Trivia Thread

[Spikey M]

Gross? (The Brighton geezer with the weird B at the end of his name)

[niko_cee]

Mustafi, Gnabry

[thommo]

Per Mertesacker

Leroy Sane

Gross? (The Brighton geezer with the weird B at the end of his name)

Mustafi, Gnabry

The list so far:

33 – Mesut Özil (Arsenal)
29 – Uwe Rösler (Manchester City)
29 – Jürgen Klinsmann (Tottenham Hotspur)
25 – Leroy Sane (Manchester City)
21 – Robert Huth (Middlesbrough, Stoke City, Leicester City)
19 – Lukas Podolski (Arsenal)
17 – Andre Schürrle (Chelsea, Fulham)
16 – Michael Ballack (Chelsea)
15 –
14 – Christian Ziege (Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur)
13 – Dietmar Hamann (Newcastle United, Liverpool, Manchester City)
12 – Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion)
11 – Thomas Hitzlsperger (Aston Villa, West Ham United)
11 – Karl-Heinz Riedle (Liverpool)
10 –
7 – Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal)
6 – Markus Babbel (Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers)
6 – Per Mertesacker (Arsenal)
5 – Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea)
4 –
3 –
3 –
2 –
2 –
2 –
1 –
1 – Serge Gnabry (Arsenal)
1 –
1 –
1 – Marko Marin (Chelsea)
1 –
1 –
1 – Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United)
1 –

[SvN]

Gundogen
Sane
Boeteng
Emre Can
Mayer

[Max Power]

Lewis Holtby

[Waffdon]

A little football teaser......

Who am I?

I’ve never won the Premier League but 3 of my former clubs have.

I’ve been named in a PFA Team of the Year.

My current Premier League team paid almost £30m for me.

Teammates have included Danny Ings, Raheem Sterling, Fabian Delph, Danny Wellbeck, Theo Walcott, Danny Drinkwater, Kurt Zouma, Harry Kane & Kieran Trippier.

Managers I’ve played under include Steve McClaren & Nigel Pearson.

Someone tell me what this is. It’s driving me mad

[thommo]

Gundogen
Sane
Boeteng
Emre Can
Mayer

Lewis Holtby

Gundogan and Can were the last 2 on the list in double figures for goals. 10 left, some obscure ones too.

[SvN]

A little football teaser......

Who am I?

I’ve never won the Premier League but 3 of my former clubs have.

I’ve been named in a PFA Team of the Year.

My current Premier League team paid almost £30m for me.

Teammates have included Danny Ings, Raheem Sterling, Fabian Delph, Danny Wellbeck, Theo Walcott, Danny Drinkwater, Kurt Zouma, Harry Kane & Kieran Trippier.

Managers I’ve played under include Steve McClaren & Nigel Pearson.

Someone tell me what this is. It’s driving me mad

Michael Keane

[Waffdon]

Aye, got it. I thought it meant PL TOTY. Thank you x

[Jimmy Floyd]

Huddersfield will contribute a few.

Hünemeier
Schindler

[SvN]

Durm also

[niko_cee]

Billing? Has he ever scored? Is he German?

[thommo]

Huddersfield will contribute a few.

Hünemeier
Schindler

Durm also
Hünemeier did score in English football, but for Brighton in the Championship. Schindler scored one PL goal, and Durm didn't score at all.


Billing? Has he ever scored? Is he German?
Billing has scored in the Prem, but he's Danish, not German. That question will come soon enough.

[niko_cee]

Max Meyer

[Jimmy Floyd]

I don't think Hünemeier is who I thought he was.

Who plays for Norwich now, Moritz Leitner?

[niko_cee]

Moritz Volz was it?

[Max Power]

Stoke centre back, Wollscheid?

[Shindig]

Schneiderlin? EDIT: French. Grrrr.

[thommo]

Max Meyer
Correct, but has already been said.


I don't think Hünemeier is who I thought he was.

Who plays for Norwich now, Moritz Leitner?
Leitner does play for them, but hasn't scored this season. There IS a German on the list who has scored for Norwich this season however.


Moritz Volz was it?
Loved Volz at Fulham. Also scored the 15,000th PL goal away at Chelsea around Christmas time.


Stoke centre back, Wollscheid?
No goals for Wollscheid in his Stoke spell.


Schneiderlin? EDIT: French. Grrrr.
I have a list for France ready to go, but it is full of spawny shitehawks from the 90s and 00s who'd pop over for a loan spell, scramble in a goal, and return to Caen or Sochaux to live out their days.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Steffen Freund scored one in the end did he not?

[Max Power]

Stiepermann for Norwich?

[SincereTheRebel]

Tarnat
Hitzelsberger

[ScousePig]

Great questions, I'm absolutely crap at them. Jan Kirchhoff managed an own goal for us, but that's all I've got.

[thommo]

Steffen Freund scored one in the end did he not?
No goals for Freund in over 100 PL apps.


Stiepermann for Norwich?
Not the right Norwich German. 10 goals in the Championship but nothing in the Prem.


Tarnat
Hitzelsberger
Hitzlsperger has already been answered, but Tarnat is a new one and correct, 3 goals for City.


Great questions, I'm absolutely crap at them. Jan Kirchhoff managed an own goal for us, but that's all I've got.
They're fun to set too - find tons of old names that have slipped from memory.

[thommo]

As a bit of help, the clubs that the remaining 7 Germans scored for:

4 - (Bolton Wanderers)
3 - (Manchester City)
2 - (Derby County)
1 - (Aston Villa)
1 - (Manchester City)
1 - (Arsenal)
1 - (Norwich City)

[Luca]

Boateng?

[thommo]

Boateng?
Late replying to this, but no Boateng didn't manage a PL goal. Some final clues for the remaining 7:

4 - (Bolton Wanderers) - Scorer of a PL hat trick, had a spell on loan at Bolton in 2002 from Dortmund. German international who also played for Stuttgart.
3 - (Manchester City) - Attacking midfielder who spent the 94-95 season on loan at City. Was very famously tackled in an England-Germany game.
2 - (Derby County) - Defender who played for Derby between spells at Hamburg and Wolfsburg. Scored his PL goals against Leicester and Leeds.
1 - (Aston Villa) - Central midfielder who was with Villa for the start of the Premier League. Played sparingly and scored once against Newcastle, before moving to Hansa Rostock and more notably, Bayer Leverkusen.
1 - (Manchester City) - Obscure midfielder who had a very brief loan spell with City in 1994 from Dortmund. Played more frequently for Hertha in the 2. Bundesliga later in his career.
1 - (Arsenal) - Only made 6 league appearances in 2 seasons at Arsenal (1999-2001), but did manage to score against Newcastle (and also against Preston in the League Cup).
1 - (Norwich City) - Striker who scored for Norwich this season, but has since returned to the Bundesliga and his old club, where he has scored 4 in 8.

[SvN]

Gaudino for the guy who got tackled by Borris

[Manc]

Bobic - Bolton.

[thommo]

Gaudino for the guy who got tackled by Borris

Bobic - Bolton.

Both correct. That tackle from Boris was an absolute cracker.

[Guybrush]

Michel Vonk?
Stefan Schnoor

[The Merse]

Stefan Malz

[thommo]

Michel Vonk?
Stefan Schnoor
Vonk did score a PL goal, but he's Dutch - keep that in mind for the future. Schnoor is correct though.


Stefan Malz
Also correct, good answer. Just the 3 left to get - all with 1 goal apiece.

