Association Football Trivia Thread

[MUSC4EVER]

It's probably on parchment...

..or its probably because im knackered!

Found him!! Strachan made 97 apps!

 

[Liquid]

Mentioning Gary Mac has reminded me of that wonderful free-kick he scored in the Liverpool derby.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Just thought id let you guys know that im off to bed now, so ill pick this up tomorrow..night night!

 

[daan]

Colin Calderwood?

Dominic Matteo?

 

[Liquid]

Dominic Matteo! That's a brilliant shout!

I can only think of players with 100 games... John Collins, Shaun Maloney, Craig Gordon...

Good question.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

276 for Matteo..113 for Collins..cant find Calderwood on the list, but ill keep looking as its a big list!!

I dont know to much about the other player...but do you want me to give you a clue?

 

[daan]

276 for Matteo

Ooooh, so close. Damn those injuries/suspensions!

Paul Telfer?

 

[Liquid]

It's got to be Telfer. This is tough.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

YES! Telfer is correct!!!

Gary McAllister made 325 apps and Telfer made 318 apps...

So dhandeh and you were right Liquid..its up to you two now!

 

[Liquid]

daan gets the second point, not me.

Points adjusted to the masterboard.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Sorry daan, didnt see your answer there pal!

 

[Liquid]

Next question from either daan or dhandeh?

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Yep..

 

[daan]

In a similar vein, mainly 'cos I can't think of anything else, name the 3 Frenchmen* who have played in over 300 Premier League games?


* Not necessarily born in France, (only one of them was) but they have played for France internationally.

 

[Famine]

Lomana Tresor Lua Lua!


Only kidding. Terry Henry? Patrick Viera?

 

[ASH32]

William Gallas?

Other than him and the two guys Famine mentioned I can't think of anyone else right now that could have played 300 games.

 

[Liquid]

Well, the good answers have already been taken so...

Patrick Viera.

 

[daan]

Lomana Tresor Lua Lua!

Nope. 154. And not French. He's about as French as Patrick Vieira... Oh...

Terry Henry?

Nope. 254

Patrick Viera?

Yep. 307

William Gallas?

Nope. 287

Patrick Viera.

Yep. Unfortunately, Famine has already got him.

You should be able to get one of them easily enough, but the 3rd was a surprise to me. I didn't think he'd been here long enough.

 

[SuperDiscoDaz]

Fabian Barthez
Robert Pires

 

[ASH32]

Anelka? He's played for that many teams it could be possible.

 

[daan]

Fabian Barthez
Robert Pires

Nope and nope. 92 & 198 respectively.

Anelka?

Yep. 343.

That's the 2 "easy" ones got. Now you're looking for a Frenchman who was born in Belgium....

EDIT: Just found another one, so there's 4 in total. Anelka and Vieira are 2, 2 still to get.

The new one was born in France, but has not been capped. The "Belgian" Frenchman has only been capped at U21 level.

 

[ASH32]

Malbranque? He might have been around long enough to play 300 games.

 

[daan]

Malbranque? He might have been around long enough to play 300 games.

Yep. He's the Belgian Frenchman. 336 appearances.

Now, the one that's left has the highest number of appearances for a Frenchman...

 

[Liquid]

Gael Clichy?

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Evra??
Cantona??

 

[daan]

Gael Clichy?

Evra??
Cantona??

Nope, nope and nope.

This player's first English club was on loan to Newcastle United.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Saha..he was on loan at Newcastle..

 

[daan]

Saha..he was on loan at Newcastle..

Nope. He's a defender.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Huh??? you said four frenchmen??

 

[Famine]

He wasn't saying Saha was incorrect because he's a defender - he was saying Saha is incorrect because he isn't a defender and the correct answer is someone who is.