Sports Quiz

Hairy Homer

Maradonna (86-90-94)

Mind you I only remember him scoring in 86 (many times) and 94. Maybe he didn't do it in 90. Or even in 82

I'll stop wittering now. I must be wrong.

Oswald Osbourne

Maradona did indeed score in 86 & 94 but not in 90. He does have the record for the most fouled player in that tournament tho

Big Ears

paulo/valentino rossi ( why am i always wrong !!! )

Hairy Homer

Was it Rivelino? 70, 74 and 78?

Oswald Osbourne

No to those two, but they were good guesses! Rossi didn't in 86 and Rivelino didn't in 78.

C'mon people, this guy is a legend! And he's even played in the English league so there's no excuse not to know him.

bbop

ah Jurgen Klinsman

Oswald Osbourne

Forgot about him, but yes, that is a correct answer! Klinsmann 90-94-98.

The guy I was actually looking for was (surprisingly) Scotlands JOE JORDAN who achieved it in 74-78-82.

Anyway, next question Bbop......

DMC

3rd day of silence.... maybe I'll step into the breach with this one....

In the history of test cricket, only three sides have won after being forced to follow-on.

Winners, opposition and when, needed please!

Big Ears

i dont think many people will be able to answer that ( dont forget this is an irish boards thing. )

Hairy Homer

India did it within the last year or so, against Australia.

England did it famously in 1981 (the Botham test) also against Australia.

And I think I remember reading/hearing that the third one, or the first chronologically, was also done against Australia. I'll guess West Indies back in 1950-something.

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by Big Ears
i dont think many people will be able to answer that ( dont forget this is an irish boards thing. )

and? there is quite a few cricket supporters gracing this country

DMC

Originally posted by Hairy Homer
India did it within the last year or so, against Australia.

England did it famously in 1981 (the Botham test) also against Australia.

And I think I remember reading/hearing that the third one, or the first chronologically, was also done against Australia. I'll guess West Indies back in 1950-something.

2 out of 3!!

1981 Headingley (and Botham)
Australia 401/9 dec and 111
England 174 and 356

England Won by 18 Runs

and

2000-2001 Eden Gardens
Australia 445 and 212
India 171 and 657/7 dec

India Won by 171 Runs

But there was an earlier one.. still needed.

Big Ears

i was right few(0 to be precise) people have answered the question correctly.

Hairy Homer

All right. Six days have elapsed. Nobody knows about some cricket match that took place fifty years ago, give or take a few months. You've stumped us (Heh. See what I did there?)

Please either post a correct answer and a new question within the next four hours or I will.

DMC

6 Days, yep! Clean bowled the lot of ye with a yorker!

The answer was...

1981 Headingley
Australia 401/9 dec and 111
England 174 and 356

England (and Botham) Won by 18 Runs

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2000-2001 Eden Gardens
Australia 445 and 212
India 171 and 657/7 dec

India Won by 171 Runs

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1894-1895 Sydney Cricket Ground

Australia 586 and 166
England 325 and 437

England Won by 10 Runs

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Lets move on...

2 people from Northern Ireland have won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

Their names please!

The Muppet

Id have a guess at mary peters and barry mc guigan.

DMC

Yus, correct and right.

Onwards now..

The Muppet

Thank you

An obscure socccer question?


Who did Japan lose to in the 1999 World Youth soccer championship?

bbop

ah spain

Big Ears

sure ill have a guess and say NI Ireland

The Muppet

Correct BBop Spain It was . Over to you.

bbop

WHO WON 1987 FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR

Big Ears

I presume u mean in england.(well its before my time but ill say gordon strachan )

Hairy Homer

Was it Clive Allen? I know he had a prolific year round about then.

Hairy Homer

Well?

Can we have a yay or nay please?

Hairy Homer

Feck it. I'm going to give a question whether I've earned the right to do so or not.

Name four sets of brothers who have played together in a World Cup Final (that's the final match, not the tournament) since the second World War. I'm excluding the Brazilian pair of Nilton and Djalma Santos from this because I'm not sure that they were brothers. From the grainy photographs I've seen of them, I've formed the impression that one was black and one was white.

Anyway, apart from them there were four pairs of brothers who lined up together for a World Cup Final since the war. Their names please.

glasgowspremier

These are they:

Fritz and Ottmar Walter - Germany 1954
Jack and Bobby Charlton - England 1966
Rene and Willy Van de Kerkhof - Holland 174 & 1978
Bernd and Karl-Heinz Förster - Germany 1982.

Hairy Homer

Well that was quick.

Though I don't think both Van DER Kherkoff twins played in 1974.

Your question sir/madam.

glasgowspremier

OK, an easy one this time.
Name the international player (not Irish) who scored for both teams when Liverpool beat Aston Villa 4-1 to clinch the 1979-80 League Championship at Anfield but did not receive a medal as he had not payed enough games during the season?

LizardKing

Israeli international Avi Cohen ....

glasgowspremier

Too easy. Correct.
Your turn LK

LizardKing

Who holds the longest clean sheet record in "international" goal-keeping running from sept. 72 to June 74 ... ???

Big Ears

Dino zoff.

Oswald Osbourne

(FYI (esp for HairyHomer) - Clive Allen won both the PFA Footballer of the year and the Football Writers Association in 1987)

LizardKing

Dino Zoff Correct ...

over to you ....

Big Ears

who won the 1966 fotball all ireland ?

DMC

Galway? I know Meath won it the next year....

celticfc

Mayo?

Big Ears

Galway it is sorry about the delay .

DMC

Danke, two part answer....

Who and for what team, scored the first Premier League goal on a live Sky Sports game in August 1992?

Oswald Osbourne

I seem to remember Notts Forest beating Liverpool 1-0 on the very first Sky Match?

I'll guess Teddy Sheringham

DMC

onvitit so!

Oswald Osbourne

Originally posted by DMC
onvitit so!

Does that mean YES? I'll just assume so.

Anyway heres my Question. Ireland have played Holland 8 times since 1987. What's been geographically unusual about the fixture?

celticfc

They've played in every continant?

DMC

Originally posted by Oswald Osbourne
Does that mean YES? I'll just assume so.

Anyway heres my Question. Ireland have played Holland 8 times since 1987. What's been geographically unusual about the fixture?

They've played 4 of them at home, in Dublin and in Holland, and 4 in neutral venues, Germany 1988, Italy 1990, USA 1994, and Liverpool in 1995.

Or is there something more?

Oswald Osbourne

You're on the right lines with variety - but it's not specifically a country or continent answer/issue.

Hairy Homer

They've all been at different venues

1988 Gelsenkirchen
1990 Palermo
1993? Tilburg
1994 Orlando
1995 Anfield
2000 Amsterdam
2001 Lansdowne Road

and somewhere else not mentioned above

DMC

Tolka Park or Dalymount?

Oswald Osbourne

Originally posted by Hairy Homer
They've all been at different venues

1988 Gelsenkirchen
1990 Palermo
1993? Tilburg
1994 Orlando
1995 Anfield
2000 Amsterdam
2001 Lansdowne Road

and somewhere else not mentioned above

I was going for 'all played in different cities' but your answer is equally valid. Next Question HH.

Rotterdam 1996 was the missing one

Hairy Homer

Whoops. Sorry for the delay! Out of the country for the past few days.
Here's one I hope I haven't asked before.

Which club which has never been English League soccer Champions (Old first Div or Premiership) would have been so in the 1920s if Goal Difference instead of the arcane Goal Average had been used to separate teams tied on points?