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Saturday's answer: Ray Crawford of Ipswich Town 10-0 Floriana (Malta) in the European Cup preliminary round 1962–63. UEFA Champions League Hat-Tricks 1992-93 to 2011-12 Sunday 11th March 2012: Which two players have scored three UEFA Champions League hat-tricks each?

Yes, Luxembourg, with 18 consecutive failed qualification attempts from 1934 to 2010. FIFA World Cup Finals 1930-2010 Progress Chart & Statistics Saturday 10th March 2012: Who is the only English player to score 5 goals in a UEFA European Cup or UEFA Champions League match?

Mark Lawrenson's Prediction for Everton v Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham are stuttering a little bit and are having to get used to being without a few key players - Michael Dawson is the latest one to get injured. Everton, on the other hand, are unbeaten in eight games and we know how competitive they are against the leading teams. They will swamp the midfield and really get at Spurs. Spurs are going through a poor run that has killed off any lingering title hopes but I don't think they have gone off the boil because of the talk of their manager Harry Redknapp taking the England job or even that this is them finished for the season. They have just hit the buffers a bit, something which happens to everyone. Prediction: Everton 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur Here are all of Lawro's 2011-12 Premier League predictions, together with how the League Table would look like if his forecasts were correct... Lawro's 2011-12 Predictions

Here are the complete FA Cup records of all eight Quarter Finalists, showing how many times the clubs have reached the last 32 (today's 4th Round) or better from 1871-72 to 2010-11... ...the current League positions are also included, but these may well change before the FA Cup sixth round matches are played.

Yes, Crystal Palace, who were relegated at the end of the 1992-93, 1994-95, 1997-98 & 2004-05 seasons. Premier League Position Ladders 1992-93 to 2011-12 Friday 9th March 2012: Which country holds the record for the most failed FIFA World Cup Finals qualification attempts?

Everton host Tottenham Hotspur at Goodison Park on Saturday 10th March January 2012 in the 28th round of Premier League matches for the 2011-12 season (27th match for Everton). Everton come into the match in 13th place in the League on 34 points, while Spurs are in 3rd place on 53 points This will be the 169th time the two clubs have met. The first meeting came in April 1897 in an end of season friendly match at Tottenham Marshes which Spurs won 2-1. Everton were founder-members of the Football League and had just finished 7th in the First Divison while Spurs were in the Southern League and had finished 4th. A further friendly was played at Goodison Park on New Year's Day 1902 which Everton won 3-1. The clubs' first competitive match came in the old First Round (today's Third Round) of the FA Cup in February 1904 at Goodison Park which Spurs won 2-1 with a Vivian Woodward goal and an own goal from Everton's Balmer. Both clubs embarked on a central European tour in the summer of 1905 an met twice with Everton winning both matches 2-0 in Vienna and 1-0 in Prague. A second FA Cup meeting came in January 1908 with Spurs losing 1-0 at Everton. At the end of that season, both Spurs and Everton set sail for a tour of South America and played two exhibition matches in Palermo, Argentina with the first game drawn 0-0 and Everton winning the second 4-0. On the voyage home, Spurs 'borrowed' the ship captain's parrot who lived happilly for a decade at the Tottenham offices in the High Road until it dropped dead the day news came through that Arsenal had stolen Spurs' First Division place in 1919. The first Football League meetings came in the First Division in the 1909-10 season with Everton winning 4-2 at Goodison and Spurs winning 3-0 at the Lane. The clubs then met regularly in the First Division up to season 1927-28 with eight wins for Spurs, ten wins for Everton and eight matches drawn. The only League meetings between the two clubs outside the Top Flight of English Football came in season 1930-31 in the Second Division with Everton winning 4-2 at Goodison Park and Spurs winning 1-0 at White Hart Lane. The clubs met for two more seasons in Division One before the outbreak of World War Two with a win apiece and two games drawn. Spurs won a 3rd Round FA Cup tie 3-0 at home in 1934 and a 5th round tie at home in 1937 4-3 after a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park. The first meeting after WW2 came in the 5th Round at Goodison Park in February 1950 with Everton winning 1-0. Spurs regained their First Division status in 1950-51 and did the 'double' over Everton on their way to the first Football League Championship won by Tottenham Hotspur with a 2-1 away win and a 3-0 home win. Everton lost their First Division place that same season along with Sheffield Wednesday, while Chelsea escaped the drop on goal average. Everton were back in the First Division for the 1954-55 season and the clubs have met in the Top Flight for every subsequent season to date, except for 1977-78 when Spurs dropped down to the Second Division for one season. Bill Nicholson's first game as Tottenham's manager came at White Hart Lane in October 1958 and Spurs were 6-1 up at half-time and went on to beat Everton 10-4. A League game at White Hart Lane in December 1969 was abandoned due to floodlight failure after 29 minutes. The two clubs met in February and March of 1986 in a competition called the Screen Sport Super Cup, which was introduced to give teams who would have qualified for the European competitions some compensation, as English clubs were banned from Europe. The first match at White Hart Lane ended goalless while Everton won the return leg 3-1. The only Football League Cup meeting between the clubs came in the Fourth Round in October 2009 with Spurs winning 2-0 at the Lane with goals from Tom Huddlestone and Robbie Keane. Both Tottenham Hotspur and Everton were founder-members of the Premier League and are two of the seven clubs who have been ever-present for the entire 20 seasons of the competition, along with Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. Spurs have taken more points off Everton in the Premier League than from any other opponent. The 71 points won by Spurs against Everton in the 39 matches played to date gives an average of 1.82 points won per game. The meetings last season in the Premier League only yielded one point for Spurs, which came in a 1-1 draw at the Lane in October 2010. The reverse fixture in January 2011 was won 1-2 by Everton. The Toffees' goals were scored by Leighton Baines at Spurs and Louis Saha & Seamus Coleman at Goodison Park. Rafael van der Vaart scored both Spurs' goals last season. The reverse fixture earlier this season was re-arranged from the opening day to January 2012 due to rioting in the Tottenham area. Spurs won the match 2-0 with goals from Aaron Lennon and a belter from Benoit Assou-Ekotto. During the January transfer window, Spurs signed Everton's French striker Louis Saha while Steven Pienaar moved in the opposite direction on loan until the end of the season. Overall, Everton have won 57 of the 168 matches played so far with Spurs winning 61 and 50 matches drawn. Full History of Everton v Tottenham Hotspur Matches 1897-2012 They Played for Everton & Spurs... Jamie Attwell John Barlow Nick Barmby John Brearley Frank Brettell (Everton player, Spurs manager) Charlie Brown Bob Cain John Cameron (also Spurs manager) Simon Davies Anthony Gardner Paul Gascoigne David Ginola Richard Gough Charlie O'Hagan Ted Hughes Pat Jennings Steve Kelly John Kirwan Gary Lineker Bobby Mimms Charlie Morgan Steven Pienaar Robert Pilch Louis Saha Vinny Samways Pat Van den Hauwe John Watson Alex Young Everton Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2011-12 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2011-12

