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ComeOnBoro.com QUIZ OF THE YEAR 2005
All questions refer only to competitive fixtures, unless otherwise stated. All answers are for the year 2005 between 1 January and 18 December inclusive (i.e. they deal with all matches from Manchester United (a) on New Year's Day to Spurs (h) on 18 December).
General
1. How many times have Boro featured on television this year (discounting highlights)?
26
2. How many European games have the Boro played this year? (1st and 2nd legs count as separate games)
10
3. Who is the first Austrian player ever to play for the club?
Emanuel Pogatetz
4. How much does a single, black typed Boro brick cost? How much extra would one pay to get the type in gold?
£39.95, £10
5. Which Premier League club have the biggest brick road? How many bricks does it contain?
Sunderland, 18000
6. Which European country (apart from England obviously) have the Boro played in most since entering the realms of competitive European football? Name the clubs the Boro played and the scores in each game.
Greece, twice, against Aegalio (1-0 Boro win) and Xanthi (0-0)
7. Against whom did Danny Graham score his first League goal in February?
Charlton Athletic
8. How many starts did Michael Reiziger make for the Boro in 2005? How many times was he booked in these games?
13, 1
9. Of the 17 clubs who were in the Premier League for both the 2004/5 and 2005/6 seasons, which grounds did Boro NOT visit in the calendar year 2005 for League games?
Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Charlton Athletic, Fulham, Manchester United, West Bromwich Albion
10. How many times did Boro play on a Sunday in the first half of the 2005/6 season?
9
11. How many competitve score draws have Boro had in 2005?
10
12. How many competitive no-score draws have the Boro had in 2005?
5
13. How many times have Boro scored at least four goals in 2005? Name the opposition Boro have done this to, as well as the final scores in these games.
3; Norwich City (4-4)- 22 January, West Bromwich Albion (4-0)- 23 April, Manchester United (4-1)- 29 October
14. How many times have Boro had a man sent off in 2005? Name the players and the fixtures in which they were dismissed.
3; (Ray Parlour- Blackburn (h)- 5 February, Ugo Ehiogu- Liverpool (h)- 13 August, Chris Riggott- Liverpool (a)- 10 December)
15. How many times has Chris Riggott scored in the year 2005?
2- against Charlton on 27 February and against Sporting Lisbon on 5 March
16. What was different about the goal he scored at West Ham in October 2005?
It was an own goal
17. Which two clubs gave Boro fans student discounts in the 2004/5 season?
Norwich and Bolton
18. Which club did Andrew Davies join on loan for the 2005/6 season?
Derby County
19. How many mid-week league games have the Boro played in 2005 (discounting all Christmas 2005 fixtures)?
5 (Chelsea (a)- 4 January, Portsmouth (a)- 1 February, Fulham (h)- 19 April, Newcastle (a)- 27 April and Birmingham City (a)- 23 August)
20. Which two sides did the Boro play most in 2005 (discounting the upcoming Blackburn matches)?
Manchester United- twice in the League, once in the F.A. Cup and Everton- twice in the League and once in the League Cup
21. Boateng's contract is up for renewal.
When did we sign him and for how much? August 2002, £5m.
January
1. At what time did the home game against Manchester United kick-off on New Year's Day?
5.30pm
2. Who scored his first senior United goal against us in this fixture?
Darren Fletcher
3. How much did a ticket for the away end at Chelsea cost this month? How much would it cost the following December?
£40, £48- now that's inflation for you...
4. Who did Boro play in the third round of the FA Cup this month? What was the scoring pattern of the game and who scored the goals?
Notts County, County scored first, Boro scored two. Scorer for County was Tony Scully. Scorers for Boro were Doriva and Job.
5. What connects Doriva in this Cup game, Zenden against Everton the subsequent week, Queudrue against Palace on 2 April and Downing against West Brom on 23 April?
They all scored but were also booked in their respective fixtures
6. Who scored the three Norwich goals in around ten minutes that gave them a 4-4 draw from a prospective 4-1 defeat?
Ashton (79), McKenzie (89), Drury (92)
7. Which defender chipped in with a Boro brace in this game? What was the similarity between the two goals?
Franck Queudrue- both were scored off corners
8. In losing 3-0 at Manchester United in the F.A. Cup at the end of the month, what was the similarity between this and the defeat at Liverpool in the Carling Cup two months previously?
It meant we had crashed out of both competitions in the same round- the 4th
February
1. What was ridiculous about the timing of the Portsmouth match?
It was at 7.45pm on a Tuesday night! How away fans could have got to that, God knows
2. What were the half and full time scores in this match?
1-0 to Portsmouth, 2-1 to Portsmouth
3. Who scored Pompey's goals in this match?
Taylor and Yakubu
4. Against whom was Boro's only league win in three months? What was the score?
Blackburn, 1-0
5. Who got sent off for Boro in this match?
Ray Parlour
6. What was the score when Boro met Charlton at the Riverside? What was unique about this and who scored Boro's goals?
2-2. It was unique as it wasn't a 0-0 draw! Three of the last four had been (the other one was 1-1 on 22 March 2003). Boro's scorers were Riggott and Graham
7. Why is it Grazer AK when the name of the town is Graz?
Graz becomes an adjective in describing where the football club AK is and so its ending changes due to the German rules of grammar.
