The WAB Friday Quiz #169

The opening day of the 2022-23 football season was rather good, don’t you think? Brighton went to Manchester United and won at Old Trafford for the first time ever, sparking a wonderful meltdown from Red Devils supporters and a lot of glum fans on the journey back home to, er, Surrey.

It is unlikely to be an opening game that any Albion supporter will forget anytime soon. Which should make it an easy question in any future WAB Friday Quiz which focusses on Brighton’s first matches of the campaign.

Like this week’s quiz. We have 20 questions for you on opening days of the season involving Brighton from the past 65 years, prior to Sunday afternoon at the Theatre of Dreams.

If you know your Leon Knight debut from your first game at Withdean from your Albion versus Manchester City in the Premier League, then this is the WAB Friday Quiz for you.

The WAB Friday Quiz #169 - Opening Day of the Season
Which goalkeeper played for Brighton in the first league game at the Amex against Doncaster Rovers in 2011-12?

How many minutes had substitute Alexis Mac Allister been on the pitch before scoring against Burnley on the opening day of the 2021-22 season?

Which player scored the first goal of Alan Mullery's reign in the opening game of the 1976-77 season?

What was the score on the opening day of the 2002-03 Division One season as Brighton played their first game in the second tier for a decade?

Oscar Garcia managed the Albion in a competitive game for the first time against which opponents on the opening day of the 2013-14 campaign?

What was the attendance on the opening day of the 1999-00 as Brighton played at Withdean Stadium for the first time?

On which day of the week did Brighton kick off their 2015-16 campaign at home to Nottingham Forest?

The 2007-08 season began with a 2-1 defeat away against which opposition?

In which season did Brighton most recently face Crystal Palace on the opening day?

Two strikers signed from non-league football made their debuts in the first game of the 1998-99 season away at Carlisle United. One was Stafford Browne. Who was the other?

The first game of the 1994-95 season was a rare occasion as Brighton wore their Inter Milan away kit. Who did the Albion play that day?

Which of these players did NOT make their Brighton debut on the opening day of the 2010-11 season away at Swindon Town?

The 1987-88 Division Two promotion season started with a 1-0 home win over which opponents?

What was the score on the opening day of the 1958-59 season, when Brighton played their first ever match in the second tier of English football?

The 1990-91 campaign ended with playoff final defeat against Notts County. Which club did the season start with a 2-1 defeat to?

Which Brighton player scored an own goal in the 2-0 defeat to Manchester City in the first game of the 2017-18 season?

Why did Brighton goalkeeper Geoff Sidebottom depart the action after 65 minutes of the first game of the 1969-70 season, to be replaced by midfielder Eddie Spearritt?

How many goals did Leon Knight score on his Albion debut at Oldham in the first game of the 2003-04 campaign?

Which former England international striker scored twice on his Brighton debut as the Albion beat Barrow 3-1 in the first game of the 1964-65 season?

Brighton won just once on the opening day of the season during their first spell as a top flight club, a 2-0 home win over which opponent in the 1980-81 season?

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