[Mellberg]

Even I don't know the Villa player. Half remember one knocking around, but not gonna get his name.

[The Merse]

It's Beinlich isn't it? |I remember him in the Leverkusen title winning side but all I remember of him at Villa was him being in the programme notes vs Arsenal sometime around 1993 and being about as exotic as Villa got back then.

[thommo]

Even I don't know the Villa player. Half remember one knocking around, but not gonna get his name.

It's Beinlich isn't it? |I remember him in the Leverkusen title winning side but all I remember of him at Villa was him being in the programme notes vs Arsenal sometime around 1993 and being about as exotic as Villa got back then.
Great shout, it is indeed Stefan Beinlich.

I'll leave an hour for the last 2 - 1 from City who scored in '94, and 1 from Norwich with a goal this season (in a rare Norwich win).

[Manc]

Srbeny.

[thommo]

Srbeny.
In at the buzzer! The last German on the list was Steffen Karl, once of Manchester City. Full list below:

33 – Mesut Özil (Arsenal)
29 – Uwe Rösler (Manchester City)
29 – Jürgen Klinsmann (Tottenham Hotspur)
25 – Leroy Sane (Manchester City)
21 – Robert Huth (Middlesbrough, Stoke City, Leicester City)
19 – Lukas Podolski (Arsenal)
17 – Andre Schürrle (Chelsea, Fulham)
16 – Michael Ballack (Chelsea)
15 – Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City)
14 – Christian Ziege (Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur)
13 – Dietmar Hamann (Newcastle United, Liverpool, Manchester City)
12 – Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion)
11 – Thomas Hitzlsperger (Aston Villa, West Ham United)
11 – Karl-Heinz Riedle (Liverpool)
10 – Emre Can (Liverpool)
7 – Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal)
6 – Markus Babbel (Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers)
6 – Per Mertesacker (Arsenal)
5 – Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea)
4 – Fredi Bobic (Bolton Wanderers)
3 – Maurizio Gaudino (Manchester City)
3 – Michael Tarnat (Manchester City)
2 – Lewis Holtby (Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham)
2 – Stefan Schnoor (Derby County)
2 – Moritz Volz (Fulham)
1 – Stefan Beinlich (Aston Villa)
1 – Serge Gnabry (Arsenal)
1 – Steffen Karl (Manchester City)
1 – Stefan Malz (Arsenal)
1 – Marko Marin (Chelsea)
1 – Max Meyer (Crystal Palace)
1 – Christopher Schindler (Huddersfield Town)
1 – Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United)
1 – Dennis Srbeny (Norwich City)

[thommo]

Next up.... Portuguese goalscorers in the Premier League. There have been 36 in all, can you name them?

[Spikey M]

Ronaldo
Nani

[Ian]

I'll get the tricky one out the way: Ronaldo.

[Ian]

Damn it, Spikey.

[Spikey M]

Silva
Moutinho
Neves

[Ian]

Bruno Fernandes.

[Spikey M]

Damn it, Spikey.

I'm not Portuguese

[Ian]

I'll be the judge of that.

[Spikey M]

I hope I'm on the list. :drool:

[Manc]

Ricardo Vaz Te.

[Boydy]

Nuno Gomes
Helder Postiga

[Boydy]

Ricardo Pereira

[Shindig]

Deco
Hugo Viana
Carvalho
Maniche?

[Boydy]

Paulo Ferreira

[Boydy]

Diogo Jota

[SvN]

Boa Morte
Bosingwa
Moutinho
Helder Costa
Ruben Neves

[thommo]

Ronaldo
Nani

Silva
Moutinho
Neves

Bruno Fernandes.

Ricardo Vaz Te.

Nuno Gomes
Helder Postiga

Ricardo Pereira

Deco
Hugo Viana
Carvalho
Maniche?

Paulo Ferreira

Diogo Jota

Boa Morte
Bosingwa
Moutinho
Helder Costa
Ruben Neves

Unfortunately, Spikey has as many goals in the PL as Maniche, Paulo Ferreira and Nuno Gomes - none.

[Ian]

Always said he was shit.

[Shindig]

No end product.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Eder
Tiago Mendes (absolute screamer vs Man U)
Raul Meireles
Jose Fonte
Nuno Valente

[Guybrush]

Raul Meireles
Ricardo Quaresma
Tiago
José Fonte

[Spikey M]

:(

[Ian]

Who was the Everton player who twatted one into the top corner against United? Was he Portuguese?

[Shindig]

Pedro Mendes?

[thommo]

Eder
Tiago Mendes (absolute screamer vs Man U)
Raul Meireles
Jose Fonte
Nuno Valente

Raul Meireles
Ricardo Quaresma
Tiago
José Fonte

Pedro Mendes?

Updated list below:

84 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
29 – Luis Boa Morte (Southampton, Fulham, West Ham United)
25 – Nani (Manchester United)
18 – Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
15 – Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
8 – Ricardo Vaz Te (Bolton Wanderers, West Ham United)
7 – Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)
7 – Jose Fonte (Southampton)
7 – Raul Meireles (Liverpool, Chelsea)
6 – Pedro Mendes (Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth)
6 – Ruben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
5 – Deco (Chelsea)
5 – Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City)
4 –
4 –
4 – Tiago (Chelsea)
3 – Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea)
3 –
3 –
2 –
2 – Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
2 –
2 –
2 – Joao Moutinho (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
2 –
2 – Hugo Viana (Newcastle United)
2 –
1 –
1 – Helder Costa (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 – Helder Postiga (Tottenham Hotspur)
1 –
1 –
1 –

[SvN]

Andre Gomes
Diego Dalot
Dani
Paulo Futre
Fernando Nelson

[Ian]

Who was the Everton player who twatted one into the top corner against United? Was he Portuguese?

I won't post the answer because I got impatient and Googled it but he was, if that jogs anybody's memory.

[thommo]

Andre Gomes
Diego Dalot
Dani
Paulo Futre
Fernando Nelson

I won't post the answer because I got impatient and Googled it but he was, if that jogs anybody's memory.
The player Ian is referring to also scored against Watford, and spent time on loan at Portsmouth.

[Shindig]

I was thinking of Gelsen Fernandes but he's Swiss, despite the name, heritage and birthplace.

[The Merse]

Hugo Porifirio must've got one for Forest or West Ham

[niko_cee]

Cedric Soares
Bebe

[Guybrush]

Who was the Everton player who twatted one into the top corner against United? Was he Portuguese?

Manuel Fernandes.

[Jimmy Floyd]

How about that supposed wonderkid who was utter shite for Swansea?

[Max Power]

Ruben Vinagre
Ivan Caveleiro

[niko_cee]

How about that supposed wonderkid who was utter shite for Swansea?

Renato Sanches? Pretty sure I snaffled him up early in a head-to-head fantasy league and he did the square root of fuck all ever.

[Ian]

I'm sure there were a load of United fans who were absolutely crushed when we didn't sign him.

[niko_cee]

Maniche.

[bruhnaldo]

Renato was good for Benfica tho.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He now plays for Lille, bless him, which is only one step from a shotgun behind the cattle shed.

[niko_cee]

Haven't they got another dynamic young midfielder everyone is lining up to pay a fortune for?

