The BIG North West football Quiz: How much do you know about Preston North End and the rest?
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PRESTON NORTH END
1. Which club did PNE sign Emil Riis from in October?
2. Against which club did Darnell Fisher score his first goal for Preston?
3. Which two players scored from the penalty spot in the same game for PNE at QPR this season?
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Hide Ad4. Who played in goal for North End in the opening league game of the season against Swansea?
5. How many games unbeaten are Preston against Bristol City?
6. Which PNE player has been doing a stint of coaching alongside Alex Neil this season?
7. At which Scottish club did Alex Neil cut his managerial teeth?
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Hide Ad8. Which club did PNE send teenage winger Ethan Walker to on loan earlier in the season?
9. Tom Clarke left Preston in the summer seven years superb service –which club did he join?
10. Which North End player was sent off for the first time in his professional career in the home game against Stoke this season?
BURNLEY
11. Nick Pope finished one clean sheet short of the Premier League Golden Gloves at the end of the 2019/20 season. Who won the award?
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Hide Ad12. How many goals has Pope conceded in three starts for England?
13. Where did Burnley finish at the end of the 2019/20 Premier League season?
14. Who was Burnley’s only senior outfield signing during the summer transfer window?
15. Which young centre back scored on his Premier League debut for Burnley at Leicester in the Clarets’ opening game of the current season?
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Hide Ad16. Who scored a hat-trick in Manchester City’s latest 5-0 win over Burnley in November?
17. This Gabon international striker had scored seven goals in his first five games against Burnley, who is he, and what happened in his sixth appearance against the Clarets in December?
18. Harvey Barnes scored the equaliser for Leicester City in the Foxes’ 4-2 win over Burnley at the King Power Stadium in the opening league game of the season. What is his connection to Burnley?
19. The winner of the FIFA Puskas Award scored the winning goal against Burnley last December. Who is he and who does he play for?
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Hide Ad20. Burnley’s 1-0 win at Arsenal in December means the Clarets have now beaten all of the established big six in the Premier League. Who were the first big six side they beat?
FLEETWOOD TOWN
21. Who scored for Fleetwood in both legs of their play-off semi-final defeat by Wycombe Wanderers last season?
22. Where did Fleetwood stand in League One when the 2019-20 season was curtailed ... and what was their final position under the points-per-game system?
23. Against which team did Fleetwood last play in front of spectators at Highbury?
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Hide Ad24. Fleetwood reached the third round of the League Cup (Carabao Cup) for the first time in their history this season. Which teams did they beat to get there?
25. Paddy Madden entered the club’s goalscoring record books this month with his 41st league strike. Who had previously set that benchmark?
MORECAMBE
26. How many players did Morecambe sign in the January transfer window?
27. Morecambe reached round three of the Carabao Cup for the first time since which season?
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Hide Ad28. Which two players scored their first senior goals in Morecambe’s EFL Trophy win against Manchester United?
29. Morecambe play Chelsea in round three of the FA Cup but who was the Shrimps’ manager the last time they reached that stage?
30. How many games have Morecambe played in front of fans during the 2020/21 season so far?
WIGAN ATHLETIC
31. Who scored the first Latics goal of 2020?
32. Which Premier League side knocked Latics out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle?
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Hide Ad33. Who scored the last-gasp winner to beat Sheffield Wednesday on January 28?
34. Which Italian side did Antonee Robinson almost join on deadline day only to fail the medical?
35. Who made his debut against Middlesbrough in February, going on to become a pivotal player in the run-in?
36. Chey Dunkley broke his leg – and played his last game for Latics – against which opposition in February?
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Hide Ad37. Who provided the opposition and what was the score of Latics’ final game before lockdown, on March 7?
38. Who provided the opposition and what was the score of Latics’ first game after lockdown, on June 20?
39. Who provided the opposition and what was the score of the final game before Latics were placed into administration on July 1?
40. Who scored the final Latics goal of the campaign, in the 1-1 draw against Fulham?
BLACKPOOL
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Hide Ad41. Who scored Blackpool’s first goal of the 2020/21 campaign?
42. Which two players have started every league game so far this season?
43. How many players did Blackpool sign this summer?
44. How many players did Blackpool move on this summer?
45. Who is Blackpool’s top scorer with six goals?
46. How many red cards have Blackpool been shown so far this season?
47. Who was Blackpool’s first signing of the summer?
48. Blackpool hosted a pilot event with 1,000 fans in October, but who were they playing?
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Hide Ad49. Daniel Gretarsson is Icelandic, but which country did he arrive from?
50. Following Nathan Delfouneso’s departure, who is now Blackpool’s longest-serving player?
ANSWERS:
PRESTON
1. Randers FC
2. Norwich City
3. Daniel Johnson and Scott Sinclair
4. Connor Ripley
5. 15
6.Paul Gallagher
7. Hamilton Academical
8. Carlisle
9. Salford
10. Tom Barkhuizen
BURNLEY
11. Ederson
12. None
13. 10th
14. Dale Stephens
15. Jimmy Dunne
16. Riyad Mahrez
17. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – scored an own goal in Burnley’s 1-0 win at the Emirates
18, He was born in Burnley when father Paul was playing for the Clarets
19. Son Heung-Min, Spurs
20. Manchester United, in August 2009
FLEETWOOD TOWN
21. Ched Evans
22. Fifth and sixth
23. Blackpool (March 7)
24. Wigan Athletic and Port Vale
25. David Ball
MORECAMBE
26. Seven
27. 2007/08
28. Ryan Cooney/Freddie Price
29. Jim Harvey)
30. One
WIGAN ATHLETIC
31. Josh Windass (at Birmingham)
32. Leicester City
33. Jamal Lowe
34. AC Milan
35. Leon Balogun
36. Reading
37. Luton (h) drew 0-0
38. Huddersfield (a) won 2-0
39. Stoke City (h) won 3-0
40. Kieffer Moore
BLACKPOOL
41. CJ Hamilton
42. Chris Maxwell and Marvin Ekpiteta
43. 17
44. 21
45. Jerry Yates
46. 5
47. Keshi Anderson
48. Swindon Town
49. Norway
50. Ollie Turton