Anyone got any bloody hard football questions

[Pogue Mahone]

Not as big as the previous one by a long way. I went to both.

Look at the figure you typed again...approaching 200,000...

Still, nearly 20,000 in Division 3 is bloody good support. Always been there, you see.

 

[perseus]

Look at the figure you typed again...approaching 200,000...

Still, nearly 20,000 in Division 3 is bloody good support. Always been there, you see.

Bigger than Blackburn.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Bigger than Blackburn.

My thoughts entirely.

 

[Austrian Gull]

Which is the only city in France to have two teams in the top two divisions?

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Which is the only city in France to have two teams in the top two divisions?

Ajaccio? In Corsica?

 

[Austrian Gull]

Ajaccio? In Corsica?

Well, that wasn't too difficult! AC in Ligue 1 and Gazelec in Ligue 2.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Probably been asked before...which is the only team in the English leagues in whose name you cannot fill in any of the letters (i.e. there are no 'closed' letters)?

 

[PHCgull]

Probably been asked before...which is the only team in the English leagues in whose name you cannot fill in any of the letters (i.e. there are no 'closed' letters)?

Hull City

 

[centurion40]

Webb, Wood and Wilkins. Dunno the 4th.

Dean White

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Which two British men have managed sides to a World Cup final?

 

[Austrian Gull]

Which two British men have managed sides to a World Cup final?

I don't know his name but I'm guessing he was the Sweden manager in 1958.

Oh, and Sir Alf in 1966.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I don't know his name but I'm guessing he was the Sweden manager in 1958.

Oh, and Sir Alf in 1966.

Yes, he was.

Anyone care to NAME him (without cheating...?)

 

[Sussex on Leith]

Yes, he was.

Anyone care to NAME him (without cheating...?)

I had to cheat. I confess it didn't ring any bells though, and I thought it would.

Here's one from my neck of the woods(ish). A club of which name played in the Scottish league over the following periods:

1914-1915
1917-1931
1965 (or arguably 1964) - 2002

 

[Pogue Mahone]

I had to cheat. I confess it didn't ring any bells though, and I thought it would.

Here's one from my neck of the woods(ish). A club of which name played in the Scottish league over the following periods:

1914-1915
1917-1931
1965 (or arguably 1964) - 2002

Clydebank seemed to disappear a while ago. Is it them?

I also cheated on the manager of Sweden in 1958 - I'd never heard of him either.

 

[Sussex on Leith]

Clydebank seemed to disappear a while ago. Is it them?

Good call. Bonus question: by what name is the last of those entities (i.e. the Clydebank FC that played up to 2002) now known?

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Good call. Bonus question: by what name is the last of those entities (i.e. the Clydebank FC that played up to 2002) now known?

I won't be getting a bonus point...

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I had to cheat. I confess it didn't ring any bells though, and I thought it would.

I also cheated on the manager of Sweden in 1958 - I'd never heard of him either.

I only knew of him, because somebody on the radio mentioned him a few days ago. Its quite a story. He really ought to be far better know here than he is.

George Raynor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[NickGull]

Who was the first player to score hat-tricks against the same club in both matches of a Premier League season?

 

[Sussex on Leith]

I only knew of him, because somebody on the radio mentioned him a few days ago. Its quite a story. He really ought to be far better know here than he is.

George Raynor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Quite a story indeed:

"Nine years after these triumphs Raynor was being made redundant after a seven-month stint managing Doncaster Rovers in the English Fourth Division. But perhaps nothing illustrates the contrast between Raynor's international profile and his English one better than the fact that during his career he managed Lazio and later found work as a manager with Skegness Town."

 

[Pogue Mahone]

I only knew of him, because somebody on the radio mentioned him a few days ago. Its quite a story. He really ought to be far better know here than he is.

George Raynor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Incredible. How on Earth did he manage to progress from manager of Aldershot reserves straight to manager of Sweden? Especially after such an inauspicious playing career.