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Manchester City bad-boy Joey Barton was in the headlines again when he bared his backside to Everton fans after a 1-1 Premier League draw at Goodison. He later received a warning and a £2000 fine. Question: Name the former Scottish international footballer with the Christian names of 'Robert Primrose'. Click for answer For hundreds of more quiz questions click on Quiz Web footballsite.co.uk

As the 1990's progressed there was a growing feeling that Arsenal had outgrown their historic Highbury home. In 1997 the Gunners had made a controversial - and unsuccessful -

There was a more innocent time when the most popular gamble in the country was the Football Pools and the winners often became media personalities. Most famous of those was Viv Nicholson who on September 30th 1961 with her husband won £152,319 18s 8d for a five bob (25p) bet. That was a win of over £3.5m in todays money. But she couldn't escape the media attention and within 5 years her husband had been been killed in a car crash and she was nearly skint. Years later both a book and a West End musical about her life had the same title - Spend, Spend, Spend.