ComeOnBoro QUIZ 5 - 10-10-07
Andy Morgan

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1. Who did the Boro play on the opening day of the 1951-1952 season?
Tottenham Hotspur.

2. When was the next time we were to play them opening day?
1975-1976.

3. Who was Boro's top scorer in the 1981-1982 season? How many goals did he score?
Heine Otto and Five.

4. Who was the chairman and the captain during the 1937-1938 season?
Bill Kelly JP, Bob Baxter.

5. During the 1960's how many Boro players were sent off in competitive matches?
Ten.

6. In which calendar year did most of these dismissals take place?
1968.

7. Bill Gates was the only player to be sent off in a friendly game during this decade, who were the Boro's opposition that day? =
Bremerhaven.

8. How many caps did Alan Kernaghan obtain?
Six.

9. Chris Morris gained one cap for the Republic of Ireland? Against whom did he play?
Wales.

10. From where did Thomas Patterson join the Boro? And where did he go after only two years?
Leicester City and Bournemouth.

11. Who knocked the Boro out of the 1977-1978 FA Cup and the 1978-1979 League Cup?
Leyton Orient and Peterborough United.

12. Which player is the odd one out?
a) Maurice Webster b) Ernest Muttitt c) John Jennings d) Herbert Watson.
b) Ernest Muttitt as all the others only scored one League goal in the 1929-1930 season whereas Muttitt scored two.

13. How many Boro hat-tricks have been scored? How many individual players have performed this?
Eleven and Seven.

14. Before Hasselbaink had scored his hat-trick against Blackburn in October 2004, who was the last player to have scored a hat-trick? Against whom was it scored?
Marco Branca and Bury.

15. Who scored Boro's consolation goal in the 4-1 FA Cup defeat at Highbury in January 2004?
Joseph-Desire Job.

16. Name the four players who scored against Brentford in the 2002-2003 League Cup?
Marinelli, Whelan, Wilson, Downing.

17. Martin Russell made his Boro debut against which club?
Tranmere Rovers.

18. Against whom did Bobby Thompson get himself sent off in a 1981 League Cup fixture?
Plymouth Argyle.

19. Which two sides did the Boro play in the 1985-1986 Full Members Cup? What were the scores of each game?
Carlisle United (won 2-0) and Hull City (lost 3-1 aet (1-1)).