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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Legion on February 15, 2011, 07:40:36 PM
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WITHOUT using Google or similar, name the English and Scottish teams that start and end with the same letter.
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Aston Villa
Charlton Athletic
Liverpool
Northampton Town
Celtic
Dundee United
Kilmarnock
East Stirlingshire
... are there any more?
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East fife. Do I win a prize.
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Very good bigad. Is that the lot?
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No...
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York City are non-league. I hope you weren't thinking of them!
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Correct.
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Alloa
Also its Glasgow celtic isn't it?
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Alloa
Also its Glasgow celtic isn't it?
Not allowed you forgot the Athletic.
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Celtic and Rangers are NOT called Glasgow.
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Who are we missing then?
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I think that's all of them.
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York City
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York City are non-league. Shoddy research Legion. Hang your head in shame.
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Read the original post, Alan. Where does it say non-league teams are exempt from inclusion? Blows raspberry.
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Solihull Moors.
** Shakes fist **
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In that case Croydon Athletic also.
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northampton town
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I already got Northampton. Nantwich Town, Newcastle Town.
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Stocksbridge Park Steels
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Gainsborough Trinityg
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spurs
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Somerset Sabres
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Argentina
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Gainsborough Trinityg
Quality post
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Celtic and Rangers are NOT called Glasgow.
Correct - per their website they're called The Celtic Football Club so again not allowed.
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This was a question once on A Question Of Sport and we were the one club left that they couldn't think of. Michael Owen was racking his brains while on the opposite team Alan Hansen (I think it was) quipped ''They'll be relegated by the time you think of them''.
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Celtic and Rangers are NOT called Glasgow.
Correct - per their website they're called The Celtic Football Club so again not allowed.
In that case, any club beggining with a B that ends football club - there must be bloody loads of 'em
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Strange thing is that only one league club in England and Scotland has the letter "j" in the name...(it was when i heard it the first time).
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St Johnstone.
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Scunthorpe reserves.
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If i could drop a little one in that embarrassingly had me stumped for a while
Name 6 players that have scored in the premiership for both us and the Blues
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Kevin Phillips
Emile Heskey
Craig Gardner
Dwight Yorke
Liam Ridgewell
Olof Mellberg
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Ridgwell, Gardner, and i guess some players with own goals
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Which is the only professional British football team with a name (excluding football club) with no letters you can colour in?
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Which is the only professional British football team with a name (excluding football club) with no letters you can colour in?
Hull City?
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Kevin Phillips
Emile Heskey
Craig Gardner
Dwight Yorke
Liam Ridgewell
Olof Mellberg
Chris Sutton?
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Kevin Phillips
Emile Heskey
Craig Gardner
Dwight Yorke
Liam Ridgewell
Olof Mellberg
Chris Sutton?
correct sir
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The only English team to win the FA Cup, League Cup, Championship, and European Cup in the same year?
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The only English team to win the FA Cup, League Cup, Championship, and European Cup in the same year?
Is this a Subbuteo question? Or is it Small Heath on magic mushrooms?
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Nuneaton town
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The only English team to win the FA Cup, League Cup, Championship, and European Cup in the same year?
Is this a Subbuteo question? Or is it Small Heath on magic mushrooms?
Close. Melchester Rovers.
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WITHOUT using Google or similar, name the English and Scottish teams that start and end with the same letter.
The Blues
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WITHOUT using Google or similar, name the English and Scottish teams that start and end with the same letter.
The Blues
Don't you mean The Dogshit?
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Which is the only professional British football team with a name (excluding football club) with no letters you can colour in?
Hull City?
Correct.
Which two British cities have had two teams reach the semi final of the European Cup?
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You can colour in the 'u' in Hull, surely?
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An interesting perspective. The answer was explained to me as needing a completely surrounded area to enable colouring but you know that already yeah?
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Which is the only professional British football team with a name (excluding football club) with no letters you can colour in?
Hull City?
Correct.
Which two British cities have had two teams reach the semi final of the European Cup?
Glasgow and London?
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Which is the only professional British football team with a name (excluding football club) with no letters you can colour in?
Hull City?
Correct.
Which two British cities have had two teams reach the semi final of the European Cup?
Glasgow and London?
Which 3 British cities have had 2 teams get to the semi of the european cup (sorry I ignored London for some reason)?
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You can colour in the 'u' in Hull, surely?
Is there not a big gap at the top of it? Otherwise it would be an 'o'.
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Which is the only professional British football team with a name (excluding football club) with no letters you can colour in?
Hull City?
Correct.
Which two British cities have had two teams reach the semi final of the European Cup?
Glasgow and London?
