Trivia Thread

[John Arne]

Jaidi won me about $600 when I was spread betting on goal minutes, thanks to a 90th towering header.

Will always be a legend for that, never mind his actual playing career.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The US American would surely be Friedel.

[thommo]

Poland is a trick as it's probably Matty Cash.

If not him then Fabianski.

Was that keeper that wore tracky bottoms Hungarian?
Gabor Kiraly was indeed Hungarian, but igor has already got that correct with Zoltan Gera being the answer.


Romania: Petrescu?
List so far:

Argentina
France
Brazil
England – Gareth Barry – 1998-2018, 653 apps
Belgium
Croatia
Netherlands
Portugal
Italy
Spain
USA
Mexico – Javier Hernandez – 2010-20, 158 apps
Morocco
Switzerland
Germany
Colombia
Uruguay
Denmark – Thomas Sorensen – 1999-2014, 364 apps
Japan
Senegal
Iran
Peru – Nolberto Solano – 1998-2008, 302 apps
Sweden
Ukraine – Oleksandr Zinchenko – 2017-present, 109 apps
Austria
South Korea – Son Heung-Min – 2015-present, 275 apps
Australia – Mark Schwarzer – 1996-2015, 514 apps
Serbia
Tunisia – Radhi Jaidi – 2004-08, 61 apps
Poland – Lukasz Fabianski – 2007-present, 352 apps
Scotland
Hungary – Zoltan Gera – 2004-14, 172 apps
Wales – Ryan Giggs – 1992-2014, 632 apps
Algeria – Riyad Mahrez – 2014-23, 284 apps
Egypt – Mohamed Salah – 2013-present, 238 apps
Chile – Alexis Sanchez – 2014-19, 154 apps
Czechia – Petr Cech – 2004-19, 443 apps
Ecuador – Antonio Valencia – 2006-19, 325 apps
Russia
Nigeria
Cameroon – Alex Song – 2005-16, 190 apps
Turkey – Muzzy Izzet – 1996-2006, 248 apps
Norway
Canada – Tomasz Radzinski – 2001-07, 194 apps
Panama – N/A
Costa Rica – Paulo Wanchope – 1996-2004, 156 apps
Romania – Dan Petrescu – 1994-2002, 215 apps
Slovakia – Martin Skrtel – 2007-16, 242 apps
Mali
Ivory Coast – Kolo Toure – 2002-16, 353 apps

[thommo]

Serbia: Vidic

Is the American then Brian McBride or Carlos Bocanegra?

The US American would surely be Friedel.
It is indeed, with 450 appearances.

[John Arne]

Sissoko for Mali?

[Pen]

Argentina: Aguero or Zabaleta

[Jimmy Floyd]

Uruguay - Gus P
Colombia - Rodallega?

[Shindig]

Arshavin
Modric
Shakiri
Pepe Reina

[Pen]

Kolarov for Serbia

[Pen]

Sweden: Anders Svensson

[Pen]

Belgium: Alderweireld or Verthongen

[thommo]

Sissoko for Mali?

Argentina: Aguero or Zabaleta

Uruguay - Gus P
Colombia - Rodallega?

Arshavin
Modric
Shakiri
Pepe Reina

Kolarov for Serbia

Sweden: Anders Svensson

Belgium: Alderweireld or Verthongen
303 games for Zabaleta, 187 for Poyet.

[Pen]

Portugal: Ronaldo

[John Arne]

Niclas Alexandersson (Defender/Midfielder/Forward Right/Left/Centre) for Sweden?

[John Arne]

Or Seb Larssen?

[niko_cee]

Paul Peschisolido or are Canada not in the 50?

Edit, see it was someone else.

[Pen]

Fellaini for the Belgian.

[niko_cee]

Oyvind Leonardson for Norway? Or Ronnie Johnson, was he Norwegian?

[niko_cee]

Jens Lehman for Germany? Or some real outlier like Pascal Gross.

[wullie]

Mali - Doucore
Morocco - Hadji
Switzerland - Henchoz
Netherlands - Bergkamp
Nigeria - does Ameobi count?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Lundekvam for Norway? He lasted a while.

[thommo]

Portugal: Ronaldo

Niclas Alexandersson (Defender/Midfielder/Forward Right/Left/Centre) for Sweden?

Or Seb Larssen?
It is indeed Seb Larsson, 282 PL appearances for him.


Fellaini for the Belgian.

Oyvind Leonardson for Norway? Or Ronnie Johnson, was he Norwegian?

Jens Lehman for Germany? Or some real outlier like Pascal Gross.

Mali - Doucore
Morocco - Hadji
Switzerland - Henchoz
Netherlands - Bergkamp
Nigeria - does Ameobi count?
He was born in Nigeria and earned 10 caps - he counts and he is correct with, incredibly, 298 PL games under his belt. And just the 43 goals.


Lundekvam for Norway? He lasted a while.

[niko_cee]

Van Persie for Holland?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Shola played 298 times? I think that's the most surprising thing I've ever heard. I'd have had him down for 120.

[wullie]

Riise for Norway?

[niko_cee]

Arshavin or Pavlychenko [however you spell that] for Russia?

Hamann for Germany?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Russia might be me old mucker Dmitri Kharine.

[niko_cee]

Fabregas or David Silva for Spain?

[SincereTheRebel]

Distin for France.

[Pen]

Could be De Gea and Lloris for the big countries.

