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Wrexham. And I remember something bad happening to Swindon. I'll be clutching at straws after this!
Association Football Trivia Thread
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Wrexham certainly were not liquidated. We were the first club to ever be deducted points for entering administration though. Swindon may have been in administration sometime in the past 20 years but again, not liquidated.
Objectives:
We're looking for the last two clubs to have gone out of existence whilst members of the Football League.
Clues:
They both went bust in the same year.
Successor clubs have replaced them.
One of those successor clubs did make it back to the Football League but aren't there now.
Objectives:
We're looking for the last two clubs to have gone out of existence whilst members of the Football League.
Clues:
They both went bust in the same year.
Successor clubs have replaced them.
One of those successor clubs did make it back to the Football League but aren't there now.
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Grimsby? My old headmaster used to support them.
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Neither have been liquidated.
For what it's worth, Wimbledon moved grounds in 2003 and spent the 2003/04 season playing in Milton Keynes as Wimbledon FC before simply renaming the team. No liquidation.
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rushden and diamonds? What happened to them!
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They went bust as a Conference team in 2011. The phoenix club plays in the 8th tier.
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Thinking again I'd guess Aldershot might be one by the clues
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Correct!
The original Aldershot FC, long term members of the Football League Fourth Division, was wound up and liquidated in March of the 1991/92 season and their record for that season expunged. The reformed Aldershot Town started down in the Isthmian League Division Three in 1992/93, won promotion to the Football League in 2006/07 but were relegated back to the Conference in 2012/13. The reformed club has also been in financial difficulties over the past few years.
Still one more to get.
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Cheltenham or Boston United?
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Or Stockport? I remember when they played Darlington. They had this huge centre forward. Must've been about six foot seven. He was like a less skilful Carlton Palmer! 
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But different seasons
'Shot went in the 1991-92 season and Maidstone United followed before they'd even kicked a ball in the 1992-93 season.
So at the weekend, Iker Casillas (Spain) equalled the all-time UEFA international caps record at 165, alongside the now-inactive Vitālijs Astafjevs of Latvia - both joint 6th on the all-nations list.
So who are the record and active record holders for the other confederations?
Australia's Mark Schwarzer, incidentally, does not count for OFC, and FIFA member nations only please!
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I've not been away so long that you can't remember my name, surely?
Yes it is. He's also the all-time 2nd most capped player. The #1 is also on this list. Need more data though for a point
Ivan Vicelich retired from international football in 2014. However, with 88 caps he is the most capped OFC player of ever.
ONE POINT.
AFC all-time - "that Saudi keeper"
AFC current - ?
OFC all-time - Ivan Vicelich (88); @Liquid
OFC current - ?
CAF all-time - ?
CAF current - ?
CONCACAF all-time - ?
CONCACAF current - ?
CONMEBOL all-time - ?
CONMEBOL current - ?
I can give some clues if needed.
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Well, considering I was along the right lines I looked up his name and it's Mohamed Al-Deayea. I was certain he is the most capped player of all time though. Maybe his record is just for goalkeepers.
Give us some clues. It's more fun to guess and deduce rather than just looking it up.
Edit: There might be an Egyptian bloke in this somewhere.
Give us some clues. It's more fun to guess and deduce rather than just looking it up.
Edit: There might be an Egyptian bloke in this somewhere.
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Hokay
The all-time top three are on the list - an Egyptian bloke, then Mohamed Al-Deayea, then the CONCACAF record holder. Which is fascinating, as the top 3 of all time are all in different confederations and not active internationals. Fourth is another Egyptian - and only two countries have two in the top ten, the other being Saudi. 5th is the CONMEBOL chap, then joint sixth are two from the same confederation, one active and one not.
CAF - and indeed everywhere - all-time played a lot of his club career in Turkey and in Midfield. Retired from international football in 2012 and club football in 2013, but now manages in Egypt.
The current holder for CAF bizarrely played 3 games in the Premier League for the Sheffield Bacon.
Kuwaiti current AFC player is a striker who had a trial at Forest, but was denied a work permit...
The CONCACAF record holder from Mexico retired in 2010, is a defender and apart from club football in Mexico played for Chivas USA at the end of his career.
Honduran current CONCACAF player is a goalkeeper who has spent his entire career in Honduras.
Ecuador's CONMEBOL record holder spent his whole career in Ecuador and retired in 2012 - and a central defender.
The Paraguayan active CONMEBOL player had two dozen games for Sunderland a few years back, with some time in Italy, and is a central defender.
