Nearest professional football ground to the river Mersey ?

Do Stockport count as professional these days? (If that's the answer!)

Correct

World's quickest quiz.

Quoted from LH

World's quickest quiz.

You can ask other questions, unless said format a little bit complicated !

County are part-time nowadays so therefore are not the nearest 'professional' ground to the Mersey. Our budding quizmaster should check his questions before posting.

What's the nearest professional ground to the River Thames? (I don't know)

Quoted from GrimRob

What's the nearest professional ground to the River Thames? (I don't know)

Got to be Fulham hasn't it?

Quoted from cjbill

Got to be Fulham hasn't it?

Or notts forest

Quoted from pizzzza

County are part-time nowadays so therefore are not the nearest 'professional' ground to the Mersey. Our budding quizmaster should check his questions before posting.

They get paid so they're professional. Didn't say "full time" did he.  :)

Quoted from Mariner Ronnie

Or notts forest

Sorry, I don't get that.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

They get paid so they're professional. Didn't say "full time" did he.  :)

Hmmmm, I'm sure most would consider professional football clubs to be full time only. Let's just say that it is a grey area, which does not a good quiz question make.

Quoted from pizzzza

Hmmmm, I'm sure most would consider professional football clubs to be full time only. Let's just say that it is a grey area, which does not a good quiz question make.

Quizmaster here, I might have made a mistake and if so I apologise, maybe Stockport are now classed as semi-professional !

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Sorry, I don't get that.

I think he got mixed up with the Thames and the Trent.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Sorry, I don't get that.

oops! somehow i had the trent in my head  :B sorry!

I've got one for you;

What current English league team are named after a river, not a place town village etc.

There is no such place, just a river.

Quoted from mimma

I've got one for you;

What current English league team are named after a river, not a place town village etc.

There is no such place, just a river.

Just clicked with me....

Hull

Because that is the river and the city is Kingston upon Hull

Correct.

Once asked this question to a group in Mallorca, nobody got the answer. A member of that group was from....

...yes you've guessed it, Hull!!

Quoted from Mariner Ronnie

oops! somehow i had the trent in my head  :B sorry!

Ha ha! I get like that with a lack of sleep.  :)

OK, just for you, which professional English football club is closest to the Trent?

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Ha ha! I get like that with a lack of sleep.  :)

OK, just for you, which professional English football club is closest to the Trent?

Fulham?  ;)

Could be a trick question but unless I'm mistaken you'd have to go with Forest

Quoted from mimma

Correct.

Once asked this question to a group in Mallorca, nobody got the answer. A member of that group was from....

...yes you've guessed it, Hull!!

;D  

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Ha ha! I get like that with a lack of sleep.  :)

OK, just for you, which professional English football club is closest to the Trent?

Is it Notts County?  ;)

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Ha ha! I get like that with a lack of sleep.  :)

OK, just for you, which professional English football club is closest to the Trent?

Stoke city

One for older guys, or football nerds of a younger age, what player scored 3 goals against the same goalkeeper in 12 months in 3 different games all played at Wembley?

An old one this - though no older than some of the others I've seen on this thread.  :P

Name three England captains who've played for Scunthorpe United.

Quoted from Mariner Ronnie

oops! somehow i had the trent in my head  :B sorry!

Geography not your strong point then ? ;)

Ray Clemance, Kevin Keegan & the trick one, Sir Ian Botham, captained the England cricket team.

Which English league sides are the furthest north, east, south and west?

Probably not the most difficult but still an interesting one:

Who scored the first goal and the first hat-trick at the New Wembley?

Which European football club has the same vowel in every other letter running through it's name five times  ?

Quoted from Sigone

Which English league sides are the furthest north, east, south and west?

North Newcastle East Norwich South Plymouth and west Plymouth

Is the answer to the one about vowels Herenveen?

Quoted from promotion plaice

Which European football club has the same vowel in every other letter running through it's name five times  ?

What's the answer to this?

How many UK cities have got two different teams which have reached the semi-finals of the European Cup/Champions League ?

Quoted from Mariner Ronnie

What's the answer to this?

Galatasaray of Turkey

Quoted from promotion plaice

Galatasaray of Turkey

Ah! Thanks

Quoted from Barrattstander

How many UK cities have got two different teams which have reached the semi-finals of the European Cup/Champions League ?

Glasgow:
Celtic, rangers

London:
Chelsea, arsenal

Quoted from Mariner Ronnie

Glasgow:
Celtic, rangers

London:
Chelsea, arsenal

3.

The third one is Dundee

Quoted from BIGChris

3.

The third one is Dundee

Correct.

Quoted from Tom13

Probably not the most difficult but still an interesting one:

Who scored the first goal and the first hat-trick at the New Wembley?

Mark Bright

Quoted from moosey_club

Mark Bright

Not in a competitive match!

Am I right in thinking it was an Italian in an under 21 game?

I think it was Giampaolo Pazzini.