The Norwegian could be Gamst Pedersen.

Edit: van ser Saar also had a decade or so i the Prem so let's try him for the Dutch.

[thommo]

Van Persie for Holland?

Riise for Norway?

Arshavin or Pavlychenko [however you spell that] for Russia?

Hamann for Germany?

Russia might be me old mucker Dmitri Kharine.
Arshavin and Kharine did manage over 100 PL apps, but another Russian managed more.


Fabregas or David Silva for Spain?

Distin for France.
Good shout - he is indeed the top Frenchman with 469 PL appearances.


Could be De Gea and Lloris for the big countries.

The Norwegian could be Gamst Pedersen.

Edit: van ser Saar also had a decade or so i the Prem so let's try him for the Dutch.
De Gea got up to 415 games before leaving in the summer.

[niko_cee]

Mané for Senegal?

[SincereTheRebel]

Holland. George Boateng

[SincereTheRebel]

Ngieria - Okocha, Kanu, Yobo

[Pen]

I'll try Fernandinho for the Brazilian.

[Pen]

The Norwegian is Josh King, isn't it.

[wullie]

Kanchelskis for Russia?

[Pen]

Arnautovic and Xhaka for Austria and Switzerland

[thommo]

Mané for Senegal?

Holland. George Boateng
Sincere with another good answer - Boateng is correct with 384 appearances.


Ngieria - Okocha, Kanu, Yobo
Nigeria has already been answered.


I'll try Fernandinho for the Brazilian.

The Norwegian is Josh King, isn't it.
It's Riise, wullie has got that one.

[Pen]

Luca Milivojevic (the palace midfielder who scored a ton of penalties) for the Serbian.

[SincereTheRebel]

Can we get the remaining answers?

[Pen]

Yoshida for Japan
Quest for the Belgian continues with Hazard and Dembele
Firmino for Brazil

[Pen]

Could the Scotsman be Darren Fletcher. He played his whole career in England, but wasn't a guaranteed starter for a large part when at United.

[Pen]

Cudicini for the Italian

[SvN]

Be good to get an updated list

[wullie]

Zola or Ogbonna for Italy

[thommo]

Luca Milivojevic (the palace midfielder who scored a ton of penalties) for the Serbian.

Yoshida for Japan
Quest for the Belgian continues with Hazard and Dembele
Firmino for Brazil

Could the Scotsman be Darren Fletcher. He played his whole career in England, but wasn't a guaranteed starter for a large part when at United.
It is indeed, 341 PL appearances for Fletcher.


Cudicini for the Italian

Zola or Ogbonna for Italy

Updated list:

Argentina – Pablo Zabaleta – 2008-20, 303 apps
France – Sylvain Distin – 2001-16, 469 apps
Brazil
England – Gareth Barry – 1998-2018, 653 apps
Belgium
Croatia
Netherlands – George Boateng – 1997-2010, 384 apps
Portugal
Italy – Gianfranco Zola – 1996-2003, 229 apps
Spain – David de Gea – 2011-23, 415 apps
USA – Brad Friedel – 1997-2014, 450 apps
Mexico – Javier Hernandez – 2010-20, 158 apps
Morocco
Switzerland – Stephane Henchoz – 1997-2007, 243 apps
Germany
Colombia
Uruguay – Gus Poyet – 1997-2004, 187 apps
Denmark – Thomas Sorensen – 1999-2014, 364 apps
Japan – Maya Yoshida – 2012-20, 154 apps
Senegal
Iran
Peru – Nolberto Solano – 1998-2008, 302 apps
Sweden – Sebastian Larsson – 2005-17, 282 apps
Ukraine – Oleksandr Zinchenko – 2017-present, 109 apps
Austria
South Korea – Son Heung-Min – 2015-present, 275 apps
Australia – Mark Schwarzer – 1996-2015, 514 apps
Serbia
Tunisia – Radhi Jaidi – 2004-08, 61 apps
Poland – Lukasz Fabianski – 2007-present, 352 apps
Scotland – Darren Fletcher – 2003-18, 341 apps
Hungary – Zoltan Gera – 2004-14, 172 apps
Wales – Ryan Giggs – 1992-2014, 632 apps
Algeria – Riyad Mahrez – 2014-23, 284 apps
Egypt – Mohamed Salah – 2013-present, 238 apps
Chile – Alexis Sanchez – 2014-19, 154 apps
Czechia – Petr Cech – 2004-19, 443 apps
Ecuador – Antonio Valencia – 2006-19, 325 apps
Russia – Andrei Kanchelskis – 1992-2003, 151 apps
Nigeria – Shola Ameobi – 2000-15, 298 apps
Cameroon – Alex Song – 2005-16, 190 apps
Turkey – Muzzy Izzet – 1996-2006, 248 apps
Norway – John Arne Riise – 2001-14, 321 apps
Canada – Tomasz Radzinski – 2001-07, 194 apps
Panama – N/A
Costa Rica – Paulo Wanchope – 1996-2004, 156 apps
Romania – Dan Petrescu – 1994-2002, 215 apps
Slovakia – Martin Skrtel – 2007-16, 242 apps
Mali – Abdoulaye Doucoure – 2016-present, 220 apps
Ivory Coast – Kolo Toure – 2002-16, 353 apps

[Pen]

Moutinho for Portugal
Has de Bruyne really been fit for enough games to be the most capped Belgian. I'm running out of ideas if not.

