Premier League Football Trivia Questions & Answers (2026)

The Premier League's inaugural season was 1992-93, starting on 15 August 1992.

Manchester United, managed by Sir Alex Ferguson, won the inaugural Premier League title by 10 points.

22 clubs competed in the first season. The league reduced to 20 clubs from the 1995-96 season.

Brian Deane of Sheffield United scored the first Premier League goal against Manchester United on 15 August 1992.

Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough, and Nottingham Forest were relegated at the end of the 1992-93 season.

Arsenal, known as 'The Invincibles', won 26 and drew 12 of their 38 matches without a single defeat.

To negotiate their own TV rights deal independently from the Football League. The first deal was signed with BSkyB for £304 million over five years.

Norwich City, relegated from the Premier League a record six times (1995, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2020 and 2022) — they have had six separate Premier League spells, more than any other club, each ending in relegation. Leicester City (1995, 2002, 2004, 2023, 2025) and West Bromwich Albion have each been relegated five times, which is not the record.

Sir Alex Ferguson won 13 Premier League titles with Manchester United between 1993 and 2013.

Chelsea set the record with 95 points in 2004-05 under José Mourinho. Manchester City then broke it with 100 points in 2017-18.

Les Ferdinand scored the 10,000th Premier League goal, for Tottenham Hotspur against Fulham on 15 December 2001 in a 4-0 win. (He was later formally credited with it at the Premier League 10 Seasons Awards.)

Six clubs share the record: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur have all been ever-present since the Premier League began - 34 consecutive seasons from 1992-93 through 2025-26.

Manchester City scored 106 goals in the 2017-18 season — the highest by any Premier League club in a single season.

Mike Dean refereed 560 Premier League matches between 2000 and 2022, the most by any official.

Manchester United won the title with 75 points in 1996-97, the lowest total for a Premier League-winning side.

Alan Shearer with 260 Premier League goals, scored for Blackburn Rovers (112) and Newcastle United (148).

Petr Cech kept 202 Premier League clean sheets, playing for Chelsea and Arsenal.

Erling Haaland scored 36 Premier League goals for Manchester City in the 2022-23 season.

Manchester United with 13 Premier League titles (1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013).

Ryan Giggs holds the assists record with 162 Premier League assists, all for Manchester United.

James Milner holds the record with 658 Premier League appearances, made for Leeds United, Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Manchester City, Liverpool and Brighton & Hove Albion. He passed Gareth Barry's 653 on 21 February 2026, when he started his 654th top-flight game in Brighton's 2-0 win at Brentford.

Shane Long scored for Southampton against Watford after just 7.69 seconds on 23 April 2019.

9-0. Manchester United beat Ipswich 9-0 in March 1995, and the same scoreline was repeated when Manchester United beat Southampton in February 2021.

Sadio Mane scored a hat-trick in 2 minutes 56 seconds for Southampton against Aston Villa on 16 May 2015.

Arsenal went 49 league matches unbeaten between May 2003 and October 2004, spanning the entire 2003-04 Invincibles season.

Harry Kane holds the record with 213 Premier League goals for Tottenham Hotspur - the most any player has scored for a single club. Mohamed Salah (191 for Liverpool), Sergio Aguero (184 for Manchester City) and Wayne Rooney (183 for Manchester United) follow.

Jamie Vardy scored in 11 consecutive Premier League matches for Leicester City in 2015-16, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's record of 10.

Five players have scored 5 goals in a single Premier League match: Andy Cole, Alan Shearer, Jermain Defoe, Dimitar Berbatov, and Sergio Aguero.

Michael Owen scored a hat-trick against Sheffield Wednesday on 14 February 1998, aged 18 years and 62 days.

Chelsea conceded just 15 goals in the 2004-05 season under José Mourinho — the fewest in a 38-game Premier League season.

Manchester City vs Queens Park Rangers on the final day of the 2011-12 season. Sergio Aguero scored in the 93rd minute to win City's first title in 44 years.