[Luca]

Did Quaresma score for Chelsea?
Nuno Gomes

[Danny]

Abel Xavier

[John]

Nelson Oliveira
Ricardo Rocha
Jorge Cadete
Silvio Varela
Jose Dominguez
Joao Mario
Nuno Valente
Adrien

[Guybrush]

Paulo Futre

[thommo]

Hugo Porifirio must've got one for Forest or West Ham
Correct, he actually scored a PL goal for both clubs.


Cedric Soares
Bebe

Manuel Fernandes.

Ruben Vinagre
Ivan Caveleiro
No goals for Maniche or Renato Sanches either.

[SvN]

Abel Xavier

Isn't he Spanish? :henn0rz:

[thommo]

Did Quaresma score for Chelsea?
Nuno Gomes
No goals for Quaresma, and Nuno Gomes only scored in the Championship.


Abel Xavier

Nelson Oliveira
Ricardo Rocha
Jorge Cadete
Silvio Varela
Jose Dominguez
Joao Mario
Nuno Valente
Adrien

Paulo Futre
I'm going to assume you meant Silvestre Varela there John, who did manage a goal on loan at West Brom. Updated list below:

84 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
29 – Luis Boa Morte (Southampton, Fulham, West Ham United)
25 – Nani (Manchester United)
18 – Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
15 – Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
8 – Ricardo Vaz Te (Bolton Wanderers, West Ham United)
7 – Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)
7 – Jose Fonte (Southampton)
7 – Raul Meireles (Liverpool, Chelsea)
6 – Pedro Mendes (Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth)
6 – Ruben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
5 – Deco (Chelsea)
5 – Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City)
4 – Jose Dominguez (Tottenham Hotspur)
4 –
4 – Tiago (Chelsea)
3 – Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea)
3 – Ivan Cavaleiro (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
3 – Hugo Porfirio (West Ham United, Nottingham Forest)
2 – Dani (West Ham United)
2 – Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
2 – Manuel Fernandes (Everton)
2 – Joao Mario (West Ham United)
2 – Joao Moutinho (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
2 –
2 – Hugo Viana (Newcastle United)
2 – Abel Xavier (Liverpool, Middlesbrough)
1 – Cedric (Southampton)
1 – Helder Costa (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
1 – Andre Gomes (Everton)
1 –
1 – Nelson Oliveira (Swansea City)
1 – Helder Postiga (Tottenham Hotspur)
1 –
1 –
1 – Silvestre Varela (West Bromwich Albion)

[thommo]

Only 5 players left to get. The clubs that they scored for are as follows:

4 - (Leeds United)
2 - (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
1 - (Newcastle United)
1 - (Watford)
1 - (Fulham)

[SvN]

Ruben Vinagra
Pedro Neto

[niko_cee]

Isn't Vinagre French? Apparently not.

[Shindig]

I can only think of one other Newcastle Portuguese player and it is certainly not Pedro Dimas.

OH, HELDER. I forgot we had him on loan.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Isn't Vinagre French? Apparently not.

You're thinking of the salad dressing.

Bruno Ribeiro for Leeds.

[thommo]

Ruben Vinagra
Pedro Neto

I can only think of one other Newcastle Portuguese player and it is certainly not Pedro Dimas.

OH, HELDER. I forgot we had him on loan.

You're thinking of the salad dressing.

Bruno Ribeiro for Leeds.

Good answers, just the Watford and Fulham goalscorers to go.

[Kikó]

Orlando Sa.

[The Merse]

You're thinking of the salad dressing.

Bruno Ribeiro for Leeds.

Seeing as how I like to obsess over one or two particularly obscure entries in these, I'd moved on from Porifirio to trying to think of 'the other flighty midget winger that played in the north' and you've simultaneously crushed me by getting in before me, and relieved me of the biggest obstacle to me working productively today.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I only got him via my weird ability to rattle off a selection of players from teams in certain eras, should even one of them come to mind. Hasselbaink, Batty, Sharpe (?), Speed, Strachan, Radebe, Ribeiro, Wallace. I have no idea if they were even all there at the same time but those names flowed off the fingertips for 97/98 Leeds.

It's because I obsessively used to look at team sheets/programme squad lists/CM squad lists as a nipper and they've all burned into my brain.

[The Merse]

I think that's precisely it for me, informed by scouring the Rothmans, PFA Player Index, the Match Magazine player ratings and match reports and CM2/3 etc.

I'll take those Leeds players and add Mark Pemberton, David Weatherall, Andy Gray, Nigel Worthington and Gary Kelly that come to mind immediately!

[Manc]

Domingos Quina, 2027 champions league winner for my Braga side.

[thommo]

Orlando Sa.

Domingos Quina, 2027 champions league winner for my Braga side.
Well done everyone, good effort - I think that's the first list completed without any clues other than the clubs they played for. Full list of Portuguese goalscorers below:

84 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
29 – Luis Boa Morte (Southampton, Fulham, West Ham United)
25 – Nani (Manchester United)
18 – Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
15 – Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
8 – Ricardo Vaz Te (Bolton Wanderers, West Ham United)
7 – Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)
7 – Jose Fonte (Southampton)
7 – Raul Meireles (Liverpool, Chelsea)
6 – Pedro Mendes (Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth)
6 – Ruben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
5 – Deco (Chelsea)
5 – Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City)
4 – Jose Dominguez (Tottenham Hotspur)
4 – Bruno Ribeiro (Leeds United)
4 – Tiago (Chelsea)
3 – Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea)
3 – Ivan Cavaleiro (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
3 – Hugo Porfirio (West Ham United, Nottingham Forest)
2 – Dani (West Ham United)
2 – Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
2 – Manuel Fernandes (Everton)
2 – Joao Mario (West Ham United)
2 – Joao Moutinho (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
2 – Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
2 – Hugo Viana (Newcastle United)
2 – Abel Xavier (Liverpool, Middlesbrough)
1 – Cedric (Southampton)
1 – Helder Costa (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
1 – Andre Gomes (Everton)
1 – Helder (Newcastle United)
1 – Nelson Oliveira (Swansea City)
1 – Helder Postiga (Tottenham Hotspur)
1 – Domingos Quina (Watford)
1 – Orlando Sa (Fulham)
1 – Silvestre Varela (West Bromwich Albion)

[SvN]

I'm surprised there were so few, actually.

[Danny]

Isn't he Spanish? :henn0rz:

Thats what reminded me :lol:


I only got him via my weird ability to rattle off a selection of players from teams in certain eras, should even one of them come to mind. Hasselbaink, Batty, Sharpe (?), Speed, Strachan, Radebe, Ribeiro, Wallace. I have no idea if they were even all there at the same time but those names flowed off the fingertips for 97/98 Leeds.

It's because I obsessively used to look at team sheets/programme squad lists/CM squad lists as a nipper and they've all burned into my brain.

I was watching the Leeds 1997-1998 season review yesterday (isolation/wfh is making me run out of shit to watch on youtube) and Riberio scored in one of the early games. I really should have remembered him.

[thommo]

Let's try an even shorter list this time then - name all of the 32 Nigerians to have scored in the Premier League.

[Ian]

Martins, Kanu, Yakubu.

[Shindig]

Finidi George
Yobo
Odemwingie

[Jimmy Floyd]

Julius Aghahowa
Efan Ekoku
Daniel Amokachi
Celestine Babayaro
Ahmed Musa
Brown Ideye

[Jimmy Floyd]

Who's that unit who patrols the Leicester midfield.

Ndidi.

[thommo]

Martins, Kanu, Yakubu.