Which 3 British cities have had 2 teams get to the semi of the european cup (sorry I ignored London for some reason)?
Glasgow, London and Dundee
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It's still colourable. Think of it like a handle-less cup. Or a thimble.
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Quick, and easy...
Which British club is an anagram of
THE NEW STADIUM
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Tottenham?
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Leyton Orient.
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Quick, and easy...
Which British club is an anagram of
THE NEW STADIUM
Top shelf porno United
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Which is the only professional British football team with a name (excluding football club) with no letters you can colour in?
Hull City?
Correct.
Which two British cities have had two teams reach the semi final of the European Cup?
Glasgow and London?
Which 3 British cities have had 2 teams get to the semi of the european cup (sorry I ignored London for some reason)?
Glasgow, London and Dundee
Yep - did you look it up?
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Which member of the Royal family has played professional football at Wembley?
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Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield.
Which is the missing city/town ?
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Bradford?
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Joe Royle
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Joe Royle
Its spelt differently surely.
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Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield.
Which is the missing city/town ?
Is it to do with hosting World Cup games?
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If it's cities with more than one league side... the answer must be Stoke.
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cdvillafan: If it's cities with more than one league side... the answer must be Stoke.
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Correct.
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The Blues
Don't you mean The Blues?
Yes, which Killjoy has changed the word filter?
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Which English league ground is the highest above sea level?
Which is the is the farthest north English professional football team?
Which British manager has managed 7 Dutch professional sides? For bonus points, can you name them?
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Which British manager has managed 7 Dutch professional sides? For bonus points, can you name them?
Barry Hughes.
Alkmaar'54, HFC Haarlem, Go Ahead Eagles, Sparta Rotterdam, Utrecht, MVV & Volendam.
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Which English league ground is the highest above sea level?
Which is the is the farthest north English professional football team?
Which British manager has managed 7 Dutch professional sides? For bonus points, can you name them?
Is West Brom the answer to the first one?
Maybe Carlisle for the second though is it a trick question and Berwick perhaps!?
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Which British manager has managed 7 Dutch professional sides? For bonus points, can you name them?
Barry Hughes.
Alkmaar'54, HFC Haarlem, Go Ahead Eagles, Sparta Rotterdam, Utrecht, MVV & Volendam.
If you did not look that one up then **applause**
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Which English league ground is the highest above sea level?
Which is the is the farthest north English professional football team?
Which British manager has managed 7 Dutch professional sides? For bonus points, can you name them?
Is West Brom the answer to the first one?
Maybe Carlisle for the second though is it a trick question and Berwick perhaps!?
Damn it you lot are good!!
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Shellac's answer was much more impressive than mine Neil!
I think it is quite commonly known that West Brom is the highest ground above sea level, if only because it is something you wouldn't expect. One would naturally go for Burnley or some such other club which you kinda associate with being 'high up'!
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British football clubs whos names are mentioned in the bible?
Google if you like, but guessing and getting it wrong is more noble
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In Genesis 38:8 there is a section about a Blues fan called Onan.
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Excluding Uniteds, name the 3 teams in England and Scotland that have 2 U's in their name.
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British football clubs whos names are mentioned in the bible?
Google if you like, but guessing and getting it wrong is more noble
Arsenal?
Reading?
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Guessing: Bury, Albion, Hull
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Burnley
Bury
Hull
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Excluding Uniteds, name the 3 teams in England and Scotland that have 2 U's in their name.
Dunfermline must be one, Burnley another and Blackburn yet one more...
Whoops sorry, read the question Richard....and others!
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Burnley
Bury
Hull
Burnley?
Bury sounds right. Hearts maybe?
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Guessing: Bury, Albion, Hull
keep guessing
I'll accept shortened names
although you've forgotten a complete name
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Queen of the South
Dunfermline
Blackburn
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Dunfermline must be one, Burnley another and Blackburn yet one more...
2 U's please. Only one in each of the above
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The question says 2 u's in their name though!?
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Palace, Forest?
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Dunfermline must be one, Burnley another and Blackburn yet one more...
2 U's please. Only one in each of the above
Yes, sorry, belatedly realised that!
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Oh. 2 'u's.
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I'll accept shortened names
Villa!
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Legion has inadvertantly answered 2 question with one of his guesses
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Reading
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Legion has inadvertantly answered 2 question with one of his guesses
As in Queen of the South!
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As in Queen of the South!
Aye, mentioned in the bible and have 2 u's in the name
2 more teams with 2 U's please
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Bournemouth
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Bournemouth
yep
1 more
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If "small heath" is in the bible, you just know it's the work of the devil.
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...or even "small heathen".