Dundee is hard to get for the the "2 clubs" question, unless you have a good memory.  Dundee were in the semi's in the early 60s I think. Glasgow Rangers also "qualified" about the same time.

Didn't Liverpool also get 2 clubs into the European Cup semis? Liverpool FC certainly, but didn't Everton get that far in the mid-80s?

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Didn't Liverpool also get 2 clubs into the European Cup semis? Liverpool FC certainly, but didn't Everton get that far in the mid-80s?

Everton won the Cup Winners Cup as far as I can recall  (probably 1985 as they beat Watford to win the FA Cup in '84)

But even though that season they also won the old 1st division (which was the only way to get in to the European Cup back then, unless like Forest you were holders) they didn't get their rightful place in Europe again for this as this would have been for the 85-86 season which is when all English clubs were banned from Europe after the Heysel incident

This is all from memory but I think I'm right in what I've written

Quoted from Tom13

Not in a competitive match!

Then ask the right question!!!!!!!!!!!

Quoted from moosey_club

Then ask the right question!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought it'd be presumed it was a competitive game, otherwise the first goalscorer would probably have been a builder who was putting the goals up who technically scored the first goal ever!  :P

Pizzzza got it, it was Pazzini when England U21s played Italy U21s.

Why are Accrington called Stanley ?

Quoted from grimsby pete

Why are Accrington called Stanley ?

Some kid from Liverpool came up with it while drinking some milk in the 80s and it stuck.

Quoted from grimsby pete

Why are Accrington called Stanley ?

Named after another club in Accrington called Stanley Villa and their ground was in Stanley Street Accrington. The original club was Accrington and was one of the original members of the football league but they resigned after about 5 yrs, so Stanley Villa  added the Accrington name and became known as Accrington Stanley..  Or something like that.

Quoted from Grimal

Named after another club in Accrington called Stanley Villa and their ground was in Stanley Street Accrington. The original club was Accrington and was one of the original members of the football league but they resigned after about 5 yrs, so Stanley Villa  added the Accrington name and became known as Accrington Stanley..  Or something like that.

According to my book you are close,

It's says when Accrington went bust a new Accrington was formed and funded by a certain Stanley Villa,

They took his name and became Accrington Stanley,

It might have been Accrington Villa if they chose his surname .

Who is the only player to score at the World Cup (in the finals, not qualifiers) for 2 different countries?

(Fairly sure this has cropped up before)

Quoted from Abdul19

Who is the only player to score at the World Cup (in the finals, not qualifiers) for 2 different countries?

(Fairly sure this has cropped up before)

Is it a trick question by any chance, I'm thinking a player who scored for his country and also scored an OG for the opposition?

Shot in the dark - Kevin Prince Boateng?

Quoted from Abdul19

Who is the only player to score at the World Cup (in the finals, not qualifiers) for 2 different countries?

(Fairly sure this has cropped up before)

Is it Robert Proseneki,he played for Yugoslavia and after the breakup of the country he then played for Croatia.

Was it Robert Prosinecki or something like that,?

Played and scored for Turkey and Croatia,

I did not see Grimal's post above.

Quoted from Grimal

Is it Robert Proseneki,he played for Yugoslavia and after the breakup of the country he then played for Croatia.

Spot on Grimal :)

It should also be said of course, that the most notable thing about Prosinecki's career was fouling Ben Chapman to give us a penalty ;)

Quoted from grimsby pete

According to my book you are close,

It's says when Accrington went bust a new Accrington was formed and funded by a certain Stanley Villa,

They took his name and became Accrington Stanley,

It might have been Accrington Villa if they chose his surname .

The guy you are talking about Pete is a Stanley Wotherington. After AS had gone into liquidation in1966 it was started up again in 1968 by this Stanley Wotherington. The Stanley name of the club goes much further back.
  In 1888 the town had two clubs,Accrington and Stanley Villa, Accrington playing in the football league for five years before disbanding.It was at this time Stanley Villa took on the Town name and became Accrington Stanley and they dropped the Villa part.

Quoted from Tom13

I thought it'd be presumed it was a competitive game, otherwise the first goalscorer would probably have been a builder who was putting the goals up who technically scored the first goal ever!  :P

A poorly written question if its open to presumption and interpretation  :P

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

One for older guys, or football nerds of a younger age, what player scored 3 goals against the same goalkeeper in 12 months in 3 different games all played at Wembley?

ian botham, kevin keegan and ray clemence,

have not look yet to see if anyone got it yet

Quoted from bobbyturtle

ian botham, kevin keegan and ray clemence,

have not look yet to see if anyone got it yet

doh  ??)

Quoted from moosey_club

A poorly written question if its open to presumption and interpretation  :P

Touché  :P

Quoted from Grimal

The guy you are talking about Pete is a Stanley Wotherington. After AS had gone into liquidation in1966 it was started up again in 1968 by this Stanley Wotherington. The Stanley name of the club goes much further back.
  In 1888 the town had two clubs,Accrington and Stanley Villa, Accrington playing in the football league for five years before disbanding.It was at this time Stanley Villa took on the Town name and became Accrington Stanley and they dropped the Villa part.

