TEAMSHEET: Can YOU name the Man City team Newcastle 1-0 in 2002? Or pick YOUR team and guess their starting XI

Published: 02:00 EDT, 8 May 2025 | Updated: 02:00 EDT, 8 May 2025

Welcome back to Teamsheet… Mail Sport’s original football memory game with a twist that leaves you scratching your head as you try and remember Premier League starting XIs of years gone by.

Today, we’re heading back to August 2002, when Manchester City, managed by Kevin Keegan, kickstarted their season with a 1-0 win over Newcastle.

That day, a former Magpies star scored the only goal, helping to launch a campaign that would end with City earning a spot in the UEFA Cup first qualifying round.

It’s just for fun, so see how you fare and share your Teamsheet score… full instructions on how to play are at the bottom of the article and in the game itself. And you can also pick any team you like and guess their starting XI.

Best of luck!

HOW TO PLAY

The aim of the game is to score as few points as possible!

If you guess a player at the first attempt you score one point – so the lowest score for guessing every player at the first attempt is 11.

Guess a correct letter in the right position, and it’ll turn green. Guess a correct letter but in the wrong position, and it’ll turn yellow.

You have six guesses for each player – and if you fail, we’ll reveal their identity for 11 points! You can also ask for a free letter, but it costs you a point.

So play on to see if you’ll score the best possible total of 11 – or fail on every player and score 121.