Episode 30 A Question of Sport

On this Cup Final special,

Final Score host Jason Mohammad...

..BBC pundit and Cup finalist Trevor Sinclair...

..Football Focus frontman Dan Walker

and his FA Cup-winning right-hand man Mark Lawrenson.

Who will be lifting the trophy on A Question Of Sport?

Hello, and welcome to the show.

One team will be victorious at Wembley and the Cup Final,

but who will be on the winning side here in the studio?

Let's kick things off with an opening rally.

Right, you need to take it in turns to name a team

in this season's Championship that has won the FA Cup.

And, Matt, you're going first.

-Championship team who have won the FA Cup.

-You need to name...

Yeah, a team in this season's Championship

that has won the FA Cup.

Yeah, well, he was...

You played in the Cup Final for Cardiff City, didn't you?

-Cardiff City, Sue.

-Ipswich Town.

-OK.

-Oh, Bolton.

-OK.

Blackburn.

-We're rolling back the years here.

-Oh, hello, what's this?

-We're rolling back the years with that one.

-Did they?

-I don't know.

-I'm looking to my captain for inspiration.

-They've got to.

-Come on.

-Which one are you going to go with?

-Nottingham Forest.

-OK.

-Definitely.

-Sheffield.

-Oh... Good...

-Ooh!

Oh, hold on. Say the right ones.

-Say the right ones.

-Wednesday.

-Correct.

-Sue.

-OK.

-Keep going, we've got two more.

-Two more guesses.

-Yeah, go for it.

-Leeds.

-OK.

-Brighton.

-Ooh!

Oh, no. Lost against Man United.

-Preston...

-Agh!

-Have they?

-Preston North End.

-Preston North End.

Erm, Preston North End, Sue.

Oh, good shout.

Get in, back of the net.

Boo. Still got one more, boys.

Get thinking.

I'm happy to go with it.

-QPR.

-OK.

It's those sort of 1920s and '30s.

They're the ones that get away.

Who used to run out with the big,

long shorts and everything?

Who were they?

"Oh, and here comes...Wolves."

-You can imagine...

-That was me!

-You can imagine Wolverhampton Wanderers.

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-Go for it.

Yeah. Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sue.

OK.

Confident with your picks, are you?

-Well...

-Eh...

-Well, you got four.

Yes, you did get four.

QPR. QPR was the wrong one.

Lost in the '82 final.

You got five.

The other ones you could have had...

So, let's confirm, at the end of the round,

Matt on 4, Phil in front on 5.

Right, teams. It's Sports Action time now.

Matt, your team are first.

You need to make a note of everything that you can see,

but also when you think it's taking place.

'Victoria Pendleton coasts down the finishing straight

'to win the Olympic title.'

'Oh, and a good run up front by Hughes - and Di Matteo shoots.

'Oh, what about this?

'What about this?'

'Game, set and match.'

'Oh, and it... Oh, and Kanu's there.

'Kanu and Portsmouth have taken the lead.

'Rob Henderson, all the way to the corner.

'What a comeback by Ireland!

'Rob Henderson's third international try.'

'Houchen.

'Brilliant goal.'

'200 up for Nasser Hussain.'

'Michael Owen for Liverpool.

'Yes! Oh, he's done it.

'What an incredible few minutes for Michael Owen.'

OK. Now, you need to match up the FA Cup Final goals you saw

with the clips that took place in the same year.

Let's get the dates for the football.

-OK, so we got...

-'97 for Di Matteo.

-Di Matteo.

-And then the Cup Final...

-2008, Portsmouth/Cardiff City.

'87, Keith Houchen scoring for Coventry City against Spurs.

I thought... I thought that was...

2001, Michael Owen in the Michael Owen final.

OK. Right.

-Pendleton...

-Are you quite happy with your team-mates right now?

Right now, they are gods.

-That was 2012.

-No, it was '08.

-Was it?

-So, that goes with...

-So that's Cardiff, then.

-That's Cardiff, yeah.

-'86 was Cash.

Pat Cash.

