The Manchester City Sunday Quiz – Week 3

With lockdown continuing and everyone staying at home, we bring you another round of questions about our beloved blues. As usual, the answers to last quiz will be revealed at the bottom of the article. So, sit back, put that Sunday lunch aside and get testing that blue matter in your skull.

City made a rare appearance at Wembley in 1986 when they lost to Full Members Cup Final 5-4 to which team?

Dennis Law scored the winner at Old Trafford in 1974 as United were relegated from Division One. Who provided the assist?

City threw away a three goal lead at Maine Road in May 1989 against which team?

Talking of three goal comebacks, who scored the winner at Spurs in 2004 when the blues came back from 3-0 to win 4-3?

City attempted to sign Trevor Sinclair from Blackpool, but chairman Peter Swales wouldn’t stump up the money. Who did Sinclair then sign for?

Which speedy defender signed for City from Wimbledon for £2.5m in 1991?

Who replaced Peter Reid as Manager at Maine Road in 1993

Which centre back played every game for three consecutive seasons between 1987 and 1990?

How much did City pay Arsenal for Niall Quinn in March 1990?

In November 2013, City couldn’t stop scoring and hit 22 goals in how many home games?

And here are the answers to last week’s quiz:

From which club did manager Mel Machin join the blues from?

Norwich City – Machin was assistant manager at Carrow Road

Who scored City’s third goal in the 5-1 triumph of Manchester United in September 1989?

Ian Bishop – A diving header from David Oldfield’s cross

Paul Dickov became a blue legend in the 1999 play off final, but who scored the first goal of City’s comeback?

Kevin Horlock calmly passed the ball into the net to start the comeback

How long did Steve Coppell last as City manager?

33 days, the shortest reign of any manager at City

Steve McMahon signed form Liverpool on Christmas Eve in 1991. How much did City pay the reds for the midfielder?

£900,000. McMahon made over 85 appearance for City before moving to Swindon as player-manager

From which club did City sign striker Jo in 2008?

CSKA Moscow. Jo would go on to score an amazing 1 league goal for the blues. He was loaned to Everton in January 2009 and scored two on his debut!

On which ground did City beat Ipswich Town 1-0 in the 1981 FA Cup semi-final?

Villa Park. In those days, FA Cup semi finals were played at neutral venues, although Villa Park almost always featured.

Who scored City’s final goal of the 2010/11 season?

Edin Dzeko. Although City won the FA Cup in 2011 in what is traditionally the last game of the season, the blues played another two matches after the cup final.

Which striker scored the first hat-trick when Manchester City hammered Huddersfield 10-1 in 1987?

Tony Adcock. The striker signed from Colchester for £75,000 in the summer and his goals against Huddersfield were his first for the club.

Joey Barton was a bit of a character at City. What did he do to get himself a charge of bringing the game into disrepute and a £2k fine at Everton in September 2006?

Dropped his shorts in front of the Everton supporters after City had scored a late equaliser.