The Magpies Quiz Book: 1,000 Questions on all Things Newcastle United

How much do you really know about the club you love? You can find out by exploring the 1,000 questions set out in 100 categories that make up this Newcastle United Quiz Book.
It's not often that books on football make reference to Catch-22, Bob Dylan, Queen Victoria, the Boat Race, Monty Python, EastEnders, LA Confidential, the Beatles and the Likely Lads, but this one does!
Try these for size:
1. When Newcastle United reached successive FA Cup finals in 1998 and 1999, which club did they knock out of the competition in both seasons?
2. Although Newcastle United came out on the wrong end of those two magnificent 4-3 encounters with Liverpool at Anfield in the mid-90s, their contribution will always be remembered. Who scored for them in both games?
3. Which three successive Newcastle United managers had all won the European Cup/Champions League as players?

• Language: English
• Publisher: G2 Entertainment
• Release date: Dec 18, 2023
• ISBN: 9781782815419

Book preview

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ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE

Such is the dislike between Newcastle United and Sunderland that players who make the move from one to the other are often reviled. These ten were able to manage the switch. You are given their dates and number of League games at each club. Who are they in each case?

1. Fifty-seven games from 1946 to 1947 for Newcastle and 320 games from 1947 to 1957 for Sunderland – probably the worst piece of business in Newcastle United’s history!

2. Fifty-five games from 1966 to 1972 for Newcastle and 66 games from 1972 to 1974 for Sunderland.

3. Seventy-three games from 1992 to 1995 for Newcastle and 228 games in three spells for Sunderland between 1983 and 1997.

4. Eighty-one games from 1963 to 1965 for Newcastle and 402 games from 1952 to 1963 for Sunderland.

5. One hundred and five games from 2002 to 2007 for Newcastle and 47 games between 2010 and 2013 for Sunderland.

6. Two hundred and six games from 1964 to 1970 for Newcastle and 154 games in three spells for Sunderland between 1974 and 1983.

7. One hundred and forty-three games from 1929 to 1934 for Newcastle and 215 games from 1923 to 1929 for Sunderland.

8. Eighty games between 1966 and 1971 for Newcastle and 31 games between 1962 and 1966 for Sunderland.

9. One hundred and twenty-four games between 1982 and 1987 for Newcastle and 181 games between 1975 and 1982 for Sunderland.

10. One hundred and thirteen games between 1904 and 1910 for Newcastle and 157 games between 1898 and 1904 for Sunderland.

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ANYTHING GOES

11. When Newcastle United won the FA Cup in 1951 they became the first club to win the trophy before the First World War, in the inter-war period and post-Second World War. True or false?

12. Why was the goal that Terry Hibbitt scored for Newcastle United in a 1-1 League draw with Wolves at Molineux on 17 February 1973 an extra special moment for him?

13. Besides being wingers and playing for Newcastle United and Spurs, what do David Ginola and Ruel Fox have in common?

14. Who is the only player to captain Newcastle United, Sunderland and Middlesbrough?

15. Centre forward Obafemi Martins joined Newcastle United from Inter Milan in 2006 and scored 28 times in 88 League games for them. What was extremely strange about that statistic?

16. An eccentric goalkeeper who was on the books of 30 clubs in his career and played 768 times in the Football League signed for Newcastle United in 1989 and played in 67 League games for them. Who was he?

17. Which Newcastle United player from the 1950s played 247 League games for both the Geordies and Portsmouth?

18. Alan Gowling and Paul Gascoigne share the first letter of their names. What else do they share?

19. Who played the most League games for Newcastle United? A. Paul Goddard B. Andy Cole C. Les Ferdinand D. Kevin Keegan

20. On 15 October 1887 Newcastle United lost the first FA Cup tie they played 3-2 away to a club that makes you think of Melvyn Bragg. Who were they?

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BEEN THERE, DONE THAT!

All these players joined Newcastle United after appearing for other clubs in an FA Cup final. Can you identify them in each case?

21. This well-known player was a member of the Southampton side that overcame Manchester United in the 1976 FA Cup final, and he played just four League games on Tyneside before joining Bristol Rovers.

22. Played for Manchester United in the 1976 and 1977 FA Cup finals, coming on as a substitute in both of them, before moving to St James’ Park in 1982.

23. This man did an extremely rare thing in making his Manchester United debut in the 1983 FA Cup final against Brighton, before joining Newcastle United in 1985.

24. This defender captained the Queens Park Rangers side that faced Spurs in the 1982 FA Cup final, before joining Newcastle United in 1983.

25. Probably the unluckiest player to appear in an FA Cup final, he was on the losing side three times with Everton and once with Sunderland, before moving to Tyneside in 1992.

26. This man won the FA Cup with Manchester United in 2004, having been a losing finalist with them nine years before. He joined Newcastle United in 2004.

27. This defender won the FA Cup with Chelsea against Aston Villa in 2000, before signing for Newcastle United in 2005.

28. This striker moved to Newcastle United from Leeds United, after featuring in four FA Cup finals for Liverpool between 1986 and 1996.

29. This goalkeeper won the FA Cup with Wimbledon before joining Newcastle United in the same year of 1988.

30. This player’s goals had turned the 2001 FA Cup final against Arsenal in Liverpool’s favour before, after a spell on the Continent, he rocked up in Tyneside in 2005, much to Alan Shearer’s delight.

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CRYPTIC MANAGERS

Identify the Newcastle United managers from the clues given.

