Trivia Thread

[Danny]

It is indeed.

There've been a total of 10 hat-tricks scored against Coventry in the PL.
9 remaining.

I said M Bent

Mark Bright
Danny Dichio
Bradley Allen
Collins Jon
Dempsey
McBride
Rodallega

[thommo]

Ian Rush
Gary Penrice
Sarr for Watford

Jota for Wolves

It's correct but SvN already answered that earlier on.

Andy Booth for Wednesday

I said M Bent

Mark Bright
Danny Dichio
Bradley Allen
Collins Jon
Dempsey
McBride
Rodallega

You did indeed, don't know how I missed that.

7 remain, 3 of which are Spaniards.

[Danny]

Cazorla?

[thommo]

Cazorla?

Correct, a hat-trick away at Reading for him.

[Adramelch]

I seem to remember a Deulofeu hat-trick but not sure if it was Premier League or Championship.

[Danny]

It fits with the Watford one

[Adramelch]

I actually missed that post, I was just going for the Spaniards.

[Baz]

Cazorla?

Jeez, forgot he existed.

[thommo]

I seem to remember a Deulofeu hat-trick but not sure if it was Premier League or Championship.

It was Premier League, in a 5-1 win at Cardiff.

5 remaining - 1 English, 1 Welsh, 1 Jamaican, 1 Russian and 1 Spaniard.

[wullie]

Robbie Earle or Marcus Gayle for Jamaica?

[thommo]

Robbie Earle or Marcus Gayle for Jamaica?

Neither, a more recent player.

[Luke Emia]

Michail Antonio

[Danny]

Only Russians I can thing of would be Pavluchenko (sp) or Zhirkov

Earnshaw for Wakes?

[wullie]

I'm going to guess Marlon King and Ricardo Gardner to round out all the Jamaicans I can think of

[Jimmy Floyd]

Fernando Llorente for Spurs maybe? Or Jose Antonio Reyes?

[John Arne]

Ricardo Fuller for the Jamaican?

[Ben]

Only Russians I can thing of would be Pavluchenko (sp) or Zhirkov

Earnshaw for Wakes?

There's Pogrebnyak too. He was a good player when he wasn't busy moaning about black guys playing in Russia.

[thommo]

All guesses are wrong so far. I'll link the hints together as this should make it easier:

English, Aston Villa, 2006
Russian, Fulham, 2012
Spanish, Wigan Athletic, 2012
Jamaican, Burnley, 2016
Welsh, Arsenal, 2018

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Andre Gray for the Jamaican Burnley lad
Ramsay for the Welsh prick.

[Dave.]

Aaron Ramsey
Ashley Young
Gabriel Agbonlahor

[Dave.]

Jordi Gomez for Wigan?

[thommo]

Andre Gray for the Jamaican Burnley lad
Ramsay for the Welsh prick.

Aaron Ramsey
Ashley Young
Gabriel Agbonlahor

Jordi Gomez for Wigan?

Two to go!

[Jimmy Floyd]

Russian at Fulham could only be Pogrebnyak, as mentioned by Ben.

[thommo]

Russian at Fulham could only be Pogrebnyak, as mentioned by Ben.

He snuck that post in as I was doing mine.

There's Pogrebnyak too. He was a good player when he wasn't busy moaning about black guys playing in Russia.

Pog was indeed correct. Opened up with 5 in his first 3 games for us.

1 left, an Englishman who scored a hat-trick for Aston Villa in a 4-0 away win at Middlesbrough in 2006.

[Dave.]

Stefan Moore
Luke Moore
Lee Hendrie

[Ben]

Oh, fuck off. That game is probably the low point of my entire life as a football fan.

It was one of the Moore kids. Luke I think.