Finidi George
Yobo
Odemwingie

Julius Aghahowa
Efan Ekoku
Daniel Amokachi
Celestine Babayaro
Ahmed Musa
Brown Ideye

Who's that unit who patrols the Leicester midfield.

Ndidi.
All correct so far, apart from Aghahowa, who didn't manage to score in 20 appearances for Wigan.

[Shindig]

Isaac Success :cool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Victor Obinna
John Mikel Obi (think he nirfed one in at some point)
John Utaka

Vincent Enyeama never made it over here to take one of his penalties did he. Shame.

[Max Power]

Kelechi Iheanacho

[John]

Okocha
Victor Moses
Iwobi
Ighalo
Sone Aluko
Anichebe
The Ameobi family.

[Max Power]

Did Ade Akinbyi declare for Nigeria? I know he just about managed to score in the premier league.

[niko_cee]

Did a Sodje ever score in the Premier League? Sam? Efe?

[thommo]

Isaac Success :cool:

Victor Obinna
John Mikel Obi (think he nirfed one in at some point)
John Utaka

Vincent Enyeama never made it over here to take one of his penalties did he. Shame.
Mikel scored one PL goal in 249 apps. Against Fulham. :moop:


Kelechi Iheanacho

Okocha
Victor Moses
Iwobi
Ighalo
Sone Aluko
Anichebe
The Ameobi family.

Did Ade Akinbyi declare for Nigeria? I know he just about managed to score in the premier league.
Akinbiyi did indeed, 1 cap for Nigeria in 1999. You've all raced through this, only 6 more to get. List so far:

95 – Yakubu (Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, Blackburn Rovers)
54 – Nwankwo Kanu (Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion, Portsmouth)
53 – Efan Ekoku (Norwich City, Wimbledon)
43 – Shola Ameobi (Newcastle United)
36 – Peter Odemwingie (West Bromwich Albion, Cardiff City, Stoke City)
28 – Obafemi Martins (Newcastle United)
27 – Victor Anichebe (Everton, West Bromwich Albion, Sunderland)
20 – Victor Moses (Wigan Athletic, Chelsea, Liverpool, Stoke City, West Ham United)
19 – Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City, Leicester City)
16 – Odion Ighalo (Watford)
14 – Jay-Jay Okocha (Bolton Wanderers)
12 – Alex Iwobi (Arsenal, Everton)
11 – Ade Akinbiyi (Leicester City)
10 – Daniel Amokachi (Everton)
8 – Joseph Yobo (Everton)
7 – John Utaka (Portsmouth)
6 – Finidi George (Ipswich Town)
6 – Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City)
5 – Celestine Babayaro (Chelsea)
4 –
4 – Brown Ideye (West Bromwich Albion)
3 – Victor Obinna (West Ham United)
3 –
2 – Sammy Ameobi (Newcastle United)
2 – Sone Aluko (Hull City)
2 – Ahmed Musa (Leicester City)
2 – Isaac Success (Watford)
1 –
1 –
1 – John Obi Mikel (Chelsea)
1 –
1 –

[niko_cee]

Who's the guy at Newcastle by way of Chelsea? Came from Porto? No idea if he's even Nigerian and his name is completely escaping me.

[thommo]

Christian Atsu is the guy you are thinking of. He has scored 3 PL goals, but he's Ghanaian.

[SvN]

Taribo West
Kelvin Etuhu
George Ndah

[Jimmy Floyd]

Now you mention Kelvin Etuhu, I'm pretty sure Dickson Etuhu scored some for Fulham.

[Spikey M]

Taribo West


:cool:

[John Arne]

I think I've asked this twice before, always in the middle of existing list questions. Might as well go for a third time.

Name the two national sides that have each other as their biggest win and biggest defeat.

[Shindig]

Is one of them Vietnam?

[John Arne]

Is one of them Vietnam?

Nope. Asian, though.

[John Arne]

Nope. Asian, though.

Biggest win
Japan 15–0 Philippines
(Tokyo, Japan; 27 September 1967)
Biggest defeat
Japan 2–15 Philippines
(Tokyo, Japan; 10 May 1917)[5]

[Shindig]

I googled China and then thought it couldn't be one of the big nations. :moop:

[John Arne]

I googled China and then thought it couldn't be one of the big nations. :moop:

Yeah, probably I bit too random to guess - unless you click through each nation one-by-one.

[thommo]

Pretty much neglected to update this over the weekend, most of the lists I've got I've left on the work PC.


Taribo West
Kelvin Etuhu
George Ndah

Now you mention Kelvin Etuhu, I'm pretty sure Dickson Etuhu scored some for Fulham.
Both Kelvin and Dickson scored in the PL. Just 4 Nigerians left to get, and here are the clubs they scored for:

3 - (Stoke City, Hull City)
1 - (Brighton and Hove Albion)
1 - (Watford)
1 - (QPR)

[niko_cee]

Balogun

[thommo]

Balogun

Scored less than a minute after coming on for Brighton against Palace.

[niko_cee]

I'm sure Watford had someone called Okaka who scored against Liverpool on the opening day a few years ago, was he Nigerian?

[thommo]

I'm sure Watford had someone called Okaka who scored against Liverpool on the opening day a few years ago, was he Nigerian?

Italian, born to Nigerian parents. He had a loan spell at Fulham too after scoring against us in the Europa League.

[Max Power]

Seyi Olufanjana (sp?)

Combative midfielder for Stoke and Hull

[thommo]

Seyi Olufanjana (sp?)

Combative midfielder for Stoke and Hull
Close enough, Olofinjana is correct. Just 2 left, both defenders.

[wullie]

Shittu

[Manc]

Taiwo.

[thommo]

Shittu

Taiwo.
Both correct! Full list of goalscoring Nigerians below.

95 – Yakubu (Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, Blackburn Rovers)
54 – Nwankwo Kanu (Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion, Portsmouth)
53 – Efan Ekoku (Norwich City, Wimbledon)
43 – Shola Ameobi (Newcastle United)
36 – Peter Odemwingie (West Bromwich Albion, Cardiff City, Stoke City)
28 – Obafemi Martins (Newcastle United)
27 – Victor Anichebe (Everton, West Bromwich Albion, Sunderland)
20 – Victor Moses (Wigan Athletic, Chelsea, Liverpool, Stoke City, West Ham United)
19 – Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City, Leicester City)
16 – Odion Ighalo (Watford)
14 – Jay-Jay Okocha (Bolton Wanderers)
12 – Alex Iwobi (Arsenal, Everton)
11 – Ade Akinbiyi (Leicester City)
10 – Daniel Amokachi (Everton)
8 – Joseph Yobo (Everton)
7 – John Utaka (Portsmouth)
6 – Finidi George (Ipswich Town)
6 – Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City)
5 – Celestine Babayaro (Chelsea)
4 – Dickson Etuhu (Sunderland, Fulham)
4 – Brown Ideye (West Bromwich Albion)
3 – Victor Obinna (West Ham United)
3 – Seyi Olofinjana (Stoke City, Hull City)
2 – Sammy Ameobi (Newcastle United)
2 – Sone Aluko (Hull City)
2 – Ahmed Musa (Leicester City)
2 – Isaac Success (Watford)
1 – Leon Balogun (Brighton and Hove Albion)
1 – Kelvin Etuhu (Manchester City)
1 – John Obi Mikel (Chelsea)
1 – Danny Shittu (Watford)
1 – Taye Taiwo (QPR)

[Jimmy Floyd]

Victor Moses has played for fucking Liverpool? That had swum out of my memory.

