The Totally Football quiz: manager-player bust-ups edition…

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5th March 2021

Player-manager bust-ups are in the news again after Steve Bruce and Matt Ritchie reportedly had a small disagreement at Newcastle. So here’s a quiz on the proud, rich history of intra-squad rows…

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1) Which of the following were NOT among the things the Roy Keane was annoyed about at the 2002 World Cup, leading to him inviting Mick McCarthy to "stick it up your bollox"?

Cheese sandwiches as a pre-match meal

Irish football officials flying first class, while players had to sit in standard class

The team's training kit had been delayed and wasn't with them

The Irish team's hotel rooms didn't have air conditioning

Correct! Wrong!

2) Daniel Passarella famously banned players from having long hair in his Argentina squad: which player refused to cut his locks to placate the manager?

Gabriel Batistuta

Fernando Redondo

Hernan Crespo

Mauricio Pochettino

Correct! Wrong!

3) Which player packed his bags and headed home from the 2010 World Cup after a disagreement with French coach Raymond Domenech?

Patrice Evra

Mathieu Valbuena

Nicolas Anelka

William Gallas

Correct! Wrong!

4) Delio Rossi was sacked as Fiorentina manager after an incident between him and Adem Ljajic during a game against Novara in 2012: what happened?

He made an insensitive remark about the Yugoslav war to Ljajic, a Serb

He attacked Ljajic in the dugout

He tripped Ljajic up on his way off the pitch

He insulted Ljajic's mother

Correct! Wrong!

5) Which Stoke player did Tony Pulis reportedly nude headbutt during a dressing room row?

Dave Kitson

Jonathan Walters

Ricardo Fuller

James Beattie

Correct! Wrong!

6) During his brief spell as Newcastle manager, Alan Shearer apparently said the following to one of his players after getting sent off against Liverpool: 'You're a sthouse. You're a fking coward. You tried to break his leg.'

Kevin Nolan

Joey Barton

Nicky Butt

Alan Smith

Correct! Wrong!

7) Who were Manchester City playing when Carlos Tevez refused to warm-up, causing a rift with Roberto Mancini?

Barcelona

Inter

Bayern Munich

Roma

Correct! Wrong!

8) Why did Alex Ferguson drop David Beckham for a game against Leeds in 2000?

Beckham missed training to attend a fashion show

Beckham missed training to attend a promotional event for his wife Victoria's single 'Out Of Your Mind' with Another Level hunk Dane Bowers

Beckham missed training to take care of his ill children

Beckham missed training to film a Pepsi advert

Correct! Wrong!

9) About which player did Fabio Capello once say: "It is true that he was very fat, he did not want to train or lose weight."

Ronaldo

Antonio Cassano

Wayne Rooney

Emerson

Correct! Wrong!

10) "When you buy me, you are buying a Ferrari...he should have bought a..." This was Zlatan Ibrahimovic complaining about how Pep Guardiola used him at Barcelona. Which type of car did he suggest Guardiola would have been more comfortable with?

Volvo

Lada

Peugeot

Fiat

Correct! Wrong!

The Totally Football quiz: manager-player bust-ups edition...

Stick 'em up.

The Totally Football quiz: manager-player bust-ups edition…

1) Which of the following were NOT among the things the Roy Keane was annoyed about at the 2002 World Cup, leading to him inviting Mick McCarthy to "stick it up your bollox"?

2) Daniel Passarella famously banned players from having long hair in his Argentina squad: which player refused to cut his locks to placate the manager?

3) Which player packed his bags and headed home from the 2010 World Cup after a disagreement with French coach Raymond Domenech?

4) Delio Rossi was sacked as Fiorentina manager after an incident between him and Adem Ljajic during a game against Novara in 2012: what happened?

5) Which Stoke player did Tony Pulis reportedly nude headbutt during a dressing room row?

6) During his brief spell as Newcastle manager, Alan Shearer apparently said the following to one of his players after getting sent off against Liverpool: 'You're a sthouse. You're a fking coward. You tried to break his leg.'

7) Who were Manchester City playing when Carlos Tevez refused to warm-up, causing a rift with Roberto Mancini?

8) Why did Alex Ferguson drop David Beckham for a game against Leeds in 2000?

9) About which player did Fabio Capello once say: "It is true that he was very fat, he did not want to train or lose weight."

10) "When you buy me, you are buying a Ferrari...he should have bought a..." This was Zlatan Ibrahimovic complaining about how Pep Guardiola used him at Barcelona. Which type of car did he suggest Guardiola would have been more comfortable with?

Clean sheets are quite important

King of the shenanigans

Flabby midsection

That’s where the devil lives

The car park edition

Invisible friend

Where the Wilder things are

Apocalypse cockroach

Desperate karmic reach

The Three Cs: Covid, Christmas, and Charlton

Bassini’s budgie smugglers

Franking sense, and are Exeter Taylor made for promotion?

Fans return, DJ dropping bombs, El Sackio in Championship

Legge day, Sunderland Til I Die, and there’s a new daddy in town

Five points ninth and rising

1) Which of the following were NOT among the things the Roy Keane was annoyed about at the 2002 World Cup, leading to him inviting Mick McCarthy to "stick it up your bollox"?

2) Daniel Passarella famously banned players from having long hair in his Argentina squad: which player refused to cut his locks to placate the manager?

3) Which player packed his bags and headed home from the 2010 World Cup after a disagreement with French coach Raymond Domenech?

4) Delio Rossi was sacked as Fiorentina manager after an incident between him and Adem Ljajic during a game against Novara in 2012: what happened?

5) Which Stoke player did Tony Pulis reportedly nude headbutt during a dressing room row?

6) During his brief spell as Newcastle manager, Alan Shearer apparently said the following to one of his players after getting sent off against Liverpool: 'You're a s**thouse. You're a f**king coward. You tried to break his leg.'

7) Who were Manchester City playing when Carlos Tevez refused to warm-up, causing a rift with Roberto Mancini?

8) Why did Alex Ferguson drop David Beckham for a game against Leeds in 2000?

9) About which player did Fabio Capello once say: "It is true that he was very fat, he did not want to train or lose weight."

10) "When you buy me, you are buying a Ferrari...he should have bought a..." This was Zlatan Ibrahimovic complaining about how Pep Guardiola used him at Barcelona. Which type of car did he suggest Guardiola would have been more comfortable with?

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6) During his brief spell as Newcastle manager, Alan Shearer apparently said the following to one of his players after getting sent off against Liverpool: 'You're a sthouse. You're a fking coward. You tried to break his leg.'