1. The surnames of which five players from the 2023-24 men’s first team squad (correct 24th June 2024) are hidden in the following sentence? Please put the surnames of each player you find into the text box.
As a member of Bees United, even for just one year, you might meet fellow fans – and if you do this quiz (and don’t get stuck on a key question) you could win a jersey signed by one of the squad, which, you know is satisfying.
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Answers: Toney, Mee, Konak, Ajer, Wissa
2. What word fills in the blank in this scoreline from 2023: Brentford FC Women 6 – Sport London e ______ 1.
This missing word is also the name of a team that the men are due to play in 2024.
Answer: Benfica
3. Which current Premier League manager’s names are these anagrams of? (Correct June 24th 2024)
EMIRATE TALK – Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
I APPLAUD GORE – Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
IT RUNS SMALLER – Russell Martin (Southampton)
GET ONE GOAL, SO CUP – Ange Postecoglou (Spurs)
A SCREAM ZONE – Enzo Maresca (Chelsea)
4. Brentford have had eight Danish full international players, but which of the following four countries (Scotland, Iceland, Jamaica, Wales) comes next by having capped six Brentford players?
Answer: Wales, thanks to Fin Stevens’ recent first cap (Correct at 24th June 2024) (One point)
5. What connects: a player who was signed for a then-record transfer fee in 1989, and a manager of the 1990s, with two players in the 2005 squad, one of whom also later went on to manage the club? You get one point for successfully identifying the connection, and two points for naming the two pairs of people.
Answer: The two pairs had the same names – the first two are both called Eddie May, and the second pair were both Scott Fitzgerald)
6.Name Brentford’s first two shirt sponsors. Both are companies with three-letter abbreviations who are still in business, and operate a large number of aeroplanes.
Answers: DHL and KLM
7. Who are the only Brentford players to be capped for each of these countries? You get one point for naming the player, and one for naming the country he represents.
Answer: Thomas Strakosha (Albania), Romaine Sawyers (St Kitts and Nevis)
8. Celebrity connections: Which man, who was once on the books at Brentford, is now more famous as the host of the ITV quiz show The Chase and the BBC game show Gladiators?Answer: Bradley Walsh
9. Is it true that the first-ever own goal at Griffin Park scored in a Football League game was scored by a player with the surname Griffin?
Answer: Yes – Jimmy Griffin of Newport County in 1920 (Research: Jonathan Burchill ‘A Pub on Each Corner’)
10. 11. 12. Using the pictures, identify each of the three first team men’s players
Answers: Frank Onyeka / Kevin Schade / Kim Ji-Soo
13. Tie Breaker
How many miles did your quiz setter travel in getting to and from Brentford games in the 2023-24 season? (Nearest guess wins)
Some hints:
– I only missed three home games and three away games (two of which due to not having enough TAPS).
– I used a variety of modes of transport to get to games, including trains, coaches from Brentford, the tube and walking.
– I live about 7 miles east of Tower Bridge.
Answer: 5300 miles