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Bournemouth
yep
1 more
Stenhousemuir
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That took ages...Stenhousemuir
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oh FFS
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Stenhousemuir
That's the rascal
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Which team is closest to the River Mersey?
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Which team is closest to the River Mersey
Stockport
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oh, frig off.
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Three English league teams with an X in their name?
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Three English league teams with an X in their name?
Exeter
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oxford, crewe, exeter
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oxford, crewe, exeter
Indeed, sir.
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Spurs are in the Bible
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Spurs are in the Bible
Wolves
I think the only full team names are Reading, Arsenal, Bury and ....... Queen of the South
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Oxford and Crewe.
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*stomps out of the room, bangs the door, runs down stairs*
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Largest city not to have had a league team? And don't answer within 30 seconds. ANY of you.
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What was buried under the pitch at the old Wembley and why?
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What was buried under the pitch at the old Wembley and why?
A train that transported building materials to and from Wembley.Yes I cheated
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Name the 14 teams that have unique second names (English) I'll start....
Villa
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Largest city not to have had a league team? And don't answer within 30 seconds. ANY of you.
erm...
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erm...
Salford
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Name the 14 teams that have unique second names (English) I'll start....
Villa
forest
Alexandra
Kiddie Harriers
Stevenage Borough
Rushden Diamonds
AFC Bournemouth
Vale
North End
QPRangers
South
Mirren
Johnstone
Stirlinghsire
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BLOODY HELL! English you say...
Dons
3 more
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erm...
Salford
I was about to type 'whatever' but you're answer is now wrong...
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BLOODY HELL! English you say...
Dons
3 more
Someone's going to incorrectly list Palace
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English only please and not non league
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Palace
Hotspur
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Hotspur
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Palace
you should know better
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Orient
Wednesday
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Palace
you should know better
It was only because you annoyed me.
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2 more and Palace is listed
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Palace is listed
Can we count the Ham in West Ham then?
Crystal Palace is a place
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Largest city not to have had a league team? And don't answer within 30 seconds. ANY of you.
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croydon
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Palace is listed
Can we count the Ham in West Ham then?
Crystal Palace is a place
It's still unique I guess.West Ham ends with United
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It's still unique I guess.West Ham is WHUnited
yeah, but Ham is the second name, as per your question
Bromwich
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Stanley!
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Argyle
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Argyle
Yes
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Fill in the gap:
1979 Sunderland
1980 ???
1981 Villa
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It's still unique I guess.West Ham is WHUnited
yeah, but Ham is the second name, as per your question
Bromwich
My mistake should have written last name.Soz ;)
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Chico actually answered my one correctly and then changed it. Its Wakefield. As for Palace Chico is right as its not a two-termed team. Like Aston Villa. They'd need it to be Crystal Palace Palace for it to be strictly right. Oh, and they play in South Norwood - although they did start out in Crystal Palace.
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1979 Sunderland
1980
1981 Villa
Sir Trev
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Fill in the gap:
1979 Sunderland
1980 ???
1981 Villa
Brooking.
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That was quick! It had me scratching my head in the pub quiz a few months back.
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Isn't Stoke in the Bible?
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Isn't Stoke in the Bible?
Yep, on page 86.
How should I know? I've never read it
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Isn't Stoke in the Bible?
Yep, on page 86.
How should I know? I've never read it
You are sooo off to hell, to stoke the firey coals.
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Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield.
Which is the missing city/town ?
glasgow
dundee
stoke
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Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield.
Which is the missing city/town ?
glasgow
dundee
stoke
Brighton's a city now i think
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Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield.
Which is the missing city/town ?
glasgow
dundee
stoke
Edinburgh
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Southampton?
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Wasn't the answer SToke? ANd given a while back? Or have I missed the joke?
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If it's cities with more than one league side... the answer must be Stoke.
edinburgh= hearts & hibs
glasgow= rangers & celtic
dundee = dendee & dundee utd
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Its English not Scottish towns/cities. And, THE ANSWER WAS GIVEN AGES AGO.
I think it was Barry Bannan.
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Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield.
Which is the missing city/town ?
it didn't say it was only english
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Largest city not to have had a league team? And don't answer within 30 seconds. ANY of you.
erm...
Was this answered? Its Bath ay it?
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What was first used at the 1969 FA Cup final and has been used by just about everybody in this country since then.
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What was first used at the 1969 FA Cup final and has been used by just about everybody in this country since then.
a ball that wasn't white?
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If we're allowed Scottish teams then Falkirk and East Stirling both play in Falkirk.
EDIT: they are currently sharing with Stenhousemuir. So Stenhousemuir must surely be the smallest town or city in the UK ever to have two teams?
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Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield.