Yes, Gary Lineker with Leicester City (24 goals, 1984-85), Everton (30 goals 1985-86) and Tottenham Hotspur (24 goals 1989-90). Top Flight Highest Goalscorers Season by Season 1888-89 to 2010-11 Thursday 8th March 2012: Who are the only team to have been relegated from the Premier League four times?

Yes, Clarence Seedorf of the Netherlands with Ajax in 1995, Real Madrid in 1998 and AC Milan in 2003. UEFA European Cup & UEFA Champions League Finals 1955-56 to 2010-11 Wednesday 7th March 2012: Who was the only English Top Flight highest goalscorer to achieve the feat with three different clubs?

Yes, Andrei Kanchelskis (for Manchester United v Manchester City, 10th November 1994 & for Everton v Sheffield Wednesday, 27th April 1996), Andrei Arshavin (for Arsenal v Liverpool, 21st April 2009) & Pavel Pogrebnyak (for Fulham v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 4th March 2012). Premier League Hat-Tricks 1992-93 to 2011-12 Tuesday 6th March 2012: Which player was the first to win the European Cup / Champions League with three different clubs?

Monday 5th March 2012: Which three Russian players have scored Premier League hat-tricks?

Yes, Belgium were the 1920 Olympic Games Gold Medal Winners in Antwerp. They finished ahead of Spain, the Netherlands & Italy. Combined International Table of Merit from 1900 to 2012 Sunday 4th March 2012: When was the last time an England starting XI featured players from 11 different clubs?

Here are the 25 I have: Viv Anderson, Michael Appleton, Henning Berg, Clayton Blackmore, Laurent Blanc, Steve Bruce, Chris Casper, Peter Davenport, Simon Davies, Darren Ferguson, Mark Hughes, Paul Ince, Andrei Kanchelskis, Roy Keane, Henrik Larsson, Pat McGibbon, Alex McLeish, Paul Parker, Mark Robins, Bryan Robson, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Frank Stapleton, Gordon Strachan, Chris Turner and Neil Webb. Saturday 3rd March 2012: What was the Belgian National Team's only major international honour won?

