Mancini, Claudio Ranieri, Antonio Conte., 22:D - Mario Balotelli, who set up Sergio Agüero's vital goal on the last day of the season with his only assist for City., 23:B - Schmeichel is Villa's oldest goalscorer in the Premier League. , 24:A - The team was: De Goey (Holland), Petrescu (Romania), Thome (Brazil), Lebouef (France), Babayaro (Nigeria), Ferrer (Spain), Deschamps (France), Poyet (Uruguay), Di Matteo (Italy), Ambrosetti (Italy) and Flo (Norway)., 25:C - Coventry, Newcastle, Blackburn, Liverpool, West Ham, Manchester City and Cardiff.