Which is the missing city/town ?
it didn't say it was only english
Stoke-On-Trent? Stoke City and Port Vale?
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Here, there and everywhere. Just things I pick up from time to time.
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What was first used at the 1969 FA Cup final and has been used by just about everybody in this country since then.
Is it colour television footage?
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What was buried under the pitch at the old Wembley and why?
If you believe Uri Geller, he buried a crystal under one of the penalty spots before the England-Scotland game on Euro '96.
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The White Horse from the White Horse Final?
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The White Horse from the White Horse Final?
The horse was called 'Billy', the copper riding him was PC George Scorey.
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Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield.
Which is the missing city/town ?
it didn't say it was only english
Stoke-On-Trent? Stoke City and Port Vale?
Port Vale play in Burslem don't they?
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They play in Burslem, which is in Stoke-on-Trent.
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They play in Burslem, which is in Stoke-on-Trent.
I was always told it was a separate town (one of six) which made up stoke on trent. Having said that Ive never been there so its probably bllx
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The city now named Stoke-on-Trent was officially born on the 31st March 1910, with the Federation of the Six Towns.
This brought together the boroughs of Hanley, Burslem, Longton and Stoke, together with the districts of Tunstall and Fenton.
Stoke was chosen as the seat of power, despite the fact that Hanley, and indeed Burslem, had been far better established since Edwardian times. The legacy of this union lives on undiminished, as locals will refer to 'the Potteries', meaning the various towns, rather than the official title of 'Stoke-on-Trent'.
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Largest city not to have had a league team? And don't answer within 30 seconds. ANY of you.
erm...
Was this answered? Its Bath ay it?
Gloucester is bigger than Bath
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Largest city not to have had a league team? And don't answer within 30 seconds. ANY of you.
erm...
Was this answered? Its Bath ay it?
Gloucester is bigger than Bath
croydon???
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Croydon is where Palace play isn't it?
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thats what i thought, untill i found this
"Also for consideration, although controversial, is the city of Croydon (330,688) - controversial because the hallowed grounds of Selhurst Park fall within the London borough but not the city perimeter," he says. "Crystal Palace itself sits in the borough of Bromley."
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Largest city not to have had a league team? And don't answer within 30 seconds. ANY of you.
Wakefield
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What was first used at the 1969 FA Cup final and has been used by just about everybody in this country since then.
Is it colour television footage?
No that's not it. Nothing to do with TV, or colour, or even footage for that matter. Or the ball.
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What was first used at the 1969 FA Cup final and has been used by just about everybody in this country since then.
Is it colour television footage?
No that's not it. Nothing to do with TV, or colour, or even footage for that matter. Or the ball.
Substitutes?
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What was first used at the 1969 FA Cup final and has been used by just about everybody in this country since then.
Is it colour television footage?
No that's not it. Nothing to do with TV, or colour, or even footage for that matter. Or the ball.
Substitutes?
Manchester City were the first all English team to win the FA Cup?????
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Yellow and red cards? Corner flags?
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ballboys
digital watch
mobile phone
credit cards
stewards
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I said just about everybody in this country will have used one since, so I think that might rule out corner flags and ballboys!
A further clue might be that I expect the only people in the country not to have used one directly would be the very young.
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I said just about everybody in this country will have used one since, so I think that might rule out corner flags and ballboys!
A further clue might be that I expect the only people in the country not to have used one directly would be the very young.
Tickets??
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No. Tickets were used long before then.
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Whistles?
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Cashpoint machine?
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Colour TV
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Vibrating butt-plug?
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Satsumas
Blow up sex dolls
Magic mushrooms
Dado rails
Coco pops
Molotov cocktails?
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He reads football trivia books while waiting for the fire engine to arrive.
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Name the two players who have scored more than 3 goals at 3 different world cups.
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Name the two players who have scored more than 3 goals at 3 different world cups.
I haven't got a clue about the FA Cup question, here's my guess:
Ronaldo (the Brazilian one)
Pele
Beckenbauer
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Name the two players who have scored more than 3 goals at 3 different world cups.
I haven't got a clue about the FA Cup question, here's my guess:
Ronaldo (the Brazilian one)
Pele
Beckenbauer
One correct
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Gerd Muller?
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Klose?
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Name the two players who have scored more than 3 goals at 3 different world cups.
Jurgen Klinsmann &" fat” Ronaldo
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Four players whose names end in 'i' who played in the old English First Division in 60/70's and each represented a National team in British Isles; ie England Ireland Scotland and Wales.
Who were they?
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Name the two players who have scored more than 3 goals at 3 different world cups.