[thommo]

Stefan Moore
Luke Moore
Lee Hendrie

Correct! Well done all, that was a good effort to get each and every one. Full list as follows:

Sergio Aguero – 12, Manchester City, 2011-2020
Alan Shearer – 11, Blackburn Rovers & Newcastle United, 1993-1999
Robbie Fowler – 9, Liverpool & Leeds United, 1993-2001
Michael Owen – 8, Liverpool, 1998-2005
Thierry Henry – 8, Arsenal, 2000-2006
Harry Kane – 8, Tottenham Hotspur, 2015-2017
Wayne Rooney – 7, Manchester United & Everton, 2006-2017
Luis Suarez – 6, Liverpool, 2012-2014
Andy Cole – 5, Newcastle United & Manchester United, 1993-1999
Ian Wright – 5, Arsenal, 1994-1997
Ruud van Nistelrooy – 5, Manchester United, 2001-2003
Dimitar Berbatov – 5, Tottenham Hotspur & Manchester United, 2007-2011
Robin van Persie – 5, Arsenal & Manchester United, 2011-2013
Raheem Sterling – 5, Manchester City, 2015-2022
Erling Haaland – 5, Manchester City, 2022-2023
Teddy Sheringham – 4, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United & Portsmouth, 1993-2003
Les Ferdinand – 4, QPR, Newcastle United & Tottenham Hotspur, 1993-2000
Chris Sutton – 4, Norwich City & Blackburn Rovers, 1993-1998
Matt Le Tissier – 4, Southampton, 1993-1995
Kevin Campbell – 4, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest & Everton, 1993-1999
Dwight Yorke – 4, Aston Villa & Manchester United, 1996-2001
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink – 4, Chelsea & Middlesbrough, 2000-2004
Yakubu – 4, Portsmouth, Everton & Blackburn Rovers, 2004-2011
Jermain Defoe – 4, Tottenham Hotspur & Sunderland, 2004-2016
Fernando Torres – 4, Liverpool & Chelsea, 2008-2012
Carlos Tevez – 4, Manchester City, 2010-2012
Mohamed Salah – 4, Liverpool, 2018-2021
Son Heung-min – 4, Tottenham Hotspur, 2020-2023
Tony Cottee – 3, Everton & West Ham United, 1993-1994
Dion Dublin – 3, Coventry City & Aston Villa, 1995-1998
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – 3, Manchester United, 1999-2002
Nicholas Anelka – 3, Arsenal, Manchester City & Chelsea, 1999-2008
Robbie Keane – 3, Tottenham Hotspur, 2003-2009
Didier Drogba – 3, Chelsea, 2006-2010
Emmanuel Adebayor – 3, Arsenal, 2007-2008
Cristiano Ronaldo – 3, Manchester United, 2008-2022
Frank Lampard – 3, Chelsea, 2008-2011
Theo Walcott – 3, Arsenal, 2010-2015
Romelu Lukaku – 3, West Bromwich Albion & Everton, 2013-2017
Jamie Vardy – 3, Leicester City, 2016-2020
Andrei Kanchelskis – 2, Manchester United, 1994-1996
Tony Yeboah – 2, Leeds United, 1995
Fabrizio Ravanelli – 2, Middlesbrough, 1996-1997
Steffan Iversen – 2, Tottenham Hotspur, 1997-2000
Kevin Gallacher – 2, Blackburn Rovers, 1997-1998
Paul Kitson – 2, West Ham United, 1997-2001
Darren Huckerby – 2, Coventry City, 1998-1999
Kevin Phillips – 2, Sunderland, 1999-2000
Paul Scholes – 2, Manchester United, 2000-2003
