The question ‘Who or what is a Garryowen?’ Wallace’s answer ‘A racing tipster’ (the Daily Record horse racing tipster at the time was called Garry Owen so he wasn’t too far off the mark).ġ970 saw not one but two Quiz Balls. Cairney recalls the team leaving one question for Wallace to answer.
Skipper Billy McNeill was decent too but Willie Wallace was there to make up the numbers.
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However, the title went north of the border with Celtic, led by defender Jim Craig (a graduate of Glasgow University) and actor John Cairney – whose brother Jim was a pro – seeing off Hearts in an all-Scottish Final.Ĭraig and Cairney carried the Celtic team. The competition took a year off in 1968 but returned the following year and Osborne was again in scintillating form in the first round, scoring both in a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace. This brought his total to 11 in three matches and he added another in the final to help his team beat Nottingham Forest, led by pipe smoker, dairy farmer, Brain of Britain contestant and later Everest double glazing endorser Ted Moult who also finished with 11 in the tournament, by two goals to one, West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper John Osborne got all of the Baggies ‘goals’ in a 4-2 win. In the semi-final he struck again but the Gunners were undone and another hero emerged. The Scot scored all five in a win over Hearts in the second round having scored one in the first. Year two saw Arsenal, with Ure again outstanding, make a bold bid to defend their title. All of the Scottish team’s goals came from The Great Escaoe, Upstairs Downstairs and The Professionals star Gordon Jackson. There they met Dunfermline Athletic and a hat-trick from Young along with two ‘goals’ apiece from Ure and Terry Neill gave them a 7-3 win.
The Gunners, with Ian Ure starring and DJ Jimmy Young as guest supporter then saw off Fulham (who bizarrely had Pete Murray, a well-known Arsenal fan, as their guest) and Leicester City to reach the final. In year one 16 teams took part and the show kicked off with a thriller as Arsenal got the better of Nottingham Forest 3-2 after extra time (that episode, one of only a few that have not been wiped is available on BBC iPlayer). The ‘pitch’ started out as a board behind the presenter but this was eventually changed to a ‘Subbuteo-style’ layout between the two teams with flashing lights indicating the route to goal chosen. David Vine was the initial quizmaster although he was later to be replaced by Stuart Hall of ‘It’s A Knockout’ fame. English and Scottish League clubs were included. Teams consisted of three from the club (usually three players but sometimes including a manager or official) and one guest supporter (more of which later). The hardest question quickly became known as ‘Route One’ and a few years later the phrase came to define the way teams in (real) football would move the ball quickly from back to front. If the defending team got the answer wrong it was a goal to the attacking team. The opposing team had the option to buzz in and ‘tackle’ although they couldn’t do this on the toughest question. There were four routes to goal ranging from going for four easy questions to one extremely hard one. The team winning the ‘kick-off question’ started things off and the captains chose who would answer a question and the degree of difficulty.
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Quiz Ball ran for just six series but is recalled fondly by those who remember it. More recently A League Of Their Own has proved hugely successful in the hands of James Corden on Sky.īut over 50 years ago football had it’s own quiz show. In 1995, They Think It’s All Over moved over from radio where it had been presented by Des Lynam and had a successful 11-year run – also on BBC – presented first by Nick Hancock and later by Lee Mack. On the BBC, A Question Of Sport has been going strong for an amazing 47 years and shows no signs of slowing down.
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Sporting quiz games on TV have for many years been dominated by three major shows.
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