Jurgen Klinsmann &" fat” Ronaldo
Yes
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Four players whose names end in 'i' who played in the old English First Division in 60/70's and each represented a National team in British Isles; ie England Ireland Scotland and Wales.
Who were they?
peter bonetti
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Name the two players who have scored more than 3 goals at 3 different world cups.
I haven't got a clue about the FA Cup question, here's my guess:
Ronaldo (the Brazilian one)
Pele
Beckenbauer
Ronaldo
Muller
Rossi
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What was first used at the 1969 FA Cup final and has been used by just about everybody in this country since then?
Just logged back on and we've not had the right answer yet, so here's another clue.
I was once hit on the arm by one during a game at The Sty.
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Eddie Nieczwecki, or however you spell it
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50p coin?
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Eddie Nieczwecki, or however you spell it
No. Good try. He was Ex-Chelsea though.
Bonetti , England, played for Chelsea. The others played for different big name teams as was back then.
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50p coin?
At last, well done. Yes, referee George McCabe used the first ever 50p coin for the toss at the 69 final between Man City and Lecester. The coins were released to the public in October 69 to replace the ten shilling note in readiness for the move to decimalisation, which was 40 years ago this month.
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Good one - keep them coming.
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Four players whose names end in 'i' who played in the old English First Division in 60/70's and each represented a National team in British Isles; ie England Ireland Scotland and Wales.
Who were they?
peter bonetti
Terry Mancini - RoI
Dick Krzywicki - Wales.
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Lou Macari?
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Here, there and everywhere. Just things I pick up from time to time.
Thanks, your knowledge is pretty impressive I must say. Do you practice these at work or something?
Ah, now I know who you are!
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OK..That's them.
Kryzwicki is the hard one usually.
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What is the only ground in England with a pub at each corner?
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What is the only ground in England with a pub at each corner?
Griffin Park.
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Who was the post-war superstar who scored two goals in the Cup-Final and saved a penalty in the process?
One goal in the first half. He went in goal when the keeper was injured during the scoring of the equaliser. He saved a penalty to keep things level and came upfield in the dying minutes to score with a dramatic header to win the FA Cup!
Clue: It was pre-colour
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I thought John Aldridge was the first player to miss a penalty in a Wembley FA cup final in 1998. So either I'm wrong (likely) or its a trick question. Can you confirm this is the FA cup and we are not talking womens or Youff.
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I reckon its from a film, no idea which one though.
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Perhaps we can have a "real quiz questions" thread and a "trick questions thread" as the trick ones leave me a little unamused if I'm honest and a lot of them (Joe Royle) don't work when typed.
Was it Donald Duck?
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Roy Race.
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Roy Race.
Yep for Barchester...sorry about that.. Blame my brother!
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No trick.
Q: It was Sunderland in 1979 and Villa in 1981 but who was it in 2010?
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EDIT: didn't read question properly... d'oh!
Must be whoever scored Chelsea's winner in last year's Cup Final. Drogba?
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OK...I'll try to think of something sensible.
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What was the name of the Everton supporter who lost his jacket after running on pitch in 66' Cup Final?
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No idea but I met him in the pub behind their ground where I was taken by an everton fan of the same age who was my wifes landlord, also introduced to a fella who played for Everton, Villa and Liverpool. I cant remember his name either.
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No idea but I met him in the pub behind their ground where I was taken by an everton fan of the same age who was my wifes landlord, also introduced to a fella who played for Everton, Villa and Liverpool. I cant remember his name either.
Was the pub The Winslow and the player Steve McMahon?
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What was the name of the Everton supporter who lost his jacket after running on pitch in 66' Cup Final?
Eddie Kavanagh.
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No idea but I met him in the pub behind their ground where I was taken by an everton fan of the same age who was my wifes landlord, also introduced to a fella who played for Everton, Villa and Liverpool. I cant remember his name either.
Dave Hickson.
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Who appeared in the first half of a cup final, was then sold and therefore did not appear in the second half?
Real person, real event, local connection.
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No idea but I met him in the pub behind their ground where I was taken by an everton fan of the same age who was my wifes landlord, also introduced to a fella who played for Everton, Villa and Liverpool. I cant remember his name either.
Dave Hickson.
Thats him. Dunno the name of the pub, it was chokka with what looked like the ZZ top fan club but turned out to be the Hamburg branch of the Everton supports club. Pretty bizarre day, all in all.
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Who appeared in the first half of a cup final, was then sold and therefore did not appear in the second half?
Real person, real event, local connection.
before I start thinking about this one can I say Roy of the Rovers and Blakie Gray, Donald Duck and Michael Caine.
If its not a trick can I check you're saying some guy was playing in the cup final and was sold during the half time break?!
