Q 01/05

Burnley Football Club was founded in May 1882 by members of a club that played which sport?

A) Rugby

B) Cricket

C) Lacrosse

D) Hockey

Answer · why

A) Rugby

Rugby. Members of Burnley Rovers met at the Bull Hotel on 18 May 1882, voted to change codes to association football, and soon dropped 'Rovers' from t...

Q 02/05

Burnley joined the breakaway British Football Association in 1884 to fight the FA over what?

A) The ban on Sunday matches

B) The ban on professional players

C) The cost of FA Cup entry

D) The new offside rule

Answer · why

B) The ban on professional players

The ban on professional players. Lancashire clubs such as Burnley were already paying Scottish imports, and within a year the FA gave way, voting in J...

Q 03/05

Which royal watched a match at Turf Moor in October 1886, the first royal visit to a professional football ground?

A) Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught

B) Queen Victoria

C) Prince Albert Victor

D) Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh

Answer · why

C) Prince Albert Victor

Prince Albert Victor. Queen Victoria's grandson was in town to open a hospital, and Burnley, allowed to display the royal arms, were nicknamed 'the Ro...

Q 04/05

Which club joined Burnley among the Football League's 12 founder members in 1888?

A) Sunderland

B) Preston North End

C) Sheffield Wednesday

D) Newcastle United

Answer · why

B) Preston North End

Preston North End. They beat Burnley 5–2 on the opening day and went the whole season unbeaten; the 12 founders had wanted regular home-and-away fixtu...

Q 05/05

Burnley's William Tait scored the Football League's first-ever what, against Bolton in September 1888?

A) A penalty

B) A hat-trick

C) An own goal

D) A goal

Answer · why

B) A hat-trick

A hat-trick. Tait struck three times in a 4–3 win at Bolton on 15 September 1888, a week after the league kicked off, to give Burnley their first-ever...