Quiz Thread

RikkFlair

padd b1975 wrote: »

Who is the only club in the four English divisions that does not have a placename in its title?

Port Vale?

padd b1975

RikkFlair wrote: »

Port Vale?

Correct.

dreamers75

aston villa isnt a place is it?

Amirani

dreamers75 wrote: »

aston villa isnt a place is it?

Aston is a place in Birmingham.

osarusan

Feb 23rd page:

In 2001, Aston Villa paid £6 million for which striker who failed to start an EPL game or score an EPL goal?

Charisteas

osarusan wrote: »

Feb 23rd page:

In 2001, Aston Villa paid £6 million for which striker who failed to start an EPL game or score an EPL goal?

Luc Nilis?

osarusan

Charisteas wrote: »

Luc Nilis?

No.

tvercetti

osarusan wrote: »

Feb 23rd page:

In 2001, Aston Villa paid £6 million for which striker who failed to start an EPL game or score an EPL goal?

Bosko Balaban

osarusan

tvercetti wrote: »

Bosko Balaban

right.

Paz-CCFC

Does this thread have the format where the first person who correctly answered the previous question is supposed to ask the next one? Apologies if so.

Who were the first League of Ireland side to qualify for the group stages of a UEFA competition? (It wasn't Shamrock Rovers)

Lawrence1895

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

Does this thread have the format where the first person who correctly answered the previous question is supposed to ask the next one? Apologies if so.

Who were the first League of Ireland side to qualify for the group stages of a UEFA competition? (It wasn't Shamrock Rovers)

Was it Pats?

Paz-CCFC

Lars1916 wrote: »

Was it Pats?

Nope. Good guess, though, based on their recent European success.

roanoke

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

Does this thread have the format where the first person who correctly answered the previous question is supposed to ask the next one? Apologies if so.

Who were the first League of Ireland side to qualify for the group stages of a UEFA competition? (It wasn't Shamrock Rovers)

I know Bohs were in the group stage of the first Intertoto in the mid90s (but so were about 50 other teams). Do you count that as qualifying?

Paz-CCFC

roanoke wrote: »

I know Bohs were in the group stage of the first Intertoto in the mid90s (but so were about 50 other teams). Do you count that as qualifying?

Yeah, that's what I had in mind. The 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup. The group stages were the first round, but they still had to qualify through the league. Rovers were the 4th LoI team to make it to the group stages of a UEFA competition.

losthorizon

Cork City

Edit didnt read the other answers sorry

losthorizon

No one has been able to answer this yet

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=83296569&postcount=48

C'mon ladies

batistuta9

losthorizon wrote: »

No one has been able to answer this yet

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=83296569&postcount=48

C'mon ladies

Andora

eagle eye

Its an Italian name so I'll guess San Marino.

losthorizon

Neither correct

Paz-CCFC

losthorizon wrote: »

Cork City

Edit didnt read the other answers sorry

Good guess, to be fair. City did make the group stages of the Intertoto in 1997, and were the 3rd LoI team to do so. Sligo qualified the year before.


For your own question, I'd take a complete guess at Liechtenstein, because FC Vaduz didn't retain the cup for the first time in ages.

batistuta9

losthorizon wrote: »

Neither correct

malta

losthorizon

Again neither correct although one person came close as a hint.

batistuta9

losthorizon wrote: »

Again neither correct although one person came close as a hint.

the vatican :pac:

Rekop dog

They weren't in the first round qualifiers of the Europa so its either not a country or its a nickname for a team .

losthorizon

batistuta9 wrote: »

the vatican :pac:

Correct. The Vatican is an independent nation they just choose not to become a member of UEFA or FIFA.

batistuta9

losthorizon wrote: »

Correct. The Vatican is an independent nation they just choose not to become a member of UEFA or FIFA.

shame, imagine a load of hooligan's out going mad in st.peter's square

roanoke

Is this the tournament of which you speak?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_Vatican_City

losthorizon

roanoke wrote: »

Is this the tournament of which you speak?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_Vatican_City

No, thats open for all clerical colleges in Rome I speak of this

http://www.rsssf.com/tablesv/vaticancuphist.html

roanoke

losthorizon wrote: »

No, thats open for all clerical colleges in Rome I speak of this

http://www.rsssf.com/tablesv/vaticancuphist.html

Cool. Thanks.