[Boydy]

Victor Moses has played for fucking Liverpool? That had swum out of my memory.

He was on loan from Chelsea in that season.

[Smjffy]

I think it swum out of many Liverpool fans memory too in fairness. As a side note, I'm not buying the fact that he's under 30. Like fuck he is.

[Baz]

It was before he was a wing back too.

[thommo]

Next on the agenda - Belgian PL goalscorers. Can you name every one of the 35 Belgians to have scored a goal in the Premier League?

[Ian]

FELLAINIMANIA.

Lukaku, Hazard, Nilis.

[Ian]

Alderweireld, Kompany, Benteke.

[Max Power]

Tielemans
Praet
De Laet
Vertonghen
Boyata
Origi
Batshuayi

[niko_cee]

Defour

[thommo]

FELLAINIMANIA.

Lukaku, Hazard, Nilis.

Alderweireld, Kompany, Benteke.

Tielemans
Praet
De Laet
Vertonghen
Boyata
Origi
Batshuayi

Defour

All correct so far, Lukaku top with 113 goals.

[Guybrush]

Roussel
Nilis
Chadli

[Shindig]

Albert

[thommo]

Roussel
Nilis
Chadli

Albert

Update so far:

113 – Romelu Lukaku (West Bromwich Albion, Everton, Manchester United)
85 – Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
71 – Christian Benteke (Aston Villa, Liverpool, Crystal Palace)
37 – Marouane Fellaini (Everton, Manchester United)
31 –
29 –
21 – Nacer Chadli (Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion)
18 – Vincent Kompany (Manchester City)
18 – Divock Origi (Liverpool)
15 –
13 – Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea, Crystal Palace)
13 –
12 –
10 –
8 – Phillippe Albert (Newcastle United)
8 –
8 – Cedric Roussel (Coventry City)
7 – Toby Alderweireld (Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur)
6 –
6 – Youri Tielemans (Leicester City)
6 – Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur)
5 –
5 –
4 –
4 –
2 – Ritchie De Laet (Norwich City, Leicester City)
2 – Steven Defour (Burnley)
2 –
2 –
1 – Dedryck Boyata (Bolton Wanderers)
1 –
1 –
1 – Luc Nilis (Aston Villa)
1 – Dennis Praet (Leicester City)
1 –

[SvN]

KDB
Dendoncker
Mousa Dembele
Januzaj

[Shindig]

Emile Mpenza. He played for City but I don't know if they were a top flight side then.

[niko_cee]

Trossard

[thommo]

KDB
Dendoncker
Mousa Dembele
Januzaj

Emile Mpenza. He played for City but I don't know if they were a top flight side then.

Trossard
Still all correct so far. Mpenza scored 5 PL goals for City.

[SvN]

Praet also for Leicester

[Ian]

Can't believe I forgot Januzaj.

[Spikey M]

Belgium having not won something/everything with their current squad really is unforgivable. They're probably past their peak now, but what a team.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Erik Pieters

Jelle van Damme

[SvN]

Daniel van Buyton

[thommo]

Praet also for Leicester
Praet is correct, but has already been said.


Erik Pieters

Jelle van Damme

Daniel van Buyton
Pieters has scored, but isn't Belgian. van Buyten didn't manage a goal in his short loan spell.

[Mellberg]

That Luc Nilis injury still annoys me nearly 20 years later. He was such a player.

Bjorn Engels

[SvN]

That Luc Nilis injury still annoys me nearly 20 years later. He was such a player.



Up there with the worst I've seen

https://i.imgur.com/f0NvNB0.jpg

[Shindig]

It's like his leg is hugging. Awww.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I didn't even mean Jelle van Damme. Brain is mush. What I really meant was Anthony vanden Borre.

[The Merse]

Marc Degryse
Gilles de Bilde

[thommo]

That Luc Nilis injury still annoys me nearly 20 years later. He was such a player.

Bjorn Engels
Genuinely awful injury. I'm sure that picture was splashed all over the back pages the next day.


I didn't even mean Jelle van Damme. Brain is mush. What I really meant was Anthony vanden Borre.
Good job you said van Damme, as vanden Borre didn't manage a goal for Portsmouth.


Marc Degryse
Gilles de Bilde

Update to the list:

113 – Romelu Lukaku (West Bromwich Albion, Everton, Manchester United)
85 – Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
71 – Christian Benteke (Aston Villa, Liverpool, Crystal Palace)
37 – Marouane Fellaini (Everton, Manchester United)
31 – Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
29 –
21 – Nacer Chadli (Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion)
18 – Vincent Kompany (Manchester City)
18 – Divock Origi (Liverpool)
15 –
13 – Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea, Crystal Palace)
13 –
12 – Mousa Dembele (Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur)
10 – Gilles De Bilde (Sheffield Wednesday)
8 – Phillippe Albert (Newcastle United)
8 – Marc Degryse (Sheffield Wednesday)
8 – Cedric Roussel (Coventry City)
7 – Toby Alderweireld (Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur)
6 –
6 – Youri Tielemans (Leicester City)
6 – Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur)
5 – Adnan Januzaj (Manchester United)
5 – Emile Mpenza (Manchester City)
4 – Leander Dendoncker (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
4 –
2 – Ritchie De Laet (Norwich City, Leicester City)
2 – Steven Defour (Burnley)
2 –
2 – Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion)
1 – Dedryck Boyata (Bolton Wanderers)
1 – Bjorn Engels (Aston Villa)
1 –
1 – Luc Nilis (Aston Villa)
1 – Dennis Praet (Leicester City)
1 – Jelle Van Damme (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

[Jimmy Floyd]

Laurent Delorge. Could be wrong name but I'm looking for a big ugly giant at Huddersfield.

Name sounds more Coventry now I've typed it out.

[The Merse]

Thomas Vermaelen got one for us for sure.

[The Merse]

Laurent Delorge. Could be wrong name but I'm looking for a big ugly giant at Huddersfield.

Name sounds more Coventry now I've typed it out.

Yeh he was at Cov in the 90s and was a flighty (shit) winger. There is a monster at 'uddersfield as well but I'm stuck remembering his name.

[The Merse]

One of the Mpenzas ended up knocking in a few for Man City as well. Emile?

[niko_cee]

Laurent Delorge. Could be wrong name but I'm looking for a big ugly giant at Huddersfield.

Name sounds more Coventry now I've typed it out.

You're thinking of that French lump Huddersfield had, who's name also escapes me. Depoitre?

[thommo]

Thomas Vermaelen got one for us for sure.
More than just one - 13 PL goals for Vermaelen.


You're thinking of that French lump Huddersfield had, who's name also escapes me. Depoitre?
You all got there in the end, 6 goals for Depoitre, including a winning goal against United in their first season up.

[thommo]

One of the Mpenzas ended up knocking in a few for Man City as well. Emile?

Emile is correct, but has already been said. Just 5 left to get.

[Mellberg]

Up there with the worst I've seen

https://i.imgur.com/f0NvNB0.jpg

Horrific. Double compound, I think.

And Thommo, yeah, that photo was everywhere. On the bright side (not for Nilis), no injury, probably no Juan Pablo.

[The Merse]

Leander Dedonkcer

Edit - already been said, missed it in the list.

[Luca]

Kevin Mirallas

[thommo]

Kevin Mirallas

Correct, he was the missing man with 29 goals.

