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Del Pierro and Paulo Maldini?

 

Yes, Alessandro Del Piero (Italy - 1996, 2000, 2004 & 2008) and Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands - 1996, 2000, 2004 & 2008).

 

Germany's Lothar Matthäus (1980, 1984, 1988, 2000), Denmark's Peter Schmeichel (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000), The Netherlands' Aron Winter (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000) & France's Lilian Thuram (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) are the only other four players to have participated in four different UEFA European Football Championships, but they all won one gold medal each.

 

European Football Championships Match Details 1960-2008

 

 

 

 

Saturday 26th May 2012:

 

What was the highest score draw in a Top Flight English Football League game?

 

You can find the answer here...

 

Football Trivia Question of the Day

 

Good luck!

I think there is a Swede or Norwegian guy playing in the middle east. Saudi Arabia or somewhere like that. But I don't know his name. May be wrong though.

 

Ireland's Robbie Keane (Los Angeles Galaxy, United States) and Sweden's Christian Wilhelmsson (Al-Hilal, Saudi Arabia).

 

UEFA European Football Championships 2012 Finals Competition

 

 

 

Friday 25th May 2012:

 

Which two footballers played in four different UEFA European Championship Tournaments but failed to win a gold medal?

there's an arsenal and a chelsea in the ghanain league..i'll go with that

 

good old footy manager

 

Yes, the Ghanaian Glo Premier League.

 

 

 

 

Last question would be Basle, Grasshoppers of Zurich, Young Boys of Berne and someother one I don't know, was there ever an 1860 Zurich or something, got about three right so will be content enough with that, there's another one with a couple of X'S in the title that begins with N I think and think they're Swiss but can't pronounce the name, Neuatral XamaX or something, probably way off the mark but that did ring a bell

 

Basel (2002–03, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12), Grasshopper (1995–96, 1996–97), Thun (2005–06) and Zürich (2009–10).

 

 

 

 

Monday's answer: Rainer Bonhof with West Germany in 1972 (gold medal), 1976 (silver medal) and 1980 (gold medal).

 

 

 

 

Oh dear... Almost!!!

 

Does Rossi count as from USA? Altidore for def and sure kasey Keller played for some shit Spanish team when he left Leicester or Spurs.

 

Rossi played all his youth & senior international football for Italy.

 

Jozy Altidore (Villarreal CF, 2008-09) and Kasey Keller (Rayo Vallecano, 1999-2001).

 

 

 

 

Without fully knowing their squad I'll guess r.keane, McGeady and Stokes.

 

Aiden McGeady (Spartak Moscow, Russia), Robbie Keane (Los Angeles Galaxy, United States) and Darren O'Dea (Celtic, Scotland).

 

 

 

 

Was it Manchester United in 1992 with Bournemouth FA Cup rounds

 

Quite a bit earlier than that, although Manchester United were involved.

 

Hull City drew with Manchester United 1-1 after extra time in the Watney Cup Semi-Final on 5th August 1970 then lost the penalty shoot-out.

 

 

 

 

Which seven are ever~present would have been a good enough question.

 

Hibs, Hearts, Aberdeen, Dundee United & Motherwell would be my guesses as well as the obvious two.

 

Go for Motherwell as the answer to the proper question (though the "lesser" teams always seem to have a lot of unknown Europeans so the answer could well be Celtic or Rangers).

 

Yes, Motherwell have used just 37 different Foreign Players during the past 14 seasons. By contrast, Rangers have used 98 during the same period.

 

 

 

 

that savic is from an odd country isn't he? montenegro or summat? can't imagine many have played in the prem

 

Yes, Montenegro (Stefan Savić, Manchester City & Simon Vukčević, Blackburn Rovers).

 

Premier League Foreign Players 1992-93 to 2011-12

 

 

 

Thursday 17th May 2012:

 

Which of the seven ever-present Scottish Premier League clubs have used the least number of Foreign Players from 1998-2012?

Tuesday 15th May 2012:

 

Who is the only Italian player to win an English Premier League medal?

 

Balotelli

 

Yes, Mario Balotelli with Manchester City in season 2011-12.

 

 

 

 

A total of 1,347 Foreign (i.e, non-British Isles) players from 94 different countries have made at least one Premier League appearance from season 1992-93 to 2011-12.