31. Beatles’ producer

32. Type of glove.

33. Cream bass player

34. Needed annually between Putney and Mortlake.

35. Scottish football club.

36. Jimmy Stewart’s large rabbit.

37. Roy and Rory, father and son actors.

38. London football club.

39. Unit of power.

40. Sounds like another word for oesophagus.

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CUP KINGS - FA CUP FINALS OF 1951, 52 & 55 PART 1

41. There was no doubt who were the kings of the FA Cup in the 1950s; there was a romantic inevitability that Newcastle United would prevail. The last time a club had won three FA Cup finals in a decade happened in the 1920s – which club, in 1923, 1926 and 1929?

42. Which three clubs were beaten by Newcastle United at Wembley in those finals of 1951, 1952 and 1955?

43. Which three Newcastle United players – one defender and two forwards – played in all three finals?

44. Newcastle United won those matches 2-0, 1-0 and 3-1. Who, in the 1955 final, became the only opposing player to score against them when he did so with a superb diving header?

45. In reaching those three FA Cup finals, Newcastle United beat Wolves, Blackburn Rovers and York City in the respective semi-finals. How many of them went to replays?

46. On which ground did they play the most semi-finals, and which was the closest to Newcastle?

47. Which pair of brothers played for Newcastle United in the 1952 final?

48. Which player who appeared for the club they defeated in the 1951 final later went on to become the only man to score a hat-trick in an FA Cup final in the 20th century?

49. Newcastle United’s second-highest scorer in their three FA Cup final wins in the 1950s was Bobby Mitchell with three goals. Which three players beat him to the top spot with four goals?

50. In each of the three finals, Newcastle United owed their wins in the 1952 and 1955 finals by injuries to which two of their opponents?

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CUP KINGS - FA CUP FINALS OF 1951, 52 & 55 PART 2

51. Jackie Milburn notched three of the six goals Newcastle United scored in winning those three finals. Three other players scored a goal apiece. Who were they?

52. Which member of Newcastle United’s 1951 FA Cup-winning side played in the 1953 and 1958 finals for two more clubs?

53. Which member of Newcastle United’s 1955 FA Cup-winning side went back to Wembley to win the trophy again as a manager?

54. Which man who played in the 1952 and 1955 finals went on to win the European Cup as a player in 1967?

55. The beaten captain of Newcastle United’s opponents in the 1952 final won the Football League as a manager 16 years later. Who was he?

56. A member of the 1955 side shared his surname with someone who played for Newcastle United in an FA Cup final over 40 years later. What was that surname?

57. Which player in the team that Newcastle United beat in the 1955 final went on to manage England?

58. The Newcastle United player who planted a right-wing corner on Jackie Milburn’s head for the opening goal in the first minute of the 1955 final shared his name with a colour. Who was he?

59. Jimmy Scoular and Tommy Casey were members of the Newcastle United Cup-winning side of 1955. Jimmy had come from a club that Tommy would later join. Who were they?

60. Jackie Milburn wore the No 9 shirt, held in such regard on Tyneside, in the first two finals. What number did he wear in 1955?

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EDWARDIAN & GEORGIAN CUP FINALS OF 1905, 06, 08, 10 & 11

61. The good news was that there was no team better at reaching the FA Cup finals of this era than Newcastle United: five finals in 11 years is testament to that. However, it is here that the bad news trickles in: they won just one! Which Midlands club started things off by beating them 2-0 in the 1905 final?

62. Newcastle United returned the following year and got a bit closer to the prize, going down 1-0 this time to which Merseyside club?

63. Back for more in 1908, Newcastle United lost 3-1 to another Midlands club. Which one was it this time?

64. Newcastle United’s scorer in that 3-1 defeat sounds as if he has the same name as someone who played for the club in the 1998 final. Who scored?

65. What was unique to FA Cup finals about the four scorers in that 1908 final?

66. In 1910 Newcastle United were back in the final again, and this time it was a case of fourth time lucky, although they did need a replay to beat their Yorkshire opponents 2-0 after a 1-1 draw. Who were they?

67. Newcastle United’s goalscorer in the first game that ended 1-1 shared his surname with a famous British physicist of the period. What was the scorer’s name?

68. Albert Shepherd scored both goals in the replay, the first United player to claim two in an FA Cup final. What else was he the first man to do in that game?

69. In 1911 Newcastle United reached the final again, and again it went to a replay, and again they faced opposition from Yorkshire. This time, though, they succumbed 1-0 after a 0-0 draw with which club?

70. Peter McWilliam played for Newcastle United in four of those five finals, and went on to manage which club to FA Cup success in the 1920s? A. Aston Villa B. Huddersfield Town C. Bolton Wanderers D. Spurs

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FA CUP SEMI-FINALS

71. Newcastle United contested their first FA Cup semi-final in 1905 and their last for the time being 100 years later in 2005. Who scored their most recent semi-final goal in 2005 against Manchester United?

72. Which player found the net in all of their first three FA Cup semi-finals – in 1905, 1906 and 1908?

73. Newcastle United won their last FA Cup semi-final before the Second World War in 1932, but lost the first one after it in 1947. Both times their opponents were London clubs that began with the same letter. Who were they?

74. Outside of London, which is the only city that has experienced both of its clubs losing an FA Cup semi-final to Newcastle United? It happened in 1905 and 1998.

75. Three clubs that have defeated Newcastle United in an FA Cup semi-final have gone on to land the trophy. It happened in 1909, 1947 and 2000. Which three clubs were they?

76. Who are the only two players to score from the penalty spot in an FA Cup semi-final for Newcastle United? It happened in 1952 and 1999.

77. Which London club did Newcastle United hammer 6-0 in the FA Cup semi-final of 1908?

78. Who are the only club to beat Newcastle United in