Mark Viduka – 2, Leeds United, 2000-2003
Benjani Mwaruwari – 2, Portsmouth, 2007-2008
Steven Gerrard – 2, Liverpool, 2009-2012
Andy Carroll – 2, Newcastle United & West Ham United, 2010-2016
Kevin Nolan – 2, Newcastle United & West Ham United, 2010-2013
Maxi Rodriguez – 2, Liverpool, 2011
Demba Ba – 2, Newcastle United, 2011
Gareth Bale – 2, Tottenham Hotspur, 2012-2021
Christian Benteke – 2, Aston Villa, 2013-2015
Eden Hazard – 2, Chelsea, 2014-2018
Sadio Mane – 2, Southampton, 2015-2016
Callum Wilson – 2, Bournemouth, 2015-2017
Alexis Sanchez – 2, Arsenal, 2015-2016
Riyad Mahrez – 2, Leicester City & Manchester City, 2015-2020
Josh King – 2, Bournemouth & Watford, 2017-2021
Roberto Firmino – 2, Liverpool, 2018-2021
Ayoze Perez – 2, Newcastle United & Leicester City, 2019
Ollie Watkins – 2, Aston Villa, 2020-2023
Ivan Toney – 2, Brentford, 2022
Eric Cantona – 1, Leeds United, 1992
Mark Robins – 1, Norwich City, 1992
John Hendrie – 1, Middlesbrough, 1992
Andy Sinton – 1, QPR, 1992
Brian Deane – 1, Sheffield United, 1993
Gordon Strachan – 1, Leeds United, 1993
Mark Walters – 1, Liverpool, 1993
Rod Wallace – 1, Leeds United, 1993
Micky Quinn – 1, Coventry City, 1993
Efan Ekoku – 1, Norwich City, 1993
Peter Beardsley – 1, Newcastle United, 1993
Bradley Allen – 1, QPR, 1993
Jan Age Fjortoft – 1, Swindon Town, 1994
Dean Saunders – 1, Aston Villa, 1994
Dean Holdsworth – 1, Wimbledon, 1994
Tommy Johnson – 1, Aston Villa, 1995
Peter Ndlovu – 1, Coventry City, 1995
Gary McAllister – 1, Leeds United, 1995
Savo Milosevic – 1, Aston Villa, 1995
Gavin Peacock – 1, Chelsea, 1996
Mark Hughes – 1, Chelsea, 1996
Gary Speed – 1, Everton, 1996
Ian Marshall – 1, Leicester City, 1997
Gianluca Vialli – 1, Chelsea, 1997
Dennis Bergkamp – 1, Arsenal, 1997
Patrik Berger – 1, Liverpool, 1997
Andy Booth – 1, Sheffield Wednesday, 1997
Gianfranco Zola – 1, Chelsea, 1997
Tore Andre Flo – 1, Chelsea, 1997
Duncan Ferguson – 1, Everton, 1997
Jurgen Klinsmann – 1, Tottenham Hotspur, 1998
Clive Mendonca – 1, Charlton Athletic, 1998
Chris Armstrong – 1, Tottenham Hotspur, 1998
Michael Bridges – 1, Leeds United, 1999
Nwankwo Kanu – 1, Arsenal, 1999
Marc Overmars – 1, Arsenal, 1999
Nick Barmby – 1, Everton, 2000
Stan Collymore – 1, Leicester City, 2000
Dean Windass – 1, Bradford City, 2000
Paulo Wanchope – 1, Manchester City, 2000
Emile Heskey – 1, Liverpool, 2000
Ray Parlour – 1, Arsenal, 2000
Sylvain Wiltord – 1, Arsenal, 2001
Marcus Stewart – 1, Ipswich Town, 2001
Fredi Bobic – 1, Bolton Wanderers, 2002
James Beattie – 1, Southampton, 2002
Jermaine Pennant – 1, Arsenal, 2003
Robert Pires – 1, Arsenal, 2003
Freddie Ljungberg – 1, Arsenal, 2003
Kevin Lisbie – 1, Charlton Athletic, 2003
Steve Watson – 1, Everton, 2003
Eidar Gudjohnsen – 1, Chelsea, 2004
Milan Baros – 1, Liverpool, 2004