8. What was the aggregate score of the Graz match?
4-3 to Boro
March
1. Who scored the Villa goals in Boro's 2-0 defeat at Villa Park?
Laursen and Luke Moore
2. Which leg of the Sporting Lisbon tie had the greater attendence?
The home (first) tie
3. What time did the home leg of this match kick-off?
8.10pm
4. How many minutes were there between Boro's first and second goals in this 3-2 defeat?
7
5. Who scored twice as Southampton beat us 3-1 at the Riverside?
Peter Crouch
6. What was the score before this player scored the first of his brace?
1-1
7. How many months had Southampton gone without an away win before securing this 3-1 success on Teesside?
11
8. How many games had Boro previously lost at home all season before losing this match?
2
April
1. Against whom was the League hoodoo finally broken?
Crystal Palace
2. After this game the Boro only lost one match until the end of the season. Who was this against and what was the score? Who scored?
Arsenal, 0-1, Robert Pires
3. In these last eight games, what was the most common result the Boro achieved? In how many games did Boro get this result and against whom?
1-1, 3, Fulham (h), Liverpool (a), Manchester City (a)
4. By the end of the month, Boro had two major rivals for 7th place in the League. Who were they?
Spurs and Manchester City
5. How many times did Brad Jones play in goal this month? How many goals did he concede in his spell between the sticks?
5, 3
6. Who refereed the 0-0 draw between the Boro and Newcastle at the end of the month?
Mark Halsey
7. What was the balance of home and away games during this month. State the sequence of these games.
3 home, 3 away. They went AHHHAA
8. Who scored Boro's goal at Anfield? How many minutes had elapsed?
Szilard Nemeth, 4
May
1. Ray Parlour suffered the same fate against Liverpool on 30 April and Manchester City on 15 May. What was this?
He got substituted after being booked
2. Who was on the front cover of the official match programme for the Spurs game on 7 May?
Bolo Zenden
3. James Morrison at Manchester City on 15 May suffered the same fate as that of Tony McMahon at Portsmouth in February. What was this?
He got substituted after coming on as a substitute
4. Why was the last-minute penalty given at the City of Manchester Stadium? Who had infringed upon the rules?
Queudrue handballed it
5. Who missed that penalty?
Robbie Fowler
6. When Schwarzer saved the penalty, to whom did Century Radio's Alistair Brownlee compare him?
Ned Kelley- he said Schwarzer was 'the greatest Australian hero since Ned Kelley'
Close Season + Signings (June and July mainly)
1. What is Yakubu's first name?
Aiyegbeni
2. Yakubu is the club's third most expensive signing. How much did we pay for him and name the two players who were more expensive.
£7.5m, Maccarone and Ehiogu
3. What was Yakubu's goalscoring record at Portsmouth? Which player is the only player in the Premier League to emulate this feat in the same period?
29 goals in 68 games, Thierry Henry
4. From where did the Boro sign Abel Xavier?
Roma
5. How many seasons had he played in English Football before signing for Boro?
4
6. Which English clubs did he play for?
Everton and Liverpool
7. Name three of Xavier's other clubs.
Benefica, Bari, Real Oviedo, PSV, Galatasary, Roma
8. Against whom was Emmanuel Pogatetz's debut?
Charlton Atheltic
9. From where was he signed?
Bayer Leverkusen
10. Name the Russian club he was on loan to?
Spartak Moscow
11. From where did the Boro sign Rochemback?
Barcelona
12. What do both Pogatetz and Rochemback have in common?
They were both signed by the Boro after playing against us in the UEFA Cup- both in sides to which they were on loan
13. Tony McMahon suffered a shoulder injury whilst playing for the reserves on 9 August. Who was the opposition?
Aston Villa
14. For the 2005/6 season, how much does an adult 'Premium' ticket for the West Stand Upper cost? How much does this differ from the price for a 'Normal' match ticket in the same stand?
£40, £9
15. Two adults, two under-16's and an over-65 buy tickets for the North Stand for a 'Normal' match. How much does this cost in total?
£24*2 + £15*2 + £15 = £93
August
1. Name the Liverpool player who missed a thousand chances during the 0-0 opening day draw at the Riverside.
Steven Gerrard
2. Who got sent off in that opening match?
Ugo Ehiogu
3. What were the two similarities between the Spurs away match in the 2004/5 season and the one that took place on the 20th of this month?