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By second "half" of the final are you referring to the second leg?
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I reckon its someone who was sold during the gap between the cup final and a replay, Jim Leighton?
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Who appeared in the first half of a cup final, was then sold and therefore did not appear in the second half?
Real person, real event, local connection.
Stan Lynn, 1961 League Cup.
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Who appeared in the first half of a cup final, was then sold and therefore did not appear in the second half?
Real person, real event, local connection.
Stan Lynn, 1961 League Cup.
He didn't join Small Heath until 20th October 61, and the 2nd leg of the Rotherham final was 5th September.
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Name the twelve teams in the Football League whose names are words in their own right. No nicknames.
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Arsenal
Hull
Derby
Reading
Bury
Barnet
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Name the twelve teams in the Football League whose names are words in their own right. No nicknames.
Arsenal
Orient
Forest
Derby
Bolton? (as in a bolt on?)
Crystal Palace
Does Sheff Wednesday count?
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Arsenal, New Castle, Old Ham, West Ham, Port Vale, Stoke, Bolt On, Ever Ton, Crystal Palace.
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Queens Park (Rangers), Mill Wall.
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Stoke
Forest
Orient
Palace
West (Ham)
Port (Vale)
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Burton (as in going for a....)
Derby (donkey)
Chesterfield (sofa)
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Can you split? Surely not.
Black pool, Black burn, Liver pool. Mill wall
Queen's Park, Leeds, Crew (e)?, Arsenal, Hull, Derby, Reading, Stoke
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Stan Lynn, 1961 League Cup.
Stan didn't play in the second leg, but did play for Villa in a league match shortly afterwards, his final game for the club.
If it helps, it was the same buying club, Small Heath. The player had no Villa connection other than we once made an enquiry for him just before a derby game. Alongside his brother, he went on to deny Liverpool the treble.
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Jimmy Greenhoff - Fairs Cup final for Leeds in 68.
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Jimmy Greenhoff - Fairs Cup final for Leeds in 68.
Spot on DeKuip
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Forest
Arsenal
Derby
Hull
Stoke
VILLA
Queens Park Rangers
Crystal Palace
Reading
Bury
Port Vale
Forest
West Ham
?????
But if some of those are eligible then so would WEST Brom and Sheffield WEDNESDAY so goodness knows.......
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Which British manager has managed 7 Dutch professional sides? For bonus points, can you name them?
Barry Hughes.
Alkmaar'54, HFC Haarlem, Go Ahead Eagles, Sparta Rotterdam, Utrecht, MVV & Volendam.
If you did not look that one up then **applause**
Your location of Haarlem helps. I remember I saw the 7 Dutch teams in a football magazine spine and read an article about the manager who managed them all in the same magazine. I wikipedia-ed for his first name though.
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Who was the last person to manage a team in the Premier League (English Prem that is) who was born in Switzerland?
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Is Chrsitian Gross too obvious?
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Is Chrsitian Gross too obvious?
And wrong. Since him.
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Roberto Di Matteo
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Roberto Di Matteo
That's the man.
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What was unusual about the record win of former league club Bradford Park Avenue? 11-0 v Denby Dale in the FA Cup.
Nothing to do with meat and potato pies!
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All eleven Bradford PA players scored ?
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All eleven Bradford PA players scored ?
No. They did something which brought them an FA fine of £50 (hefty in 1908), although they had good reason for doing it.
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Was it something to do with a name change of the club and being registered for that seasons competition in a different name ? I do know they were first elected to the football league in 1908.
Presently known as Bradford Park Avenue AFC, they were also known as Bradford FC and Bradford(Park Avenue)...the only club ever in the football league to have brackets in their name.
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Was it something to do with a name change of the club and being registered for that seasons competition in a different name ? I do know they were first elected to the football league in 1908.
Presently known as Bradford Park Avenue AFC, they were also known as Bradford FC and Bradford(Park Avenue)...the only club ever in the football league to have brackets in their name.
No, that may also be the case, but not what makes this particular game unusual for a club's record win in their history.
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They fielded a weakened team!!?
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They fielded a weakened team!!?
Correct. They were fined for fielding their reserve team, despite the fact the second XI clocked up what still stands as a club record win. The reason they played the reserves was that they were also expected to play a league game on the same day, so the first team played in the league and reserves in the fa cup.
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Bit harsh getting fined for that. Gollum would've had a right strop!
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There's a claret and blue theme to today's football quiz in the Guardian, no questions relating directly to the club that started it all though.
Guardian article (http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/quiz/2011/feb/22/football-quiz-claret-blue-clubs)
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Which European team's stadium is closest to the sea, and which other record does the team in question hold?