Robert Earnshaw – 1, West Bromwich Albion, 2005
Marlon Harewood – 1, West Ham United, 2005
Henri Camara – 1, Wigan Athletic, 2005
Dave Bentley – 1, Blackburn Rovers, 2006
Luke Moore – 1, Aston Villa, 2006
Peter Crouch – 1, Liverpool, 2007
Roque Santa Cruz – 1, Blackburn Rovers, 2007
Marcus Bent – 1, Wigan Athletic, 2007
John Carew – 1, Aston Villa, 2008
Mikael Forssell – 1, Birmingham City, 2008
Afonso Alves – 1, Middlesbrough, 2008
Gabriel Agbonlahor – 1, Aston Villa, 2008
Robinho – 1, Manchester City, 2008
Andrei Arshavin – 1, Arsenal, 2009
Yossi Benayoun – 1, Liverpool, 2009
Aruna Dindane – 1, Portsmouth, 2009
Darren Bent – 1, Sunderland, 2010
Salomon Kalou – 1, Chelsea, 2010
Mario Balotelli – 1, Manchester City, 2010
Leon Best – 1, Newcastle United, 2011
Louis Saha – 1, Everton, 2011
Dirk Kuyt – 1, Liverpool, 2011
Somen Tchoyi – 1, West Bromwich Albion, 2011
Edin Dzeko – 1, Manchester City, 2011
Andy Johnson – 1, Fulham, 2011
Clint Dempsey – 1, Fulham, 2012
Peter Odemwingie – 1, West Bromwich Albion, 2012
Pavel Pogrebnyak – 1, Fulham, 2012
Jordi Gomez – 1, Wigan Athletic, 2012
Santi Cazorla – 1, Arsenal, 2012
Shinji Kagawa – 1, Manchester United, 2013
Daniel Sturridge – 1, Liverpool, 2013
Adam Johnson – 1, Sunderland, 2014
Samuel Eto’o – 1, Chelsea, 2014
Andre Schurrle – 1, Chelsea, 2014
Yaya Toure – 1, Manchester City, 2014
Diego Costa – 1, Chelsea, 2014
Charlie Austin – 1, QPR, 2014
Jonathan Walters – 1, Stoke City, 2015
Yannick Bolasie – 1, Crystal Palace, 2015
Steven Naismith – 1, Everton, 2015
Georginio Wijnaldum – 1, Newcastle United, 2015
Arouna Kone – 1, Everton, 2015
Olivier Giroud – 1, Arsenal, 2016
Salomon Rondon – 1, West Bromwich Albion, 2016
Andre Gray – 1, Burnley, 2016
Alvaro Morata – 1, Chelsea, 2017
Aaron Ramsey – 1, Arsenal, 2018
Diogo Jota – 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers, 2019
Gerard Deulofeu – 1, Watford, 2019
Lucas Moura – 1, Tottenham Hotspur, 2019
Teemu Pukki – 1, Norwich City, 2019
Tammy Abraham – 1, Chelsea, 2019
Bernardo Silva – 1, Manchester City, 2019
Christian Pulisic – 1, Chelsea, 2019
Anthony Martial – 1, Manchester United, 2020
Michail Antonio – 1, West Ham United, 2020
Dominic Calvert-Lewin – 1, Everton, 2020
Patrick Bamford – 1, Leeds United, 2020
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – 1, Arsenal, 2021
Kelechi Iheanacho – 1, Leicester City, 2021
Chris Wood – 1, Burnley, 2021
Ferran Torres – 1, Manchester City, 2021
Bruno Fernandes – 1, Manchester United, 2021
Mason Mount – 1, Chelsea, 2021
Jack Harrison – 1, Leeds United, 2022
Gabriel Jesus – 1, Manchester City, 2022
Kevin de Bruyne – 1, Manchester City, 2022
Leandro Trossard – 1, Brighton & Hove Albion, 2022
Phil Foden – 1, Manchester City, 2022
Evan Ferguson – 1, Brighton & Hove Albion, 2023

