Quiz Thread

Nerdlingr

LiamoSail wrote: »

Didn't know Giles was at United, presumably that's right so. Strachan's right too. There's still one more that I can think off, probably only obvious if you've been following the football news over the last day or so

Henrik Larsson and whatever his son is called.

kfallon

Did Lou Macari have a son with him at Stoke?

2nd Row Donkey

something to do with Beckham and his 15 year old son?

MonkeyTennis

Kenny and Paul Dalglish

wally79

Judging by the line "There's still one more that I can think off, probably only obvious if you've been following the football news over the last day or so " I think the answer is larsson as has been said already.

He just took over at Helsingborg where his son plays

LiamoSail

Nerdlingr wrote: »

Henrik Larsson and whatever his son is called.

wally79 wrote: »

Judging by the line "There's still one more that I can think off, probably only obvious if you've been following the football news over the last day or so " I think the answer is larsson as has been said already.

He just took over at Helsingborg where his son plays

Yea Larsson was the sixth alright. There could well be more, it was just the six I was aware of

QUOTE=kfallon;92990340]Did Lou Macari have a son with him at Stoke?[/QUOTE]

I don't know to be honest.mcould possibly be another

QUOTE=MonkeyTennis;92992489]Kenny and Paul Dalglish[/QUOTE]

Neither played for United though

Kolido

Who came on as a substitute to replace his brother at a international game at Wembley?

Michael D Not Higgins

Kolido wrote: »

Who came on as a substitute to replace his brother at a international game at Wembley?

One of the Nevilles? Phil for Gary?

Nerdlingr

Kolido wrote: »

Who came on as a substitute to replace his brother at a international game at Wembley?

Maybe a foreigner ? Kovacs or the Yakin brothers??

markcahill1985

Kolido wrote: »

Who came on as a substitute to replace his brother at a international game at Wembley?

Remember the O Leary brothers but not sure if that happened at Wembley or not?

golfball37

Kolido wrote: »

Who came on as a substitute to replace his brother at a international game at Wembley?

Not sure who came on for who but it was David and Pearse O'Leary?

golfball37

Who made his international debut coming on as substitute for his father?

[Former EPL player]

Zemuppet

Eider Gudjohnsen I believe is the answer.

markcahill1985

golfball37 wrote: »

Who made his international debut coming on as substitute for his father?

[Former EPL player]

Gudjohnson?

Kolido

markcahill1985 wrote: »

Remember the O Leary brothers but not sure if that happened at Wembley or not?

golfball37 wrote: »

Not sure who came on for who but it was David and Pearse O'Leary?

Correct

8-10

What former Premier League player is the all-time top scorer for Ligue 1 side Montpellier HSC?

batistuta9

giroud
read it wrong

Quazzie

8-10 wrote: »

What former Premier League player is the all-time top scorer for Ligue 1 side Montpellier HSC?

I know this one, but it's such a good question that I want to let it run.

8-10

Quazzie wrote: »

I know this one, but it's such a good question that I want to let it run.

Yeah its really one for throwing guesses at if you don't know it

The_Kew_Tour

8-10 wrote: »

What former Premier League player is the all-time top scorer for Ligue 1 side Montpellier HSC?

Is it Blanc?

8-10

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Is it Blanc?

Bingo! Surprised that was got on first answer, nice one

DazMarz

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Is it Blanc?

For shíts and giggles I decided to check that out... It's correct!!!

How in the name of Jaysus did a centre half become a club's top goalscorer!?!

They must have won 100 corners in every game or something!!!

DerekDGoldfish

Used to play further forward in attacking midfield when he was younger, and took pens. Also got 16 international goals as a defender that must be among the highest.

The_Kew_Tour

8-10 wrote: »

Bingo! Surprised that was got on first answer, nice one

Its great question.

I just remember reading about him few years back and the goals he scored in France caught my eye. Although I thought he would still not be all time scorer.

My answer was half guess.

Al Capwned

76 goals in 243 games (wiki)

Jaysus that's unreal.

golfball37

I would have said blanc myself, I remember him being their absolute star when they played utd circa 91 cup winners cup.

Billy86

Al Capwned wrote: »

76 goals in 243 games (wiki)

Jaysus that's unreal.

And 146 total in his career (club and country).



Hey, guess what?



Ronald Koeman wipes hiss ass with 146 career goals... 253, bitches!! In 1987/88 he scored 26 goals from defence when PSV won the CL/European Cup weeks before playing in the Dutch team that won the European Cup, scoring the equaliser in the semi finals against West Germany (and I'm quite sure that's where the picture above came from!).

To put that in perspective, Koeman scored over 80 more goals than Scholes, over 50 more than Gerrard has so far, and had Lampard retired at the same age Koeman did (just gone 34) he would have had more goals than him also. He also has a handful more goals than van Persie to date... Rooney, Torres and Thierry bloody Henry only surpassed him in the last few months!!

Even as a guy who took a lot of free kicks and penalties, it's a baffling number of goals.

Jarrod

Not quite as many as Koeman, but Fernando Hierro had a pretty impressive haul. He was Spain's top scorer until he was surpassed by Raul.

Jarrod

And here's a question - 3 of France's top 10 international goalscorers have played in the Premier League, can you name them?

elefant

Jarrod wrote: »

And here's a question - 3 of France's top 10 international goalscorers have played in the Premier League, can you name them?

Henry
Pires?
Djorkaeff?

Jarrod

Henry and Djorkaeff are correct, Pires isn't.

artanevilla

Wiltord?

GavRedKing

Jarrod wrote: »

And here's a question - 3 of France's top 10 international goalscorers have played in the Premier League, can you name them?

Anelka or maybe even Wiltord.

8-10

Dugarry?

Billy86

Just checked it there - it's Henry (1st, 51), Djorkaeff (7th, 28) and Wiltord (8th, 26). Elefant and artanevilla got it.

Billy86

Which team in which season(s) have had the single biggest rise in final position in the table compared to the season previous since the inception of the Premiership? (excluding newly promoted teams - e.g. 17th to 1st would be the biggest ruse possible).

Which team in which season(s) have had the single biggest drop in final position in the table compared to the season previous since the inception of the Premiership? (excluding the inaugural 1992/93 season as 1991/92 was still the old First Division - 92/93 compared to 93/94 is obviously fine).

Kiwi_knock

Ipswich the biggest drop.

Everton the biggest increase.

8-10

Billy86 wrote: »

(excluding newly promoted teams - e.g. 17th to 1st would be the biggest ruse possible).

(excluding the inaugural 1992/93 season as 1991/92 was still the old First Division - 92/93 compared to 93/94 is obviously fine).

If you're including 93/94 then wouldn't 19th to 1st be the biggest jump possible in theory? There were 22 in the league that year and only the bottom 3 got relegated.

Billy86

8-10 wrote: »

If you're including 93/94 then wouldn't 19th to 1st be the biggest jump possible in theory? There were 22 in the league that year and only the bottom 3 got relegated.

Ah yeah, forgot that! The Premier League was moved to 20 teams in 95/96, though the correct answers were Everton and Ipswich.

Jarrod

Billy86 wrote: »

Just checked it there - it's Henry (1st, 51), Djorkaeff (7th, 28) and Wiltord (8th, 26). Elefant and artanevilla got it.

Yep, it was Wiltord. I was surprised by Djorkaeff, never realised he scored so many goals.

Kolido

Which was the smallest city/town to have had a team feature in the CL group stages?

Boots234

It was a Romanian team, I'm guessing Cluj

Michael D Not Higgins

Real Sociedad, San Sebastian? (not sure if they've been in CL groups but the town is pretty small.)

Al Capwned

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

Real Sociedad, San Sebastian? (not sure if they've been in CL groups but the town is pretty small.)

In Uniteds group last year for sure, was at the OT game.

Kerrydude1981

Sturm Graz??

Remember Utd playing them and they had a tiny ground

Kolido

Boots234 wrote: »

It was a Romanian team, I'm guessing Cluj

Close but wrong team.

Michael D Not Higgins

Kolido wrote: »

Close but wrong team.

Galati?

Jarrod

Unirea?

Michael D Not Higgins

Jarrod wrote: »

Unirea?

Tract infection?

Good shout, couldn't think of any other Romanian teams besides the Bucharest ones.

Jarrod

Try as I might, it's hard to forget them given they hopped off Rangers at Ibrox.