Football Trivia

[beano2274]

Reschedule a game to another day>>>>>>

[suiging]

Nope

Here's a clue.

Man Utd had to play their first European games at Maine Road, why ? Answer this and the other one's easy.

[suiging]

Off to lunch

I'm sure one of you " bright " sparks, can " Illuminate" me with the answer..................

[mr_hippo]

Off to lunch

I'm sure one of you " bright " sparks, can " Illuminate" me with the answer..................

Play a match under floodlights

[suiging]

Yep

Pompey V Newcastle first " league " game under lights, albeit Oxford ( Headington ) had been asking for years. Utd poor cousins to City when they first went into Europe, no lights !!!

PS The fuse blew in the Pompey game .............

[mr_hippo]

Yep

Pompey V Newcastle first " league " game under lights, albeit Oxford ( Headington ) had been asking for years. Utd poor cousins to City when they first went into Europe, no lights !!!

PS The fuse blew in the Pompey game .............

But Old Trafford had to be rebuilt after WWII

I thought about giving you an easy question like 'Name a Scottish football captain and an English cricket captain' but I won't!

So the question is 'Who was the first black player in an English FA Cuo Final?'

[mrtoad]

Yep

Pompey V Newcastle first " league " game under lights, albeit Oxford ( Headington ) had been asking for years. Utd poor cousins to City when they first went into Europe, no lights !!!

PS The fuse blew in the Pompey game .............

But Old Trafford had to be rebuilt after WWII

I thought about giving you an easy question like 'Name a Scottish football captain and an English cricket captain' but I won't!

So the question is 'Who was the first black player in an English FA Cuo Final?'

Albert Johanesson, think he was South African? Excuse the spelling, probably wrong.

[mr_hippo]

Albert Johanneson - Leeds United - was South African and is the correct answer!

[mrtoad]

Nice easy one:

Which English team holds the record for the most successive wins from the beginning of the season?

[beano2274]

Is it the Gunners (gooners)

[mrtoad]

Is it the Gunners (gooners)

Nope.

[mrbojangles]

Nice easy one:

Which English team holds the record for the most successive wins from the beginning of the season?

By golly gosh. Had this one last month in a quiz.

Reading (and top flight is Spurs)

[mrtoad]

Nice easy one:

Which English team holds the record for the most successive wins from the beginning of the season?

By golly gosh. Had this one last month in a quiz.

Reading (and top flight is Spurs)

Mr BJ, it's your question....

[mrbojangles]

Cheers my croaky friend.

This ones easy......if you know it of course

Which footballer was once brought on in an international match as a replacement for his Dad.

[mrtoad]

Cheers my croaky friend.

This ones easy......if you know it of course

Which footballer was once brought on in an international match as a replacement for his Dad.

Eidur Gudjohnsen I believe sir?

[mrtoad]

Okay, I think I may well have got the last one right:

So, Which team holds the record for most successive home wins, and how many?

[mr_hippo]

Okay, I think I may well have got the last one right:

So, Which team holds the record for most successive home wins, and how many?

Bradford Park Avenue - 25

[mrtoad]

Okay, I think I may well have got the last one right:

So, Which team holds the record for most successive home wins, and how many?

Bradford Park Avenue - 25

Correct, your turn Mr H....

[LeungKen]

Okay, I think I may well have got the last one right:

So, Which team holds the record for most successive home wins, and how many?

Bradford Park Avenue - 25

As an extra piece of trivia :-

Donald Bell V.C., killed in action 1916 - the only English professional footballer to be awarded the Victoria Cross, played for Bradford Park Avenue. (File that one away for the next quiz night Mr.BJ.. .)

[mrbojangles]

File that one away for the next quiz night Mr.BJ

It has been filed kenneth

[mr_hippo]

Who was the first British footballer to star in a TV commercial? Bonus points for the product and the slogan!

[Mossfinn]

Best

Cookstown Irish Sausages

Edited August 3, 2009 by Mossfinn

[mr_hippo]

Best

Cookstown Irish Sausages

Good try but wrong!

[Jockstar]

Jimmy Hilll and cant remember the product. I can just remember seeing a thing on TV years ago where the chin was advertising something.

[sanmiguellight]

Who was the first British footballer to star in a TV commercial? Bonus points for the product and the slogan!

Was it Danny Blanchflower?

[suiging]

John Charles

[EastSaxCol]

George Best appeared in

advert for Fore Aftershave in 1969. Whether he was the first ... ?

[LeungKen]

Was it Billy Wright - Bic Biros ?

later to become Sir Billy Wright

[sanmiguellight]

Was it Billy Wright - Bic Biros ?

later to become Sir Billy Wright

How many of the latest England team would you wish a knighthood, in similar circumstances ????

Isnt that a question that cant be answered!

[mr_hippo]

Who was the first British footballer to star in a TV commercial? Bonus points for the product and the slogan!

Was it Danny Blanchflower?

Correct

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