Trivia Thread

[Spikey M]

Bollocks

[Browning]

Malouda
Cygan
Garde
Grimandi

[Baz]

Did we really get an Arsenal and Chelsea list with no Giroud on either?

Or Anelka.

[thommo]

Malouda
Cygan
Garde
Grimandi

Malouda is in 10th, with 35 goals.

[Max Power]

Bruno N’Gotty

[The Merse]

Mickael Madar
Patrick Blondeau
Jeremie Aliadiere
Sebastien Squillaci
Christophe Dugarry

[The Merse]

Sylvain Legwinski
Steve Marlet
Sebastien Perez
Valerian Ismael
Jean-Guy Walleme
Martin Djetou
Laurent Koscielny
Gael Clichy
Bacary Sagna

[Shindig]

Steed Malbranque. Belgian born but French.

[Luca]

Eric Cantona
Tony Marshall
Uncle Patrice Evra
Laurent Blanc
Man like Louis Saha

[wullie]

Lilian Nalis

[The Merse]

Sebastien Schemmel
Kaba Diawara

[Max Power]

Franck Quedrue
Lilian Laslandes

[Browning]

Diawara is one I complete forgot existed. That said supposedly he never scored.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Ulrich le Pen

[thommo]

Bruno N’Gotty

Mickael Madar
Patrick Blondeau
Jeremie Aliadiere
Sebastien Squillaci
Christophe Dugarry

Sylvain Legwinski
Steve Marlet
Sebastien Perez
Valerian Ismael
Jean-Guy Walleme
Martin Djetou
Laurent Koscielny
Gael Clichy
Bacary Sagna

Steed Malbranque. Belgian born but French.

Steed. 8th on the list with 39 goals.

Eric Cantona
Tony Marshall
Uncle Patrice Evra
Laurent Blanc
Man like Louis Saha

Saha, Cantona and Blanc all correct, but have already been answered.

Lilian Nalis

Sebastien Schemmel
Kaba Diawara

Franck Quedrue
Lilian Laslandes

Diawara is one I complete forgot existed. That said supposedly he never scored.

Diawara also ended up being a Guinean international, after playing for France U-21s. But yes, he didn't score in the Prem anyway.

Ulrich le Pen

Just the 12 minutes of Premier League football for le Pen, and no goal.

Some really good answers in there - I'll get the list of answered players up after lunch.

[thommo]

List of the French players who have been answered so far:

175 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
125 – Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion)
85 – Louis Saha (Newcastle United, Fulham, Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur)
80 – Olivier Giroud (Arsenal, Chelsea)
70 – Eric Cantona (Leeds United, Manchester United)
62 – Robert Pires (Arsenal)
45 – Anthony Martial (Manchester United)
39 – Steed Malbranque (Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland)
36 –
35 – Florent Malouda (Chelsea)
34 –
32 – Djibril Cisse (Liverpool, Sunderland, QPR)
32 – Patrick Vieira (Arsenal, Manchester City)
31 – Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal)
28 –
28 – Loic Remy (QPR, Newcastle United, Chelsea)
26 – Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United, Crystal Palace)
25 – William Gallas (Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur)
24 – Paul Pogba (Manchester United)
23 – Laurent Robert (Newcastle United, Portsmouth)
22 – David Ginola (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa)
22 – Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal)
20 –
18 – Antoine Sibierski (Manchester City, Newcastle United, Wigan Athletic)
17 – Franck Leboeuf (Chelsea)
16 –
14 – Abou Diaby (Arsenal)
14 – Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur)
13 –
13 –
12 – Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United)
12 –
12 – David N’Gog (Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers)
12 – Franck Queudrue (Middlesbrough, Fulham)
11 –
11 – Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United)
11 – Steve Marlet (Fulham)
11 –
11 –
11 – Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal, Chelsea)
11 –
10 –
10 –
10 – N’Golo Kante (Leicester City, Chelsea)
9 – Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United, Arsenal)
8 – Jeremie Aliadiere (Arsenal, Middlesbrough)
8 – Sylvain Legwinski (Fulham)
8 –
8 –
7 – Morgan Amalfitano (West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United)
7 –
7 – Patrice Evra (Manchester United)
7 –
6 – Olivier Bernard (Newcastle United)
6 –
6 – Marcel Desailly (Chelsea)
6 – Christophe Dugarry (Birmingham City)
6 –
6 – Mickael Madar (Everton)
5 – David Bellion (Sunderland, Manchester United)
5 –
5 –
5 –
5 – Bruno N’Gotty (Bolton Wanderers)
5 – Florent Sinama Pongolle (Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers)
4 –
4 – Laurent Charvet (Chelsea, Newcastle United, Manchester City)
4 –
4 –
4 – Gilles Grimandi (Arsenal)
4 –
4 – Anthony Le Tallec (Sunderland)
4 –
4 – Bacary Sagna (Arsenal)
4 –
4 –
3 – Gael Clichy (Arsenal, Manchester City)
3 – Pascal Cygan (Arsenal)
3 –
3 – Didier Domi (Newcastle United)
3 –
3 –
3 –
3 – Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool, Crystal Palace)
3 –
2 –
2 – Bruno Cheyrou (Liverpool)
2 –
2 –
2 –
2 –
2 – Bernard Lambourde (Chelsea)
2 –
2 – Claude Makelele (Chelsea)
2 –
2 – Tanguy Ndombele (Tottenham Hotspur)
2 –
2 –
1 – Laurent Blanc (Manchester United)
1 –
1 – Remy Cabella (Newcastle United)
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 – Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth)
1 – Martin Djetou (Fulham)
1 –
1 – Alain Goma (Newcastle United)
1 –
1 – Stephane Guivarc’h (Newcastle United)
1 – Sylvain Marveaux (Newcastle United)
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 – Lilian Nalis (Leicester City)
1 – Sebastien Perez (Blackburn Rovers)
1 –
1 – Sebastien Schemmel (West Ham United)
1 – Sebastien Squillaci (Arsenal)