[Pen]

Richarlison for the Brazilian

[Jimmy Floyd]

Pogatetz for Austria? Don't think our friends Macho and Manninger made many apps.

Germany possibly Hitzlsperger?

[Pen]

Niko Krankjar for the Croatian.

Edit: Matic or Ivanovic for the elusive Serbian

[Boydy]

Moutinho for Portugal
Has de Bruyne really been fit for enough games to be the most capped Belgian. I'm running out of ideas if not.
It's most PL appeareances, not most international caps.

[Boydy]

Mustapha Hadji for Morocco?

[SincereTheRebel]

Brazil - Lucas
Portugal - Luis Boa Morte, Bernardo Silva
Germany - Huth
Columbia - Rodallega, Sanchez

[Pen]

It's most PL appeareances, not most international caps.

Used the wrong word, but the guesses remain.

[Boydy]

Dietmar Hamann for Germany?

[thommo]

Moutinho for Portugal
Has de Bruyne really been fit for enough games to be the most capped Belgian. I'm running out of ideas if not.
KDB isn't far off with 243 PL appearances, but he's not the one we're looking for.


Richarlison for the Brazilian

Pogatetz for Austria? Don't think our friends Macho and Manninger made many apps.

Germany possibly Hitzlsperger?

Niko Krankjar for the Croatian.

Edit: Matic or Ivanovic for the elusive Serbian
Ivanovic is indeed correct, 274 PL games for him.


Mustapha Hadji for Morocco?

Brazil - Lucas
Portugal - Luis Boa Morte, Bernardo Silva
Germany - Huth
Columbia - Rodallega, Sanchez
Two more great guesses - both made a remarkable number of appearances, 296 for Boa Morte and 322 for Huth.


Dietmar Hamann for Germany?

[thommo]

8 more countries left to answer:

Brazil
Belgium
Croatia
Morocco
Colombia
Senegal
Iran
Austria

[Boydy]

Allison for Brazil?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Senegal must be Kouyate, he's been around for ages now.

Colombia - Juan Pablo Angel? Though I swear he missed a bunch of time.

[thommo]

Allison for Brazil?

Senegal must be Kouyate, he's been around for ages now.

Colombia - Juan Pablo Angel? Though I swear he missed a bunch of time.
Correct with both - Angel made 175 appearances, enough to be top.

[John Arne]

Jahankbash for Iran?
Arnautovic for Austria?

[John Arne]

Surely not Chamakh for Morocco? Didn't Coventry have 2 Moroccans..?

[Adramelch]

Willian for Brazil?

Edit: Belgium has to be Benteke by process of elimination.

[thommo]

Jahankbash for Iran?
Arnautovic for Austria?

Surely not Chamakh for Morocco? Didn't Coventry have 2 Moroccans..?

Willian for Brazil?
Of course it is Fulham's very own Willian - 292 appearances and counting.

4 to get.

[Adramelch]

Restating Benteke because it was a cheeky edit in the post above.

Austria's bound to be one of those nameless/faceless defenders they seem to churn out.

[Pen]

The other Coventry Moroccan was Chippo.

[Dave.]

Hadji or Chippo for Morocco.

[Dave.]

Modric for Croatia.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Hadji and Chippo wouldn't have had many apps. Chamakh maybe?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Saiss for Morocco?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

For Austria what about that chap who was at Wigan for ages? Can't remember his name.

[Dave.]

Kachloul is a possibility for the Moroccan too.

[Dave.]

Paul Scharner or Pogatetz for the Austrian?

[Pen]

Scharner probably is the one. Was trying to think who the Wigan man was after Mahow said it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He was such a don for Wigan.

Him, Figueroa and Palacios :drool:

What a team.

[thommo]

Restating Benteke because it was a cheeky edit in the post above.

Austria's bound to be one of those nameless/faceless defenders they seem to churn out.
280 PL apps for Benteke.


The other Coventry Moroccan was Chippo.

Hadji or Chippo for Morocco.

Modric for Croatia.

Hadji and Chippo wouldn't have had many apps. Chamakh maybe?

Saiss for Morocco?

Kachloul is a possibility for the Moroccan too.

Paul Scharner or Pogatetz for the Austrian?
Dave coming in with two big answers at the end.

Just Croatia to go.

[SincereTheRebel]

Corluka

[SincereTheRebel]

Modric
Lovren
Kranjcar
That big shit everton striker from Rangers

[Pen]

The last one would be Jelavic, but I doubt it's him. Who was the Croatian left back when they used to have Srna on the right.

[thommo]

Modric
Lovren
Kranjcar
That big shit everton striker from Rangers

Lovren is correct! 162 appearances for him.