OFC's number 1 at present is a striker from Germany with most of his career played in Australia. He has played in the UK though - for Mansfield Town, AFC Wimbledon and Halifax Town... because... no idea.
The all-time top three are on the list - an Egyptian bloke, then Mohamed Al-Deayea, then the CONCACAF record holder. Which is fascinating, as the top 3 of all time are all in different confederations and not active internationals. Fourth is another Egyptian - and only two countries have two in the top ten, the other being Saudi. 5th is the CONMEBOL chap, then joint sixth are two from the same confederation, one active and one not.
CAF - and indeed everywhere - all-time played a lot of his club career in Turkey and in Midfield. Retired from international football in 2012 and club football in 2013, but now manages in Egypt.
The current holder for CAF bizarrely played 3 games in the Premier League for the Sheffield Bacon.
Kuwaiti current AFC player is a striker who had a trial at Forest, but was denied a work permit...
The CONCACAF record holder from Mexico retired in 2010, is a defender and apart from club football in Mexico played for Chivas USA at the end of his career.
Honduran current CONCACAF player is a goalkeeper who has spent his entire career in Honduras.
Ecuador's CONMEBOL record holder spent his whole career in Ecuador and retired in 2012 - and a central defender.
The Paraguayan active CONMEBOL player had two dozen games for Sunderland a few years back, with some time in Italy, and is a central defender.
OFC's number 1 at present is a striker from Germany with most of his career played in Australia. He has played in the UK though - for Mansfield Town, AFC Wimbledon and Halifax Town... because... no idea.
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CAF - I think the all-time bloke was called Hossan Hamed. Or Hamed Hossan. Or something incredibly similar. The current CAF Egyptian was briefly in the Prem with Sheffied United? We must be talking 2006/07. Hossam Ghaly? I think he might be a Spurs/Hull player though.
AFC - Kuwaiti strier? Al-Mutawa was at Forest during the disastrous O'Driscoll era.
OFC current number one must be Shane Smetlz. Not many non-Brits have played for Wimbledon and Halifax.
CONCAF/CONEMBOL - I really wouldn't know about the Honduran, Ecuadorian or Mexican who have spent (almost) their entire careers in their own countries. Not even Football Manager memories can help me.
AFC - Kuwaiti strier? Al-Mutawa was at Forest during the disastrous O'Driscoll era.
OFC current number one must be Shane Smetlz. Not many non-Brits have played for Wimbledon and Halifax.
CONCAF/CONEMBOL - I really wouldn't know about the Honduran, Ecuadorian or Mexican who have spent (almost) their entire careers in their own countries. Not even Football Manager memories can help me.
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Nope.
Nope.
Yep.
No swearing!
Yep.
Nope.
No idea - not him though
Yep!
Yep!
Yeah, they're not helpful chaps are they?
AFC all-time - Mohamed Al-Deayea (Saudi Arabia, 178); @Liquid
AFC current - Bader Al-Mutawa (Kuwait, 158); @Liquid
OFC all-time - Ivan Vicelich (88); @Liquid
OFC current - Shane Smeltz (New Zealand, 51); @Liquid
CAF all-time - (Egypt, 184)
CAF current - (Egypt, 106)
CONCACAF all-time - (Mexico, 177)
CONCACAF current - (Honduras, 132)
CONMEBOL all-time - (Ecuador, 168)
CONMEBOL current - (Paraguay, 130)
The two Egyptians both have the same terribly common forename. Or possibly surname, I don't know the Egyptian custom. The others are called Noel, Paulo, Claudio and Ivan.
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Very much no to any of those.
Of the Americans, one has a surname a bit like Nelly, one has one that's prone to biting, one is so Hispanic I can't even begin to conjure up something and one is "The Forest". It's not the bloke who the Forest tried to sign.
If by "Dortmund" you mean "Sheffield United and Hull City", yes. Otherwise no.
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No, but you have the right surname for the bitey one. I'll allow it, even though he's the third most-capped footballer of all time.
AFC all-time - Mohamed Al-Deayea (Saudi Arabia, 178); @Liquid
AFC current - Bader Al-Mutawa (Kuwait, 158); @Liquid
OFC all-time - Ivan Vicelich (88); @Liquid
OFC current - Shane Smeltz (New Zealand, 51); @Liquid
CAF all-time - (Egypt, 184)
CAF current - (Egypt, 106)
CONCACAF all-time - Claudio Suarez (Mexico, 177); @DK
CONCACAF current - (Honduras, 132)
CONMEBOL all-time - (Ecuador, 168)
CONMEBOL current - (Paraguay, 130)
I'm beginning to suspect I should have just asked who the most-capped player ever was