[thommo]

Oh, fuck off. That game is probably the low point of my entire life as a football fan.

It was one of the Moore kids. Luke I think.

It was indeed Luke Moore.

Additionally, the 4 players who have scored hat-tricks in a losing cause are Matt Le Tissier (twice), Dwight Yorke, Dion Dublin and Roque Santa Cruz.

The 6 players who have scored hat-tricks as a substitute are Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Son Heung-Min, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Emmanuel Adebayor, Rob Earnshaw and Steven Naismith.

[thommo]

Can you name the player with the most Premier League appearances from each of the top 50 ranked FIFA nations? One of the nations in the current top 50 has never been represented in the Premier League.

Argentina
France
Brazil
England
Belgium
Croatia
Netherlands
Portugal
Italy
Spain
USA
Mexico
Morocco
Switzerland
Germany
Colombia
Uruguay
Denmark
Japan
Senegal
Iran
Peru
Sweden
Ukraine
Austria
South Korea
Australia
Serbia
Tunisia
Poland
Scotland
Hungary
Wales
Algeria
Egypt
Chile
Czechia
Ecuador
Russia
Nigeria
Cameroon
Turkey
Norway
Canada
Panama
Costa Rica
Romania
Slovakia
Mali
Ivory Coast

[Baz]

Giggs

[thommo]

Giggs

Correct - 2nd on the all-time list with 632 appearances over 22 seasons.

[Adramelch]

Mahrez for Algeria.

[Gray Fox]

To open I'm throwing in Cech, Son, Tim Howard, Fabregas, Alexis Sanchez and Javier Hernandez.

[igor_balis]

gera

[Jimmy Floyd]

Mali - Kanouté
Ivory Coast - probably K.Touré
Cameroon - probably Alex Song, though Lauren or BAE Systems might be close
Costa Rica - Wanchope
Ecuador - Tony Valencia
Peru - Nobby Solano

Nigeria's a bit of a head-scratcher. Mikel/Ndidi candidates perhaps. When did Efan Ekoku retire?

[thommo]

Mahrez for Algeria.

To open I'm throwing in Cech, Son, Tim Howard, Fabregas, Alexis Sanchez and Javier Hernandez.

Was surprised to see Hernandez only made 158 PL appearances.

gera

Mali - Kanouté
Ivory Coast - probably K.Touré
Cameroon - probably Alex Song, though Lauren or BAE Systems might be close
Costa Rica - Wanchope
Ecuador - Tony Valencia
Peru - Nobby Solano

Nigeria's a bit of a head-scratcher. Mikel/Ndidi candidates perhaps. When did Efan Ekoku retire?

Only 144 apps for Kanoute.

[Shindig]

Denmark - Thomas Sorensen?

[John Arne]

Sweden - Pederson
Ukraine - Zinchenko
Austria - Barnes?
South Korea - Sonny
Australia - Jedinak?
Egypt - Salah
Czechia - Berger?
Ecuador - Valencia
Russia - Zhirkov?
Turkey - Izzet? Or was he English???
Norway - Bjornebye
Canada - Radzinski
Slovakia - Skrtel

[Pen]

Tim Howard or Casey Keller for the American.
Sanchez for Chile (if it isn't him it'll be that left side player whose name I can't remember).

Australia: Schwarzer

[John Arne]

If not Son, then Park?

[Pen]

Hungary probably Zoltan Gera.

Edit: missed Igor getting that already

[Pen]

England still up for grabs, so that's Barry.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Nigeria probably the Yak actually.

Tunisia - Radhi Jaidi
Panama - never repped

[Pen]

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

If not him then Fabianski.

[John Arne]

Was that keeper that wore tracky bottoms Hungarian?

[Pen]

Romania: Petrescu?

[Pen]

Was that keeper that wore tracky bottoms Hungarian?

Kiraly and yes.

[thommo]

Denmark - Thomas Sorensen?

Sweden - Pederson
Ukraine - Zinchenko
Austria - Barnes?
South Korea - Sonny
Australia - Jedinak?
Egypt - Salah
Czechia - Berger?
Ecuador - Valencia
Russia - Zhirkov?
Turkey - Izzet? Or was he English???
Norway - Bjornebye
Canada - Radzinski
Slovakia - Skrtel

Tim Howard or Casey Keller for the American.
Sanchez for Chile (if it isn't him it'll be that left side player whose name I can't remember).

Australia: Schwarzer

Schwarzer is the only non-Brit to reach 500 PL apps.

England still up for grabs, so that's Barry.

The outright record holder with 653 PL appearances.

Nigeria probably the Yak actually.

Tunisia - Radhi Jaidi
Panama - never repped

For some reason I thought Jaidi spent several years in the Prem, but he only made 61 appearances.

[Pen]

Serbia: Vidic

[Pen]

Is the American then Brian McBride or Carlos Bocanegra?