Full list is below:

Argentina – Pablo Zabaleta – 2008-20, 303 apps
France – Sylvain Distin – 2001-16, 469 apps
Brazil – Willian – 2013-present, 292 apps
England – Gareth Barry – 1998-2018, 653 apps
Belgium – Christian Benteke – 2012-22, 280 apps
Croatia – Dejan Lovren – 2013-20, 162 apps
Netherlands – George Boateng – 1997-2010, 384 apps
Portugal – Luis Boa Morte – 1997-2011, 296 apps
Italy – Gianfranco Zola – 1996-2003, 229 apps
Spain – David de Gea – 2011-23, 415 apps
USA – Brad Friedel – 1997-2014, 450 apps
Mexico – Javier Hernandez – 2010-20, 158 apps
Morocco – Hassan Kachloul – 1998-2004, 112 apps
Switzerland – Stephane Henchoz – 1997-2007, 243 apps
Germany – Robert Huth – 2001-17, 322 apps
Colombia – Juan Pablo Angel – 2000-07, 175 apps
Uruguay – Gus Poyet – 1997-2004, 187 apps
Denmark – Thomas Sorensen – 1999-2014, 364 apps
Japan – Maya Yoshida – 2012-20, 154 apps
Senegal – Cheikhou Kouyate – 2014-present, 284 apps
Iran – Alireza Jahanbakhsh – 2018-21, 50 apps
Peru – Nolberto Solano – 1998-2008, 302 apps
Sweden – Sebastian Larsson – 2005-17, 282 apps
Ukraine – Oleksandr Zinchenko – 2017-present, 109 apps
Austria – Paul Scharner – 2005-12, 221 apps
South Korea – Son Heung-Min – 2015-present, 275 apps
Australia – Mark Schwarzer – 1996-2015, 514 apps
Serbia – Branislav Ivanovic – 2008-21, 274 apps
Tunisia – Radhi Jaidi – 2004-08, 61 apps
Poland – Lukasz Fabianski – 2007-present, 352 apps
Scotland – Darren Fletcher – 2003-18, 341 apps
Hungary – Zoltan Gera – 2004-14, 172 apps
Wales – Ryan Giggs – 1992-2014, 632 apps
Algeria – Riyad Mahrez – 2014-23, 284 apps
Egypt – Mohamed Salah – 2013-present, 238 apps
Chile – Alexis Sanchez – 2014-19, 154 apps
Czechia – Petr Cech – 2004-19, 443 apps
Ecuador – Antonio Valencia – 2006-19, 325 apps
Russia – Andrei Kanchelskis – 1992-2003, 151 apps
Nigeria – Shola Ameobi – 2000-15, 298 apps
Cameroon – Alex Song – 2005-16, 190 apps
Turkey – Muzzy Izzet – 1996-2006, 248 apps
Norway – John Arne Riise – 2001-14, 321 apps
Canada – Tomasz Radzinski – 2001-07, 194 apps
Panama – N/A
Costa Rica – Paulo Wanchope – 1996-2004, 156 apps
Romania – Dan Petrescu – 1994-2002, 215 apps
Slovakia – Martin Skrtel – 2007-16, 242 apps
Mali – Abdoulaye Doucoure – 2016-present, 220 apps
Ivory Coast – Kolo Toure – 2002-16, 353 apps

[thommo]

A quick one today:

Can you name the 4 players that have played in Europe's top 5 leagues (England, France, Germany, Italy & Spain)?

[wullie]

Does Aubameyang count for Milan?

[thommo]

Very close, but he didn't make a Serie A appearance.

[Max Power]

Justin Kluivert.

[Baz]

Coutinho?

[thommo]

Justin Kluivert.

Coutinho?

Kluivert is correct, at the age of 24 no less. While at Roma, he was loaned to RB Leipzig, Nice and Valencia, before moving permanently to Bournemouth this summer.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The answer to this question always used to be Florin Raducioiu, so I presume it still is.

[thommo]

The answer to this question always used to be Florin Raducioiu, so I presume it still is.

Correct - the first player to do it. He also managed to score in all 5 leagues.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Stevan Jovetic?

[thommo]

Jovetic is correct - he's also managed to score in all 5 leagues as well. One more to get.

[SincereTheRebel]

Poulson. Denmark.Played for Liverpool and Sevilla.

[thommo]

Correct, Christian Poulsen is the 4th and final player, with spells at Schalke, Sevilla, Juventus, Liverpool and Evian.

[Danny]

Saw this on twitter figured it would go well here

Lionel Messi has done it. So has Ronaldo.

Michael Owen couldn't, neither could Raul or Gabriel Batistuta. Or Mo Salah an Harry Kane for that matter.

Paul Scholes tried and failed, Frank Lampard did it but Steven Gerrard wasn't given the opportunity.

What is it?

[SincereTheRebel]

Take two penalties in one game as captain.

[Baz]

That wouldn’t work for Gerrard cos he scored two pens vs United

[Ben]

All of those players don’t have a single league in common so it’s likely to be Champions League related. I just can’t put my finger on it yet.

[SincereTheRebel]

internationally ?

[wullie]

Goals in CL finals between teams from the same country?

[niko_cee]

Mo Salah has done that.

[Spikey M]

Kane
C. Ronaldo

[niko_cee]

????

If that list isn't exhaustive could it be something like scored a goal on their birthday? If it is just those names then clearly not.

[SincereTheRebel]

Steven Gerrard wasnt given the opportunity. Is the biggest key.

[Ben]

I'm stuck here. I thought it'd be something about scoring in CL finals (penalties maybe) but Batistuta never got to a final.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Steven Gerrard wasnt given the opportunity. Is the biggest key.

Yeah, having written several of these knobhead questions, that one suggests that it's something outside his control, e.g. he's from the wrong country (not the case as Lampard did it), or he didn't come up against a particular opposition.

Is Ronaldo referring to Cristiano Ronaldo or Bob Ronaldo?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Given the time span I was going to suggest something like 'score past Buffon in the Champions League' but Gerrard must have had the opportunity to do that.

[Spikey M]

????

If that list isn't exhaustive could it be something like scored a goal on their birthday? If it is just those names then clearly not.