 

Here is the total number of Foreign Players arranged according to club affiliations (some players will have played for more than one club):

 

102 Chelsea

95 Manchester City

89 West Ham United

89 Bolton Wanderers

89 Arsenal

87 Liverpool

82 Fulham

79 Blackburn Rovers

77 Tottenham Hotspur

76 Newcastle United

75 Portsmouth

62 Everton

61 Manchester United

57 Aston Villa

55 Sunderland

51 Wigan Athletic

50 Middlesbrough

48 Derby County

44 West Bromwich Albion

43 Birmingham City

38 Southampton

33 Charlton Athletic

30 Leeds United

29 Coventry City

26 Crystal Palace

26 Sheffield Wednesday

22 Watford

21 Wolverhampton Wand

19 Ipswich Town

19 Queens Park Rangers

17 Hull City

16 Stoke City

16 Leicester City

16 Nottingham Forest

15 Reading

14 Wimbledon

13 Sheffield United

13 Norwich City

11 Barnsley

9 Burnley

8 Swansea City

7 Bradford City

7 Blackpool

3 Oldham Athletic

2 Swindon Town

 

 

And here are the 94 different countries:

 

152 France

88 Netherlands

59 Spain

54 Italy

52 Norway

52 Sweden

47 Denmark

45 Brazil

43 Portugal

42 Australia

41 Argentina

34 United States of America

33 Germany

28 Jamaica

26 Nigeria

25 Belgium

22 Senegal

21 Cameroon

21 Czech Republic

21 Serbia

19 Croatia

18 Switzerland

17 Finland

17 Greece

15 Iceland

15 Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)

14 Ghana

13 Israel

12 Poland

12 Slovakia

12 South Africa

12 Uruguay

11 Algeria

11 Morocco

10 Hungary

10 Trinidad and Tobago

10 Turkey

9 Canada

9 Korea, South

9 Romania

8 Austria

8 Chile

8 Ecuador

8 Mali

8 Mexico

8 Russia

7 Bulgaria

6 Egypt

6 New Zealand

5 China

5 Colombia

5 Congo DR

5 Georgia

5 Honduras

5 Paraguay

5 Slovenia

5 Ukraine

4 Guinea

4 Japan

4 Latvia

4 Peru

4 Saint Kitts & Nevis

3 Barbados

3 Bosnia & Herzegovina

3 Costa Rica

3 FYR Macedonia

3 Togo

3 Tunisia

3 Zimbabwe

2 Belarus

2 Bermuda

2 Bolivia

2 Congo

2 Cyprus

2 Grenada

2 Iran

2 Liberia

2 Montenegro

2 Sierra Leone

1 Albania

1 Angola

1 Antigua and Barbuda

1 Benin

1 Cape Verde

1 Curaçao

1 Estonia

1 Faroe Islands

1 Gabon

1 Lithuania

1 Montserrat

1 Oman

1 Pakistan

1 Seychelles

1 Zambia

1,347 Total Foreign Players

 

http://www.myfootballfacts.com/PremierLeagueForeignPLayers1992-93to2008-09.html

Swansea

 

Tottenham Hotspur conceded just the one penalty - Ledley King against Manchester City - during 2011-12.

Premier League Penalty Statistics

 

 

 

Tuesday 15th May 2012:

 

Who is the only Italian player to win an English Premier League medal?

Here are the 60 players who have a combined total of 10 or more goals and assists during the 2011-12 Premier League season...

 

 

...altogether, 338 different players scored or were credited with an assist (or both) during the season.

 

Full details available here...

 

Premier League 2011-12 Goals & Assists Table

Ah there after all.

 

I don't see the point of supplying a question and the answer there with it, but in any event,

 

It could well be Seaman, in that season 2003-04 when they went unbeaten, but was he the keeper though at the time, if not that then Howard here would be a good guess, or maybe Van Der Sar or Freidel even. Could be Cudicini maybe..

 

I'll cut it down and say Van Der Sar and Freidel

 

Petr Čech (Chelsea, 2004–05) and Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United, 2008–09).

 

Premier League by Seasons 1992-93 to 2011-12

 

 

 

Monday 14th May 2012:

 

Which Premier League club conceded the fewest penalties during season 2011-12?

I don't know where that Spurs person has gone ?

 

In any event, just to keep this moving and all.

 

What was the first English Cup Final ever attended by a royal figure

 

I'm back!

 

I popped over to England for my lad's engagement party.

 

 

Sunday 13th May 2012:

 

Which two Premier League goalkeepers kept a record 21 clean sheets in a season?