[thommo]

Just 4 Belgians left to get, and here are the clubs they scored for:

15 - (Derby County)
4 - (Watford)
2 - (Swansea City)
1 - (Huddersfield Town)

I'm disappointed no one has already got the Belgian on 15 PL goals.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I know the guy. Big fucking lump circa 2000.

[Max Power]

Kabasele

[Jimmy Floyd]

Branko Strupar!

[thommo]

Kabasele
I hadn't realised Kabasele had been at Watford for 4 seasons now.


Branko Strupar!
Correct!

[Yevrah]

Having just Googled it, the Huddersfield Town Belgian remaining is seriously hard to get.

[Ian]

Branko Strupar!

Fucking hell.

That's a proper example of a name I would never have remembered again unprompted and yet as soon as I saw it, "Shit, yeah! Strupar!"

[thommo]

Having just Googled it, the Huddersfield Town Belgian remaining is seriously hard to get.

He is pretty obscure, but his only goal did come last season in a draw with Manchester United, so he might be in the back of somebody's mind.

[wullie]

I had high hopes for Delorge but he didn't even get a game in the PL for us, he was such a crock it took over two years for him to make a league debut by which point we'd gone down.

[The Merse]

Roland Lamah for Swansea. He's shit, but like Montero, Dyer and the various other fast wingers that seemed to clutter up the Liberty in those years, he had one game a season where we was devastating.


I had high hopes for Delorge but he didn't even get a game in the PL for us, he was such a crock it took over two years for him to make a league debut by which point we'd gone down.

As my best mate of that time (now ex-communicated), was a Cov fan, I share the inflated view of the talent all of these lot had. The hope that would spill out of him whenever they brought in the likes of Aloisi has totally tainted my view of that era of Cov players, to the extent that I have no idea how they weren't comfortably making the top 6 throughout the late 90s.

Also met Hadji and Chippo a few times as they were both (despite being married) carrying on with a lass I knew. Seemed alright.

[Manc]

Mbenza.

[thommo]

Roland Lamah for Swansea. He's shit, but like Montero, Dyer and the various other fast wingers that seemed to clutter up the Liberty in those years, he had one game a season where we was devastating.


Mbenza.
Both correct, and that's the list complete!

113 – Romelu Lukaku (West Bromwich Albion, Everton, Manchester United)
85 – Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
71 – Christian Benteke (Aston Villa, Liverpool, Crystal Palace)
37 – Marouane Fellaini (Everton, Manchester United)
31 – Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
29 – Kevin Mirallas (Everton)
21 – Nacer Chadli (Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion)
18 – Vincent Kompany (Manchester City)
18 – Divock Origi (Liverpool)
15 – Branko Strupar (Derby County)
13 – Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea, Crystal Palace)
13 – Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal)
12 – Mousa Dembele (Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur)
10 – Gilles De Bilde (Sheffield Wednesday)
8 – Phillippe Albert (Newcastle United)
8 – Marc Degryse (Sheffield Wednesday)
8 – Cedric Roussel (Coventry City)
7 – Toby Alderweireld (Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur)
6 – Laurent Depoitre (Huddersfield Town)
6 – Youri Tielemans (Leicester City)
6 – Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur)
5 – Adnan Januzaj (Manchester United)
5 – Emile Mpenza (Manchester City)
4 – Leander Dendoncker (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
4 – Christian Kabasele (Watford)
2 – Ritchie De Laet (Norwich City, Leicester City)
2 – Steven Defour (Burnley)
2 – Roland Lamah (Swansea City)
2 – Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion)
1 – Dedryck Boyata (Bolton Wanderers)
1 – Bjorn Engels (Aston Villa)
1 – Isaac Mbenza (Huddersfield Town)
1 – Luc Nilis (Aston Villa)
1 – Dennis Praet (Leicester City)
1 – Jelle Van Damme (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

[Ian]

Once upon a time I'd have stored that fella's name in my memory for having the cheek to deny us points but now I honestly couldn't have told you I'd ever seen his name, though I presumably have.

[thommo]

Next up - Denmark. There have also been 35 Danish players to have scored in the Premier League. Name them all.

[SvN]

Mikkel Beck
John Jensen
Peter Schmeichel :D
Daniel Agger
Brian Laudrup
Dennis Rommedahl
John Dahl Tomasson
Christian Eriksen
Nicklas Bendtner

[thommo]

Mikkel Beck
John Jensen
Peter Schmeichel :D
Daniel Agger
Brian Laudrup
Dennis Rommedahl
John Dahl Tomasson
Christian Eriksen
Nicklas Bendtner
Only one European goal for Laudrup at Chelsea.

[Ian]

Gronkjaer.

I'd also forgotten about Brian Laudrup being at Chelsea.

[thommo]

Gronkjaer.

I'd also forgotten about Brian Laudrup being at Chelsea.

7 goals for Gronkjaer.

There's a fair few obscure names on this list, so I'm not expecting them all to be guessed.

[Boydy]

Stig Tofting

[wullie]

Roland Lamah for Swansea. He's shit, but like Montero, Dyer and the various other fast wingers that seemed to clutter up the Liberty in those years, he had one game a season where we was devastating.



As my best mate of that time (now ex-communicated), was a Cov fan, I share the inflated view of the talent all of these lot had. The hope that would spill out of him whenever they brought in the likes of Aloisi has totally tainted my view of that era of Cov players, to the extent that I have no idea how they weren't comfortably making the top 6 throughout the late 90s.

Also met Hadji and Chippo a few times as they were both (despite being married) carrying on with a lass I knew. Seemed alright.

Aloisi was an odd one, we signed him while he was scoring for fun for Portsmouth and then immediately just left him on the bench, we did the same when we bought Mo Konjic from Champions League-level Monaco. The Gordon Strachan era was mostly ridiculous with the odd bit of sublime.

[Max Power]

Claus Jensen
Martin Braithwaite
Thomas Gravesen

[Danny]

Poulson
Martin Laursen

[Max Power]

Matias Jorgensen
Marcus Allback
Victor Fischer

[Shindig]

Peter Lovenkrands.

[thommo]

Stig Tofting

Claus Jensen
Martin Braithwaite
Thomas Gravesen

Poulson
Martin Laursen

Matias Jorgensen
Marcus Allback
Victor Fischer

Peter Lovenkrands.
Early update on the list:

51 – Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur)
32 – Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal, Sunderland)
22 –
20 – Claus Jensen (Charlton Athletic, Fulham)
12 – Mikkel Beck (Middlesbrough, Derby County)
12 –
11 – Thomas Gravesen (Everton)
9 – Daniel Agger (Liverpool)
9 –
9 – Peter Lovenkrands (Newcastle United)
8 – Martin Laursen (Aston Villa)
7 – Jesper Gronkjaer (Chelsea)
7 –
6 –
6 –
5 –
5 –
4 –
4 – Dennis Rommedahl (Charlton Athletic)
3 –
3 – Mathias Jorgensen (Huddersfield Town)
3 –
3 – Jon Dahl Tomasson (Newcastle United)
2 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 – John Jensen (Arsenal)
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 – Peter Schmeichel (Aston Villa)
1 –
1 –

[SvN]

Poulson
Vestergard
Jan Molby
Claus Thomson

[Max Power]

Hojbjerg

[Jimmy Floyd]

Jes Hogh
Philip Billing
Bjarne Goldbaek
Nicklas Helenius
Andreas Cornelius (not sure on the first name there)
Niclas Jensen (shaky Man City full back circa early 2000s)

[Jimmy Floyd]

Chelsea had a defender in the early 90s who may have qualified (not Erland Johnsen, the other one).

