DO YOU KNOW THE FIRST PLAYER TO WIN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE (EPL) PLAYER OF THE MONTH AWARD?

German goal bomber Jurgen Klinnsmann was the first player to win the English Premier League (EPL) Player of the Month Award in August 1994 which he did while playing for Tottenham Hotspur. 

DO YOU KNOW WHICH SIX NON-EUROPEANS HAVE MANAGED ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE (EPL) CLUBS?

Ossie Ardiles from Argentina for Tottenham Hotspur, Avram Grant from Israel for Chelsea, Portsmouth & West Ham United, Luis Felipe Scolari from Brazil for Chelsea, Mauricio Pochettino from Argentina for Southampton, Manuel Pellegrini from Chile for Manchester City and Gus Poyet from Uruguay for Sunderland are the six non-Europeans to have managed English Premier League (EPL) clubs.

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 WHICH DECADE SAW THE MOST DIFFERENT CLUBS WIN THE ENGLISH TOP FLIGHT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP?

 

It was in the 1960s when eight different football clubs were English First Division Champions: Burnley, Everton FC, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Liverpool (twice), Manchester City, Manchester United (twice) and Tottenham Hotspur. Seven different clubs won the First Division Championship in the 1920s.

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 WHICH FOOTBALL CLUB EVERTON FC HAVE TAKEN THE MOST POINTS OFF DURING THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE ERA?

 

Everton have won 64 points against West Ham United with 18 wins and 10 draws in the 34 English Premier League (EPL) matches played from 1993/1994 to 2012/2013 seasons. 

The Toffees are one of seven teams to have played all 21 seasons of the EPL since its inception in August 1992 - the others being Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur.

DO YOU KNOW WHICH CURRENT ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE (EPL) PLAYER THAT HAS THE BEST GOALSCORING RECORD IN THE ONGOING BRAZIL 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS?

                  

Edin Dzeko

Edin Dzeko of Manchester City in the English Premier League (EPL) has scored 8 goals from 540 minutes played for Bosnia & Herzegovina while Luis Suarez of Liverpool FC and Uruguay has 8 goals from 886 minutes played. Clint Dempsey of Tottenham Hotspur and the United States Men National Team (USMNT) has 7 goals.

DO YOU KNOW WHO IS THE ONLY PLAYER TO SCORE 5 GOALS IN ONE HALF OF AN ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE (EPL) MATCH?

 

Jermain Defoe receiving his ball after a 5 star performance

The Three Lions of England international Jermain Defoe in Tottenham Hotspur's 9-1 win against Wigan Athletic on November 22nd 2009 is the only player to score 5 goals in one half of a English Premier League (EPL) match.
His 5 goals came within a 36 minute second half spell.

DO YOU KNOW THE LAST TIME TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR PLAYED NORWICH CITY IN THE ENGLISH FA CUP?

The last time Tottenham Hotspur played Norwich City in Cup competition before October 31 2012 fourth round fixture in the Capital One sponsored English League Cup was in 1992/1993 season English FA Cup competition in the fourth round. It was played at Carrow Road home ground of The Cannaries on January 24 1993 and Spurs managed by Doug Livermore (in a caretaker capacity) won the match 2-0 with Teddy Sheringham scoring a brace. 

DO YOU KNOW THE TEAM THAT WERE THE ENGLISH DIVISION 1 LEAGUE CHAMPIONS WHEN QUEEN ELIZABETH II FIRST BECAME MONARCH?

Queen Elizabeth II

Tottenham Hotspur were the current English First Division champions on 6th February 1952 when King George VI died and Queen Elizabeth II became Britain's Monarch. 

Spurs had won the 1950/1951 English First Division ahead of Manchester United (who would be 1951/1952 champions), Blackpool and Newcastle United.

DO YOU KNOW THE MANAGER OF TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR THAT SIGNED LUKA MODRIC IN 2008?

Luka Modrić who agreed terms with Tottenham Hotspur on April 26, 2008 under Juande Ramos' reign, was signed from DNK Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia for £16.5 million. 