You are right Grimal, I must have had too much wine when I read about that,

Just read,       1891 Stanley Villa formed,

This  club renames itself Accrington Stanley 1893,

000PS !!!!!!!

name the only player to score a hatrick in the premier league, championship, league 1, league 2 and his national side?

Two of the greatest goal scoring forwards ever, Alberto di Stefano and Ferenc Puskas both played for Real Madrid when they were winning European Cups for fun in the late 1950's.

What unique international experience did they share, and why?

Both played for two countries? (Argentina? and Spain/ Hungary and Spain).

Quoted from Mariner Ronnie

name the only player to score a hatrick in the premier league, championship, league 1, league 2 and his national side?

Robert Earnshaw

Quoted from jock dock tower

What unique international experience did they share, and why?

How can they have shared it if it was unique?

Quoted from pizzzza

Robert Earnshaw

Well done, did you google it? ;)

Quoted from Mariner Ronnie

Well done, did you google it? ;)

Nope, but I must confess that I have heard the question before  :)

Di Stefano played for 3 countries I think (Colombia too). No idea if this is relevant to the answer though!

Name the only player to have played in the Tyne and wear, auld firm, merseyside, Manchester and Welsh derbies.

Craig Bellamy?

Quoted from Abdul19

Craig Bellamy?

Yes :)

Di Stefano and Puskas did play for more than one country. Puskas was, of course, part of the 1953 Hungarian team who gubbed England 6-3 at Wembley - the Magic Magyars as the press dubbed them. Puskas was known as the Galloping Major, and went to Real Madrid after the Communist uprising in Hungary in 1956, hence his turning out for Spain for a handful of games because his former international career was effectively finished because if he returned to Hungary he would not have been allowed to leave again.

Who was the last England captain to wear the Grimsby Town shirt in a league match ?

Which town ;)

Quoted from Barrattstander

Who was the last England captain to wear the Grimsby Town shirt in a league match ?

Terry Butcher.

Quoted from Les Brechin

Terry Butcher.

Correct, well remembered Les.

Quoted from Barrattstander

Correct, well remembered Les.

Shaun Cunnington wore the Mariner shirt too, even though he'd left us a while earlier, and what a lovely fetching pink it was.  ;D

There is one team in the top 4 divisions in England or Scotland whose name’s last letter is unique. No other team’s name ends in this letter. Who is it? (And I’m not including the ‘Football Club’ part of team’s names :) ).

Quoted from jock dock tower

Di Stefano and Puskas did play for more than one country. Puskas was, of course, part of the 1953 Hungarian team who gubbed England 6-3 at Wembley - the Magic Magyars as the press dubbed them. Puskas was known as the Galloping Major, and went to Real Madrid after the Communist uprising in Hungary in 1956, hence his turning out for Spain for a handful of games because his former international career was effectively finished because if he returned to Hungary he would not have been allowed to leave again.

I think there has been a few more since. Diego Costa was born in and played for Brazil before playing for Spain at the World Cup.

Quoted from pizzzza

There is one team in the top 4 divisions in England or Scotland whose name’s last letter is unique. No other team’s name ends in this letter. Who is it? (And I’m not including the ‘Football Club’ part of team’s names :) ).

Is it Falkirk ?

UTM

Quoted from mariner tommy

Is it Falkirk ?

UTM

Nope, there is also Kilmarnock ending in 'K'.

Quoted from pizzzza

There is one team in the top 4 divisions in England or Scotland whose name’s last letter is unique. No other team’s name ends in this letter. Who is it? (And I’m not including the ‘Football Club’ part of team’s names :) ).

Tottenham Hotspur?

Can't think of another team ending in R.

Quoted from Les Brechin

Tottenham Hotspur?

Can't think of another team ending in R.

Sorry Les.... Stranraer, Stenhousmuir.

Quoted from Les Brechin

Tottenham Hotspur?

Can't think of another team ending in R.

Ah, didn't read the Scotland bit as well. Thinking cap back on.

Think I've got it...Reading!

Quoted from Les Brechin

Think I've got it...Reading!

Correct!  :)

Who scored the quickest ever Premier League goal after coming on as a substitute?

Bendtner against Spurs.

Quoted from biggles9999

Bendtner against Spurs.

Correct. 1.8 seconds from when play restarted after coming on!

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

One for older guys, or football nerds of a younger age, what player scored 3 goals against the same goalkeeper in 12 months in 3 different games all played at Wembley?

Obviously a question that failed to grab reader's attention!!. Anyway the answer was Dennis Law who scored for Man Utd v Leicester; Scotland v England and Rest of the World v England all in 1963 & Gordon Banks in goal for all 3