The Useless Footy Quiz: The Weird, the Far-Fetched, and the Stupid

An amusing cartoon-style illustration of absurd football moments, including a celebrity at a football match, a ghost in a football boardroom, and a dictator's son playing soccer.

The Useless Footy Quiz

Welcome to the Useless Footy Quiz! Test your knowledge of the most bizarre and outrageous football facts from around the globe.

With quirky questions and amusing trivia, this quiz is perfect for football fans looking for a laugh and a challenge. Get ready to:

Explore absurd football anecdotes
Challenge your friends and family
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16 Questions4 MinutesCreated by CuriousKicker47

Arrange the following clubs in the order they were founded from oldest-to-youngest: Paris Saint-Germain (France), New York Cosmos (USA), Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa), Trabzonspor (Turkey)

Trabzonspor, Kaizer Chiefs, PSG, New York Cosmos

Kaizer Chiefs, PSG, Trabzonspor, New York Cosmos

New York Cosmos, Kaizer Chiefs, PSG, Trabzonspor

Kaizer Chiefs, New York Cosmos, Trabzonspor, PSG

Between 1971 and 1988, West Bromwich Albion undertook the most bizarre sequence of managerial names in history (surely). Which is the correct order?

Don, Ron, Johnny, Ronnie, Ron, Ronnie, Johnny, Ron, Don

Ron, Johnny, Don, Ron, Ronnie, Johnny, Ronnie, Ron, Don

Ron, Don, Ronnie, Johnny, Ron, Ronnie, Johnny, Don, Ron

Don, Johnny, Ronnie, Ron, Ronnie, Ron, Johnny, Ron, Ron

Which American celebrity reportedly appeared at a club's home ground and openly admitted to their supporters that he had "never even heard of [the club] before"?

Will Ferrell (Chelsea)

Sylvester Stallone (Everton)

Mike Tyson (Peterborough)

Michael Jackson (Exeter City)

In 2002, on the same day as the World Cup Final between Germany and Brazil, another match was played between which two bottom-ranked FIFA members?

Burundi and Mauritius

Brunei and Maldives

Bhutan and Montserrat

Barbados and Mauritania

Who scores the winning goal at the end of Mean Machine (2001)?

Jason Statham

Vinnie Jones

Jason Flemyng

Danny Dyer

Which former player with an incredible head of hair holds the Major League Soccer record for "Most Assists in a Single Season"?

Cobi Jones

David Beckham

Alexi Lalas

Carlos Valderrama

Which of the following managers has NOT been spotted smoking a cigarette during a match (and looking totally cool while doing it)?

Joachim Loew

Antonio Conte

Arsene Wenger

Carlo Ancelotti

What club is Michael Caine's character said to have originally played for in Escape to Victory (1981)?

West Ham United

Southend United

Harchester United

Manchester United

In 2014, Ronaldinho turned down offers from the Indian Super League and English Conference South to sign as a free agent for which club out of Mexico?

Cruz Azul

C.F. Monterry

Querétaro F.C.

C.F. Pachuca

Before joining Barcelona's camp at La Masia, Lionel Messi was enrolled in the youth academy at what other club where his hero, Diego Maradona, also once played?

Newell's Old Boys

Boca Juniors

Sevilla

Argentinos Juniors

In 2014, #MUFCkitday took an unanticipated turn after a fan in an Eric Cantona "Kung Fu Kick" replica shirt posted a selfie on Twitter while in the middle of what other activity?

Putting on/Taking off His Underwear

Being Best Man at a Wedding Altar

Using a Toilet

Attending a Funeral

The football-mad son of which dictator would beat and torture national team players after losing World Cup qualifiers... While also occasionally summoning them to his palace at 2:00 in the morning whenever he'd fancy a late-night kickabout?

Mobutu Sese Seko

Saddam Hussein

Kim Jong-Il

Muammar Gaddafi

Which club's executive boardroom is purportedly "haunted" by the ghost of Vice Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson?

AFC Bournemouth

Portsmouth FC

Blackpool FC

Hartlepool FC

Which of the following is NOT true about the late German defender and cult figure Walter Frosch?

He once showed up for a match hungover, after he had been drinking past 3:00 in the morning the same day.

His frequent fouling contributed to a Bundesliga record for most red cards in a single season (Four).

His frequent fouling led to the introduction of automatic match suspensions for yellow card accumulation.

He was a chain-smoker and took to the field on occasion with a pack of cigarettes stashed in his socks.