Kjeldberg?

[thommo]

Poulson
Vestergard
Jan Molby
Claus Thomson

Hojbjerg

Jes Hogh
Philip Billing
Bjarne Goldbaek
Nicklas Helenius
Andreas Cornelius (not sure on the first name there)
Niclas Jensen (shaky Man City full back circa early 2000s)

Chelsea had a defender in the early 90s who may have qualified (not Erland Johnsen, the other one).

Kjeldberg?
He does qualify, with 2 PL goals. Goldbaek was class, real quality at Fulham. Update to the list:

51 – Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur)
32 – Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal, Sunderland)
22 –
20 – Claus Jensen (Charlton Athletic, Fulham)
12 – Mikkel Beck (Middlesbrough, Derby County)
12 –
11 – Thomas Gravesen (Everton)
9 – Daniel Agger (Liverpool)
9 –
9 – Peter Lovenkrands (Newcastle United)
8 – Martin Laursen (Aston Villa)
7 – Jesper Gronkjaer (Chelsea)
7 – Jan Molby (Liverpool)
6 – Bjarne Goldbaek (Chelsea, Fulham)
6 – Claus Thomsen (Ipswich Town, Everton)
5 –
5 –
4 – Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Southampton)
4 – Dennis Rommedahl (Charlton Athletic)
3 – Philip Billing (Huddersfield Town, Bournemouth)
3 – Mathias Jorgensen (Huddersfield Town)
3 –
3 – Jon Dahl Tomasson (Newcastle United)
2 – Jakob Kjeldbjerg (Chelsea)
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 – John Jensen (Arsenal)
1 – Niclas Jensen (Manchester City)
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 – Peter Schmeichel (Aston Villa)
1 – Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton)
1 –

[Trancemeister]

Allan Nielsen
Jones Okore
Per Frandsen

[Luca]

[Nevermind, he's Norwegian] :moop:

[thommo]

Allan Nielsen
Jones Okore
Per Frandsen

All correct. The teams that each remaining Dane scored for:

22 - (Bolton Wanderers)
5 - (Southampton)
5 - (West Ham United)
3 - (Derby County)
1 - (West Bromwich Albion)
1 - (Ipswich Town)
1 - (Bolton Wanderers)
1 - (Bolton Wanderers)
1 - (Blackburn Rovers)
1 - (Cardiff City)

[niko_cee]

Pedersen .

[Jimmy Floyd]

Southampton guy is from the early 90s but can't even begin to remember his name.

Kenneth Zohore for Cardiff

[thommo]

Pedersen .

Southampton guy is from the early 90s but can't even begin to remember his name.

Kenneth Zohore for Cardiff
The Southampton player was a striker who never played for the national team, but also spent time on loan with Manchester City and Coventry City (where he didn't actually play a game). Also scored a goal for Walsall in 2000-01.

[Max Power]

Albrechtsen (sp) for the West Brom one?

[thommo]

Albrechtsen (sp) for the West Brom one?

Both the spelling and player is correct. 7 to get but they are fairly tough now so might drop some clues in soon.

[Manc]

Johansen, Pedersen & Bo Hansen - Bolton.

[thommo]

Johansen, Pedersen & Bo Hansen - Bolton.
All correct. Bolton loved signing up the Danes. 5 to go - goalscorers for Southampton, West Ham, Derby, Ipswich and Blackburn.

[Guybrush]

Marc Rieper
Claus Thomsen

[thommo]

Marc Rieper
Claus Thomsen

Both correct, but Thomsen had already been said. Rieper scored 5 goals for West Ham. Some clues for the last 4:

5 - (Southampton) - Spent one season on loan from Barcelona at Southampton, in 94-95. Very injury prone and spent a lot of time on trial or on loan after leaving Barca, before settling in the US in the early 2000s.
3 - (Derby County) - Spent 4 years at Derby, making over 100 appearances, after moving from Silkeborg in 1996. Also spent time at Leicester and Wolves later in his career.
1 - (Ipswich Town) - Centre back who also played for West Brom, scored a number of goals for both clubs in the Championship too.
1 - (Blackburn Rovers) - Scored once for Blackburn, away at Chelsea. Was the most expensive player to be sold by a Danish club, when he moved for £2.5m from Odense to Blackburn. Scored 4 goals in one international game.

[Max Power]

Jacob Laursen

[thommo]

Jacob Laursen

Knew mentioning that short spell with Leicester would help! 3 to get.

[thommo]

The last three missing Danes were Ronnie Ekelund, Thomas Gaardsoe and Per Pedersen. The full list of Danish PL goalscorers is as follows:

51 – Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur)
32 – Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal, Sunderland)
22 – Henrik Pedersen (Bolton Wanderers)
20 – Claus Jensen (Charlton Athletic, Fulham)
12 – Mikkel Beck (Middlesbrough, Derby County)
12 – Allan Nielsen (Tottenham Hotspur)
11 – Thomas Gravesen (Everton)
9 – Daniel Agger (Liverpool)
9 – Per Frandsen (Bolton Wanderers)
9 – Peter Lovenkrands (Newcastle United)
8 – Martin Laursen (Aston Villa)
7 – Jesper Gronkjaer (Chelsea)
7 – Jan Molby (Liverpool)
6 – Bjarne Goldbaek (Chelsea, Fulham)
6 – Claus Thomsen (Ipswich Town, Everton)
5 – Ronnie Ekelund (Southampton)
5 – Marc Rieper (West Ham United)
4 – Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Southampton)
4 – Dennis Rommedahl (Charlton Athletic)
3 – Philip Billing (Huddersfield Town, Bournemouth)
3 – Mathias Jorgensen (Huddersfield Town)
3 – Jacob Laursen (Derby County)
3 – Jon Dahl Tomasson (Newcastle United)
2 – Jakob Kjeldbjerg (Chelsea)
1 – Martin Albrechtsen (West Bromwich Albion)
1 – Thomas Gaardsoe (Ipswich Town)
1 – Bo Hansen (Bolton Wanderers)
1 – John Jensen (Arsenal)
1 – Niclas Jensen (Manchester City)
1 – Michael Johansen (Bolton Wanderers)
1 – Jores Okore (Aston Villa)
1 – Per Pedersen (Blackburn Rovers)
1 – Peter Schmeichel (Aston Villa)
1 – Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton)
1 – Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City)

[thommo]

Something a little different for the next question. Across the following selection of 25 leagues, there are 46 players who have scored 20 or more goals for club and country so far this season. Can you name them all? Some of the answers are pretty clear, but there are a few I doubt anyone will get. Just fancied mixing up the questions.

Top 2 leagues from:
Spain
England
Germany
Italy
France

And the top league from:
Portugal
Russia
Belgium
Netherlands
Ukraine
Turkey
Austria
Denmark
Scotland
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Greece
Switzerland
Serbia
Croatia

[thommo]

If you'd all prefer to stick to the nationality goalscorer questions, I can go back to that. Got 3 big lists ready to go.

[Luca]

Something a little different for the next question. Across the following selection of 25 leagues, there are 46 players who have scored 20 or more goals for club and country so far this season. Can you name them all? Some of the answers are pretty clear, but there are a few I doubt anyone will get. Just fancied mixing up the questions.

