Trivia Thread

[Jimmy Floyd]

And that, Reg, is why it is my favourite stat.

I will have one similar to James's in a minute unless somebody posts one first.

[Jimmy Floyd]

OK - there are 12 of these players currently in the Premier League (as far as I can see). United, Liverpool and Spurs all have one, but Chelsea, Arsenal and City don't - and there is no club with more than one in their squad.

[SvN]

Current international captains was my guess, so I'm going to throw that out there without doing any checking.

[SvN]

Doesn't work, Everton have 2

[wullie]

Is it something related to squad number?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Not squad numbers, no.

As an extra clue, Chelsea have a player who would have qualified until fairly recently.

[Chris]

Olympics medal winners?

EDIT: Nope, Jesus has got one.

[SvN]

I've not got anywhere near this.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Clue drop. One of the 12 is Gylfi Sigurdsson.

[Reg]

Players who have been capped the most times for their country?

[wullie]

I was thinking top scorers for their country, but Ibrahimovic and Rooney together balls that one up. I'm drawing a big blank.

[Boydy]

Players who have scored against England?

[SvN]

That was one of my first thoughts, but Sigurdsson didn't score against us.

[Disco]

Is it something to do with loan players?

[Jimmy Floyd]

None of those particularly close, but I'd suggest the international theme is one to keep looking down.

Another one of the 12: Salomon Rondón.

[CJay]

The only internationals from their country in the Premier League?

[-james-]

That looked spot on until I remembered the Icelandic sson at Burnley.

[Max Power]

Players from countries that have never been to a World Cup?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Max wins.

From memory the others were the other Icelander at Burnley, Victor Wanyama, Henrikh Mkhytaryan, Didier Ndong, a couple of Malians, Ragnar Klavan and some Lithuanian keeper at Watford.

[SvN]

Jesus Christ.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The man answered it, that's all I'm saying.

[Max Power]

Fourteen players (I think) who have won the Premier League were born in a different country to the one they represent/represented internationally. Who are they????

[SvN]

Surely it will be loads of French players.

Vieira for starters.

[Max Power]

Not as many as you'd think. Vieira is one, he was born in Senegal.

[SvN]

Wes Morgan
Kante?
Mahrez


Are we counting countries that renamed or broke up?

If so:
Kanchelskis
Vidic
Poborsky

[Danny]

Nani

[SvN]

Diarra (For Chelsea)
Makelele
Cech
Wiltord

[Max Power]

Mahrez is correct.

With the old Soviet Union/Yugoslavia I'm saying if the place they were born is now in a country, they were born there if you get me? So Kanchelskis is correct as the city he was born in is located in the Ukraine (and he played for Russia). Whereas the city Vidic was born in is currently in Serbia now the Yugoslavia has broken up. Kanchelskis is the only one I have on my list from Eastern Europe anyway.

Nani is correct also.

[SvN]

Isn't Wes Morgan correct?

[Max Power]

Shit yeah Morgan right as well

[John Arne]

Does Le Saux count?

[SvN]

I never knew Nani wasn't born in Portugal.


Are we talking medals by the way? For example, I think Neil Sullivan will have won the league with Chelsea when Mourinho was first there, but I don't think he played a single league game.

[SvN]

Jordi Cruyff? No idea where he was born, but thinking it might've been in Spain

[Max Power]

If they got a medal, through appearances or special dispensation. Sullivan had left Chelsea before Mourinho.

Cruyff was born in Holland.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Darron Gibson

[Adamski]

Sterling.

[Max Power]

Gibson is correct. Eight more

[Danny]

Costa

[John Arne]

Sterling.

Has he won the BPLSBB?

[Max Power]

Diego Costa is also correct.

[Adamski]

has he won the bplsbb?

oh lol.

[Danny]

Makelele? Or did we have him already.

[SvN]

This is a lot harder than I initially expected.

Did Rossi get a medal with us?

[CJay]

Deco?

[Max Power]

Morgan
Mahrez
Makelele
Kanchelskis
Nani
Gibson
Costa

All correct so far. You want clues for the remaining seven?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Jose 'centre back in a Champions League winning side' Bosingwa

Malouda was born in the French Caribbean somewhere but I dunno if that counts.

[Max Power]

Deco right as well. Six left.

[Adamski]

Giggs

[Max Power]

Bosingwa also correct. I'm filing Malouda with Le Saux tbh. Not having it.

Five left.

[John Arne]

"Giggsy" was born in some Welsh shithole.