HERE we go then. The Euros. Can England end [ongoing number] years of hurt by landing their first ever European Championship? None of us know, but we are cautious because England’s record at the Euros is patchy at best. But they do have a fairly extensive record in it so let’s test your Three Lions knowledge…
Questions:
1) What is the most common first name for England players to have featured for the Three Lions in the Euros?
David
Paul
Ray
Steve
2) Andy Carroll has scored more Euro Finals goals than which of these players?
Fernando Morientes
Gianfranco Zola
Marco Delvecchio
Nicklas Bendtner
3) At Euro 92, Alan Smith famously came on as a sub for Gary Lineker but who was England’s other substitute in that game?
Paul Merson
Andy Sinton
Trevor Steven
Tony Daley
4) Who made their final appearance for England in their semi-final defeat to Germany in 1996?
Steve Stone
Tony Adams
Gareth Southgate
David Platt
5) Of these players, who didn’t make their last ever appearance for England in the team’s final game at Euro 88, against the USSR?
Kenny Sansom
Glenn Hoddle
Mark Hateley
Dave Watson
6) Who made their last ever appearance for England in their Last 16 defeat to Iceland in 2016?
Jack Wilshere
Daniel Sturridge
Gary Cahill
Joe Hart
7) What happened for the first time in England’s first ever Euro finals game, a semi-final defeat to Yugoslavia in 1968?
First England substitute in a tournament
First ever England red card
First goal by a goalkeeper against England
First time England wear a blue kit
8) What is the highest number of games England have won at a single European Championships?
Two
Three
Four
Five
9) What percentage of England’s all-time goals at the Euros came on “that glorious night against Holland” in 1996?
3%
5%
7%
10%
10) Who came on for Wayne Rooney when Rooney broke his metatarsal against Portugal in the Euro 2004 quarter-final?
Owen Hargreaves
Michael Owen
Darius Vassell
Emile Heskey
Answers:
1) David (Seaman, Beckham, Platt, Johnson, Batty, James)
2) Gianfranco Zola (Carroll 1-0 Zola)
3) Paul Merson
4) David Platt
5) Mark Hateley
6) Jack Wilshere
7) First ever England red card (Alan Mullery)
8) Two (in 1996, 2004, 2012)
9) 10%
10) Darius Vassell