Top 2 leagues from:
Spain
England
Germany
Italy
France

And the top league from:
Portugal
Russia
Belgium
Netherlands
Ukraine
Turkey
Austria
Denmark
Scotland
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Greece
Switzerland
Serbia
Croatia

I’ll bite:

Marcus rashford
Salah
Ciro Immobile
Cristiano Ronaldo
Aguero
Lukaku
Ilicic
Vardy
Aubameyang
Mane
Mbappe
Dembele

[Luca]

Haaland
Sancho
Werner
Lewa

[Ian]

I think Rashford has just missed out on that but only bt one or two. Can't remember what it said in the thing I read about his injury earlier.

[thommo]

I’ll bite:

Marcus rashford
Salah
Ciro Immobile
Cristiano Ronaldo
Aguero
Lukaku
Ilicic
Vardy
Aubameyang
Mane
Mbappe
Dembele
Which Dembele are you referring to?


Haaland
Sancho
Werner
Lewa
Lewandowski and Haaland top the chart, with 43 and 40 goals apiece.


I think Rashford has just missed out on that but only bt one or two. Can't remember what it said in the thing I read about his injury earlier.
Rashford has 22 goals for club and country this season.

Vardy and Sancho have 19 goals, and Mane 18.

[John]

Morelos and Edouard in the SPL.

Sam Cosgrove won't be far off either if you're allowing cup goals.

[Luca]

Which Dembele are you referring to?


Lewandowski and Haaland top the chart, with 43 and 40 goals apiece.


Rashford has 22 goals for club and country this season.

Vardy and Sancho have 19 goals, and Mane 18.

Moussa.

[Luca]

Did Bruno Fernandes nab a goal or two for Portugal? He must be close.

Pizzi for Benfica?

[thommo]

Morelos and Edouard in the SPL.

Sam Cosgrove won't be far off either if you're allowing cup goals.
Morelos is one of only 7 to have reached 30 goals in total. Cosgrove has 23 so far, and there's one other from the SPL.


Moussa.

Did Bruno Fernandes nab a goal or two for Portugal? He must be close.

Pizzi for Benfica?
Fernandes is one short on 19.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I haven't got a fucking clue who is doing what nowadays. Do you need to play FM to keep up or is it having BT Sport? Or just be younger than 31?

[Luca]

Playing FM again has helped significantly.

[thommo]

The list so far:

43 – Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich, Poland)
40 – Erling Braut Haland (RB Salzburg, Borussia Dortmund)
35 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, Portugal)
33 – Ciro Immobile (Lazio, Italy)
32 –
30 – Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
30 – Alfredo Morelos (Rangers, Colombia)
29 –
29 –
28 – Odsonne Edouard (Celtic)
28 – Timo Werner (RB Leipzig, Germany)
27 –
27 – Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan, Belgium)
27 – Pizzi (Benfica, Portugal)
26 –
25 –
24 – Sergio Aguero (Manchester City, Argentina)
24 –
24 –
24 –
24 –
24 –
24 –
24 –
23 – Sam Cosgrove (Aberdeen)
23 – Josip Ilicic (Atalanta, Slovenia)
23 –
22 –
22 – Moussa Dembele (Lyon)
22 –
22 – Marcus Rashford (Manchester United, England)
22 –
21 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal, Gabon)
21 –
21 –
20 –
20 –
20 –
20 –
20 –
20 –
20 – Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
20 –
20 –
20 –
20 –

Players still remaining from the Prem, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, as well as the Dutch and Belgian leagues, to name a few.

[SvN]

Raul Jiminez
Danny Ings
Mitrovic

[thommo]

Raul Jiminez
Danny Ings
Mitrovic
Mitrovic up in 5th spot with 32 goals so far. Ings just misses out with 18 goals.

[SvN]

Messi
Neymar
Ben Yedder

[thommo]

Messi
Neymar
Ben Yedder
Ben Yedder sneaks in with 20 goals. Neymar misses out with 19 for club and country.

[Boydy]

Messi
Benzema
Neymar

Edit: screw you, SvN

[thommo]

Messi
Benzema
Neymar

Edit: screw you, SvN

Benzema also has 19, so just misses out.

[Manc]

Stuani is a cert. Nakhi Wells as a long shot.

[thommo]

Stuani is a cert. Nakhi Wells as a long shot.
Both correct. Wells has 15 for QPR, 2 for Bristol City and 3 for Bermuda this season. Still one Championship player to get.

[SvN]

Wells is a brilliant shout.

[Manc]

Watkins?

[thommo]

Watkins?

Watkins was also correct. As this has gone dormant, I'll call an end to this question. Players that weren't answered are in red.

43 – Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich, Poland)
40 – Erling Braut Haland (RB Salzburg, Borussia Dortmund)
35 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, Portugal)
33 – Ciro Immobile (Lazio, Italy)
32 – Aleksander Mitrovic (Fulham, Serbia)
30 – Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
30 – Alfredo Morelos (Rangers, Colombia)
29 – Alexander Sorloth (Trabzonspor, Norway)
29 – Shon Weissman (Wolfsberger AC)
28 – Odsonne Edouard (Celtic)
28 – Timo Werner (RB Leipzig, Germany)
27 – Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur, England)
27 – Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan, Belgium)
27 – Pizzi (Benfica, Portugal)
26 – Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Argentina)
25 – Ivan Trichkovski (AEK Larnaca)
24 – Sergio Aguero (Manchester City, Argentina)
24 – Jonathan David (Gent, Canada)
24 – Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiakos)
24 – Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munch, Germany)
24 – Raul Jimenez (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Mexico)
24 – Dieumerci Mbokani (Royal Antwerp)
24 – Jean-Pierre Nsame (BSC Young Boys)
24 – Raheem Sterling (Manchester City, England)
23 – Sam Cosgrove (Aberdeen)
23 – Josip Ilicic (Atalanta, Slovenia)
23 – Cristhian Stuani (Girona)
22 – Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord)
22 – Moussa Dembele (Lyon)
22 – Victor Osimhen (Lille, Nigeria)
22 – Marcus Rashford (Manchester United, England)
22 – Ollie Watkins (Brentford)
21 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal, Gabon)
21 – Myron Boadu (AZ, Netherlands)
21 – Patson Daka (RB Salzburg, Zambia)
20 – Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco, France)
20 – Ryan Christie (Celtic, Scotland)
20 – Mauro Icardi (PSG)
20 – Tino Kadewere (Le Havre)
20 – Junior Moraes (Shakhtar Donetsk)
20 – Mislav Orsic (Dinamo Zagreb)
20 – Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
20 – Carlos Vinicius (Benfica)
20 – Nahki Wells (QPR, Bristol City, Bermuda)
20 – Kamil Wilczek (Brondby)
20 – Roman Yaremchuk (Gent, Ukraine)

[thommo]

Back to the nationality questions we'll go, and this is a fairly big one. There have been 87 Dutch goal scorers in the Premier League - name them all.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Ken Monkou

[thommo]

Ken Monkou

Not the player I thought would get guessed first, but Monkou is correct, with 10 goals for Southampton.

[Ian]

Alright well Jimmy got the obvious so I'll go for the next most famous: Alexander Buttner.

[Boydy]

Van Persie
Van Nistelrooy
Bergkamp
Van Dijk
Robben
Wijnaldum
Wilfred Bouma (he was in the Guardian's underrated players thing today, only reason he comes to mind)

[Boydy]

How could I forget Dirk Kuyt

[Ian]

Did Chelsea ever wake Bogarde up for long enough for him to get one?

[Boydy]

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink