Craig Gardner
Correct, but has been said.
Correct, but has been said.
Complete update here
4 players remaining.
Correct answers so far
Mikel Arteta
Sylvain Distin
Matthew Etherington
Tony Hibbert
Jonathan Greening
Noel Whelan
Dean Holdsworth
Matt Oakley
Steve Watson
Alan*Wright
Chris Armstrong
Kevin Pressman
Steed Malbranque*
Mark Noble
Lee Cattermole
Steve Bruce
Kevin Nolan
Chris Perry*
Jason Dodd*
Kevin Campbell
Gary*Flitcroft
Wayne Routledge
Craig Gardner
David Wetherall
Ian Pearce
Darren Peacock
Nigel Reo-Coker
Steve Ogrizovic
Matthew*Taylor
Peter Atherton
David Burrows
Richard Shaw
Paul Williams
Darren*Huckerby
Titus Bramble
Matt Etherington
Dominic Matteo
When people scream about the Premier League being the super elite best in the world, this list of players we're concocting really is a reminder of a gentler time.
Kevin Lisbie
Marcus Bent
Graham Stuart for the Charlton one. Although I remember him more as an Everton player.
Francis Benali
Ken Mounkou
Could be either of those.
Stefanovic
Quashie
Pedro Mendes
Belhadj
De Zeeuw
Sherwood
Gary O'Neil
It must be him, but I'd never have thought he had so many appearances. Wouldn't have got it without the clue.
215 in total
511 - Steve Ogrizovic - Liverpool, Coventry - wullie
469 - Sylvain Distin - Newcastle, Man City, Portsmouth, Everton, Bournmouth - Jimmy Floyd
408 - Steve Bruce - Norwich, Man Utd - SvN
401 - Kevin Nolan - Bolton, Newcastle, West Ham - SvN
363 - Chris Perry - Wimbeldon, Tottenham, Charlton - SvN
351 - Steve Watson - Newcastle, Aston Villa, Everton, West Brom - Mellberg
347 - Jason Dodd - Southampton, Derby - SvN
336 - Steed Malbranque - Fulham, Tottenham, Sunderland - dino
325 - Kevin Campbell - Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Everton, West Brom - SvN
324 - Matthew Taylor - Portsmouth, Bolton, West Ham, Burnley - wullie
318 - Peter Atherton - Coventry, Sheffield Wednesday, Bradford - wullie
304 - Alan Wright - Blackburn, Aston Villa, Middlesbourgh, Sheffield Utd - Mellberg
300 - Gary Flitcroft - Manchester City, Blackburn - SvN
293 - Graham Stuart - Chelsea, Everton, Charlton, Norwich - SvN
292 - Titus Bramble - Ipswich, Newcastle, Wigan, Sunderland - Sir Andy Mahowry
290 - Andy Impey - QPR, West Ham, Leicester - SvN
289 - Mark Noble - West Ham, Aston villa, Bolton - bruhnaldo
288 - Matthew Etherington - Tottenham, West Ham, Stoke - Jimmy Floyd
284 - Mikel Arteta - Everton, Arsenal - phonics
282 - Wayne Routledge - Crystal Palace, Tottenham, Portsmouth, Aston Villa, Newcastle, Swansea - SvN
272 - Lee Cattermole - Middlesbourugh, Wigan, Sunderland - bruhnaldo
265 - Tony Hibbert - Everton - Jimmy Floyd
259 - Craig Gardner - Aston Villa, Birmingham, Sunderland, West brom - SvN
257 - David Wetherall - Leeds, Bradford - SvN
252 - Jonathan Greening - Man Utd, Middlesbourugh, West Brom, fulham - Jimmy Floyd
252 - Richard Shaw - Crystal Palace, Coventry - wullie
251 - Matt Oakley - Southampton, Derby - Sir Andy Mahowry
243 - Noel Whelan - Leeds, Coventry, Middlesbourgh - Jimmy Floyd
243 - Francis Benali - Southampton - SvN
239 - Ian Pearce - Chelsea, Blackburn, West ham, Fulham - SvN
233 - Paul Williams - Crystal Palace, Coventry, Southampton - wullie
231 - Darren Peacock - QPR, Newcastle, Blackburn - SvN
229 - Dean Holdsworth - Wimbeldon, Bolton - Sir Andy Mahowry
216 - Chris Armstrong - Crystal Palace, Tottenham - Mellberg
215 - Gary O'Neil - Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, West Ham, Norwich - SvN
214 - Marcus Bent - Crystal Palace, Blackburn, Ipswich, Leicester, Everton, Charlton, Wigan, Birmingham, Wolves - Mellberg
207 - Kevin Pressman - Sheffield Wednesday - Mellberg
205 - Nigel Reo-Coker - West Ham, Aston villa, Bolton - SvN
202 - Darren Huckerby - Newcastle, Coventry, Leeds, Man City, Norwich - wullie
wullie is the hero there getting Peter Atherton. I've genuinely never heard of him.
