1. Which two nations combined to score 12 goals in a single game at the 1954 World Cup?

2. Which Premiership manager played in the NASL for the Tampa Bay Rowdies: Kevin Keegan, Sam Allardyce, Graeme Souness, or Alan Curbishley?

3. Who did Alex Ferguson replace as manager of Manchester United?

4. In 1997, which English team was relegated to the First Division despite advancing to the finals in the both the FA and league Cups: Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Nottingham Forest, or Coventry City?

5. Which former European Player of the Year took up the difficult tasks of managing the Faeroe Islands and Luxembourg?

6. Which famous writer and philosopher was a star goaltender at Algiers University?

7. Which former Spain star was known as "the Vulture": Emilio Butragueno, Justo Tejada, Michel, or Ricardo Gallego?

8. The "Willie Carr flick"--one of the most famous goals in English history--is named for the man who assisted on the play. Which Coventry City player actually scored the goal?

9. Which country was the first to adopt the penalty kick: Wales, the United States, Scotland, or Ireland?

10. Goaltender Arthur Wharton, England's first black professional soccer player, made his debut for which club: Darlington, Rotherham Town, Preston North End, or Stockport County?

Quick quiz answers

1. Austria and Switzerland. The Aussies defeated the host Swiss 7-5. 2. Bolton coach Sam Allardyce played one season with the Rowdies (1983). 3. Ron Atkinson. 4. Middlesbrough, which finished 19th, earning only, 39 points in 38 games. 5. Allen Simonsen. 6. Albert Camus. 7. Emilio Butragueno. 8. Ernie Hunt 9. Ireland. 10. Wharton made his debut with Darlington in the 1880s. Caption: the United States, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.

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Soccer Digest, Dec, 2003

Club snapshot: Chelsea - soccer -

* This summer, Chelsea were spectacularly purchased by Russian autocrat Roman Ambramovich. The new owner spent 140 million [pounds sterling] to acquire the team--60 [pounds sterling] in shares and 80 [pounds sterling] in debt clearance. He then spent more than 100 million [pounds sterling] on the transfer market to acquire stars such as Adrian Mutu, Damien Duff, Hernan Crespo, Glen Johnson, Juan Veron, Joe Cole, and Wayne Bridge, among others.

* Chelsea were invited to participate in the first Champions Cup tournament, in 1955-56, but withdrew at the request of the Football Association, which was worried that there would a problem with the team's fixtures. Chelsea never again qualified for the European Cup. They did, however, qualify, for the Champions League last year.

* Chelsea were formed after Fulham rejected an offer to rent Stamford Bridge from its owner, H.A. Mears. Rather than sell his property to the Great Western Railway, Mears teamed with Frederick Parker to form the club, which gained entrance in the Second Division in 1905.

* Jimmy Greaves holds the club's one-year scoring record, tallying 41 of its single-season club record 98 First Division goals in 1960-61. Despite that, Chelsea only finished 12th that season.

* Chelsea is one of five English clubs to have earned only one top-flight domes, tic championship, earning theirs in 1954-55. The others are Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion, Ipswich Town, and Nottingham Forest. has also twice earned the FA Cup (1970, 1997).

* In 1998--in their eighth attempt--Chelsea finally earned a European trophy, winning the Cup-Winner's Cup with a 1-0 win over Stuttgart. The lone goal scorer, Gianfranco Zola, hit the winner in the 71st minute, just 22 seconds after entering the match as a substitute.

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Soccer Digest, Dec, 2003

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