Quiz Thread

osarusan

Feb 27th page:

Which player scored an incredible 55 goals in 42 games (all competitions) in the 2001-02 season, and for which club?

Rekop dog

Mario Jardel-Sporting

osarusan

Yes

osarusan

March 1st page:

Which Italian manager signed a Namibian player for an English club?

padd b1975

osarusan wrote: »

March 1st page:

Which Italian manager signed a Namibian player for an English club?

It has to be Di Canio.

GavRedKing

Didnt he sign a half German, white, Namibian?

I couldnt even tell ya the name but I'm sure it was about 3 years ago, I remember hearing about it and seeing the guy and it didnt really add up. :pac:

osarusan

Yes di Canio, signed Oliver Risser for Swindon.

G.K.

GavRedKing wrote: »

Didnt he sign a half German, white, Namibian?

I couldnt even tell ya the name but I'm sure it was about 3 years ago, I remember hearing about it and seeing the guy and it didnt really add up. :pac:

You thinking of Savio Nsreko? Pretty sure he was half Ugandan, not Namibian.

GavRedKing

G.K. wrote: »

You thinking of Savio Nsreko? Pretty sure he was half Ugandan, not Namibian.

No he was definetly white and when they said Namibain and half German from checking Google, that dude Oliver Risser fits the bill.

Plus the OP said it was correct, I would have never got the name in a million years but the white and Namibian stood out like a sore thumb. :pac:

losthorizon

Namibia, Iran, Lebanon are the places I want to visit.

But I do know from reading about Namibia that loads of German speaking people live there and it was ruled by Germany at one stage. Its supposed to be an absolutely incredible country.

batistuta9

Who are the reigning London War Cup Champions - teams from all over south england competed though?

losthorizon

I cheated and googled - Brentford!

batistuta9

least you're honest :pac:

yeah it's Brentford

losthorizon

This is a really hard one.

Aston Villa hold this record when winning the European Cup.

Bayern used to hold the record before them - what is it?

Jarrod

Lowest placed domestic finish by a European Cup winning team. Villa finished 12th in 1982 whilst winning the EC in the same season.

eagle eye

I wonder is it the fastest substitution in a European Cup final? I remember Spink coming on after something like 5 minutes for Jimmy Rimmer. Spink had a great game too and went on to a be a great one for Villa.

DerekDGoldfish

Jarrod wrote: »

Lowest placed domestic finish by a European Cup winning team. Villa finished 12th in 1982 whilst winning the EC in the same season.

If you were being pedantic you could possibly say that when Marseille won the European Cup in 93, but got thier 92-93 league title taken from them due to bribery and demoted they could be argued to have finished last.

losthorizon

Jarrod wrote: »

Lowest placed domestic finish by a European Cup winning team. Villa finished 12th in 1982 whilst winning the EC in the same season.

Correct. Didnt think anyone would actually get that!

Jarrod

losthorizon wrote: »

Correct. Didnt think anyone would actually get that!

Knowing useless sh1t like that is probably a sign that my younger days were somewhat misspent.

Charisteas

Were the Aston Villa and Bayern Munich low league finishes due to squad rotation? Didn't think it happened much in the 70's.

losthorizon

Charisteas wrote: »

Were the Aston Villa and Bayern Munich low league finishes due to squad rotation? Didn't think it happened much in the 70's.

Squad rotation was virtually unknown back in the 80s. But the English league was incredibly strong back then not just the top 4 or 5 now but the entire league.

English clubs won one hell of a lot of european trophies up from the mid 70s until the Heysel ban. Even "small" teams like Forest were a force to be reckoned with.

roanoke

Arsenal competed three times in the old European Cup Winners' Cup and Barcelona have twice been runner-up in that competition. But which other competition have Arsenal competed in three times and Barcelona been twice runners-up in?

Al Capwned

Jarrod wrote: »

Knowing useless sh1t like that is probably a sign that my younger days were somewhat misspent.

No such thing as useless information.

Jarrod

roanoke wrote: »

Arsenal competed three times in the old European Cup Winners' Cup and Barcelona have twice been runner-up in that competition. But which other competition have Arsenal competed in three times and Barcelona been twice runners-up in?

The UEFA Fairs Cup is the only one I can think of that it might be. Just a guess though.

roanoke

Jarrod wrote: »

The UEFA Fairs Cup is the only one I can think of that it might be. Just a guess though.

Nope, it's not that.

padd b1975

roanoke wrote: »

Arsenal competed three times in the old European Cup Winners' Cup and Barcelona have twice been runner-up in that competition. But which other competition have Arsenal competed in three times and Barcelona been twice runners-up in?

Something pre-season?

Emirites Cup or Amsderdam Tournament?

eagle eye

I hope the answer to this is not some preseason tournament.

Fenix

roanoke wrote: »

Arsenal competed three times in the old European Cup Winners' Cup and Barcelona have twice been runner-up in that competition. But which other competition have Arsenal competed in three times and Barcelona been twice runners-up in?

Woman's Champions League?

roanoke

Just to those who have asked, it's not a pre-season or friendly tournament. Also it's not an obscure historical tournament like the aforementioned 1940's London War Cup etc. It's a tournament that you've all most likely heard of.

Fenix wrote: »

Woman's Champions League?

Nope. It's not a women's comp. (It's not an underage comp either btw).

Al Capwned

Is it a football tournament???

roanoke

Al Capwned wrote: »

Is it a football tournament???

Of course. 11 v 11 on a regulation size grass pitch too btw. (ie 'real' football , not indoor, futsal etc etc)

intellectual dosser

The Supercup?

padd b1975

The original Inter-Toto Cup?

Al Capwned

Erm, the UEFA Cup?

roanoke

intellectual dosser wrote: »

The Supercup?

No

padd b1975 wrote: »

The original Inter-Toto Cup?

No

Al Capwned wrote: »

Erm, the UEFA Cup?

No

padd b1975

Theres no more competitions!!

Al Capwned

Lad there is gonna be some hunt for you when this answer is revealed!!!

banie01

Was it the Inter Cities Cup?

roanoke

banie01 wrote: »

Was it the Inter Cities Cup?

No.

padd b1975 wrote: »

Theres no more competitions!!

Then you're already halfway there. Think bigger and the answer may come.

Al Capwned wrote: »

Lad there is gonna be some hunt for you when this answer is revealed!!!

It's a stinker alright and you may not like the answer but I wanted to asked one that people couldn't just google or rsssf etc. I'm glad it's confonded you all a little. It just came to me whilst I was reading and it was too tasty not to test you with it.

I suggest you all reread the question carefully.

Al Capwned

Bet it's not European - Copa Libertadores?

Washington Irving

Intercontinental Cup?

Pretty sure Arsenal never played in it, can't think of any other tournament.


EDIT: Sounds like a dodgy answer, must be some non-European competition with same name teams.

roanoke

Al Capwned wrote: »

Bet it's not European - Copa Libertadores?

Correct. It's the Copa Libertadores. Well done.

Al Capwned

Ah NINJA! "I'll give you it" - You evidently didnt read the answer as carefully as I read your question!

I'll use that one, good question!!!!

Jarrod

Al Capwned wrote: »

Bet it's not European - Copa Libertadores?

Genius. I bet it's Arsenal di Sarandi and Barcelona of Ecuador or something like that.

I know that the year Vasco da Gama qualified for the World Club Cup in the late nineties (the year United were in it), they beat Barcelona in the Libertadores final.

Pinturicchio

Name a (modern, not retired) player who has played for and against the same national team

roanoke

Pinturicchio wrote: »

Name a (modern, not retired) player who has played for and against the same national team

Thiago Motta?

Pinturicchio

Nope

Al Capwned

Beckham or someone in a World XI?

Pinturicchio

Al Capwned wrote: »

Beckham or someone in a World XI?

Has that happened? It's not the one I'm thinking of.

Jarrod

Dejan Stankovic? I'm guessing someone who played for Yugoslavia, Serbia or Serbia and Montenegro.