-Nasser...

-We don't have an '86 Cup Final.

That's a very good point. Because that's...

'87. No, could be '87.

-'87, yeah.

-'87, here we go.

Well spotted. Yeah.

Well done, the gods.

What about Nasser? Is that Nasser scoring against...

-Could be '01.

-Australia, '01.

Nasser, and then Hendo could be a friendly in '97.

-What have we got left?

-Are you sure it was '97, not '99?

-Could be '99.

-'99.

-It was one of the last finals to be played at Wembley.

-Yeah, '99.

-Wembley was taken down in 2000.

-So, go '99.

-OK. '87 was...

'87 was Coventry City against Tottenham Hotspur.

-That's with tennis.

-Yeah, OK.

-Pat Cash.

-Right.

-'99, Di Matteo and...

Hendo.

And Pendleton and Michael Owen.

-No, Pendleton...

-No.

-Pendleton and Kanu's goal for Portsmouth.

-Pendleton's, Cardiff.

-Yep.

-Cardiff, yeah. Portsmouth.

And whatever the other two are, I don't really know.

Nasser Hussain and Michael Owen.

-Michael Owen.

-Michael Owen.

-OK.

-Two correct.

-No, we haven't!

-Yes, you have.

-No, we haven't, Sue.

-Yes, you do.

-What are you two doing?!

The gods have let you down, Matt.

These are the right answers.

So the rugby and cricket you got the wrong way round.

So, two points scored.

APPLAUSE

You know what's coming, are you looking forward to it?

-Well, crikey, Sue.

-Can't wait, Sue.

-Yeah. Let's have it.

-Here we go.

-Here we go.

'Yes, what a man.

'What a man. Terrific stuff.'

'Five behind.

'James gets there just first.

'Cantona!'

'..Audley fly at light-heavy.

'And he is a giant of the English side.

'Oh, he's stopped it.'

'Audley Harrison has made it four golds for England.'

'Beautifully done.'

'Johnson away and clear.'

'Black in second place takes the silver.'

'Oh, it's in.'

'In it goes.

'Mark Selby. They're great pals, the two of them.'

'Here's Overmars. He'll be there for the Dutch team.

'He's through here! And they've scored.

'Marc Overmars for Arsenal.

Oh...

-Wow.

-OK.

-Right, Cup Finals.

-Yes, let's go there first.

-'96, Cantona.

-Cantona.

-'96, Cantona.

-Write that down.

-OK.

-'96, Cantona.

2013, Wigan beat Manchester City.

-Yeah.

-Beautiful.

-Ben Watson.

-Lovely.

That one, I think, is 1998,

-when Arsenal beat Newcastle.

-Yes.

-And the other one was...

-What was the other one?

-What was the other one?

What was the other one?

-Pearcy?

-Pearce!

-1991.

-1991.

-So, there's your four Cup Finals.

-Right?

-Brilliant. Well done.

Robertson was 2013.

-What, the snooker?

-Snooker, yeah.

-Defo?

-100%.

-It has to be.

-Robertson.

-Yeah, has to be.

-Yeah, snooker, go on.

-Woosnam...

-You're on a roll, you just go, mate. You just go.

-Woosnam...

-Woosnam must be '91.

-Woosnam's '91.

-'91.

-Yeah, cos then we had the running, didn't we?

-We had Michael Johnson...

-Which... Which...

-Is an Olympic...

..would have been in, erm...

the Olympics in '96.

-So, would have been Cantona.

-Yeah.

-OK.

-So, the other one is the other year.

OK, yeah, lovely.

-Do you want to do it?

-No.

-I'll just come in if you get it wrong.

-OK.

Woosnam, '91.

-With?

-Stuart Pearce.

-Stuart Pearce.

-Right.

-Erm...

-Robertson, 2013 with...

-Wigan.

-..Wigan.

-Wigan.

Michael Johnson, '96.

-Cantona.

-With Cantona.

-Mm-hm.

-And the other one.

-And the other one.

-Audley Harrison with...

-Marc Overmars.