[Max Power]

Anthony Knockaert
Ousmane Dabo
Younes Kaboul

[Boydy]

Dimitri Payet

[Jimmy Floyd]

Sylvain Distin
Cyril Le Marchand or whatever that Fulham bloke was called
Marc-Antoine Fortuné
Who played left back for Villa. Vercoutre?

[Manc]

Chimbonda, Kapo, Sibierski, Nzonzi, N'Zogbia.

[thommo]

Anthony Knockaert
Ousmane Dabo
Younes Kaboul

Dimitri Payet

Sylvain Distin
Cyril Le Marchand or whatever that Fulham bloke was called
Marc-Antoine Fortuné
Who played left back for Villa. Vercoutre?

Maxime Le Marchand is the Fulham defender, but no, he was fucking awful and didn't score.

Chimbonda, Kapo, Sibierski, Nzonzi, N'Zogbia.

Sibierski has already been answered, but they're all correct.

[Max Power]

Jordan Veretout
Frederic Piquionne

[Jimmy Floyd]

Who was that bald shitter who played for United, possibly City and later Newcastle? Gormless looking useless piece of shit.

In my head I'm only getting Demel (Ivorian) / Demaret (American, and a golfer).

[Jimmy Floyd]

Jordan Veretout

That's the guy. Vercoutre of course a mid-2000s backup keeper for Lyon.

[Browning]

Flamini
Lacazette

[Max Power]

That's the guy. Vercoutre of course a mid-2000s backup keeper for Lyon.

Memorable to me as he turned us down to go to Villa and we signed Ngolo Kante instead. Contrasting fortunes for both clubs and players that season...

[Manc]

Nasri, Djorkaeff.

[thommo]

Jordan Veretout
Frederic Piquionne

Flamini
Lacazette

Nasri, Djorkaeff.

Nasri was 9th and Lacazette 11th in the list.

[Boydy]

Djimi Traore?

[Jimmy Floyd]

He ended up being from Mali.

Steve Marlet. EDIT: I see he's been got.

[Boydy]

He ended up being from Mali.

Steve Marlet. EDIT: I see he's been got.

So he did. Also having looked, he never scored for Liverpool in the league anyway.

[Max Power]

Sebastian Haller
Alou Diarra
Stephane Mbia

[John]

Mbia is African.

Incidentally I encountered him on FIFA the other day and how the fuck is he only thirty three? He was at least forty when he played in the Premiership.

[Max Power]

Stéphane Dalmat
Olivier Dacourt
Youl Mawene

[thommo]

Sebastian Haller
Alou Diarra
Stephane Mbia

Stéphane Dalmat
Olivier Dacourt
Youl Mawene

38 players left to get, 12 of which are still playing in the Premier League also.

[Shindig]

Did Debuchy ever score one?

[Max Power]

Guendouzi
Jan Valery
Yann Mvila
Djbril Sidibe
Laporte
Benjamin Mendy
Bernard Mendy
Ibrahim Ba

[The Merse]

Who was that bald shitter who played for United, possibly City and later Newcastle? Gormless looking useless piece of shit.

In my head I'm only getting Demel (Ivorian) / Demaret (American, and a golfer).

Gabriel Obertan isn’t it?

[The Merse]

Also, gormless, bald, French and United made me think of that Willie Prunier (I think) that was around in 95/96 - pretty sure he didn’t score, but it’s just odd to think that back then a triallist, not even a loaner, from a mid table Ligue 1 could play a handful of premier league games for the team that would go on to win the title. Bizarre.

[Shindig]

Gabriel Obertan isn’t it?

I thought he was Argentinian which is why I said nowt.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yep, Obertan is the one. I think I had fused him and Bellion in my mind.

[thommo]

Did Debuchy ever score one?

Guendouzi
Jan Valery
Yann Mvila
Djbril Sidibe
Laporte
Benjamin Mendy
Bernard Mendy
Ibrahim Ba

Gabriel Obertan isn’t it?