Leicester City's 2015-16 title win is often referenced. They were 5,000-1 outsiders at the start of the season, managed by Claudio Ranieri.

Manchester United beat Arsenal 2-0 at Old Trafford on 24 October 2004, ending Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten league run.

Liverpool won their first Premier League title in the 2019-20 season under Jürgen Klopp, with 99 points.

Manchester United v Arsenal on 21 September 2003, a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford. Ruud van Nistelrooy hit the bar with a last-minute penalty and Arsenal players confronted him, sparking a melee. The 'Pizzagate' sequel came at Old Trafford on 24 October 2004, when Arsenal lost 2-0 - ending their 49-match unbeaten run - and pizza was thrown at Sir Alex Ferguson in the tunnel afterwards.

Liverpool won 7-0 on 5 March 2023. It was Manchester United's heaviest defeat since 1931 and the joint-heaviest in the club's history. Cody Gakpo, Darwin Núñez and Mohamed Salah all scored twice, with Roberto Firmino adding the seventh.

The premise doesn't match any 2019 fixture, and the answer's facts are wrong: Crystal Palace beat Manchester City 3-2 at the Etihad on 22 December 2018, and City's record 18-match winning run was ended by a 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park on 31 December 2017. The best-known recoveries from 3-0 down to 3-3 are West Ham United, who came from three down against Tottenham on 18 October 2020, and Arsenal, who came from three down at West Ham on 21 March 2021.

Manchester United won the treble. They had already won the Premier League on the final day, then beat Bayern Munich 2-1 in the Champions League final in added time.

This happened in Croatia v Australia at the 2006 World Cup on 22 June 2006, not in the Premier League - Poll booked Josip Simunic in the 61st minute, again in the 90th without sending him off, and finally dismissed him after a third caution at the final whistle. There is no record of any comparable three-yellow-card incident in a Premier League match, and none involving Simon Davies.

No Premier League match has ever seen six red cards. The most in a single game is four, all shown by Michael Oliver after the final whistle in the Everton v Liverpool derby at Goodison Park in February 2025. Before that the benchmark was three dismissals for one team - Barnsley against Liverpool in 1998, West Ham in 1999, and Newcastle United against Aston Villa in April 2005, when Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer were sent off for fighting each other. Bradford City v Sheffield United was not a Premier League fixture in December 1999: Sheffield United were in Division One that season, finishing 16th.

Manchester City won six Premier League titles in seven seasons: 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 (and 2017-18).

Erling Haaland with 36 goals — breaking the single-season Premier League scoring record in his debut season in England.

Liverpool. Klopp's Liverpool won with 99 points, finishing 18 points clear of second-place Manchester City.

Erling Haaland of Manchester City won the 2023-24 Golden Boot with 27 goals - his second successive Golden Boot. Cole Palmer of Chelsea finished second on 22, Alexander Isak third on 21.

2023-24 - Arsenal finished second on 89 points, two behind Manchester City's 91, with the title decided only on the final day. Their other near-miss came in 2022-23, when they led the table for most of the season but faded to finish second on 84, five points behind City, who were confirmed champions with three games to spare. Arteta finally won the title in 2025-26.

Haaland scored 36 Premier League goals in 2022-23, breaking the single-season record of 34 set by Andy Cole (1993-94) and Alan Shearer (1994-95) in 42-game seasons. He was also the Champions League's top scorer that season with 12 goals, but that was not a record - the single-season Champions League record is Cristiano Ronaldo's 17 for Real Madrid in 2013-14.

Trick question — Manchester City won in 2018-19 and Liverpool won in 2019-20. City won back-to-back in 2020-21 and 2021-22.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored a hat-trick as a substitute for Manchester United against Nottingham Forest in February 1999 — though technically he scored 4 goals as a sub in that match.

Tottenham opened their stadium with a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace in Premier League on 3 April 2019.