-Overmars.

-Yes.

-Marc Overmars beating Newcastle.

-I think that might have been at Cardiff.

-Four out of four.

APPLAUSE

Well done. Full marks!

Which means at the end of the round, Matt's on 6,

Phil in front on 9.

In this round, we're going to play you a number of FA Cup songs.

THEY GROAN So you'll need to listen carefully.

Chas & Dave, come on.

It'll be on the buzzer.

So, when you know the team singing their FA Cup Final song, buzz in.

But be careful - if you get it wrong,

you will lose a point. OK.

Here's your first one. Which team is this?

# They won't... #

Oh, Dan.

-Tottenham.

-Chas & Dave.

-Ossie's Gone To Wembley.

Well, let's hear.

# Spurs are on their way to Wembley... #

APPLAUSE

Here's the next one.

BEAT PLAYS

-Liverpool.

-Let's hear.

# Pass and move it's the Liverpool Groove... #

That's spot-on.

The Liverpool Groove. Well done.

APPLAUSE

Well done, Trevor. Back on the buzzers.

# The boys are back in town

# And we are Wembley bound

# An army dressed in blue

# We're gonna win for you. #

Ooh! Have a think. No-one going to risk it?

-No.

-Not going to risk that.

-No. OK.

-Chelsea.

-Let's play it.

# Chelsea, we're the team... #

Chelsea from 1994, that was.

-Wow.

-Will you be brave enough for this final one?

# When we come like a hurricane blowing everyone away

# There's nowhere you can run and hide... #

-No guesses?

-I'm proud that I don't know it.

-Let's listen.

-Sunderland.

# No-one can move, move, move

# Like the Red Tribe do

# There's no man that can stand in our way... #

It is Manchester United

-we were looking for.

-What?

-What?!

-Manchester United.

From 1996.

To think you used to get paid to make them as well, Sue.

-How good was that?

-You must have done...

-Come on, you must have done one, Lawro.

-Yeah.

-What did you do?

-Can't remember.

At the end of it, Matt's on 7, Phil in front on 10.

It is time for the captains to be up in the middle -

and, Matt, you're going first.

Right, here we go. Come on.

OK, you have 15 footballs in front of you.

You need to put them in the basket

you think matches the correct answer.

Every ball you have left at the end of the three questions

-is worth one point.

-Yes.

-So each decision counts.

-OK.

-All your questions are about finals.

-OK.

-Here is your first one.

Which of these snooker stars

have reached the most world championship finals?

A, Graeme Dott.

B, Terry Griffiths.

C, John Parrott.

Your 15 seconds starts now.

All right, JP's won one, but I don't know how many finals.

-He won in 1991.

-The most finals.

Griffiths won in 1979.

-Any more?

-Dott was in a final.

-You've got five seconds.

-Ooh.

-Oh, whatever.

WHISTLE

-Three in A.

-Yeah.

Three, three... So nine, I've gone.

Nine in B.

OK, let's see who the correct answer is.

-C.

-And how many you've got left.

A. Graham Dott is the right answer!

Dotty?!

-How many has he been in?

-Three.

-He's been in three, has he?

-Yeah.

See, what you need here is a BBC snooker presenter.

Do you know a good one?

Could you give Hazel a ring?

Right, we're in a bit of trouble here.

Which of these countries have won the most cricket World Cups?

A, Pakistan.

B, Sri Lanka.

C, West Indies.

Time starts now.

Erm...

Pakistan, maybe? Sri Lanka. West Indies.

West Indies have got a couple, I think.

Definitely one. Pakistan...

-Five seconds.

-Pakistan.

-Sri Lanka would be my favourite.

Go Sri Lanka, Matt.

WHISTLE Oh. Too late. Too late.

Please tell me you don't present the cricket, as well.

The answer is...

-C.

-Oh, C. Look, look.

-We had it covered.

-We did.

-We could have been out of the game.

-Come on.

-So, one left.

-Yep.

-One question left.

-Yep.

-Which of these England stars played in the most FA Cup Finals?