Charisteas

Excellent question losthorizon.

losthorizon

Charisteas wrote: »

Excellent question losthorizon.

Thanks. I had to look that one up and find one that couldnt be googled. I enjoy those really hard ones. I wouldnt have got the answer.

Charisteas

losthorizon wrote: »

find one that couldnt be googled.

Great idea!

statss

padd b1975 wrote: »

Correct.

is Arsenal a place?

batistuta9

no

Charisteas

It's a place as in a building, not a place as in a district/city/town.

Arsenal Football Club is named after The Royal Arsenal, a building in the London district of Woolwich.

Skylinehead

statss wrote: »

is Arsenal a place?

Sort of: link

Think it's a case of the place being named after the club though.

batistuta9

Charisteas wrote: »

It's a place as in a building, not a place as in a district/city/town.

Arsenal Football Club is named after The Royal Arsenal, a building in the London district of Woolwich.

it is not

EDIT: you're nearly right

batistuta9

Skylinehead wrote: »

Sort of: link

Think it's a case of the place being named after the club though.

that's a tube station named after the club

Charisteas

Skylinehead wrote: »

Sort of: link

Think it's a case of the place being named after the club though.

That's the Tube Station that was named after Arsenal Football Club.

Skylinehead

batistuta9 wrote: »

that's a tube station named after the club

Charisteas wrote: »

That's the Tube Station that was named after Arsenal Football Club.

Isn't that what I said? :pac:

Charisteas

Skylinehead wrote: »

Isn't that what I said? :pac:

Yes

But statss was almost certainly referring to the question which was asked earlier in the thread about which clubs aren't named after places.

Arsenal is named after a place - The Royal Arsenal building in Woolwich which technically is a place.

batistuta9

port vale was a place too, it just can't be found on maps anymore. I think it is

also Arsenal are named after the Royal Oak pub & the Arsenal ammunitions factory, they were founded as Dial Square

statss

Charisteas wrote: »

Yes

But statss was almost certainly referring to the question which was asked earlier in the thread about which clubs aren't named after places.

Arsenal is named after a place - The Royal Arsenal building in Woolwich which technically is a place.

I was....dubious explanation!!

Love a good question myself:

Last player to score in front of the old Kop at Anfield?

roanoke

statss wrote: »

I was....dubious explanation!!

Love a good question myself:

Last player to score in front of the old Kop at Anfield?

Almost certain it was Norwich. Jeremy Goss?

statss

roanoke wrote: »

Almost certain it was Norwich. Jeremy Goss?

correct.

Who scored a hatrick against Liverpool at Anfield in a league game around the same era, early to mid 90's?

Charisteas

batistuta9 wrote: »

port vale was a place too, it just can't be found on maps anymore. I think it is

also Arsenal are named after the Royal Oak pub & the Arsenal ammunitions factory, they were founded as Dial Square

You're nearly right.

They were named after the Woolwich Arsenal Armament Factory which was also known as Royal Arsenal. The Dial Square name came from the sundial on top of the entrance to that factory.

The pub has nothing to do with the name, that was just the meeting place of the 'Dial Square' players/workers when they came up with the new name of the club - Royal Arsenal.

Charisteas

statss wrote: »

Who scored a hatrick against Liverpool at Anfield in a league game around the same era, early to mid 90's?

Ian Wright?

statss

Charisteas wrote: »

Ian Wright?

Nope.

Charisteas

statss wrote: »

Nope.

Fabrizio Ravenelli? (first day of the season if i remember correctly)

Mr.Crinklewood

Peter Ndlovu