Spurs won 2-0 in both games and one of the goals Boro conceded in each game was due to a Mark Schwarzer error
4. Which glasses-wearing Dutchman received his home debut for Spurs in the League match against us?
Edgar Davids
5. What was the half-time score at Tottenham when we played them on the 20th?
0-0
6. Who scored for Boro on the stroke of half-time at Birmingham on the 23rd?
Mark Viduka
7. Who scored the third goal at Birmingham? Name the ground where he had scored his previous senior goal for the club.
Franck Queudrue, Selhurst Park- Crystal Palace- 2 April 2005 in the 1-0 win
8. How many goals did Charlton put past us in the second half of the home fixture against us?
2
September
1. Who scored for Boro in the 2-1 defeat of Arsenal at the Riverside?
Maccarone and Yakubu
2. Both players were later substituted. Who replaced them and who was the first to be rested?
Doriva replaced Maccarone on 80, Graham replaced Yakubu on 87 so Maccarone was the first player to be rested
3. Which former Boro player was an unexpected visitor to the Riverside this month?
Emerson
4. Who was the referee for the 1-1 draw against Wigan Athletic?
Uriah Rennie
5. Name the long-suffering Sunderland player who scored a direct free-kick past us on the 25th.
Julio Arca
6. Who conceded this free-kick? And who was fouled?
Gareth Southgate, Stephen Elliot
7. At the end of this month, where were Boro in the table and how many points had we accrued?
11th, 8
8. How many Boro players got booked in Greece in the tie against Xanthi?
2
October
1. What was the similarity between the result at Aston Villa in March compared to the one in October of this month?
In both fixtures Villa scored twice
2. What was the half-time score at Villa Park on the 2nd of the month?
1-0 Boro
3. Which result this month mirrored that of the previous season?
Portsmouth (h) on the 15th- both ties finished 1-1
4. Which Boro defender was on the front cover of the 15 October official match programme?
Chris Riggott
5. In what minute did Hasselbaink score against Grasshoppers?
9th
6. What injury did Gareth Southgate sustain against West Ham on the 23rd?
Groin strain
7. Who 'scored' West Ham's disputed second goal?
It was a Chris Riggott own goal
8. Middlesbrough were awarded (and scored) two penalties in the month of October. Who scored them and against which clubs?
Yakubu scored both. They were against Aston Villa and Manchester United
9. What was special about Christiano Ronaldo's goal in Manchester United's 4-1 defeat at the Riverside this month?
It was United's 1000th Premier League goal
10. What was interesting about the scoring and disciplinary statistics for the Manchester United game?
They mirrored each other- Boro scored 4 goals and had 1 player booked whilst Man Utd scored 1 goal and had 4 players booked
November
1. Name the banned steroid that was found in Abel Xavier's urine sample.
Dianabol
2. On what date was Xavier's drug hearing?
November 17
3. How many second-half minutes were there between Viduka's 1st and 2nd goals against Dnipro?
5
4. Who was the referee for the League match against Everton?
Mike Riley
5. Against which opposition was the new scoreboard unveiled?
Fulham
6. What do Liverpool in 2004 and Fulham in 2005 share in this month?
We played our home fixtures against these clubs on the same respective date, 20 November
7. When was the last time, before the Fulham game, that the Boro came back from a goal down to beat Premier League opposition? Who were that opposition?
15/03/2003, Leeds United 2-3 Middlesbrough when a certain Mr. Viduka scored a brace for Leeds against us
8. What nationality was the referee for the game against AZ Alkmaar?
Italian
9. Who was fouled and by whom in the obtaining of our penalty against West Brom?
Szilard Nemeth was fouled by Paul Robinson
10. What two things have the League Cup home wins against Crystal Palace this season and in the 1995-1996 season have in common?
Both fixtures were in the 3rd round of the competition and both were obtained by Boro scoring two goals (in 2-1 and 2-0 wins respectively)
December
1. What score did the BBC's 'Football Expert' Mark Lawrenson predict for the Chelsea clash at the start of this month?
A 2-0 Chelsea win
2. What formation did Boro play in this game?
4-4-2
3. How many players got booked in this clash?
0
4. Which two Liverpool players did Chris Riggott foul to earn his red card in the game at Anfield?
Fernando Morientes and Steven Gerrard
5. Which referee administered this red card?
Steve Bennett
6. How many minutes were there between Maccarone's two goals at the Riverside against Liteks Lovech?
6
7. What was the attendence for this game and when was the last time an attendence at the Riverside for a competitive fixture had been so low (and what was the fixture)?
9432; Northampton Town, 2nd round of the League Cup, 11/09/2001, attendance 3915
8. Had the Boro conceded to Nigeria's requests to release Yakubu for the African Nations tournment in early 2006, which game would the Yak have missed first?
The Carling Cup tie against Blackburn on December 21
9. Which former Newcastle player scored one of Tottenham's goals against us on the 18th?
Jermaine Jenas
10. Who scored in both matches where the two sides met in the 2005/6 season?
Mido
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