18 consecutive wins, a record shared by Manchester City (26 August - 27 December 2017, ended by a 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace on 31 December 2017) and Liverpool (27 October 2019 - 24 February 2020, ended by a 3-0 defeat at Watford). It remains the record.

Ethan Nwaneri. He became the Premier League's youngest-ever player when he came on as a substitute for Arsenal against Brentford on 18 September 2022, aged 15 years and 181 days (not 174). The question's figure should read '15 years and 181 days'.

VAR was introduced at the start of the 2019-20 season. Its early implementation was widely criticised for inconsistent interpretations of handball and offside decisions.

Sir Alex Ferguson. It was his 13th Premier League title and his final match in charge after more than 26 years at the club.

Arsène Wenger, who won the title with Arsenal in 1997-98, his first full season in England.

Claudio Ranieri. Leicester had been 5,000-1 outsiders when the season began.

Jürgen Klopp, in 2019-20 — Liverpool's first league title for 30 years.

Manchester City, arriving from Bayern Munich.

Arsène Wenger, with 828 Premier League games for Arsenal between 1996 and 2018, ahead of Sir Alex Ferguson's 810.

No. José Mourinho comes closest with three titles, but all came at Chelsea across two separate spells (2004-05, 2005-06 and 2014-15).

Roberto Mancini, in the season decided by Sergio Agüero's stoppage-time goal against QPR.

Kenny Dalglish. He won the 1989-90 First Division with Liverpool and the 1994-95 Premier League with Blackburn Rovers.

Antonio Conte, with Chelsea in 2016-17, finishing on 93 points.

Manuel Pellegrini, in his first season at the club.

Thirteen: Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United), Kenny Dalglish (Blackburn Rovers, 1994-95), Arsene Wenger (Arsenal), Jose Mourinho (Chelsea), Carlo Ancelotti (Chelsea), Roberto Mancini (Manchester City), Manuel Pellegrini (Manchester City), Claudio Ranieri (Leicester City), Antonio Conte (Chelsea), Pep Guardiola (Manchester City), Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool), Arne Slot (Liverpool, 2024-25) and Mikel Arteta (Arsenal, 2025-26).

Carlo Ancelotti, in 2009-10. Chelsea's 103 goals were a Premier League record at the time, but Manchester City scored 106 in their 2017-18 title season — still the most by any Premier League side.

Arsène Wenger, in 2003-04. The side became known as the Invincibles, going 38 league games without defeat.

Philippe Coutinho's £105m move from Liverpool to Barcelona in January 2018 (reported as rising to around £142m with add-ons) was the first £100m-plus transfer involving a Premier League club. Jack Grealish's £100m move from Aston Villa to Manchester City in August 2021 was the first £100m fee paid by a British club.

Newcastle United, paying Blackburn Rovers £15m — a world record fee at the time.

Manchester City, from Borussia Dortmund.

A move made by a player whose contract has expired, with no fee owed to his former club. It is named after Jean-Marc Bosman, whose 1995 court case established the right.

Alexander Isak, who joined Liverpool from Newcastle United for a British-record £125m in September 2025. Moisés Caicedo's 2023 move from Brighton to Chelsea (reported at up to £115m) held the record before that.

Harry Maguire, who joined Manchester United from Leicester City for around £80m.

Kepa Arrizabalaga, signed by Chelsea from Athletic Bilbao for around £71.6m.

Cristiano Ronaldo, moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid for £80m.

Rio Ferdinand, from Leeds United to Manchester United.

From 1995 it ended transfer fees for out-of-contract players moving between clubs within the EU, and struck down limits on how many EU players a club could field — reshaping how Premier League squads were assembled.

Manchester United paid Newcastle United around £7m, a British record at the time.

The selling club is mid-season and has no window left to replace the player, so it demands a premium. The buyer is normally solving an urgent squad problem, which weakens its position further.