 

You can find the answer here...

 

Football Trivia Question of the Day

 

Good luck!

Dundee United

Kilmarnock

Rangers

Celtic

Dundee

Aberdeen

 

don't know the other, possibly Heart of Midlothian

 

Celtic (7: 1 winners, 2 finalists, 4 semi-finals)

Rangers (6: 1 winners, 3 finalists, 2 semi-finals)

Aberdeen (2: 1 winners, 1 semi-finals)

 

 

 

 

No takers, so it was White Hart Lane for the Osvaldo Ardiles Testimonial in May 1986, Maradona played that day before leaving for Mexico and World Cup Gold that year

 

Someone must have known this

 

I was giving everyone else a chance!

 

Lawro's Prediction for Wolves v Everton (Sunday, 14:00 BST)

 

I know Wolves showed a bit of spirit to fight back from 4-1 down for a draw at Swansea last week but I cannot see Terry Connor getting a first win as manager here.

 

Everton will not lie down and they are playing better now than they were before they lost to Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-finals.

 

They are in mid-table but they still have plenty to play for because they want to finish above the Reds in the table and they are not going to relax now.

 

Prediction: Wolves 0-2 Everton

 

 

Here are all of Lawro's 2011-12 Premier League Predictions, together with how the League Table would look like if all his forecasts were correct...

 

Lawro's 2011-12 Predictions

How did camsell not win, don't understand that at all

 

The other one is maybe Revie, not Ramsey I'm sure, not Robson either, now you mention it, it could well be Ron Greenwood I remember reading somewhere

 

It was because Middlesbrough were Second Division Champions that season, so not a Top Flight club at the time.

 

Sven-Goren Eriksson (2001-06) won 26 of the 38 competitive matches he was in charge for, giving him a winning percentage of 68.42%

 

England Manager's Records & Statistics 1872-2012

 

 

 

Thursday 3rd May 2012:

 

Which seven Scottish clubs have reached major UEFA European competition Semi-Finals or better?

Dean at Everton

 

that guy at Middlesbrough before him, can't remember the name, 1920s, George Camsell it could well be

 

Rush at Liverpool

 

Were Middlesbrough even top flight at the time in question?, fuck it, that's the answers I'll go with, pressed for time today.

 

William 'Dixie' Dean (Everton, 63 goals 1927-28), Clive Allen (Tottenham Hotspur, 49 goals 1986-87) and Ian Rush (Liverpool, 47 goals 1983-84).

 

 

 

 

I really do not know this but I am willing to have a guess.

 

Won a lot? so is probably an old established club. But one outside the top flight for a long time. Tricky very tricky.

 

Oldest club I can think of is Notts County, but I don't know if they have ever won anything. I think, although I don't know it has to be either Notts County or Burnley? Maybe Stoke. I go for County purely as they are founder members of the football league. So are the others, but I am sure County are the oldest club around.

 

Yes, Notts County with 8 League Titles (3 Second Flight Championships, 2 Third Flight Championships & 3 Fourth Flight Championships).

 

Total English League Championship won in all Four Flights 1888-89 to 2011-12

 

 

 

Tuesday 1st May 2012:

 

Which three players with English Top Flight clubs have scored the most goals in all competitions during a season?

The most obvious choice would be Nottingham Forest and Hamburg in 1980

 

Right, European Cup Finals and Germany vs English..

 

1980 - as above

 

1982 (just remembered) Bayern Munich vs Aston Villa

 

1977 Liverpool vs Borrusia Munchengladbach or however you spell it

 

1975 Leeds United vs Bayern Munich

 

I think that's it actually, I merely thought of english sides in european cup finals and then the opposition with it, simples

 

I don't think this has never happened since 1982, answer therefore is four finals

 

This season's Final will be the 6th time:

 

1975 Bayern Munich 2-0 Leeds United

1977 Liverpool 3-1 Borussia Monchengladbach

1980 Nottingham Forest 1-0 SV Hamburg

1982 Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich

1999 Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich

2012 Chelsea v Bayern Munich.

 

 

 

 

Yes I do know this one. Should I say? Clue: He played for West Germany before the unification.

 

Yes, West Germany's Gerd Müller with 67 goals scored in all competitions with Bayern Munich in 1972-73.

 

 

 

 

Queens Park it has to be, dont know when, 1890s most likely.

 

Season 1886-87 when Rangers FC lost 1-3 to Aston Villa.