Association Football Trivia Thread

[Omnis]

And I'm guessing it's also a city rather than a town - and the city I went to school in.

Brainsborough

 

[Liquid]

I have six or seven lined up for the near future, but if other people have questions too that's even better.

I think you just don't want me closing the gap at the top, haha. Just 6-7 points in it.

 

[Omnis]

Penenpaper-upon-(d)Esk.

OK, school clue not working.

 

[Liquid]

Basically, you're looking for towns and cities in Yorkshire.

Biggest one with no league team ever.

 

[Liquid]

Still struggling?

Okay, imagine you were asleep in a heath and you woke up. City sounds broadly similar to this.

And they play rugby. In West Yorkshire.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Wakefield?

 

[Liquid]

Wakefield?

Yes! At last. MildAshers with the steal.

Wakefield is the largest settlement in England to have never had a football league team. And they've never even come close; they didn't even have an established team until 2002, when a team from a local village moved stadiums to Wakefield.

More focused on their rugby league.

Over to you, MildAshers.

 

[MagpieRacer]

When was the last time (since squad numbers were introduced) that a team started with 1-11 shirt numbers in the Premier League?

 

[Liquid]

Ooh, might have been an anniversary thing. My guess would be 2008, and Manchester United to honour the Busby Babes?

 

[Ross]

@Liquid beat me to it. I would have said the 2008 Munich memorial match against Manchester City at Old Trafford which we lost 2-1 IIRC.

 

[Liquid]

A correct answer, @MildAshers ?

 

[MagpieRacer]

My apologies, Liquid is right with 2008 busby babes tribute!

 

[Liquid]

Okay, here's a question with lots of points up for grabs.

Can you name all 11 places (towns, cities and/or districts of London) ENDING* in -ham that have had football league teams, past and present?

*That is, places ending in -ham and not including Northampton, Southampton or Wolverhampton.

A bonus clue; 9 of the places currently have league teams and the other 2 currently have non-league teams

 

[Ross]

West Ham
Tottenham
Fulham
Birmingham

That's all I can think of right now.

 

[Liquid]

West Ham - Ross
Tottenham - Ross
Fulham - Ross
Birmingham - Ross

 

[MagpieRacer]

Rotherham, Gillingham, Oldham, Cheltenham, Wrexham

 

[Liquid]

West Ham - Ross
Tottenham - Ross
Fulham - Ross
Birmingham - Ross
Rotherham - MildAshers
Gillingham - MildAshers
Oldham - MildAshers
Cheltenham - MildAshers
Wrexham - MildAshers

This is all good stuff, including MildAshers slipping in Oldham, whom I had accidentally forgotten, so there are in fact 12 places in total.

3 more to get.

 

[Ross]

Just thought of Dagenham as well.

 

[Liquid]

West Ham - Ross
Tottenham - Ross
Fulham - Ross
Birmingham - Ross
Rotherham - MildAshers
Gillingham - MildAshers
Oldham - MildAshers
Cheltenham - MildAshers
Wrexham - MildAshers
Dagenham - Ross

Two to go, one league and one non-league.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Nottingham

 

[Liquid]

West Ham - Ross
Tottenham - Ross
Fulham - Ross
Birmingham - Ross
Rotherham - MildAshers
Gillingham - MildAshers
Oldham - MildAshers
Cheltenham - MildAshers
Wrexham - MildAshers
Dagenham - Ross
Nottingham - MildAshers

One more left. This one might take some mulling over; the place hasn't had a league team in a loooong time.

 

[Famine]

One more left. This one might take some mulling over; the place hasn't had a league team in a loooong time.

Ross already said Wrexham...

 

[Liquid]

I can confirm we're looking for an English city.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Not Dereham I presume?

 

[Liquid]

Nope.

 

[Famine]

If you need a clue... I already gave one

 

[MagpieRacer]

Wroxham?

 

[Liquid]

Nope.

 

[Ross]

Are they in the Conference Premier or further down?

 

[Liquid]

Further down.

A lot.