I thought Sincere's post about having 2 penalties while captain was a question rather than an answer. :face:

[niko_cee]

Depends how specific the Gerrard not being able to do it it is - is it just him or are there other unlisted players that fit? Could be something to do with playing all/most of a career for one team - ie never scored against his first club or something, but that assumes Messi has scored against Barcelona and a few other unlikely occurrences [Scholes, Kane] so I don't think it's that. Also someone like Giggs would never have had the chance, for example.

[Spikey M]

Perfect hattricks? (Left, right, head)

[Jimmy Floyd]

Gerrard had the opportunity to do that, unless we're officially classing him as a headless chicken.

[SincereTheRebel]

Perfect hattricks? (Left, right, head)

Gerrard not having the opportunity rules this out. He had 600+games to do this.

[Spikey M]

You can't score a hollywood header from 50 yards.

[niko_cee]

Didn't he score a header from the edge of the box once? Might have been Suarez.

[Spikey M]

I've cheated and found it on Twitter. I won't give anything away but it's annoying.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I wondered if it was something like 'Score against Steven Gerrard'. Doubt Batistuta or Raul will have done that; Owen probably not while at Real Madrid, United or Liverpool; Scholes is the most likely one I think as Kane and Salah would be too late.

EDIT: Just looked up Scholes, only scored two goals against Liverpool, one of them Gerrard was playing. Bollocks.

[Waffdon]

I've cheated and found it on Twitter. I won't give anything away but it's annoying.

Yeah I seen it yesterday.

Such a pointless trivia question

[Manc]

Has Maradona done it?

[Danny]

I've cheated and found it on Twitter. I won't give anything away but it's annoying.

Yeah it’s an annoying one but seemed perfect for this place.

[Danny]

The answer is, they've scored against a PL team in a CL final from open play.

[niko_cee]

Loads of players have done that though, so non-exhaustive list = rubbish.

[Baz]

Rubbish

[wullie]

I wasn't a million miles off, just a few hundred

[Ben]

I think it’s also wrong anyway, as Batistuta never made it to a CL final.

[SincereTheRebel]

Terrible.

[John Arne]

This may be a tad niche, but here go.

Fill in the blanks of players to have international caps and also played for Super Crewe Alexandra (not necessarily at the same time) - super tough ones are given.

# Caps Country
1 - 79 Trinidad & Tobago
2 - 62 England
3 - 45 St. Vincent & Grenadines
4 - 42 Wales
5 - 40 N.Ireland
6 - 39 Wales
7 - 32 Wales - Fred Keenor
8 - 32 Zimbabwe
9 - 29 N.Ireland - Steve Jones
10 - 14 Jamaica - Joel Grant
11 - 12 Nigeria
12 - 11 N.Ireland - Michael O'Connor
13 - 9 England
14 - 8 England
15 - 3 N.Ireland - Matty Lund
16 - 1 England
17 - 1 England

[Baz]

Danny Murphy
Robbie Savage
Rodney Jack

[John Arne]

Danny Murphy
Robbie Savage
Rodney Jack

Yup, yup and yup.

[Max Power]

Neil Lennon
One of the Sodje brothers?

[John Arne]

Neil Lennon
One of the Sodje brothers?

Yes and yes, Efe.

[Ben]

Dean Ashton

[wullie]

Clayton Ince

[John Arne]

# Caps Country
1 - 79 Trinidad & Tobago - Clayton Ince (Wullie)
2 - 62 England
3 - 45 St. Vincent & Grenadines - Rodney Jack (Baz)
4 - 42 Wales
5 - 40 N.Ireland - Neil Lennon (Max)
6 - 39 Wales - Robbie Savage (Baz)
7 - 32 Wales - Fred Keenor
8 - 32 Zimbabwe
9 - 29 N.Ireland - Steve Jones
10 - 14 Jamaica - Joel Grant
11 - 12 Nigeria - Efe Sodje (Max)
12 - 11 N.Ireland - Michael O'Connor
13 - 9 England - Danny Murphy (Baz)
14 - 8 England
15 - 3 N.Ireland - Matty Lund
16 - 1 England
17 - 1 England - Dean Ashton (Ben)

[John Arne]

Dean Ashton


Clayton Ince

Yah, and yah.

[Ben]

Zimbabwe must be Grobbelaar. I'm sure he went to Liverpool from there.

[John Arne]

Zimbabwe must be Grobbelaar. I'm sure he went to Liverpool from there.

He did indeed. 24 games, 1 goal.

[thommo]

Platt started at Crewe didn't he? Got to be the player with 62 caps if so.

[John Arne]

Platt started at Crewe didn't he? Got to be the player with 62 caps if so.

Technically through Man Utd's academy, but made his name at Crewe. Arguably the most successful former Crewe player. Also played for Crewe more than any other of his clubs.

[John Arne]

# Caps Country
1 - 79 Trinidad & Tobago - Clayton Ince (Wullie)
2 - 62 England - David Platt (Thommo)
3 - 45 St. Vincent & Grenadines - Rodney Jack (Baz)
4 - 42 Wales
5 - 40 N.Ireland - Neil Lennon (Max)
6 - 39 Wales - Robbie Savage (Baz)
7 - 32 Wales - Fred Keenor
8 - 32 Zimbabwe - Bruce Grobbelaar (Ben)
9 - 29 N.Ireland - Steve Jones
10 - 14 Jamaica - Joel Grant
11 - 12 Nigeria - Efe Sodje (Max)
12 - 11 N.Ireland - Michael O'Connor
13 - 9 England - Danny Murphy (Baz)
14 - 8 England
15 - 3 N.Ireland - Matty Lund
16 - 1 England
17 - 1 England - Dean Ashton (Ben)

[Shindig]

Robert Lee.