Modric scored his first goal goal in a 2–2 draw against Spartak Moscow during the UEFA Cup group stages on the December 18, 2008. He scored his first English Premier League (EPL) goal against Newcastle United in their next match, three days later.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY JAPANESE PLAYERS THAT HAVE GRACED THE EPL AFTER SHINJI KAGAWA RECENTLY SIGNED FOR MANCHESTER UNITED?

Shinji Kagawa

Shinji Kagawa will be the 5th Japanese player in the English Premier League (EPL) history after Manchester United have agreed deal with Borussia Dortmund.

The other Japanese to have played in the EPL are Junichi Inamoto for Fulham FC and West Brom from 2002–2006, Ryo Miyaichi for Bolton Wanderers in 2012 on loan from Arsenal, Hidetoshi Nakata for  Bolton Wanderers from 2005–2006 and Kazuyuki Toda for Tottenham Hotspur from 2002–2003 which makes it 5 in total.

 

WHO SCORED ENGLAND'S FIRST GOAL UNDER FABIO CAPELLO'S REIGN IN FEBRUARY 2008?

Fabio Cappelo

Jermaine Jenas then of Tottenham Hotspur scored the first goal for England's Three Lions under Fabio Capello reign as manager in February 2008 when they beat Switzerland 2-1 in a friendly at the Wembley Stadium.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT COST LIVERPOOL FC TO SIGN BRUCE GROBBELAAR FROM CANADIAN VANCOUVER WHITECAPS IN 1981?

Bruce Grobbelaar "the Clown" was signed by Liverpool FC under manager Bob Paisley for £250,000 on March 17, 1981 from the Vancouver Whitecaps in the defunct North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1981 as their reserve goalkeeper. In mid-1981, regular goalkeeper Ray Clemence's surprise departure to Tottenham Hotspur gave him his opportunity to stake claim to the No 1 jersey.

DO YOU KNOW THE CLUB THAT ONCE PLAYED ITS HOME MATCHES AT FILBERT STREET IN ENGLAND?

Filbert Street

Filbert Street, in Leicester, England, was a football stadium, and the former home of Leicester City Football Club from 1891 to 2002.  The last game to be played at Filbert Street was the last game of the 2001/2002 season, a 2–1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the English  Premier League, from which Leicester City were relegated. Matt Piper scored the winner, the last goal scored at the ground, bringing to an end 111 years of football there.  

Demolition of Filbert Street was completed in the summer of 2003. The site is now home to the 'Filbert Village' development, built as accommodation for students for the nearby De Montfort University and University of Leicester. The club now plays in a 32,500 King Power Stadium named after the owners of the club.

DID YOU KNOW THE THIRD HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL GOALSCORER FOR THE THREE LIONS OF ENGLAND?

Jimmy Greaves who won his first England cap on May 17, 1959 against Peru, scoring England's only goal in a 4-1 defeat. He went on to win 57 caps and became the third highest international goalscorer with 44 goals, which also makes him have the best goals to games ratio for the Three Lions, which is an average of one goal in every 1.3 games.  He is also the highest goalscorer in the history of Tottenham Hotspur and the highest goalscorer in the history of English top flight football with 357 goals for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United.

DID YOU KNOW THE ONLY GOALKEEPER TO HAVE WON THE BALLON D'OR FOR EUROPEAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR?

Dynamo Moscow and Russia's shot stopper, Lev Yashin is the first and only goalkeeper to have won the Ballon d'Or Award in 1963 beating the likes of Gianni Rivera of AC Milan and Italy and Jimmy Greaves of Tottenham Hotspur and England to the prestigious statuette. He was nicknamed as "The Black Spider" because he famously wore a distinctive all-black outfit and it seemed as though he had eight arms to save almost everything.

DO YOU KNOW THE FIRST TOP-SCORER IN THE REPACKAGED ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE (EPL) IN THE 1992/1993 SEASON?

Teddy Sheringham emerged top goalscorer in the maiden season of the English Premier League (EPL) in 1992/1993 with 22 goals for Tottenham Hotspur after signing from Nottingham Forest for a fee of £2.1 million after one game and one goal.