Soccer quiz

Lemlin

Pigman II wrote:

no, (if it helps - you might be able to add Mick McCarthy and (I think?) Richard Dunne) to that list.

All played for clubs who were relegated?

Pigman II

nope thats not it either.

blu_sonic

is it any of these:

all played into their 30s?
had international careers spanning over a decade?
all plyed their trade abroad?
all played in leagues other than the PL?

Pigman II

nope , none of them.

Remember it's something *specific* to those listed. So whilst all that stuff you've mentioned may well be common for all them it's equally probably also true to a bunch of other Irish players who aren't mentioned on that list.

MonkeyTennis

played for Ireland whilst in the old first div?

Pigman II

Nope, not that MT.

blu_sonic

fair play pigman this is a tough one

MonkeyTennis

sent off ?

MonkeyTennis

sent off ?

this is a doozy:D

Pigman II

MonkeyTennis wrote:

sent off ?

Correct!

The next question is yours.

blu_sonic

was that the only few? class were the cleanest country in the world!

Pigman II

BTW that was 'players sent off playing for Ireland' just to clear up any ambiguity.

blu_sonic wrote:

was that the only few? class were the cleanest country in the world!

There could have been more, but that's all I can remember. I seem to remember seeing an Irish player sent off in one of those 1970's sports-files programs? Might have been in that famous 3-0 win over the USSR?

(Edit ^^ = + Terry Mancini v Russia 1974)

MonkeyTennis

sorry go ahead without me. have to go to the pub

blu_sonic

Pigman II wrote:

BTW that was 'players sent off playing for Ireland' just to clear up any ambiguity.



There could have been more, but that's all I can remember. I seem to remember seeing an Irish player sent off in one of those 1970's sports-files programs? Might have been in that famous 3-0 win over the USSR?

(Edit ^^ = + Terry Mancini v Russia 1974)

shhhh were clean ok! stick up another question, MT has to split, enjoy the pub, i'll be in howl at the moon yay unky al k hol

Pigman II

Don't have a q atm.

Since MT has to split I'll just offer it to the next person who wants to ask one.

blu_sonic

what 2 players have Most World Cup tournament appearances?

pretty easy with google, but really hard without

Lemlin

Pele and Matthaeus?

Roddy23

Cafu and Mattheaus (sp)

evilhomer

Roger Milla and Mattheaus?

andrewie

Mattheaus and Maildini

rsta

Lothar mattheaus and antonio carbajal....

mchurl

matheaus and dino zoff?

HashSlinging

Antonio Carbajal and Lothar Matthäus doh! missed.

Rikand

Do you mean the number of matches they played in the world cup or the actual world cups they went to.....

i dont think cabajal or however you spell would have 20+ games played in the world cup, like i think mattheus has, but they were both to 5 world cups

rsta

im telling you!
it is carbajal and mattheaus!

mattheaus for obvious reasons

carbajal was mexicos goalie for someting like 15 or 20 years and each world cup mexico qualified and who was the goalie... yep carbajal!

Rikand

i agree with you, carbajal was at 5 world cups and so was mattheus

but i mean for actual matches played....how well did mexico do at each of these world cups ? were they getting finals and semi-finals each time ? i think mattheus had almost 30 appearances, i dont believe carbajal had close to 30 appearances in the tournament

ullu

carbajal was mexicos goalie for someting like 15 or 20 years and each world cup mexico qualified and who was the goalie... yep carbajal!

Carbajal was part of Mexico teams that never achieved anything in the World Cup, I don't think any of them got past the group stage, limiting him to 12 or so appearances at most. Definitely Mattahus and probably Maldini

Pigman II

Wasn't there a centreback from poland who made something like 22 appearances from 74-86?

blu_sonic

rsta wrote:

Lothar mattheaus and antonio carbajal....

correct
Most World Cup tournament appearances: Antonio Carbajal (Mexico, 1950-1966) and Lothar Matthäus (West Germany and Germany, 1982-1998), 5

Lothar Matthäus played the most games @ 25 matches

your question

ps. to settle any ambiguity about the question it asks for tournament apps not games played at the WC

mchurl

so who's question is it next???

ullu

mchurl wrote:

so who's question is it next???

It looks to be rsta's turn

HashSlinging

ok sick of waiting so I'll just ask..

Who played for liverpool and managed man Utd.

rsta

Ah! sorry im late i was out and didnt see that i had got it right....


My Question:

What did Arsenal and Bolton do last season that No other team managed to do???

rsta

didnt see hashslings post there.... well i dont know whats the story, if im late at posting the q does that mean my q aint valid now..? sorry dont know the etiquette... thanks

Pigman II

rsta wrote:

What did Arsenal and Bolton do last season that No other team managed to do???

Score 2 in a game against Chelsea in the league.

rsta

Pigman II wrote:

Score 2 in a game against Chelsea in the league.

had to get help with that question myself...

You are Correct PigmanII

Your turn now I guess

Rikand

HashSlinging wrote:

ok sick of waiting so I'll just ask..

Who played for liverpool and managed man Utd.

Sir Matt Busby is the answer i believe

I dont have a question though, so i forfeit that to someone else

ullu

I'll ask the next one if that's ok just because I've got a good question!

Name two pairs of players who play for the same international team that share the exact same date of birth (date and year to clarify)

Pigman II

That's Finnan and Given anyway (don't know who the other pair are tho)

ullu

Pigman II wrote:

That's Finnan and Given anyway (don't know who the other pair are tho)

They weren't one of my answers so I looked them up on Wikipedia. It says Given is April 20th 1976 and Finnan is April 24th 1976. I'll narrow it down by telling you both teams are European.

Edit : I checked other sources (BBC say both are April 20)

rsta

fine

Pigman II

ullu wrote:

They weren't one of my answers so I looked them up on Wikipedia. It says Given is April 20th 1976 and Finnan is April 24th 1976. I'll narrow it down by telling you both teams are European.

Well Soccerbase (and even FAI.ie) has them both as 20/4/76 and I'll believe that over Wiki any day.

ullu

Pigman II wrote:

Quote:
Originally Posted by ullu
They weren't one of my answers so I looked them up on Wikipedia. It says Given is April 20th 1976 and Finnan is April 24th 1976. I'll narrow it down by telling you both teams are European.

Well Soccerbase (and even FAI.ie) has them both as 20/4/76 and I'll believe that over Wiki any day.

Yeah, I edited my post just before you responded.

Mark

Kluivert and Ruud van are one anyway.

ullu

Mark wrote:

Kluivert and Ruud van are one anyway.

That's one of them, I suppose the next person to get the other pair can ask away.

5starpool

ullu wrote:

That's one of them, I suppose the next person to get the other pair can ask away.

It has to be Frank and Ronald de Boer surely? Unless twins are against the spirit of the question.....

ullu

5starpool wrote:

It has to be Frank and Ronald de Boer surely? Unless twins are against the spirit of the question.....

It's not, maybe I should have worded the question more carefully to state two players who currently play for their national side.

I'll narrow it down further.

Small hint if you want it :

Both play in the Premiership

Hydromonkey

William Gallas and Thierry Henry, August 17, 1977

ullu

Hydromonkey wrote:

William Gallas and Thierry Henry, August 17, 1977

Well done, your question...

Hydromonkey

Which current Premiership footballer was once brought on in an international match as a replacement for his Dad?