[John Arne]

Robert Lee.

Never played for Crewe.

[Shindig]

For some reason I got Crewe and Charlton confused. :D

[John Arne]

For some reason I got Crewe and Charlton confused. :D

Easily done. Same colours, both shit.

Added years to the missing answers...

# Caps Country
1 - 79 Trinidad & Tobago - Clayton Ince (Wullie)
2 - 62 England - David Platt (Thommo)
3 - 45 St. Vincent & Grenadines - Rodney Jack (Baz)
4 - 42 Wales - David Vaughan - (Max)
5 - 40 N.Ireland - Neil Lennon (Max)
6 - 39 Wales - Robbie Savage (Baz)
7 - 32 Wales - Fred Keenor
8 - 32 Zimbabwe - Bruce Grobbelaar (Ben)
9 - 29 N.Ireland - Steve Jones
10 - 14 Jamaica - Joel Grant
11 - 12 Nigeria - Efe Sodje (Max)
12 - 11 N.Ireland - Michael O'Connor
13 - 9 England - Danny Murphy (Baz)
14 - 8 England - Rob Jones
15 - 3 N.Ireland - Matty Lund
16 - 1 England - Seth "40 grand-a-week" Johnson (Ben)
17 - 1 England - Dean Ashton (Ben)

[Max Power]

David Vaughan for the Welshman.

[John Arne]

David Vaughan for the Welshman.

Spot on. Great player on his day. Former Real Sociedad, terrible hair.

[SincereTheRebel]

Billy Jones never quite made it did he?

[John Arne]

Billy Jones never quite made it did he?

He didn't. He was so good when he was young, but seemed to hit his peak at 22/23. Was ace on one of the older versions of FM.

[Ben]

That year helped the one cap wonder. Seth Johnson. Another great player if it weren't for injuries. Bit of a theme at Crewe that.

[John Arne]

That year helped the one cap wonder. Seth Johnson. Another great player if it weren't for injuries. Bit of a theme at Crewe that.

Correct. All the kiddy fiddling makes you injury prone.

[Danny]

Geoff Thomas for the last one.

Too many Crewe fm games for me

[John Arne]

Geoff Thomas for the last one.

Too many Crewe fm games for me

Hmm.. Thomas has 9 caps, so should be there, but the list I have doesn't list him at all. It's Rob Jones, Crewe's very own Gary Neville.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Not doing a separate quiz thread this year, but here are a quick ten of my trademark bollocks football questions for anyone bored over the festive period.

1. Complete the sequence: Manchester City, Blackpool, Atletico Madrid, LAFC, Inter Milan, xxx
2. Complete the sequence: Fulham, Anderlecht, Arsenal, Liverpool, Liverpool, xxx
3. Complete the sequence: Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Roger Federer, Hugh Grant, Leonardo da Vinci, Julius Caesar, xxx
4. Fill in the blanks: Chelsea, Chelsea, Aston Villa, xxx, Manchester Utd, xxx, Chelsea
5. Fill in the blanks: France, Sweden, Poland, xxx, xxx
6. They call me the Lancashire Ripper. In my career I've scored against Accrington, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Everton, Fleetwood, Fylde, Man City, Man Utd, Morecambe, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale and Wigan - and I'm not yet even thirty. Who am I?
7. For my entire club career, aside from 8 games, I represented current Premier League clubs. Despite this, I scored 126 goals in leagues other than the Premier League. The first trophy of my career was also the first cup that my club had ever won, and I scored twice in the final. Who am I?
8. I made over 600 career appearances, with over 550 of them in my home country. There, I won 14 trophies including a European trophy, and won over 100 caps. Despite that, in my one short period abroad I also managed to win the Premier League. Who am I?
9. The most prolific season of my career was in 97/98, when I banged in double figures. I played in the World Cup that summer, making the knockouts, as I also did in my other World Cup appearance. I represented my country across three different decades and won a league title there before winning four more in a neighbouring country. I was even a club world champion once, though I never did better than a quarter-final in all my international tournaments. Who am I?
10. With eleven league titles in my cabinet, I must be one of the more decorated footballers going around. Despite this haul, I'm chiefly known for being the scorer of a cup final winner. Despite my rampant club success, I only have silver medals at international level. Who am I?

[Waffdon]

Thought I was reading a text from my Gran in the first few questions

[wullie]

Ian Wright for 7, Robben 10?

[Ben]

4. Everton, Arsenal.
6. Ched Evans.
7. Leon Britton.
8. Gerard Piqué.
9. Ebbe Sand.
10. Paul Scholes.

[thommo]

I think 9 is Dejan Stankovic? Only thing that might be wrong is I think he won more than 4 Serie A titles.

[John Arne]

1. Marseille

[thommo]

Number 2 is Fiorentina - teams that West Ham have faced in major finals.

[Ben]

1. Marseille

What's the link? Blackpool > Atletico > LAFC baffled me.

[CJay]

Worked out 9:

Chilavert

Chuffed with that if correct.

[SvN]

10. Robben

[John Arne]

What's the link? Blackpool > Atletico > LAFC baffled me.

