Q 01/05

Which London club, founded by Woolwich munitions workers in 1886, holds the record for most FA Cup wins?

A) Chelsea

B) Tottenham Hotspur

C) Arsenal

D) West Ham United

Answer · why

C) Arsenal

The club began life as Dial Square, named after a workshop at the Royal Arsenal, and won its first match 6–0 in December 1886.

Q 02/05

Which club did Gus Mears found in 1905 specifically to occupy Stamford Bridge?

A) Tottenham Hotspur

B) Chelsea

C) Queens Park Rangers

D) Brentford

Answer · why

B) Chelsea

The ground was an athletics venue first, and its record crowd of 82,905 came for a league match in October 1935.

Q 03/05

In which year did the North London derby become a true rivalry, when one club moved north from Woolwich?

A) 1887

B) 1901

C) 1913

D) 1932

Answer · why

C) 1913

The two sides had first met in 1887 and had played each other in the Football League since 1909, but proximity turned the fixture bitter.

Q 04/05

Which club, nicknamed the Hammers, was founded in 1895 as the works team of a Thames shipbuilder?

A) Millwall

B) Charlton Athletic

C) West Ham United

D) Leyton Orient

Answer · why

C) West Ham United

Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding built HMS Warrior, and the club moved into the former Olympic Stadium in Stratford in 2016.

Q 05/05

Selhurst Park is the home ground for which London football club?

A) Fulham

B) Millwall

C) Charlton Athletic

D) Crystal Palace

Answer · why

D) Crystal Palace

The club bought the former brickfield from a railway company for £2,750 in 1922, and the Lord Mayor of London opened the ground in August 1924.