DO YOU KNOW WHO MANAGED LIVERPOOL TO THE 1985/1986 SEASON'S ENGLISH FA Cup AND LEAGUE DOUBLE?

The 1986 English FA Cup Final was a Merseyside Derby between Liverpool FC and Everton FC at Wembley Stadium. The match was played seven days after Liverpool had secured the league title, with Everton finishing as runners-up. Liverpool went on to win this match 3–1, with two goals from Ian Rush and one from Craig Johnston after Gary Lineker had put Everton ahead in the first half. Kenny Dalglish who played in that final was the player manager that led the Reds to this feat.

DO YOU KNOW THE LAST SCOTSMAN TO FINISH THE SEASON ENGLISH TOP FLIGHT HIGHEST GOALSCORER?

 

Steve Archibald with 20 goals for Tottenham Hotspur in the 1980/1981 was the last Scotsman to finish the season as English top flight highest goalscorer which is the old English Division One now the English Premier League.

After winning the Scottish Division One now the Scottish Premier League (SPL) title in 1980, he had a four-year spell with London club Spurs, where he won the English FA Cup winners medals in 1981 and 1982 and the UEFA Cup in 1984, where he scored his penalty in the final as Spurs overcame Anderlecht in a shootout. He also scored for Spurs in their defeat by Liverpool FC in the 1982 English Football League Cup final.

He was a member of the Scottish national team at the Espana 1982 and Mexico 1986 FIFA World Cups.

DO YOU KNOW WHO WAS THE ONLY GOALKEEPER TO WIN THE PFA YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR?

 

Mervyn Day at 19 years old in the 1974/1975 old English Division One season for West Ham United, became the only goalkeeper to have won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award. Day also became the youngest goalkeeper ever to appear in an English FA Cup Final, in West Ham victory over Fulham FC in the same season.

 

DO YOU KNOW WHO WERE THE LAST THREE ENGLISH BORN MANAGERS TO WIN THE ENGLISH FA CUP FINAL MATCH AT WEMBLEY STADIUM?

Harry Redknapp in 2008 for Portsmouth, Joe Royle in 1995 for Everton and Terry Venables in 1991 for Tottenham Hotspur were the last three English born managers to win English FA Cup final game at the Wembley Stadium.

DO YOU KNOW THE CURRENT AND ONLY PLAYER IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE (EPL) NOT TO HAVE SCORED IN 11 YEARS OF COMPETITIVE FOOTBALL FOR HIS CLUB?

Tony Hibbert

Since Tony Hibbert made his first team début for Everton FC in a English Premier League (EPL) match against West Ham United on March 31, 2001, he has not scored a goal in 20,704 mins of EPL football - the most of all current outfield players in the division.

In addition, Hibbert has never scored in a competitive game during his professional career, and in December 2009, when Lloyd Doyley scored for Watford, he became the current player with the longest run of games without scoring. Alongside his commitment to the club, the goal drought has contributed to his cult hero status among Everton FC fans, to the extent that a banner reading "If Hibbert Scores, We Riot" was displayed at the 2009 English FA Cup semi-final. He eventually scored an indirect freekick goal in his Testimonial Game against AEK Athens of Greece at Goodison Park on August 8, 2012.

DO YOU KNOW THE PLAYER THAT SCORED A HAT-TRICK IN ALL LEAGUE DIVISIONS AND COMPETITIONS IN BRITAIN HE PLAYED FOR INCLUDING HIS COUNTRY?

Robert Earnshaw is the only player to score a hat-trick in the English Premier League, English Championship, English League 1, English League 2, (or the divisions under their previous names), the English League Cup, the English FA Cup and for Wales, his country.




English Premier League - West Brom v Charlton, March 2005
English Championship - Cardiff v Gillingham, September 2002
English League 1 - Cardiff v Tranmere, March 2002
English League 2 - Cardiff v Torquay, December 2000
English FA Cup - Cardiff v Bristol Rovers, November 2000
English League Cup - Cardiff v Boston United, September 2002
Country - Wales v Scotland, February 2004

DID YOU KNOW THE ONLY ENGLISH BORN PLAYER TO FEATURE IN LIVERPOOL FC STARTING 11 IN THE 1986 ENGLISH FA CUP FINAL?



Gary Linekar of Everton FC outclasses Mark Lawrenson

Mark Lawrenson was the only English born player in Liverpool F.C.'s starting line-up in the 1986 English FA Cup final played at the prestigious Wembley Stadium. It ended with the Reds defeating neighbours Everton F.C. 3-1 in the first and still the only English FA Cup final Merseyside derby that had Gary Linekar opening scoring. He played a total of 241 games and scored 11 goals for the Merseyside outfit from 1981 - 1988.