A, Frank Lampard.

-B, Paul Scholes.

-Trev, it's your favourite answer.

-C, John Barnes.

-Thanks.

-What do you reckon, boys?

-We're thinking A or B.

At the moment.

-Oh!

-B?

-B?

-Going for the octopus approach.

-Five seconds.

-What do you think, Matt?

-A! A!

Frank Lampard... Frank Lampard was the worst answer you ever did

on the last show you were here, you know that.

You happy with that?

-Yeah, that's A.

-Well, I can tell you that Frank played in five -

but is it the right answer?

The right answer is...

-B!

-Oh!

-Scholesy!

-Stinker!

-Scholes played in six.

Sorry. Sorry, everyone, sorry.

So, no points there. Phil, let's see how well you'll do.

-Up you come.

-Yeah.

-Come on, Philly. Come on.

All right.

Right, OK. How many balls in here, Sue?

-15.

-15.

-OK.

-OK.

-Good start.

-We can do this, Phil.

-OK.

Here's your first question.

-Yes.

-Which of these tennis stars

have played in the most Wimbledon singles finals?

A, Bjorn Borg.

B, Venus Williams.

C, Boris Becker.

-Not Boris Becker!

-Time starts now.

-A or B.

-Where's A?

A or B, so...

-Which one do you fancy more?

-The most finals.

-Most finals.

-B.

B. B, we fancy the most.

-B the most.

-A few more in B.

A few more in B, cos she played in doubles.

Doubles, as well, counts?

-Little one in there?

-Singles finals.

-Put some back in A.

-WHISTLE

Oh, what do you mean, "some back"?!

-Really?

-I don't know.

"Some back"?!

One, two, three, four, five, six.

Six, OK, so nine in B.

So, there we are, let's see.

Bjorn Borg played in six,

Boris Becker played in seven.

Oh, did he?

Oh, no!

Boris played in seven?!

But let's see if Venus is more.

Come on, Venus!

It's got to be! Yes!

But seven, Boris.

Yeah, lots with Stefan Edberg and all that.

-Oh, yeah.

-Wow.

-Anyway, you're taking nine footballs through.

Which of these teams have reached the Challenge Cup Final

-on the most occasions?

-Challenge...

A, Halifax.

B, Huddersfield.

C, Hull KR.

-Hull KR.

-I don't think Hull KR,

even though they were in it last time.

-I think we go...

-Shall we just split them?

-I don't know for sure.

-Split them, yeah.

-Happy with that? Split them?

-Yeah.

-Happy. We'll play it safe.

-WHISTLE

We'll play that safe.

Well, let's have a look. The right answer is...

-A, Halifax.

-Halifax!

So you take three, as we know.

We're in the game. We're definitely going to get a point.

OK, you're taking three through.

You don't have to split them - you can be brave if you want to.

We'll see.

Which of these players have scored the most FA Cup Final goals?

-Come on, boys.

-A, Glenn Hoddle.

B, Mark Hughes.

C, Ian Wright.

-Come on.

-FA Cup goals.

-Not Glenn Hoddle.

-Wrighty scored two.

-Right.

-And then Hughes has scored...

Don't put any in Glenn Hoddle's.

-Put some in...

-B or C.

-Hughesy, go Hughesy.

-Yeah, yeah.

-But nothing in A?

-Yeah. Two in B, two in B.

-Two in B.

-Two in B.

-Two in B.

-Two in B.

-WHISTLE

Glenn Hoddle scored two goals.

-Yeah.

-Mark Hughes three goals.

-Yeah...

-Come on.

-Do you think Wrighty's more than that?

Let's have a look at the right answer.

-It is Wrighty!

-Wrighty!

-Four goals.

After all that?!

And after all that you get one point -

but it's one point on the board.

APPLAUSE

But it could be a crucial point, you don't know.

Matt's on 7, Phil in front on 11.

We've delved into the mystery archive for this round.

You're about to see nine footballers, OK?

Nine footballers who have scored in an FA Cup Final.

You're both playing along, so make a note of the people that you see.