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Which European team's stadium is closest to the sea, and which other record does the team in question hold?
Gayfield Park- Arbroath
36-0 (world record)
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Yep.
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Which international player scored ten goals in his native country before being signed by a top Premiership side but only netted once after his arrival? He was then sold on to another European side where he failed to score at all (although he did get one for his country during his spell at this club) before being purchased by a different Premiership side where he only managed to find the net once. He was then off-loaded to his third English team, where he failed to score at all. Who is he?
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Tomas Brolin?
Martin Dahlin?
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Peter Schmeical?
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Brett Ormorod scoring for Blackpool last night means he is now the first player to score for the same team in all 4 divisions in the Football League.
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Brett Ormorod scoring for Blackpool last night means he is now the first player to score for the same team in all 4 divisions in the Football League.
Who is the only player to have scored a hatrick in each division?
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Zamora?
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Zamora?
try again
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I know that one, Robert Earnshaw.
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I know that one, Robert Earnshaw
buck-toothed, machine-gun celebrating Albion cast off.
He's also the only professional footballer who can eat an apple through a letterbox
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Brett Ormorod scoring for Blackpool last night means he is now the first player to score for the same team in all 4 divisions in the Football League.
Apparently Dean Windass did that for Hull and Ross Jenkins did it for Watford as well.
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Peter Schmeical?
correct
For the record,
Schmeichel started his career in Denmark as a striker which is why he managed to score some goals there.
Not too surprisingly he failed to keep up this record whilst playing as a goalkeeper for Manchester United, Sporting Lisbon, Aston Villa and Manchester City.
However he did score three more goals as follows:
(a) a header from a late corner for Manchester United against Rotor Volgrograd,
(b) a penalty for Denmark in a friendly game against Belgium (whilst he was with Sporting Lisbon), and
(c) a volley for Aston Villa against Everton, after coming forward for a late corner.
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Schmeichel
He's also the only goalkeeper I have ever seen who has been flagged up for being in an offside position
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What emded the career of keeper Chic Brodie of Brentford in 1970?
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What emded the career of keeper Chic Brodie of Brentford in 1970?
I know this one
Tragi-comedy
He was injured when he confronted a dog which had strayed into the goalmouth
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What emded the career of keeper Chic Brodie of Brentford in 1970?
I know this one
Tragi-comedy
He was injured when he confronted a dog which had strayed into the goalmouth
correct
a dog ran onto the field of play during a match away to Colchester United and collided with Brodie, breaking his kneecap, an injury which ended his professional career.
Afterwards Brodie summed up the incident by saying that "the dog may have been small.....but it just happened to be solid"
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Who won Olympic gold and silver medals on the same day, captained Manchester City and England's amateur football team, scored a century at Lords, won the mens doubles title at Wimbledon, captained the Great Britain Davis Cup team, scored a 147 break in snooker and beat Charlie Chaplin at table tennis with a butter knife?
All this despite smoking Capstan Full Strength cigarettes all his adult life and serving in the First World War.
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Who won Olympic gold and silver medals on the same day, captained Manchester City and England's amateur football team, scored a century at Lords, won the mens doubles title at Wimbledon, captained the Great Britain Davis Cup team, scored a 147 break in snooker and beat Charlie Chaplin at table tennis with a butter knife?
All this despite smoking Capstan Full Strength cigarettes all his adult life and serving in the First World War.
Alongside Siegfred Sassoon, I can add... having cheated and googled the answer. Not telling though.
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Who won Olympic gold and silver medals on the same day, captained Manchester City and England's amateur football team, scored a century at Lords, won the mens doubles title at Wimbledon, captained the Great Britain Davis Cup team, scored a 147 break in snooker and beat Charlie Chaplin at table tennis with a butter knife?
All this despite smoking Capstan Full Strength cigarettes all his adult life and serving in the First World War.
Superman?
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Who won Olympic gold and silver medals on the same day, captained Manchester City and England's amateur football team, scored a century at Lords, won the mens doubles title at Wimbledon, captained the Great Britain Davis Cup team, scored a 147 break in snooker and beat Charlie Chaplin at table tennis with a butter knife?
All this despite smoking Capstan Full Strength cigarettes all his adult life and serving in the First World War.
CB Fry would be my guess.
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Who won Olympic gold and silver medals on the same day, captained Manchester City and England's amateur football team, scored a century at Lords, won the mens doubles title at Wimbledon, captained the Great Britain Davis Cup team, scored a 147 break in snooker and beat Charlie Chaplin at table tennis with a butter knife?
All this despite smoking Capstan Full Strength cigarettes all his adult life and serving in the First World War.
