Football Trivia

[Macclad]

I'd say Trevor Brooking.....Alan Sunderland 1979,Ricky Villa 1981 ??

nice one macclad, although its actually Sir trevor brooking anyway well done .fire away

OK...heres one,quite topical you might say with the sad news about Sir Bobby Robson....

Ipswich Town won the UEFA Cup in 1980-81 season under Sir Bobby but he was one of the first managers to introduce foreigners into the English game.

They had two outstanding Dutchmen in that team but can you remember their names.....without googling !

[mrtoad]

I'd say Trevor Brooking.....Alan Sunderland 1979,Ricky Villa 1981 ??

nice one macclad, although its actually Sir trevor brooking anyway well done .fire away

OK...heres one,quite topical you might say with the sad news about Sir Bobby Robson....

Ipswich Town won the UEFA Cup in 1980-81 season under Sir Bobby but he was one of the first managers to introduce foreigners into the English game.

They had two outstanding Dutchmen in that team but can you remember their names.....without googling !

Easy, Frans Thiessen and Arnold Murhen, might have misspelled it.

[imola]

I'd say Trevor Brooking.....Alan Sunderland 1979,Ricky Villa 1981 ??

nice one macclad, although its actually Sir trevor brooking anyway well done .fire away

OK...heres one,quite topical you might say with the sad news about Sir Bobby Robson....

Ipswich Town won the UEFA Cup in 1980-81 season under Sir Bobby but he was one of the first managers to introduce foreigners into the English game.

They had two outstanding Dutchmen in that team but can you remember their names.....without googling !

easy, arnold muhren and franz thyssen, brilliant team to watch they were, rip sir bobby

[Macclad]

Yep,your both correct....thought it might be too easy.

So mr t asks the next question.....then imola the one after....fair ??

[imola]

Yep,your both correct....thought it might be too easy.

So mr t asks the next question.....then imola the one after....fair ??

mrt? never mind, anyway, name as of today the last 5 man ure managers

[mrtoad]

Yep,your both correct....thought it might be too easy.

So mr t asks the next question.....then imola the one after....fair ??

mrt? never mind, anyway, name as of today the last 5 man ure managers

Ferguson

Atkinson

Sexton

Docherty

O'Farell

I'm just about old enough to remember

[Macclad]

I'd say....Ferguson,Atkinson,Sexton,Docherty,O'Farrell....if you are not counting Ferguson,being the current manager,then prior to O'Farrell was Wilf McGuinness ??

[imola]

I'd say....Ferguson,Atkinson,Sexton,Docherty,O'Farrell....if you are not counting Ferguson,being the current manager,then prior to O'Farrell was Wilf McGuinness ??

both right, but id say mcguiness was a bit more of a puzzler than ferguson, well done, can you name all of george bests clubs???

[mrtoad]

I'd say....Ferguson,Atkinson,Sexton,Docherty,O'Farrell....if you are not counting Ferguson,being the current manager,then prior to O'Farrell was Wilf McGuinness ??

both right, but id say mcguiness was a bit more of a puzzler than ferguson, well done, can you name all of george bests clubs???

Shit there's a few, and this is without looking

Man Utd

Fulham

Bournemouth

Dunstable Town

Stockport

LA Aztecs

Hibs

Fort Lauderdale

San Jose

Think there are a couple that I have missed out, but they are obscure, almost like the Dunstable one, Barry Fry was the manager there at the time -funny as I was reading about that in 442 last month.

[imola]

I'd say....Ferguson,Atkinson,Sexton,Docherty,O'Farrell....if you are not counting Ferguson,being the current manager,then prior to O'Farrell was Wilf McGuinness ??

both right, but id say mcguiness was a bit more of a puzzler than ferguson, well done, can you name all of george bests clubs???

