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Who turned down the chance to manage Birmingham City a year after winning the World Cup?
Vicente del Bosque
Marcelo Lippi
Luiz Felipe Scolari
Aime Jacquet
Chelsea accepted a £750,000 bid for John Terry in 2000 from which club, only for the player to turn down the move?
Huddersfield
Nottingham Forest
Preston North End
Peterborough United
Who initially won the bid to host the 1986 World Cup?
Mexico
Brazil
Colombia
Argentina
And who were runners-up in the voting to host the World Cups in 1990, 1994 and 2010 (and again for 2026)?
England
Australia
China
Morocco
Who turned down the chance to manage Arsenal in 1986?
Terry Venables
Roy Hodgson
Arsène Wenger
Sir Alex Ferguson
On the final day of the 1986-87 season Torquay were seconds away from becoming the first team to be relegated out of the Football League. Who was their unlikely hero?
Bryn the dog
Martin the fox
Clive the seagull
Bob the cat
As a child, Franz Beckenbauer's dream was to join 1860 Munich. What changed his mind?
His dog was run over by an 1860 fan
An 1860 player slapped him in an under-14s game
The 1860 under-15 coach wanted to play him in goal
He had his heart broken by an 1860-supporting girl when he was in his teens
In 2012 Chelsea made a bid to redevelop which London landmark in order to build their new stadium?
Millennium Dome
Kew Gardens
Battersea Power Station
The Oval
West Germany's Andreas Brehme scored the only goal of the 1990 World Cup final with an 85th-minute penalty. Why didn't designated taker Lothar Matthäus step up to the spot?
He had tweaked his hamstring
He was wearing new boots
He was too tired
He had lost confidence after missing his last three spot-kicks
Which club had the chance (and a deal in place) to sign Diego Maradona before opting against the transfer?
Sheffield Wednesday
Leeds United
Sheffield United
Barnsley
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