BOBBY'S BRAIN TEASERS.Byline: Compiled by BOB BROWN THIS week we're testing your knowledge of football award winners... 1) Which Aston Villa player was named both PFA Player and Young Player in the same season? 2) Who was the last English player to be European Footballer of the Year Footballer of the Year may refer to:
3) Which seven different Man Utd MAN UTD Manchester United (Football Team) players have won the writers award in England? 4) Who was the last Arsenal player, pictured, before Thierry Henry to win the writers award in England? 5) Name the German who was the first World Footballer of the Year in 1991. 6) Who was the first English player to win the writers award in Scotland? 7) Who was a shock winner when voted top manager in England in 2001? 8) Which player retained the writers award in England in 2008? 9) Name the last player with a West Midland club to win the PFA award. 10) Which England legend was the first European Footballer of the Year? 11) Who is the current World Player of the Year? 12) Which tough tackling defender was the first ever PFA winner? 13) Who retained the writers award in England in 2004? 14) Which three Dutch players have been European Player of the Year? 15) Name the two Wolves stars who are the only players with a West Midland club to be recognised by the writers. 16) Which two foreign players won the writers award in Scotland on two occasions? 17) Who regained the writers title in England in 1990? 18) Which two players have been named as the best in the world on three occasions? 19) Which England player was twice European Footballer of the Year? 20) Who was the last England player to be named in the top three for the world award? ANSWERS: 1. Andy Gray, 2. Michael Owen, 3. Cristiano Ronaldo, Teddy Sheringham, Roy Keane, Eric Cantona, George Best, Bobby Charlton, Johnny Carey, 4. Dennis Bergkamp, 5. Lothar Matthaus, 6. Mark Hateley, 7. George Burley bur·ley n. pl. bur·leys A light-colored tobacco grown chiefly in Kentucky and used especially in making cigarettes. [Probably from the name Burley.] , 8. Cristiano Ronaldo, 9. Paul McGrath, 10. Stanley Matthews, 11. Kaka ka·ka n. A brownish-green New Zealand parrot (Nestor meridionalis). [Maori k k , 12.Norman Hunter, 13. Thierry Henry, 14. Johan Cruyff, Ruud
Gullit, Marco van Basten Marcel "Marco" van Basten (October 31, 1964 in Oog in Al, Utrecht) is a Dutch football manager, currently in charge of the Dutch national team. Previously, he was a football player who played for Ajax Amsterdam and A.C. Milan in the 1980s and early 1990s. , 15. Billy
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