MUSIC: Right Here, Right Now by Fatboy Slim

-Oh, no.

-Well...

All scored in finals, did you say?

Yes, all scored in FA Cup Finals.

Did the bus driver score as well? Did he get one?

OK, teams, we're going to play a game of noughts and crosses.

On the board are the nine professions

that the mystery guests were doing.

-Oh, no!

-If you can match it correctly, you'll take the square,

but if you get it wrong it goes to the opposing team.

-Matt, you're going first.

-Go with this one cos we know it.

We know that as well, so...

-You're going for it, are you?

-Theo Walcott.

-Go on, go with that.

-You're going with...?

-Racing driver.

-Yep.

-Theo Walcott.

-Let's see.

-Well done!

-Get in, Trev!

So that's a blue square.

So that is blue for Matt's square.

-Say that.

-Say that, yeah.

Bus driver...

-Mm-hm.

-Ray Wilkins.

Is it?

Yes!

-Postman.

-Yes.

Lawrie Sanchez.

Postman, Lawrie Sanchez.

-Great shout.

-That's a great shout.

Oh, right!

Was he that?

Who?

Second one, with the barnet.

-Go for it.

-Yeah?

You're going for the point rather than the Doctor Who, are you?

-Well, we don't have a clue.

-We don't know who he was!

-We haven't got a clue...a Scooby-Doo with Doctor Who, I'm afraid.

-Right.

-Has he scored? He's scored, hasn't he?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Oh, he's just been in the...

-He scored three, yeah.

-Yeah.

-Was he the carpenter?

-I don't know.

He had his back to us with the brown...

-Yeah.

-That's the carpenter.

-Yeah. Overall on.

-She's setting you up.

He was sawing off the chair.

-Glenn Hoddle.

-You're going with Glenn Hoddle.

Let's have a look.

-Oh!

-No, it's Gary Lineker.

-No way!

-That was Gary Lineker, yeah.

So, Daws.

I think it's worth a shout. If we get it wrong it goes to...

Oh, they might know the pool player, you see.

The pool player they've probably got.

Pfft!

LAUGHTER

I like your thinking, Matthew, but I'm afraid you're wrong.

We'll have a go for the win, shall we, with Doctor Who?

I love that answer.

Yes!

Go on, then.

He doesn't want to say it, though!

Is it Frank Lampard?

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

Doctor Who, Hazard.

-Micky Hazard.

-Let's have...

-Oh!

Ooh, let's have a look.

Good shout.

Norman Whiteside.

Ooh, I'd written it down!

You wrote it down!

So, back you go.

Well, pool player...

You've got to know who that is.

-Go on.

-Has he scored?

You're not sure whether he...

-Just throw it out there, we haven't got any...

-Jack Wilshere.

-We've got nothing else.

-Jack for the pool player.

-Nothing else left.

-No, it was Michael Owen!

Oh, no, we've given it to them again!

What, for the one that we didn't see?

-Yeah.

-Cos it's a big name.

-Shall we do it for...?

-These three are big names, yeah.

-I'm happy to go with that one.

-Let's go for it, yeah.

-Biggest name we've got on the pad.

-Yeah.

Biggest name on the show.

Yeah.

Go on, then.

We'll go for the bartender...

The god himself, King Kenny.

Let's see.

No, it's Teddy Sheringham.

-Teddy Sheringham.

-Absolutely no...

It could be my dad, the football scout, I've got no idea.

-Surveyor.

-Well, if we go there, they win.

-If we go anywhere they win.

-Either way!

Yes, they do!

-So, which one do you reckon?

-Shall we withdraw from the game?

Which one was the scout, the fellow with the...?

Yeah, he had the ears.

His hat had ears.

He had a slightly, sort of, sharp nose, like a sharp nose.

Sharp nose.

Football scout...

Go for it, let's go.

Listen... Let's go.

It's Keith Houchen, football scout.

-Go on, then.

-Keith Houchen, football scout, for the win.

-It's not Keith Houchen!

-Keith Houchen, football scout.