Shit there's a few, and this is without looking

Man Utd

Fulham

Bournemouth

Dunstable Town

Stockport

LA Aztecs

Hibs

Fort Lauderdale

San Jose

Think there are a couple that I have missed out, but they are obscure, almost like the Dunstable one, Barry Fry was the manager there at the time -funny as I was reading about that in 442 last month.

yep, there were a few of them, remember him at hibs, similar deal to the one owen has at moment ie 20k per match, crowds went from 7k to 30k overnight, he played a few times and got a few goals, great entertainment 79 season,? and good bit of business by hibs if compairing with todays prices.rip another legend

[mrbojangles]

can you name all of george bests clubs???

Alpine Club

The Athenaeum

Buck's Club

Caledonian Club

Canning Club,

Carlton Club

City Livery Club

Eccentric Club

Garrick Club

Irish Club

The list is endles......................................

[Macclad]

Nice one,mr bj.

Heres one from the late 60's......This guy was a fast bowler for Lancashire CC and also played in goal for one of the Merseyside teams.

Who was he ?

[beano2274]

Harry Makepeace was before then.

[binnsy]

How many caps did Kevin Beattie gain for England?

[beano2274]

Binnsy you have to answer the previous question before you ask one.

If you get it right it is your turn to ask, if not unlucky

[Macclad]

Harry Makepeace was before then.

Harry Makepeace was born in 1881 so unlikely to be still playing in the 1960's

And he played right half for Everton....the guy whose name I'm after is a goalkeeper.

[Macclad]

OK,no takers yet !

Its Saturday night so time for a few Beer Changs !

I'll give you a couple of clues and give the answer tomorrow morning.

1.For cricket,he also played for Worcesterhire and later became a coach there for a time,I think.

2.For football...think Leung Ken.

[LeungKen]

and here's the old uncle himself with the answer............

Jim Cumbes

Tranmere Rovers

More here :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cumbes

Edited August 1, 2009 by LeungKen

[LeungKen]

....."it was the first time that two sets of brothers had represented a country in the same game."

Who were the two sets of brothers, and what was the country?

[beano2274]

The De Boer brothers and the Koemens for The Netherlands (Holland) 1993 - 1994

[LeungKen]

The De Boer brothers and the Koemens for The Netherlands (Holland) 1993 - 1994

Sorry, wrong !

Clue :-

It happened in the 1950's.

[beano2274]

How about the Koerner brothers and the Kozlicek's (Austria)

[LeungKen]

Wrong !

[LeungKen]

A photographic clue :-

[Macclad]

Mel and John Charles,Ivor and Len ?? Allchurch playing for Wales.

Well done,Ken,for the Jim Cumbes answer.I'd forgotten about him being transferred to West Brom in 1969.

By coincidence,I actually saw him playing for Tranmere against Stockport (67-68 time) at Edgeley Park and I've a feeling that Len ?? Allchurch was playing no.7 for County !

[Macclad]

How many caps did Kevin Beattie gain for England?

Assuming I'm right,I've already had a couple of questions so how about giving someone else a turn.

binnsy asks "How many caps did Kevin Beattie gain for England ?"

[mr_hippo]

How many caps did Kevin Beattie gain for England?

Assuming I'm right,I've already had a couple of questions so how about giving someone else a turn.

binnsy asks "How many caps did Kevin Beattie gain for England ?"

He got 9 caps

[LeungKen]

Mel and John Charles,Ivor and Len ?? Allchurch playing for Wales.

Well done,Ken,for the Jim Cumbes answer.I'd forgotten about him being transferred to West Brom in 1969.

By coincidence,I actually saw him playing for Tranmere against Stockport (67-68 time) at Edgeley Park and I've a feeling that Len ?? Allchurch was playing no.7 for County !

Correct young Macclad...

the above photo was :-

Taken playing for Wales at Windsor Park, Belfast in 1955. Wales beat Northern Ireland 3-2 and John scored a hatrick.

So binnsy's question is the current one

"How many caps did Kevin Beattie gain for England ?"

[mr_hippo]

So binnsy's question is the current one

"How many caps did Kevin Beattie gain for England ?"

Assuming that I am right with 9 caps - It happened in th 1946 FA Cup Final and again in the 1947 final, it never haapened before or since - what?

[LeungKen]

'

The ball burst.

Poor quality leather after WW II was thought to be the cause.