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It’s the taking part that counts as we set ten questions on footballing failure.

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  • Question of

    In 2023, who failed to score a goal in their first ten league matches of the season? (To rub salt in the wounds, their only goal thus far, from a 4-1 League Cup defeat, was an own-goal).

    • Cheltenham Town
    • Burton Albion
    • Stevenage Boro
  • Question of

    Name the hapless opponents of Australia, who conceded a international record 31 goals in 2001?

    • American Samoa
    • Micronesia
    • Papua New Guinea
  • Question of

    These teams spent most of the 20th century playing in the Football League, but which FAILED to win a single divisional title at any level?

    • Hartlepool United
    • Stockport County
    • York City
  • Question of

    Which club has TWICE equalled the record for consecutive league matches without a victory (36)?

    • Dagenham & Redbridge
    • Derby County
    • Macclesfield Town
  • Question of

    Which country gained no points in their three matches, failed to score, and finished with a goal difference of -14 in their first, and so far only, World Cup?

    • Haiti
    • China
    • Zaire
  • Question of

    In the days before the automatic relegation from the Football League was introduced, which club finished bottom of the League (92nd out of 92) over three consecutive seasons, failing to secure re-elected after the third?

    • Bradford Park Avenue
    • Southport
    • Workington
  • Question of

    Which microstate took until 2024 to win their first competitive match?

    • Andorra
    • Liechtenstein
    • San Marino
  • Question of

    And who went one day short of a calendar year without a home league win?

    • Darwen
    • Sheffield Wednesday
    • Sunderland
  • Question of

    Newly promoted to the second-tier in 2017, who went on to become the first in 126 years of Scottish football to complete a winless season?

    • Stranraer
    • Brechin City
    • Stirling Albion
  • Question of

    Newcastle set a club record away victory in September, 2023 when they won 0-8 at which club (who consequently broke their own record home defeat)?

    • Bournemouth
    • Luton Town
    • Sheffield United

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