The Premier League 1 - Answers

Published: Sunday 9th January 2011
  1. In what season did the Premier Football League commence? 1992-93.
  2. What were the three teams from Yorkshire in the inaugural Premier Football League season? Leeds United, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday.
  3. Originally the Premier Football League was comprised of 22 teams, in which year were the numbers reduced to 20? 1995
  4. Who were the original Premier Football League sponsors? Carling.
  5. Manchester United have been Premier Football League champions on 11 occasions, apart from London clubs who are the only other clubs to have been champions? Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City
  6. In Football's Premier League, who are the current ball sponsors having replaced Mitre in 2000? Nike.
  7. In Football's Premier League, up until December 2010 FOUR players have scored 5 goals in one game, name the players and the clubs they were playing for? Andrew Cole for Manchester United [vs Ipswich 1995], Alan Shearer for Newcastle United [vs. Sheffield Wednesday 1999], Jermain Defoe for Tottenham Hotspur [vs. Wigan 2009] and Dimitar Berbatov for Manchester United [vs. Blackburn Rovers 2010].
  8. Who currently are the [a] youngest and [b] oldest scorer in the Premier League? [a] James Vaughan [Everton] and [b] Teddy Sheringham [West Ham United].
  9. Up to the beginning of the 2014 season,which player has made the most appearances within the Premier League? Ryan Giggs
  10. Who was the highest scorer in the Premier League in the following years, [a] 1992/3 and [b] 2009/10 [a] Teddy Sheringham [Tottenham Hotspur] and [b] Didier Drogba [Chelsea].
  11. Who scored the first ever goal in the Premier League? Brian Deane of Sheffield United [vs. Manchester United].
  12. Who was the first player to score 100 goals in the Premier League? Alan Shearer.
  13. Who was the first player to score a Premier League hat-trick? Eric Cantona [Leeds United vs Tottenham Hotspur 1992].
  14. Which TWO players were involved in the first substitution in the Premier League? Erik Thorsveldt replaced Ian Walker in Tottenham Hotspur's goal.
  15. Which Premier League team were the first to concede 100 goals in one season? Swindon Town.
  16. Who in 2000 became the first non-Englishman to score 100 goals in the Premier League? Dwight Yorke.
  17. Who in the 1999/2000 season became the last Englishman to be Premier League top scorer? Kevin Phillips playing for Sunderland.
  18. Manchester United were the first team to score NINE goals in a match, who were their opposition? Ipswich Town.
  19. Who scored the first LIVE televised goal in the English Premier League? Teddy Sheringham [Nottingham Forest vs, Liverpool].
  20. Which TWO premiership football teams start and finish with the same letter? Aston Villa and Liverpool.

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