No, it's Ian Rush. Ian Rush!

-Rushy!

-No way.

And the surveyor, we can reveal, is...

Trevor Brooking.

-Sir Trevor.

-Trevor Brooking.

But by getting the win, you get two points, as well.

Very good.

Which means at the end of the round, Matt is on 11 -

closer now - Phil in front on 12.

We are ending the show with a sprint finish.

All of the words have an FA Cup twist.

-OK, Matt.

-OK.

-As you're trailing, you're one behind...

-Come on, then.

-..you get to go first.

-Come on, Matt!

-Come on!

-OK...

-Come on, the eggheads!

Your time starts now.

OK, when a big side kills a small side, it's a bit...

-Giant killing.

-Yes, it is.

Oh, one of the greatest from Stoke City.

Got the monument of him.

-Stanley Matthews.

-Yes, yes.

Oh, when you win it, when you win the Cup, you get your...

-Engraved.

-No, you get your...

-Name.

-Medal.

-On the...

-Trophy.

-Yes.

Oh, I think they're a Welsh side - but nearly Liverpool.

-Wrexham.

-Yes.

And, oh, he's dribbled there, he's dribbled there.

Versus Man City, Spurs scores.

-Ricky Villa.

-Yes.

And, oh, erm, not, "I really, really want

"what I really, really want and I really, really want..."

-Posh Spice.

-Yeah, what's the band?

-Spice Girls.

-Yeah, and so the other ones...

-Spice Boys.

-Yes.

Yes, yes! Oh, when they closed Wembley, it went to the...

-Millennium Stadium.

-Yes.

-Yes.

Oh, England are rubbish at these.

-Penalties.

-Yeah.

-Penalty shoot-out.

-Yes! Penalty shoot-out.

Erm... # God save our... #

-National anthem.

-The other one, the football...

-Abide With Me.

-Yes!

-Yes, yes.

Oh, if you win the FA Cup and the other one...

WHISTLE

-Oh!

-So close.

Just missed out on League and Cup Double.

I'm afraid we're going to take one away from you -

the kill, because giant killing,

you can't say when they "kill" another team.

-Did I say "kill"? Sorry.

-You did indeed.

But great score, you scored eight points.

-Which means that's the target - eight to win.

-Yes, come on.

Come on.

Very good. Come on. Come on!

There we go. Let's have a look at the first one.

There it is. Ready, off you go.

The walk to the FA Cup's called...

-Wembley Way.

-Yes, yes.

Oh, erm, Wimbledon were called it.

-Nutters.

-Dons.

-You know, they were called...

-Oh, Crazy Gang.

-Yes, yes, yes.

Oh, once you've played the whole game, what's the other bit?

-Extra time.

-Yes, yes, yes.

Oh, he's got the sheepskin on.

-John Motson!

-Yes.

If it's a draw you go to a...

-Penalty shoot-out.

-No.

-You know...

-Replay.

-Yes, yes.

Who's that? Oh, the great goal, the great goal in the mud!

-Paul Gascoigne.

-The great goal...

-Oh, Ronnie Radford.

-Yes!

-Come on!

Yes, if you don't win it, you're a...

-Loser.

-No!

What's that? Runner-up...

-Medal.

-Yes!

Yes. Oh, big fellow, centre forward for Chelsea.

-Diego Costa.

-No, just back.

-Didier Drogba.

-Yes.

Erm, not the second, not the first, the...

Third.

Big fat fellow, he's got a tummy.

-Third...

-Third man.

No!

-Third... Third pregnant woman...

-When you write something, you...

-Third...

-WHISTLE

Third round draw.

Third round draw!

Third round draw!

-Sorry, I couldn't think of it.

-That's all right.

Seven to tie, eight to win. You scored...

Eight points - you win by one!

AUDIENCE CHEERS

Congratulations here, commiserations over to Matt's team.

But a big thank you to our guests,

to Jason and Trevor, to Dan and Lawro.

The three of us will be back very soon - but enjoy the Cup Final.

Goodbye.