David Beckham club history, rivals.

[CJay]

Surely Robben only has a single silver medal at international level?

[Jimmy Floyd]

4. Everton, Arsenal.
6. Ched Evans.
7. Leon Britton.
8. Gerard Piqué.
9. Ebbe Sand.
10. Paul Scholes.

All wrong, I'm afraid.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Ian Wright for 7, Robben 10?

Ian Wright is correct for 7, his Zenith Data Systems win for Palace being the trophy in question.

Robben, though a great guess, is not correct, he has one international silver medal, this player has silver medals plural. Also would argue he isn't chiefly known for a cup final winner, score one though he did. In my mind he's chiefly known for cutting inside and running like a fanny.

[Danny]

Is 8 Barthez?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Not a bad guess but he didn't make that many appearances or win that many trophies.

[SincereTheRebel]

10. Ballack?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Only five titles for Mickey, including one with Kaiserslautern which was news to me.

Stankovic also incorrect for 9, six scudetti for him and also Serbia doesn't border Italy, although I guess Yugoslavia did when he was born, but screw that.

[CJay]

10:

Kingsley Coman?

[Jimmy Floyd]

10:

Kingsley Coman?

Correct!

[CJay]

Correct!

What about my guess for 9?

8 has been rattling about in my head all afternoon. :moop:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Worked out 9:

Chilavert

Chuffed with that if correct.

Sorry missed this - correct! And well worked out.

[wullie]

Yuri Zhirkov for 8?

[thommo]

Ivan Toney for 6.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Both of the above correct.

[thommo]

I presume there are any number of answers for 3, but how about William Gladstone?

Also I believed you missed this:


Number 2 is Fiorentina - teams that West Ham have faced in major finals.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yes Gladstone will do for 3 - could also have had John Lennon, Steven Gerrard, you name it.

And yes that is also correct for 2.

[Boydy]

What was the sequence for 3?

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's famous people from the cities where Mo Salah has played, in order of joining them.

[-james-]

For these 20 letters of the alphabet, name a footballer who has played in the Premier League whose first name begins with that letter and last name ends with that letter.

Common names as would be used on Wikipedia, mononyms accepted (e.g. Otavio).

A - Adrien Silva, Antonio Luna
C -
D -
E -
F - Frank Lebouef
G -
H -
I -
K -
L -
M - Mart Poom
N - Niall Quinn
O - Oleksandr Zinchenko
P -
R - Robbie Fowler
S - Stelios Giannakopoulos
T -
U - Ugo Ehiogu
V - Valeriy Bojinov
Y -

There are no valid players on my list for B, J, Q, W, X, Z but you're welcome to prove it wrong.

[John Arne]

For these 20 letters of the alphabet, name a footballer who has played in the Premier League whose first name begins with that letter and last name ends with that letter.

Common names as would be used on Wikipedia, mononyms accepted (e.g. Otavio).

A -
C -
D -
E -
F -
G -
H -
I -
K -
L -
M -
N -
O -
P -
R -
S -
T -
U -
V -
Y -

There are no valid players on my list for B, J, Q, W, X, Z but you're welcome to prove it wrong.

Oh, nice.
EDIT: quoted to get it on this page.

[Baz]

Niall Quinn

inb4martin/scousepig

[John Arne]

Wait, this is harder than I thought :D

[John Arne]

Robbie Fowler.

[Max Power]

Adrien Silva

[Max Power]

Ugo Ehiogu

[Jimmy Floyd]

The C one surely some kind of Balkan.

[Clunge]

Antonio Luna.

[niko_cee]

Mart Poom

[Adramelch]

The wonderkid of all wonderkids Valeri Bojinov.

[CJay]

The C one surely some kind of Balkan.

There's a rich seam to mine there.

V - Valeri Bojinov (assuming he ever actually played).

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Antonio Valencia.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Stelios Giannakopoulos

[Adramelch]

Could be Cedric for the c.

Also Frank Leboeuf.

[Max Power]

Oleksandar Zinchenko

[-james-]

Well done. Lebouef is the only F. There is only one C and he is extremely famous.

[Raoul Duke]

Oleksandar Zinchenko

EDIT: beaten by the page refresh :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Well done. Lebouef is the only F. There is only one C and he is extremely famous.

Christian Pulisic.

[Adramelch]

That one was harder than I expected cause your mind goes to the Balkans as Jimmy suggested and they don't have many first names starting with C.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm convinced I is some sort of 90s Australian called Ian Martinelli or something like that. Or a Romanian I guess, they like a Ioan type of first name.

K - Kasper Marciniak? Is that a footballer? Might be one of my customers, but let's give it a punt.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm convinced I is some sort of 90s Australian called Ian Martinelli or something like that. Or a Romanian I guess, they like a Ioan type of first name.

K - Kasper Marciniak? Is that a footballer? Might be one of my customers, but let's give it a punt.

Not a footballer.

It's a shame Krystof Piatek and Kamel Glik haven't played in the Prem.

[Max Power]

Lewis Hall.

[niko_cee]

Seb Coates another one for the s crowd.

[Ben]

Etienne Capoue

[Adramelch]

Papa Boupa Diop.

[Baz]

Should have not told us which letters don’t have someone and have us figure out the six impossible ones.

[niko_cee]

Eberechi Eze.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Illya Zabarnyi. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

[-james-]

Nice.


