Association Football Trivia Thread

[Liquid]

Paul Ince

Blaraghafashcagshggha. So obvious.

 

[daan]

It's a great question though. We all know surnames, but first names slip under the radar a bit.

 

[Liquid]

It is, fair play. So I've gone for Paul Warhurst, Paul Parker and Paul Gascoigne.

Think I'll add Paul Walsh to that.

 

[NINE_HUNDRED]

Paul Dickov, he must have a few.

 

[daan]

Is it just "Paul" or does Paulo Wanchope count? Or Paolo Di Canio?

 

[MagpieRacer]

Paul Ince and Paul Dickov are 2 more correct. 3 for Daan and 1 for nine hundred leaving just 2 up for grabs.

Paulo and Paolo don't count I'm afraid.

 

[Liquid]

Paul Gascoigne got fewer than 25? I am surprised.

 

[daan]

By he time the EPL started Gazza was in Italy. And then Scotland. And when he came back, he was 🤬

 

[Liquid]

Hmm, true.

Oh! Paul Rideout. Must have got 30 or so for Everton.

 

[Famine]

Paul Kitson? He played for Newcastle in the pre-Les Ferdinand era and once scored a hat-trick against us (which would put him nearly one-eighth of the way there )

 

[Liquid]

Did Paul Furlong ever hit the heights with Chelsea?

 

[Famine]

Paul Furlong couldn't hit the ground if he tripped.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Rideout and Kitson are correct for all 6.

Daan - 3
nine hundred - 1
Liquid - 1
Famine - 1

 

[Akmuq]

Threads gone to sleep, here's a question, may be a little easy though.

Name the first club created this century to reach the football league.

 

[MagpieRacer]

AFC Wimbledon?

 

[Akmuq]

Correct.👍

 

[MagpieRacer]

Using them on FIFA 14 at the moment

 

[Famine]

Since the thread's gone to sleep again and I never did think up an answer on my go, here's one for you.

Martin Jol (Tottenham Hotspur), Toni Schumacher (Fortuna Cologne) and Mark Poulton (non-league Chichester City) all hold the same - or at least extremely similar - dubious managerial record. What is it?

 

[Matty]

Since the thread's gone to sleep again and I never did think up an answer on my go, here's one for you.

Martin Jol (Tottenham Hotspur), Toni Schumacher (Fortuna Cologne) and Mark Poulton (non-league Chichester City) all hold the same - or at least extremely similar - dubious managerial record. What is it?

Gonna take two guesses at this, one not really dubious though.

They never got relegated at that club?
Or, they never had a draw whilst managing said club?

EDIT: Okay, googled a bit and know I'm wrong. Will spoiler tag the answer as I now know, and don't know if googling is allowed on tougher questions.

EDIT Part 2: Couldn't figure out how to spoiler so I'll just type in in white.

They were all sacked midway through a game in charge of said club.

 

[Famine]

Okay, googled a bit and know I'm wrong. Will spoiler tag the answer as I now know, and don't know if googling is allowed on tougher questions.

It's not that tough - and I'll give clues if there's struggling

Poulton's included because it was actually quite widely reported at the time (2010), but Jol beat him to it in 2007 and Schumacher beat both of them to it, in 1999... There may be others, but these three sprang immediately to mind.

 

[Matty]

It's not that tough - and I'll give clues if there's struggling

Poulton's included because it was actually quite widely reported at the time (2010), but Jol beat him to it in 2007 and Schumacher beat both of them to it, in 1999... There may be others, but these three sprang immediately to mind.

Well, it's never hard if you know. But I actually didn't even know about it happening to any of those. I had heard of it happening, probably in 2010 but wouldn't have put Poulton's name to it and figured it out.

 

[Liquid]

Most games without a goal?

 

[Matty]

Since I know the answer I'll speed it up a bit by answering peoples guesses.

Wasn't that Liquid.

 

[Akmuq]

Jol was sacked halfway through a UEFA Cup game for Spurs (My inner know-everything-about-Spurs coming through), other then that, I don't know what other unfortunate records he can have, so I'll say....

All 3 managers sacked during a game?

 

[Matty]

And Akmuq gets it!

 

[Akmuq]

Who was the highest scoring Irish player in the Premier League and how many goals did they score?

Answers within 5 goals will be judged to be correct.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Keane or Quinn immediately spring to mind...

 

[Famine]

Jol was sacked halfway through a UEFA Cup game for Spurs (My inner know-everything-about-Spurs coming through), other then that, I don't know what other unfortunate records he can have, so I'll say....

All 3 managers sacked during a game?

Yep - literally at half time. Poulton holds an even odder facet to that record - he was sacked at half time while his side were winning...

 

[Liquid]

Who was the highest scoring Irish player in the Premier League and how many goals did they score?

Answers within 5 goals will be judged to be correct.

Keane or Quinn immediately spring to mind...

Couldn't tell you how many, but I would hedge my bets with Robbie Keane as well.

 

[Akmuq]

Forgot about this, yup, Robbie Keane is correct.