I'll add hints later - some of the players remaining would be fairly obvious if I mentioned the clubs they'd scored for so I'll leave it for a while to allow more answers. Updated list so far:

175 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
125 – Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion)
85 – Louis Saha (Newcastle United, Fulham, Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur)
80 – Olivier Giroud (Arsenal, Chelsea)
70 – Eric Cantona (Leeds United, Manchester United)
62 – Robert Pires (Arsenal)
45 – Anthony Martial (Manchester United)
39 – Steed Malbranque (Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland)
36 – Samir Nasri (Arsenal, Manchester City)
35 – Florent Malouda (Chelsea)
34 – Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal)
32 – Djibril Cisse (Liverpool, Sunderland, QPR)
32 – Patrick Vieira (Arsenal, Manchester City)
31 – Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal)
28 – Charles N’Zogbia (Newcastle United, Wigan Athletic, Aston Villa)
28 – Loic Remy (QPR, Newcastle United, Chelsea)
26 – Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United, Crystal Palace)
25 – William Gallas (Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur)
24 – Paul Pogba (Manchester United)
23 – Laurent Robert (Newcastle United, Portsmouth)
22 – David Ginola (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa)
22 – Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal)
20 – Youri Djorkaeff (Bolton Wanderers)
18 – Antoine Sibierski (Manchester City, Newcastle United, Wigan Athletic)
17 – Franck Leboeuf (Chelsea)
16 –
14 – Abou Diaby (Arsenal)
14 – Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur)
13 –
13 –
12 – Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United)
12 – Younes Kaboul (Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Watford)
12 – David N’Gog (Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers)
12 – Franck Queudrue (Middlesbrough, Fulham)
11 – Marc-Antoine Fortune (West Bromwich Albion)
11 – Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United)
11 – Steve Marlet (Fulham)
11 – Steve Nzonzi (Blackburn Rovers, Stoke City)
11 – Dimitri Payet (West Ham United)
11 – Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal, Chelsea)
11 – Frederic Piquionne (Portsmouth, West Ham United)
10 –
10 – Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal)
10 – N’Golo Kante (Leicester City, Chelsea)
9 – Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United, Arsenal)
8 – Jeremie Aliadiere (Arsenal, Middlesbrough)
8 – Sylvain Legwinski (Fulham)
8 –
8 –
7 – Morgan Amalfitano (West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United)
7 – Sylvain Distin (Manchester City, Everton)
7 – Patrice Evra (Manchester United)
7 – Sebastien Haller (West Ham United)
6 – Olivier Bernard (Newcastle United)
6 – Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur, Blackburn Rovers)
6 – Marcel Desailly (Chelsea)
6 – Christophe Dugarry (Birmingham City)
6 – Olivier Kapo (Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic)
6 – Mickael Madar (Everton)
5 – David Bellion (Sunderland, Manchester United)
5 – Oliver Dacourt (Everton, Leeds United)
5 –
5 – Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion)
5 – Bruno N’Gotty (Bolton Wanderers)
5 – Florent Sinama Pongolle (Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers)
4 –
4 – Laurent Charvet (Chelsea, Newcastle United, Manchester City)
4 –
4 –
4 – Gilles Grimandi (Arsenal)
4 –
4 – Anthony Le Tallec (Sunderland)
4 –
4 – Bacary Sagna (Arsenal)
4 –
4 –
3 – Gael Clichy (Arsenal, Manchester City)
3 – Pascal Cygan (Arsenal)
3 – Stephane Dalmat (Tottenham Hotspur)
3 – Didier Domi (Newcastle United)
3 –
3 –
3 – Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City)
3 – Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool, Crystal Palace)
3 –
2 –
2 – Bruno Cheyrou (Liverpool)
2 –
2 – Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle United, Arsenal)
2 –
2 –
2 – Bernard Lambourde (Chelsea)
2 –
2 – Claude Makelele (Chelsea)
2 – Bernard Mendy (Hull City)
2 – Tanguy Ndombele (Tottenham Hotspur)
2 – Gabriel Obertan (Newcastle United)
2 –
2 – Yan Valery (Southampton)
1 – Laurent Blanc (Manchester United)
1 –
1 – Remy Cabella (Newcastle United)
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 – Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth)
1 – Martin Djetou (Fulham)
1 –
1 – Alain Goma (Newcastle United)
1 –
1 – Stephane Guivarc’h (Newcastle United)
1 – Sylvain Marveaux (Newcastle United)
1 – Youl Mawene (Derby County)
1 –
1 – Yann M’Vila (Sunderland)
1 – Lilian Nalis (Leicester City)
1 – Sebastien Perez (Blackburn Rovers)
1 –
1 – Sebastien Schemmel (West Ham United)
1 – Sebastien Squillaci (Arsenal)

[Max Power]

Laporte
Koscielny
Armand Traore

[thommo]

Laporte
Koscielny
Armand Traore

Laporte and Koscielny have both been answered but Traore is a new one - one goal for Portsmouth in 2009.

[Manc]

Bafetimbi Gomis.

[thommo]

Bafetimbi Gomis.

Correct, 13 goals for Swansea.

[Max Power]

Issa Diop
Julian Faubert
Anthony Modeste

[Manc]

Doucoure.

[thommo]

Issa Diop
Julian Faubert
Anthony Modeste

Doucoure.

29 left to get, 9 of which are still playing in the Premier League.

[Manc]

Mousset, Maupay, Lejeune, Digne, Boly.