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[Football] Quiz Tie Breaker



Pondicherry

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May 25, 2007
1,033
Horsham
This was the tie breaker from the quiz I attended yesterday. No cheating. Nearest the pin. When was the first penalty scored in an FA Cup Final?
 








Stat Brother

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NSC Patron
Jul 11, 2003
73,870
West west west Sussex
Isn't it stupidly late in the entirety of the tournament which leads me to Wimbledon's v Liverpool?
 


Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
Oct 4, 2003
11,127
Isn't it stupidly late in the entirety of the tournament which leads me to Wimbledon's v Liverpool?

There was no penalty scored in that cup final. It was famous for the first penalty save, when Dave Beasant saved John Aldridge's spot kick.

I actually know the answer to the question so I won't spoil it for anyone else. It came up in a pub quiz I was doing many years ago.
 






Questions

Habitual User
Oct 18, 2006
24,897
Worthing
I can’t remember anything from my youth. Utd got one in 83 didn’t they - working on Stat Brothers theory.
 


DavidinSouthampton

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Jan 3, 2012
16,612
Neal Maupay on 90+12?
 








Uter

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Aug 5, 2008
1,474
The land of chocolate
There was no penalty scored in that cup final. It was famous for the first penalty save, when Dave Beasant saved John Aldridge's spot kick.

I actually know the answer to the question so I won't spoil it for anyone else. It came up in a pub quiz I was doing many years ago.

First penalty save at Wembley I thought. Got a feeling a pen had been saved prior to 1923. Maybe 1911?
 




Taybha

Whalewhine
Oct 8, 2008
27,211
Uwantsumorwat
1912 ish if we're talking scored I'd go a team like Preston , Bolton , Barnsley, Villa, in other words I don't know :D
 


Gwylan

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Jul 5, 2003
31,358
Uffern
Was it in the 30s when George Mutch scored for Preston. I seem to remember that from a football book I had as a kid?
 








Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
Oct 4, 2003
11,127
First penalty save at Wembley I thought. Got a feeling a pen had been saved prior to 1923. Maybe 1911?

I'm fairly sure Dave Beasant was the first keeper to save a penalty. The first and, up until the 88 Cup final, only penalty miss came in the 1913 final when a Villa player missed a spot kick against Sunderland but by all accounts it was put wide or over and wasn't saved by the keeper (unfortunately footage of the final that is available doesn't appear to show the penalty).
 








Barham's tash

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Jun 8, 2013
3,617
Rayners Lane
I know penalties came into being in 1891 (another tie breaker on a work football quiz) and therefore I’m going to say in an actual final it took maybe 20 years to get one so 1911?!
 




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