Football quiz: when Manchester United won the Champions League in 1999

1. Which airliner did United use to fly to Barcelona?

   1. Boeing 747

   2. Learjet 45

   3. Concorde

   4. Easyjet

2. What was special about the date of the final?

   1. It was Sir Alex Ferguson’s birthday

   2. It was the 31st anniversary of United’s last European Cup win

   3. It would have been Sir Matt Busby’s 90th birthday

   4. It was Erik Nevland’s birthday

3. Who captained United in the absence of Roy Keane?

   1. Jaap Stam

   2. Ryan Giggs

   3. Denis Irwin

   4. Peter Schmeichel

4. Who started on the right wing for United?

   1. Ryan Giggs

   2. Jesper Blomqvist

   3. Dwight Yorke

   4. David Beckham

5. Name the missing United substitute: Raimond van der Gouw, David May, Phil Neville, Wes Brown, Teddy Sheringham, Ole Gunnar Solskjær and …

   1. Jordi Cruyff

   2. Phil Mulryne

   3. Mark Wilson

   4. Jonathan Greening

6. At half-time, with United 1-0 down, Alex Ferguson told his players that, if they lost, they would have to walk past the European Cup without being able to touch it. Which of Ferguson’s former players gave him the idea for that teamtalk?

   1. Eric Cantona

   2. Bryan Robson

   3. Alex McLeish

   4. Steve Archibald

7. Who won the corner that led to United’s equaliser?

   1. Ole Gunnar Solskjær

   2. David Beckham

   3. Ryan Giggs

   4. Gary Neville

8. Who was the last United player to touch the ball before the final whistle?

   1. Nicky Butt

   2. David Beckham

   3. Ole Gunnar Solskjær

   4. Ronnie Johnsen

9. Which Bayern player was Jaap Stam talking about when he said to Ronnie Johnsen during the match: “I’m going to hit the arrogant wanker if he carries on”?

   1. Lothar Matthäus

   2. Stefan Effenberg

   3. Oliver Kahn

   4. Mario Basler

10. How many times during the Treble season did United come from behind to win or draw a match?

    1. Three

    2. Eight

    3. 12

    4. 17

11. Which United player had a punch-up with James Edwards, son of the chairman Martin, at the hotel party?

    1. Roy Keane

    2. Ryan Giggs

    3. Peter Schmeichel

    4. Nicky Butt

12. Before the final, what were the odds on Alex Ferguson being knighted?

    1. 10-1

    2. 50-1

    3. 200-1

    4. 1,000-1

Solutions

1:C - United left for Spain on the Monday afternoon on flight BA9044, 2:C - Busby, who died in 1994, would have been 90 on 26 May 1999. “There had to be some meaning to it all,” said Alex Ferguson., 3:D - In his last game for the club, Schmeichel lifted the European Cup as captain., 4:A - With Roy Keane and Paul Scholes suspended, Ferguson had to rejig his midfield. He moved David Beckham infield and put Ryan Giggs on the right., 5:D - Greening later said he “felt a bit of a fraud” when he collected his winners medal., 6:D - Archibald, who lived in Barcelona, came to watch United train the night before the game. He told Ferguson that one of his main memories of losing the 1986 final with Barcelona was that he could not touch the trophy., 7:D - Gary Neville, superstar left winger, hit a deflected cross that was put behind by Stefan Effenberg., 8:A - Butt belted a clearance towards the halfway line and Pierluigi Collina put his whistle to his lips., 9:D - “When Basler took Bayern’s corners he was an absolute disgrace,” said Stam. “He was posing and milking the applause, believing he was the man of the moment, having scored what he thought was the winning goal.”, 10:D - And to prove it was no fluke, they did it 16 times the following season, 11:B - Giggs “"went berserk" when Edwards told his mum to shut up during a row about a drag artist. "I ended up with a broken nose, my clothes covered in blood and as bad a hangover as I've ever had," Giggs later recalled. "I thought he was an ordinary punter. It turned out to be James Edwards, the son of the chairman, Martin.", 12:B - Ferguson was 50-1 to be knighted before the match. Two days later he was 2-1, and on 12 June he was included in the Queen’s birthday honours.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Don't worry. It was 21 years ago

2. 2 and above.

   Don't worry. It was 21 years ago

3. 3 and above.

   Don't worry. It was 21 years ago

4. 4 and above.

   Don't worry. It was 21 years ago

5. 5 and above.

   You were in front, but lost in the last minute

6. 6 and above.

   You were in front, but lost in the last minute

7. 7 and above.

   And you have won it

8. 8 and above.

   And you have won it

9. 9 and above.

   And you have won it

10. 10 and above.

    And you have won it

11. 11 and above.

    And you have won it

12. 0 and above.

    Don't worry. It was 21 years ago

13. 12 and above.

    And you have won it