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Christmas quiz

18 December 2013

Watching Town. When it's Christmas. Sometimes it's not quite as bad as watching Town when it's not Christmas. Is your memory clear as a Christmas bell for festive fixtures past? Or are the details lost in a fug of Bailey's and bad jumpers? Test yersen with these ten yuletide teasers.

1. Which are the correct details for Grimsby's last Christmas Day fixture?

Hull City, away, 1962, won 3-0

Leicester City, home, 1950, lost 2-0

Scunthorpe United, home, 1960, drew 1-1

Sheffield United, home, 1958, lost 2-1

2. What seasonal advice did the Pontoon stand once give to the Town striker Malcolm Partridge?

It's not the panto season yet

Oy, Partridge, get back in your pear tree

Pluck off, Partridge

That Toblerone in your stocking was for eating, not to wear on your feet

3. In 1933, Grimsby beat Manchester United on Christmas Day at Old Trafford and on Boxing Day at Blundell Park. Which of these statements about the two games is not true?

Grimsby named the same XI for both matches; the same XI that played in the previous six matches

Pat Glover scored five goals over the two games

The aggregate score over the two matches was Grimsby 10-4 Man United

The attendance for the home game was the highest at Blundell Park that season

4. On the fourth day of Christmas 2001, what did the Grimsby board give, if not to their true love, then certainly to Paul Groves?

A lifetime's achievement award

A pair of woolly socks

The freedom of North East Lincolnshire

The management of Grimsby Town

5. Grimsby's 2012 Boxing Day fixture was also away to Lincoln City. Who scored Town's opening goal?

Joe Colbeck

Andy Cook

Craig Disley

own goal

6. Who was Grimsby's manager when we last played Scunthorpe United on Boxing Day?

Russell Slade

Alan Buckley

John Newman

Lawrie McMenemy

7. On Christmas Day 1940, Grimsby played Hull in a home tie in the wartime North Regional League. At what ground was the match played?

Anlaby Road, Hull

King George V Stadium, Grimsby

Old Show Ground, Scunthorpe

Sincil Bank, Lincoln

8. The last time Grimsby played a home game on the Saturday before Christmas was on 18 December 2004 in the fourth division against Oxford. What was the attendance?

2,777

3,777

4,777

5,777

9. In the promotion season of 1990-91, Grimsby played three matches between 22 and 29 December. How many did they win?

none

one

two

three

10. What was distinctive about Town's 3-1 win at Derby on Boxing Day 2002?

Darren Mansaram made his debut

David 'Digger' Soames scored his only goal in professional football

Georges Santos kicked Georgi Kinkladze in the chest and wasn't even booked

Paul Groves substituted himself for the only time in his player-manager career

Tra-la-la-la-laaaa, la-la-la-GAH!