Quiz Time 2....how well do you know your football? (1 Viewer)

Following on from Paxman's excellent Quiz, (as there isn't anything of any value going on right now), I've got a few questions for you. Answers tomorrow.
All these questions refer to the 4 English Leagues only.

1.There are 2 teams with the nickname ‘Red Devils’. One is Manu, the other is?

2.The largest playing surface in all 4 divisions is?

3. The smallest playing surface in all 4 divisions is?

4. If you’re watching a game between the Shrimps and the Shrimpers, who are you watching?

5. What is the name of West Ham United’s ground?

6. If the Hornets were playing the Bees, which 3 teams could be involved?

7. Who has the smallest ground in the Championship?

8. Who has the largest ground in League Div 1?

9. Who plays at Weston Homes Community Stadium?

10. Which team’s ground has the longest “official’ title?

Sky Blue Sheepy said:

1. Crawley Town
2?
3?
4. Morcambe FC and Southend Utd
5. Upton Park
6. Watford FC, Brentford FC, Barnet FC
7. Would have said Scunthorpse but now... Blackpool?
8?
9?
10. Is it St. James Park @ Sports Direct.com?

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Keep going Sheepy....3 correct so far!

Paxman II said:

1.There are 2 teams with the nickname ‘Red Devils’. One is Manu, the other is?

Crawley

2.The largest playing surface in all 4 divisions is?

Manchester City

3. The smallest playing surface in all 4 divisions is?

Swansea

4. If you’re watching a game between the Shrimps and the Shrimpers, who are you watching?

Scunthorpe and Grimsby?

5. What is the name of West Ham United’s ground?

Upton Park

6. If the Hornets were playing the Bees, which 3 teams could be involved?

Brentford, Watford and ?

7. Who has the smallest ground in the Championship?

Blackpool? (16,000)

8. Who has the largest ground in League Div 1?

Sheffield Wed



9. Who plays at Weston Homes Community Stadium?

?

10. Which team’s ground has the longest “official’ title?

The Stadium of Light?

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Good answers Paxman. I can see you are a trivia buff. Got a few wrong but you'll get a few surprises tomorrow with the answers. Q7 is not a trick question, but think a bit more in the future *hint*.

Ernie Machin said:

1.There are 2 teams with the nickname ‘Red Devils’. One is Manu, the other is?
Crawley


2.The largest playing surface in all 4 divisions is?
Manchester City (or Arsenal, both big)

3. The smallest playing surface in all 4 divisions is?
Swansea (No idea, am copying Paxman)

4. If you’re watching a game between the Shrimps and the Shrimpers, who are you watching?
Morecambe vs Southend

5. What is the name of West Ham United’s ground?
The Boleyn Ground

6. If the Hornets were playing the Bees, which 3 teams could be involved?
Brentford, Watford and Barnet

7. Who has the smallest ground in the Championship?
Peterborough

8. Who has the largest ground in League Div 1?
Sheffield Wednesday

9. Who plays at Weston Homes Community Stadium?
Colchester

10. Which team’s ground has the longest “official’ title?

Are we disregarding sponsors here? Colchester Community Stadium is the Weston Homes 'other' name. Bit vague this one.

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Six correct Ernie. You're correct that Colchester's ground is a long 'un (The Weston Homes Community Stadium) but there's 2 longer than that! Excellent Ernie!

THE ANSWERS TO QUIZ TIME 2

1.There are 2 teams with the nickname ‘Red Devils’. One is Manu, the other is? CRAWLEY TOWN

2.The largest playing surface in all 4 divisions is? LEYTON ORIENT @ 9200 SQ. METRES (115M X 80M) [MAN CITY IS 2ND WITH 9087 SQ. METRES]

3. The smallest playing surface in all 4 divisions is? MACCLESFIELD TOWN @ 6000 SQ.METRES (100M X 60M) HMMM.... 2/3 THE SIZE OF THE ABOVE

4. If you’re watching a game between the Shrimps and the Shrimpers, who are you watching? MORECAMBE VS SOUTHEND

5. What is the name of West Ham United’s ground? BOLEYN GROUND. IT'S IN UPTON PARK

6. If the Hornets were playing the Bees, which 3 teams could be involved? BRENTFORD, BARNET AND WATFORD

7. Who has the smallest ground in the Championship? BRIGHTON 8,850 (REMEMBER THEY'RE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP NOW)

8. Who has the largest ground in League Div 1? SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 39,812

9. Who plays at Weston Homes Community Stadium? COLCHESTER UNITED

10. Which team’s ground has the longest “official’ title? DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE. "THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM STADIUM". NOW THAT'S A MOUTHFUL!!

Ernie Machin said:

Good stuff, egastap. But Brighton have a new stadium now, the AMEX. Looks very impressive actually.

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Thanks Ernie, I shall have to change my spreadsheet. Do you have any data on this new ground, such as field dimensions and capacity?

Just an FYI on the Ricoh Arena. It is the equal smallest in the Championship at 7,140 sq. metres (105m x 68m). It shares this size with Reading, Millwall and Derby County.
So that's why Gunnar gets the long throws in! Anyone know how his throws look at either Hull or Leeds, who have the largest fields at 8,892 sq. metres (114m x 78m)?

Paxman II said:

Brighton's Amex stadium is 22,500 capacity (£90m cost)

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Thanks Paxman. I also found out that their playing field is 105m x 69m (a tad bigger than the Ricoh) and is also known as the Falmer Stadium. Cheers mate!

Ernie Machin said:

Surprised to hear the Ricoh is a small pitch - I've always thought it looks quite big.

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Ernie, here is the complete Championship listing from my spreadsheet. You'll notice I do not have dimensions for the Keepmoat Stadium. Anyone got this info for my records?

Team Ground L(m) W(m) Area
Nottingham Forest City Ground 115 x 78 = 8970
Leeds United Elland Road 117 x 76 = 8892
Hull City KC Stadium 114 x 78 = 8892
Birmingham City St. Andrews 115 x 75 = 8625
Middlesborough Riverside Stadium 115 x 75 = 8625
Watford Vicarage Road 115 x 75 = 8625
Bristol City Ashton Gate 115 x 75 = 8625
Peterborough United London Road 112 x 76 = 8512
Burnley Turf Moor 115 x 73 = 8395
Portsmouth Fratton Park 115 x 73 = 8395
Leicester City Walker Stadium 110 x 76 = 8360
Blackpool Bloomfield Road 112 x 74 = 8288
Southampton St. Mary's Stadium 112x x 74 = 8288
Cardiff City Cardiff City Stadium 110 x 75 = 8250
Barnsley Oakwell 110 x 75 = 8250
Crystal Palace Selhurst Park 110 x 74 = 8140
Ipswich Town Portman Road 112 x 70 = 7840
West Ham United Boleyn Ground 110 x 70 = 7700
Brighton and H A AMEX Stadium 105 x 69 = 7245
Reading Madejski Stadium 102 x 70 = 7140
Millwall The New Den 105 x 68 = 7140
Coventry City Ricoh Arena 105 x 68 = 7140
Derby County Pride Park 105 x 68 = 7140
Doncaster Rovers Keepmoat Stadium ??? x ?? =0

Sorry for above.

Apologies, it looked good when I had it in edit mode, but when I posted it carried all the formatting code with it. I'll try and clean it up in HTML so it's legible.

Sorry.....Egastap

Edit: Not perfect, but a lot better