The Athletic's Friday football quiz question #53
At the end of every week, we'll serve up a poser from our vault of football conundrums. It won't be easy (unless you're really good), but what better way to head into the weekend than by giving your soccer-loving brain some exercise? Chuck it in your group chats and see who knows their stuff.
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Oh, and there's no prize, except the quiet satisfaction of a job well done.
So, without any further delay…
Can you name the seven seasons in which multiple English clubs have won European* trophies?
(* for the purposes of quizzing, we are including the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as a European honour here)
Check back later today (Friday May 2) for the answer.
P.S. Links to the previous 51 Friday quiz questions are below.
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