Have you ever wanted to play football at a top Premiership ground? Now you can, thanks to DWS Invest...
Have you ever wanted to play football at a top Premiership ground? Now you can, thanks to DWS Investments, sponsors of Aston Villa.
DWS has negotiated with the club to allow teams of independent advisers to tread the hallowed turf of Villa Park, the scene of many top games over the years.
So now is your chance to follow in the footsteps of Ryan Giggs, who memorably scored an FA Cup extra-time winner on this ground in 1999, when he waltzed through the Arsenal defence before smacking the ball past Seaman. However, you're not allowed to take your shirt off, like he did, if you score a goal.
Because this is such a prestigious, once in a lifetime opportunity there are only limited places available. But DWS has reserved space for two teams of seven advisers to play.
To stand a chance of winning you must complete the football quiz below and send your answers in to the address below by 21 April.
The big day is on Thursday 14 May. The first match starts at 10am, so you must be able to get your team up to Villa Park and be registered, ready to play by 9am at the latest.
The DWS Champions League will be made up of 20 teams (consisting of a squad of 7/8 players) to be drawn in four groups, with the top two teams in each group going forward to the knockout stages (quarters and then semi-finals). The last two will play for the honour of being the winner of the inaugural trophy.
The deadline for sending in your answers is Thursday 21 April and the names of the winners will be published in Investment Week and on IFAonline on Monday 25 April.
How to enter
Email your answers, the name of your firm and your contact details, to [email protected]
Or alternatively post them to:
Lawrence Gosling
Sport First
20-26 Brunswick Place
London
N1 6DZ
The questions
1. Which top London Premiership club was originally called Dial Square when it was founded in 1886.
2. Which Bristol-based club was originally called Black Arabs when it was founded in 1883?
3. Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Derby, Everton, Notts County, Preston, Stoke, West Brom, Wolves, and Accrington Stanley were 11 of the 12 original members of the Football League. Who was the 12th?
4. Only four footballers have been named BBC Sports Personality of the Year: Michael Owen, David Beckham, and Paul Gascoigne are three, who is the fourth?
5. The fastest recorded sending off in English professional football was for Crewe goalkeeper Martin Smith in 1994. After how long was he dismissed? (a) 19 seconds (b) 38 seconds (c) 49 seconds.
6. The first all ticket FA Cup game was in 1924, between Newcastle and which other club?
7. How many FA Cup Final appearances have Aston Villa made? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 25
8. Which footballer was the first to appear on This is Your Life in 1955 and then be knighted in 1965?
9. What do Jackie and Bobby and Willy and Rene have in common?
10. Actor Tom Hanks reputedly supports which Premiership club?
Source: Fotheringham's Sporting Trivia, published by Sanctuary
