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The Black Cats Quiz Book - 1000 Questions On All Things Sunderland - cover

The Black Cats Quiz Book - 1000 Questions On All Things Sunderland

Mart Matthews

Publisher: G2 Rights

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Summary

How much do you really know about the club you love?
You can find out by exploring the 1,000 questions set out in 100 categories that make up this Sunderland Quiz Book.
It's not often that books on football make reference to the Beatles, the Battle of Hastings, Fred Dibnah, Bob Dylan, Rommel and Sherlock Holmes – but this one does!
Try these for size:
1. Which is the only ground on which Sunderland have both won and lost in an FA Cup semi-final?
2. The only man to manage the club both before and after the Second World War also appeared on Ghostbusters. Who was he?
3. Most Sunderland fans know that the club's two FA Cup wins came in 1937 and its reverse: 1973. But which club did Sunderland beat on the way to Wembley in both those seasons?
Available since: 08/30/2024.
Print length: 128 pages.

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