Q 01/05

Which Football League champions did Brighton beat in the 1910 Charity Shield?

A) Aston Villa

B) Newcastle United

C) Sunderland

D) Blackburn Rovers

Answer · why

A) Aston Villa

Aston Villa lost 1–0 at Stamford Bridge to a Charlie Webb goal and Brighton were dubbed 'Champions of England': in five such meetings, it was the only...

Q 02/05

Where were Brighton & Hove Albion founded?

A) A church hall

B) A pub

C) A cricket pavilion

D) A school

Answer · why

B) A pub

A pub: the Seven Stars in Ship Street hosted the founding meeting on 24 June 1901, and the club it created was called Brighton & Hove United until the...

Q 03/05

Which club first used the Goldstone Ground, in September 1901, before Albion moved in?

A) Brighton United

B) Brighton & Hove Rangers

C) Hove F.C.

D) Shoreham F.C.

Answer · why

C) Hove F.C.

Hove F.C. played the first match there on 7 September 1901 but could not afford the rent alone, so they invited Albion to share the ground from 1902 a...

Q 04/05

The Goldstone Ground was one of only two grounds outside London to host football at which event?

A) The 1966 World Cup finals

B) The Euro 96 tournament

C) The 1908 Olympic Games

D) The 1948 Olympic Games

Answer · why

D) The 1948 Olympic Games

The 1948 Olympic Games brought a preliminary-round tie to Hove, where Luxembourg beat Afghanistan 6–0; the only other match played outside London was ...

Q 05/05

Which future England captain debuted as a substitute at the Goldstone Ground in September 1992?

A) David Beckham

B) Frank Lampard

C) Sol Campbell

D) Steven Gerrard

Answer · why

A) David Beckham

David Beckham, 17, replaced Andrei Kanchelskis in a League Cup tie, yet more than two years later Manchester United still sent him on loan to Preston ...