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50 free London Football Clubs trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This London football clubs trivia quiz covers the whole capital, not just the big three. It starts with the origins — Fulham as the oldest, Dial Square becoming Arsenal, Thames Ironworks becoming West Ham, Gus Mears founding Chelsea, the FA itself in a Great Queen Street tavern — and moves through the grounds: Highbury and the Emirates, Stamford Bridge, White Hart Lane, Craven Cottage, Selhurst Park, the Den, Loftus Road, the Boleyn Ground and Wembley. Then come the moments and the trivia: the Invincibles, Spurs' 1961 Double and 1963 European first, West Ham's 1966 trio, Chelsea's Champions Leagues and clean sweep of UEFA trophies, Wimbledon's Crazy Gang, QPR's 1967 League Cup, Palace's first trophy in 2025, the North London derby's real start date, plus nicknames from the Addicks to the Os. About a third of the questions are easy; the rest will test even season-ticket holders. Our general football and Premier League pages go wider. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia's club and stadium articles and the sources they cite, and each explanation adds one more thing worth knowing.
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Q 01In which year was Fulham, generally considered London's oldest professional football club, founded?
1879
They have played at Craven Cottage since 1896; the oldest club of any kind in Greater London is Cray Wanderers, founded 1860.
Q 02Arsenal were founded in 1886 by munitions workers under what original name?
Dial Square
They became Royal Arsenal, then Woolwich Arsenal in 1893, and simply Arsenal after moving north of the river in 1913.
Q 03Which London club was the first to turn professional, in 1891?
Royal Arsenal
It was also the first southern club to join the Football League, in 1893.
Q 04Arsenal are the only London club to go a whole league season unbeaten. In which season?
2003–04
'The Invincibles' stretched the run to a record 49 top-flight games; only Preston in 1888–89 had done it before.
Q 05How many FA Cups have Arsenal won, a record?
14
Arsène Wenger alone accounted for seven of them.
Q 06Which manager won Arsenal their first silverware and set up their trophy-laden 1930s?
Herbert Chapman
Arsenal became the first London club to win the First Division in 1930–31.
Q 07Arsenal's Emirates Stadium was built on what kind of site in Ashburton Grove?
An industrial and waste estate
Islington Council had refused permission to expand Highbury, and the club even considered buying Wembley.
Q 08Highbury's famous East and West Stands were built in which architectural style in the 1930s?
Art Deco
The stadium was Arsenal's home from 1913 to 2006 and is now flats.
Q 09Chelsea were founded in 1905 by which businessman, who had bought Stamford Bridge the year before?
Gus Mears
He created the club to occupy the athletics ground; Chelsea have played there ever since.
Q 10Chelsea's first major trophy, the League championship, came in which season?
1954–55
Manager Ted Drake dropped the Chelsea Pensioner crest and rebuilt the side with lower-league signings.
Q 11In which two years did Chelsea, the only London club to do so, win the UEFA Champions League?
2012 and 2021
They beat Bayern Munich on penalties in 2012 and won again in 2021; Arsenal lost the 2006 final to Barcelona.
Q 12In 2025 Chelsea became the first club to have won which set of trophies?
All four main UEFA competitions
The Conference League completed a set that already held the Champions League, Cup Winners' Cup and Europa League.
Q 13What is Tottenham Hotspur's Latin motto, Audere est Facere, in English?
To dare is to do
Q 21The Boleyn Ground is more often referred to by what name?
Upton Park
The last first-class match there was a 3–2 win over Manchester United on 10 May 2016.
Q 22Craven Cottage, Fulham's home, was originally what?
A royal hunting lodge
The first cottage was built in 1780 on land that had once been Anne Boleyn's hunting grounds.
Q 23Which Fulham legend, nicknamed 'The Maestro', debuted on Boxing Day 1951 and has a stand named after him?
Johnny Haynes
He signed as a schoolboy in 1950 and kept Fulham in the top flight through the 1960s.
The crest is a cockerel standing on a football; the club has worn white shirts and navy shorts since 1898–99.
Q 14Tottenham were the first British club to win a European trophy. Which one, and when?
The Cup Winners' Cup in 1963
It capped three straight seasons of silverware under Bill Nicholson: the Double, the FA Cup, then Europe.
Q 15Tottenham were the first club in the 20th century to achieve what, in 1960–61?
The League and FA Cup Double
Bill Nicholson had taken over as manager in October 1958.
Q 16What was the record attendance at White Hart Lane, set for a 1938 FA Cup tie against Sunderland?
75,038
The all-seater ground held 36,284 by the end; it hosted 2,533 competitive Spurs games before demolition in 2017.
Q 17The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium features the world's first what?
A dividing, retractable synthetic pitch
It seats 62,850, the largest club ground in London, and hosts NFL International Series games.
Q 18West Ham United were founded in 1895 under what name?
Thames Ironworks
The shipyard team reformed as West Ham United in 1900 and moved to the Boleyn Ground in 1904.
Q 19Which three West Ham players were in England's 1966 World Cup-winning team?
Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters
Captain Moore lifted the trophy and Hurst and Peters scored all four goals in the final.
Q 20West Ham's home since 2016, the London Stadium, was originally built for what?
The 2012 Olympics
It hosted the athletics and the opening and closing ceremonies before being rebuilt for football.
Q 24Crystal Palace changed their nickname from 'The Glaziers' to what under a flamboyant 1970s manager?
The Eagles
He also ditched the claret and blue for today's red and blue stripes.
Q 25Crystal Palace won their first ever major trophy in 2025 by beating whom in the FA Cup final?
Manchester City
Eberechi Eze scored the only goal under Oliver Glasner, and Palace then won the 2025–26 Conference League.
Q 26Selhurst Park, opened in 1924, was designed by which famous stadium architect?
Archibald Leitch
It also hosted 1948 Olympic games and was shared with Charlton and later Wimbledon.
Q 27Which two clubs ground-shared at Selhurst Park at different times?
Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon
Charlton were there from 1985 to 1991 and Wimbledon from 1991 until their move to Milton Keynes in 2003.
Q 28Brentford, nicknamed 'The Bees', played at which ground from 1904 until 2020?
Griffin Park
The club was founded in 1889 and moved to the Brentford Community Stadium in 2020.
Q 29QPR won their only major trophy, the 1967 League Cup, by beating which club 3–2 from two goals down?
West Bromwich Albion
They were the first Third Division club to win it, and took the Third Division title the same season.
Q 30Loftus Road became the first British professional ground to install what, in 1981?
An artificial pitch
The Omniturf lasted until 1988; the ground was later shared with Wasps and Fulham.