Did he also run a travel company, be chairman of a major english football club in two spells either side of their most succesful post war period of their history and also invent the bicycle kick ?
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How many medals were awarded to Italy for winning the World Cup 2006? The same number of medals were also awarded to France and Germany as runners-up and 3rd place play-off winners respectively.
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How many medals were awarded to Italy for winning the World Cup 2006? The same number of medals were also awarded to France and Germany as runners-up and 3rd place play-off winners respectively.
23????
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How many medals were awarded to Italy for winning the World Cup 2006? The same number of medals were also awarded to France and Germany as runners-up and 3rd place play-off winners respectively.
23????
Probably nearer 30 as I think the coaching staff and maybe some others get one.
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How many medals were awarded to Italy for winning the World Cup 2006? The same number of medals were also awarded to France and Germany as runners-up and 3rd place play-off winners respectively.
23????
Probably nearer 30 as I think the coaching staff and maybe some others get one.
cheated and i am surprised with the correct answer
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I thought CB Fry but I was wrong. Maybe players who played in qualifiers get a medal, in which case I'll guess 45. Or maybe it's a trick question and they got no medals, perhaps they awarded something else instead?
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Who won Olympic gold and silver medals on the same day, captained Manchester City and England's amateur football team, scored a century at Lords, won the mens doubles title at Wimbledon, captained the Great Britain Davis Cup team, scored a 147 break in snooker and beat Charlie Chaplin at table tennis with a butter knife?
All this despite smoking Capstan Full Strength cigarettes all his adult life and serving in the First World War.
CB Fry would be my guess.
As it's a quick quiz that's ground to a halt I'll tell you that it was Max Woosnam, who was also a scratch golfer it seems.
Here's a link to a review of the book about his life "All-Round Genius - The Unknown Story of Britain’s Greatest Sportsman"
by Mick Collins.
http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/372/28/ (http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/372/28/)
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Just to lighten up the mood, I thought I'd resurrect this thread.
Which current premier league ground have we used to play 'neutral' opposition in three different cup competitions.
What where the competitions? For bonus points name an opponent from each of them.
This isn't a trick question - they were all first team games.
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Just to lighten up the mood, I thought I'd resurrect this thread.
Which current premier league ground have we used to play 'neutral' opposition in three different cup competitions.
What where the competitions? For bonus points name an opponent from each of them.
This isn't a trick question - they were all first team games.
The Hawthorns; FA Cup, League Cup & Intertoto. Wolves, Wrexham & Celta Vigo.
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Just to lighten up the mood, I thought I'd resurrect this thread.
Which current premier league ground have we used to play 'neutral' opposition in three different cup competitions.
What where the competitions? For bonus points name an opponent from each of them.
This isn't a trick question - they were all first team games.
The Hawthorns; FA Cup, League Cup & Intertoto. Wolves, Wrexham & Celta Vigo.
Congrats Dave, you won 1st prize, which I think is a years supply of H&V.
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well that didn't last long.
I actually saw two of the games - Wrexham and Dukla Pribram.
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who was the first non-white player of any ethnic background to present England ???
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who was the first non-white player of any ethnic background to present England ???
Viv Anderson ?
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Roland Butcher
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who was the first non-white player of any ethnic background to present England ???
At football
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who was the first non-white player of any ethnic background to present England ???
Viv Anderson ?
Viv Anderson was the first “official” black player, but not the first non-white player of any ethnic background
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who was the first non-white player of any ethnic background to present England ???
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represent?
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i don't know the answer but wasn't it a Chinese bloke or something. Or Thai, or korean, or someone from that neck of the woods.
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On 3 February 1945 Frank Wong Soo was the first player of Chinese extraction to play for England. Indeed, Frank was the first non-white player of any ethnic background to present England long before Viv Anderson, the first “official” black player, made his debut for England in 1979. Frank was born in Buxton, Derbyshire, in 1914 and was the son of a Chinese father and an English mother. He was one of the best inside forwards of the immediate pre-war era, certainly during his time at Stoke City, where he formed part of a legendary team that included players such as Sir Stanley Matthews and Neil Franklin. This famous trio played together in the England team that faced Scotland at Villa Park on 3rd February 1945
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Fascinating. Can I turn this into an article for H&V?
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I think you'd need to make it part of a wider look into ethnic minorities in the game. Or you could go with the black managers theme and introduce this bloke as the first non white player to play for England.
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I would also want a link to our club. The 1945 match, for example.
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Fascinating. Can I turn this into an article for H&V?
as long as i get credit for it :-)
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Of course you would. A long time ago I suggested an article for H&V which was written and I got no credit for. I'd never do that. Where did you get you information from?
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sent you a PM Legion
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also
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Soo)