Actually, of course I have.
Totally forgot he existed, though.
I was struggling to place him too.
*prepares to aim at the low-hanging fruit of the next question*
I love 90s questions. I was so into football at that age. I used to read 3 weekly magazines (Match, Shoot & 90 minutes) and collect the stickers every year.
Match and Shoot were brilliant.
The closest thing I have to an heirloom is my completed Italia 90 sticker album. It'll be in the tomb with me.
I once got Letter of the Week in Shoot for saying David Beckham should move abroad. I can't have been more than 11, so it must have been 1999. Such vision.
Here's one for you:
There are eight groups of three players, each has a clue for one of the group. There is a unifying theme that will allow you to work out the rest.
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__________________ - Over a 25 year career scored an average of 10 league goals a year for one club.
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__________________
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__________________ - Retired from playing in 2011 and then again in 2013.
__________________
__________________
__________________ - As player and manager has won 5 La Liga titles.
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__________________
__________________ - Began his career with one of three spells with Rennes and finished his career just down the road in Nantes.
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__________________ - Youngest ever recipient of FIFA World Player of the Year.
__________________ - Got 61 caps for Brazil and scored his last professional goal in Vietnam.
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__________________
__________________ - Defender who, in the 2000's won, two La Liga titles and the World Cup in the space of two seasons.
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__________________ - Played for six Italian clubs scoring 154 Serie A goals.
If you get all the players without working out the theme I'll fill some more in.
Retired from playing in 2011 and then again in 2013. - Scholes
Denilson for the Brazil man with 61 caps and last goal in Vietnam. Ronaldo (both to be safe), Messi and Owen for the FIFA wpoty. If we're going before our times might be Pele too.
Crespo for the six Italian teams and 154 goals.
Four correct.
__________________
__________________ - Over a 25 year career scored an average of 10 league goals a year for one club.
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__________________
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Scholes
__________________
__________________
__________________ - As player and manager has won 5 La Liga titles.
__________________
__________________
__________________ - Began his career with one of three spells with Rennes and finished his career just down the road in Nantes.
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Ronaldo
Denilson
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__________________
__________________ - Defender who, in the 2000's, won two La Liga titles and the World Cup in the space of two seasons.
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__________________
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Crespo
Defender who, in the 2000's won, two La Liga titles and the World Cup in the space of two seasons. - Pique or Puyol
Roberto Carlos for the World Cup and La Liga titles.
Edmilson for the same as Carlos.
Giggs, Totti, Rivaldo and Pele for the 25 years and a ton of goals.
Totti with the 25 year career.
Zero idea on the theme except that they all seem to be from a similar turn-of-the-century, 2002 World Cup sort of era.
Totti correct.
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Totti
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Scholes
__________________
__________________
__________________ - As player and manager has won 5 La Liga titles.
__________________
__________________
__________________ - Began his career with one of three spells with Rennes and finished his career just down the road in Nantes.
__________________
__________________
Ronaldo
Denilson
__________________
__________________
__________________ - Defender who, in the 2000's, won two La Liga titles and the World Cup in the space of two seasons.
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__________________
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Crespo
Ginger trio?
Scholes, Sidwell and Kitson.
All English too, LINK.
Zidane the player and manager winning Liga titles.
The groupings are part of the theme and because of the nature of the theme they're all going to be from a roughly similar era.
Oh shit, hang on.
Let me guess, is one of them Seol Ki-Hyeon?
I think you might have it.
Blinding.
A little less conversation and a little more action please
Superb question 👍
What am I missing? I don't get the Seol Ki-Hyeon link...
It's a groovy night and I can show you how to use it, now come along with me and put your mind at ease.
My brain had (thankfully) completely removed that advert from my memory bank.
Very nice.
I did post the theme, but im not sure if this trivia is actually finished.
I think it's also the only Nike marketing to involve a former Barnet manager but not 100% on that. Not really about to update this until later, feel free to move onto another question if someone has one, or you can keep going and I'll be back this evening.
A crying shame that 'Mad Dog' Martin Allen hasn't yet doubled their number.