A - Adrien Silva, Antonio Luna, Antonio Valencia
C - Christian Pulisic
D - Daley Blind
E - Eberechi Eze, Ettiene Capoue
F - Frank Lebouef
G - George Boateng
H -
I - Ilya Zabarnyi
K -
L - Lewis Hall
M - Mart Poom
N - Niall Quinn
O - Oleksandr Zinchenko
P - Papa Bouba Diop
R - Robbie Fowler
S - Stelios Giannakopoulos, Seb Coates
T - Theo Walcott
U - Ugo Ehiogu
V - Valeriy Bojinov
Y - Yann Valery


Might need some cluing for a couple of those.

[niko_cee]

Simon Davies yet another s-man.

There must be a Dan David or a George I was going to say Furlong, but how about Boateng? :cool:

[-james-]

There are 15 Ds and it's an extraordinary array of the most English names imaginable, and not a single act of note amongst them.

[-james-]

Yes George Boateng is a cracking shout, probably one of the harder letters. You could also have had Gaetan Bong, Gary Twigg or Greg Strong.

[niko_cee]

Theo Walcott.

[Clunge]

Y – Yan Valery.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yes George Boateng is a cracking shout, probably one of the harder letters. You could also have had Gaetan Bong, Gary Twigg or Greg Strong.

Gary Twigg and Greg Strong sound like sworn enemies from a Beano strip. One always snapping the other. Gaetan Bong probably aimed at older children.

[SvN]

Daley Blind

[-james-]

Theo Walcott.
Yep. Quite a good list:

"Taribo West",
"Theo Walcott",
"Tommy Wright",
"Tony Grant",
"Tony Hibbert",
"Tony Springett",
"Trond Egil Soltvedt",
"Troy Parrott",
"Trézéguet",
"Tyler Blackett"


Y – Yan Valery.

Yup. Also young Southampton Frenchman [2003-2006] Yoann Folly.


Daley Blind

and

"Daley Blind",
"Danny Butterfield",
"Danny Ward",
"Darren Barnard",
"Darren Beckford",
"Darren Byfield",
"Darren Ward",
"David Beresford",
"David McDonald",
"David Oldfield",
"Dean Hammond",
"Dean Whitehead",
"Declan Rudd",
"Didier Digard",
"Dominic Ballard"

[SvN]

Hakim Ziyech

No idea about K. Is it gettable?

[Baz]

I’d love to see the effort gone into creating and extracting all this from a spreadsheet. :drool:

[niko_cee]

No idea about K. Is it gettable?

I want it to be something like Kyle Chalk or Kevin Shark.

Wasn't Didier Digard excellent on champ manager once?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I can only think of things like Kazimierz Kalinichuk.

Kevin Kirk. Keith Park.

[-james-]

The most notable K played for Chelsea in the 90s and you'll all know him, and there are two 90s Northern Ireland regens and a former City youth prospect who made one appearance in 2013.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Ah, Kevin Spatchcock, Kirk Kirkpatrick and Keith Gillespiek.

[Max Power]

Kevin Horlock

[Raoul Duke]

I can only think of Heiko Herrlich for H, which probably isn't helpful

[Baz]

Kevin Hitchcock

[SvN]

Kevin Hitchcock for the Chelsea player

[Baz]

Where’d my post go :cab:

[niko_cee]

I can only think of Heiko Herrlich for H, which probably isn't helpful

Didn't he have a stint at Fulham or something? Another CM legend.

[Raoul Duke]

Internet says all Germany, so dunno

[wullie]

I'm throwing a late Ousmane Dabo in

[John Arne]

Who Am I?

https://gyazo.com/427f0fc03cc21e6db725ea0c3cd8d039.jpeg

[Ben]

Troy Deeney?

[John Arne]

Nosiree.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Pizarro? Actually no, not enough clubs.

[John Arne]

The "league cup" appearances are actually Charity Shield / Domestic Super Cup type games, not truly a league cup. If that helps.

[Danny]

I think we are gonna need a clue.

[John Arne]

Spanish, not a striker.

[Clunge]

Going by his career trajectory, suspect they're a Bilbao player – Etxeberria? Muniain?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Didn't Hierro have a ludicrous goalscoring season early on? The Bolton finish fits, not sure about the early stint.

[niko_cee]

Michu the magnificent? Although I guess supercup/charity shield participation would rule him out, and likely any England based player given you'd be unlikely to dodge the league cup for a whole career.

Oh wait, just 3 clubs? Move along.

Sergio Ramos?

[Ben]

Didn't Hierro have a ludicrous goalscoring season early on? The Bolton finish fits, not sure about the early stint.

That’s a great shout. He used to play quite far forward in the early 90’s.

[John Arne]

Hierro is correct.

Valladolid, Real Madrid, Al-Rayyan and Bolton.

[thommo]

Can you name the top U-21 goalscorer for each Premier League season? The player must have been 21 or under at the conclusion of the PL season.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Michael Owen.

[Ben]

Rooney.

[thommo]

Michael Owen.

Rooney.

Both correct and both have achieved it the most - 3 times each. Owen is also the only U-21 player to have earned a Golden Boot and he did it twice - 1997-98 & 1998-99, where he scored 18 goals in each season.

[niko_cee]

Ferguson last season?

[thommo]

Ferguson last season?

Ferguson only managed 6 PL goals last season - the player I'm looking for scored 15.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Saka, Rashford, Martinelli.