Actually, there are now seven... Kenny Dalglish,Alex Ferguson, George Graham, Joe Mercer, Jose Mourinho, Bill Nicholson and Don Revie. English Domestic Football Major Trophies Winning Managers Friday 2nd March 2012: Which 24 footballers who played under Sir Alex Ferguson went on to become managers themselves?

Mark Lawrenson's Prediction for QPR v Everton This game falls into the 'must-win' category for QPR, because they are sinking like a stone. The change of manager has not worked for them as yet and, while you don't always see an instant response when you do that, the big problem for Mark Hughes is that he keeps seeing his players sent off. Samba Diakite's red card against Fulham last Saturday was QPR's fifth at home this season and that undermines what Hughes is trying to do. It comes from a lack of self-discipline as much as anything - as a player, if you have been booked already, you just have to be very, very careful. Everton, in contrast, are on a great run of late, having won four of their last five games. They had last weekend off because Liverpool were in the Carling Cup final but, because they have been playing well and winning, David Moyes and his players would probably have preferred not to have had a break. If I went with recent form, then I would obviously back Everton to win here but I quite fancy an upset on the basis that QPR's luck will change eventually, and they will begin to get a break or two. To be fair to Rangers, they haven't played that badly of late but they just keep pressing the self-destruct button and making things difficult for themselves. They will end their bad run sooner or later, though, and this might just be the game where it happens for them. Prediction: QPR 2-1 Everton Here are all of Mark Lawrenson's 2011-12 Premier League predictions & how the Table would look like if all his forecasts were correct: Lawro's 2011-12 Predictions

Yes, Patrick Kluivert with 40 goals from his 79 matches played between 1994 - 2004. Thursday 1st March 2012: Which six managers have achived the "Grand Slam" of Top Flight Championship, FA Cup & League Cup in English Football?

Teddy Sheringham's 51st minute goal proved to be the winner in a 4-1 win for England in the Group Stages of Euro 96 at Wembley. England v Netherlands Full International Record & Statistics 1935-2012 Wednesday 29th February 2012: Which player is the all-time highest goalscorer for the Netherlands national team?

Willie Reid (Norwich 1962), Matt Gillies (Leicester 64), Tommy Doherty (Chelsea 65), George Graham (Arsenal 87, 93 & Spurs 99), Alex Ferguson (Man United 1992, 2006, 2009, 2010), Graeme Souness (Blackburn 2002), Alex McLeish (Birmingham 2011) & Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool 2012). Football League Cup Winning Managers 1960-61 to 2011-12 Tuesday 28th February 2012: Who was the last England player to score a winning goal against the Netherlands in a full international?

Almost there! It was to enable clubs to get extra income from their investment in floodlights, as matches were played midweek in the evenings, including the Final. Football League Cup 1960-61 to 2011-12 Monday 27th February 2012: Who are the eight Scots who have managed their clubs to win the Football League (Carling) Cup?

Queens Park Rangers for their first three matches of the 1995-96 season. Queens Park Rangers FC Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2011-12 Sunday 26th February 2012: What was the original idea behind the Football League Cup in season 1960-61?

Yes, they scored the Premier League's 5,000th, 10,000th, 15,000th and 20,000th goals respectively. Saturday 25th February 2012: Which was the only team to wear numbers 1 to 11 since the introduction of Premier League squad numbers in 1993-94?

Thursday's answer: Sunderland's Kevin Phillips scored 30 goals during season 1999-2000. Premier League Season 1999-2000 Friday 24th February 2012: What do Chris Sutton, Les Ferdinand, Moritz Voltz and Marc Albrighton have in common?

Yes, Peter Bonetti and Rob Green. England's Goalkeeper's Records at FIFA World Cup Finals 1950-2010 Thursday 23rd February 2012: Which player holds the record for scoring the most goals in his debut Premier League season?

Peter Shilton (England, 1982–1990) & Fabien Barthez (France, 1998–2006). Wednesday 22nd February 2012: 11 different goalkeepers have appeared for England in FIFA World Cup Finals but which two failed to keep a clean sheet?

Yugoslavian defender Nikola Jovanovic, signed for £300,000 from Red Star Belgrade by Dave Sexton in January 1980. Manchester United Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2011-12

Tuesday 21st February 2012: Which two goalkeepers have each kept 10 clean sheets in FIFA World Cup Finals Tournament matches?