Association Football Trivia Thread
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Considering football was invented by Rupert Murdoch and Richard Keys in 1992, one would expect this to be the answer. Sheringham is the Premiership's oldest scorer at 40 years 268 days but we are looking at the overall record for the sport.
Very interesting answer! Ogrizovic's final game was against Sheffield Wednesday in 2000 at the age of 42 years 237 days so he certainly has longevity. Any own goals he scored weren't close enough to the end of his career because as an aside, the oldest own goal scorer is Dwight Ferguson, playing for the US Virgin Islands. He was 41 years 167 days old when he scored against his own goalkeeper in a 10-0 defeat to Grenada in 2008.
Great answer. But Stan the Man is merely the second oldest goalscorer in professional football at the young age of 49 years 14 days. His final goal came in an FA Cup game against Swansea in 1964. So long in the past that he scored against Swansea Town, not Swansea City.
So if even Stanley Matthews isn't the answer, who is? Well, I can confirm that this player was under 50 when he scored his final goal, played very successfully for both Manchester clubs and was born in the 1870s.
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Two good but incorrect guesses, unfortunately.
Kazuyoshi Miura (Miura!) has hit the headlines by scoring in Japan's J-League at the sprightly age of 48.
Roger Milla famously scored at the 1994 World Cup at the age of 42 to make him the oldest World Cup finals goalscorer and continued his professional club career until he was 44.
Miura is very close to the correct age, which we have already established as being under 50 but older than 49 years 14 days Stanley Matthews.
Seeing as you mentioned Roger Milla, this player I have in mind also holds the record for the oldest scorer in international football when he scored at the age of 45 years 73 days for.... *drumroll* Wales. He still carried on his club career for another five years after that!
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Billy Meredith (1874-1958) is the right answer. At the venerable age of 49 years 208 days in 1924, Meredith scored in the FA Cup for Manchester City versus Brighton & Hove Albion making him the oldest goalscorer in professional football.
In a professional career spanning 26 years from 1892 to 1924, his career saw him do a Denis Law before Denis Law. After amateur spells with Wrexham and Chirk whilst working in the mines he turned pro with Northwich Victoria before he played for Manchester City, then Manchester United before going back to Manchester City. He won the Welsh Cup (1894) with Chirk AAA; the Second Division (1898-99) and FA Cup (1903-04) with Man City; the First Division, (1907-08, 1910-11), FA Cup (1908-09) and Charity Shield (1908) with Manchester United and two British Home Championships (1907, 1920) with Wales.
A vegetarian teetotaler, Meredith was arguably football's first 'superstar' with his silky smooth dribbling and accurate crossing in his outside right position endearing him to millions. He was inspirational in getting the first players unions established and in getting the then £4 a week maximum wage abolished.
And of course, he is a North East Wales man like myself so he's a personal favourite of mine to research and scout photos of.
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Paulo Rossi is one, he scored 6 goals in the 1982 World Cup to be top scorer and was named player of the tournament plus he was name in the best eleven of the tournament for the second consecutive time after being named in it in the 1978 World Cup, interestingly the six goals he scored in '82 came in the later stages of the tournament, none of them came in the group stage..
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Eric Cantona
Peter Schmeichel
John Jensen
Hans Segers
Jan Stejskal
Anders Limpar
Craig Forrest
Andrei Kanchelskis
Robert Warzycha
Ronnie Rosenthal
Gunnar Halle
Roland Nilsson
Michel Vonk
What particular distinction is shared by these thirteen players?
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Hans Segers
Jan Stejskal
Anders Limpar
Craig Forrest
Andrei Kanchelskis
Robert Warzycha
Ronnie Rosenthal
Gunnar Halle
Roland Nilsson
Michel Vonk
What particular distinction is shared by these thirteen players?
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I don't think there are many active international players left who even began their international careers in the 1990s. I can think of that Columbian goalkeeper who became the oldest World Cup player last year; he was playing for Columbia at USA 94. Don't think he started out in the 1980s though.
Trinidad & Tobago's Russell Latapy definitely did 80s, 90s and 00s but not sure about the 10s. I think he retired in 2009 though.
Trinidad & Tobago's Russell Latapy definitely did 80s, 90s and 00s but not sure about the 10s. I think he retired in 2009 though.
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Certainly, he is obviously the most capped player for his country but is also the all time top goal-scorer with 173, which gives you a clue as to what position he played...
I don't think I can give you more I afraid....
I don't think I can give you more I afraid....
