Your Grandad's Football
Including Fletton and Woodston history and memories
Peterborough United Quiz Questions
1) Two local lads played for Peterborough United and also played for Queens Park Rangers. They grew up on the same Peterborough street, approximately 100 yards apart. Who were they? (2 points)
2) Which Peterborough street did the players in question 1 live on? (1 point)
3) Who was the first Posh player to be sent off in the Midland league, not the Football league? (1 point)
4) Why was he sent off and what was his reported reaction? (2 points)
5) Who was the first Posh player to be sent off in the Football league? (1 point)
6) Who played only one game for Posh, the first Midland League game? (1 point)
7) Which pub did chairman Frank Stimson keep? (1 point)
8) Who was the centre half who left Posh to join Millwall and was part of Millwall's promotion winning team? (1 point)
9) Who was Posh's first BAME player (1 point)
10) Who was the first goalkeeper to complete 100 football league appearances for Posh? (1 point)
11) Who scored five goals in a match but had them disallowed by the F.A.? (1 point)
12) Which local area did Posh defender Cyril Parrott originate from? (1 point)
13) In what local village did Posh train in order to prepare playing at Yeovil's sloping ground in the F.A. Cup? (1 point)
14) What Australian played at left back for Posh? (1 point)
15) These managers had what in common? Gurney, Cantwell, Swindin & Fairbrother. (1 point)
16) In the 1974/1975 season Posh came up against which Club in the League, the League Cup and the FA Cup? (1 point)
17) Who was the first player to be inducted into the Posh hall of fame? (1 point)
18) Who played for both Peterborough & Fletton United and Peterborough United? (1 point)
19) The first F.A. Cup tie Peterborough United played as a League Club was against which non-league side? (1 point)
20) How many goals have Peterborough United scored in football league play-off finals? (1 point)
21) How many goals did Terry Bly score for Posh in their first season in the Football League in 1960/61? (1 point)
22) Prior to playing Arsenal in the F.A. Cup in 1965, Posh had a week away for special training, at which holiday resort? (1 point)
23) Which local area did Posh defender Trevor Slack originate from? (1 point)
24) When in the football league, Rushden Diamonds signed Posh's Centre Half, who was it? (1 point)
25) Which ex-Chelsea, Birmingham City, Brighton & Hove Albion, and Peterborough United player went on to run two pubs in Market Deeping? (1 point)
26) Whose goal sent the Posh to Wembley for the first time in the club’s history for the famous Stockport County 1992 Play Off Final? (1 point)
There are a total of 28 points to get across all the questions.