Association Football Trivia Thread

[christara321]

Nope, 1902

Ooh, Least I managed to get into 1900s that time.

 

[Famine]

Fleetwood Town are about five minutes old.

 

[Barra333]

Older than the team I am looking for, and not in the premier league.
They are the closest chronologically to the right answer so far.

 

[Liquid]

Swansea City. Formerly known as Swansea Town.

 

[Barra333]

Swansea City. Formerly known as Swansea Town.

That's the one I am after. Formed in 1912, joined the FL in 1921, and played in Div 1 for the first time in 1981.

 

[Famine]

Older than the team I am looking for

Really? Weren't they founded in the 1990s?

and not in the premier league.

Yeah, I kinda missed the "Premier" part of the question.

 

[Barra333]

Really? Weren't they founded in the 1990s?

Wiki tells me that Fleetwood FC was founded in 1908 and folded in 1976. Fleetwood Town FC started in 1977 and folded in 1996. The current version started as Fleetwood Wanderers in 1997, then changed names to Fleetwood Freeport and finally back to Fleetwood Town in 2002.

I guess you would get different opinions on the origin of the team. The club website claims the history of the club back to 1908 though.

 

[Liquid]

Another question?

 

[Barra333]

Which were the first 4 non-European countries to join FIFA?

 

[daan]

USA, Canada, Australia & New Zealand.

 

[Barra333]

USA, Canada, Australia & New Zealand.

According to FIFA.com, Canada joined in 1913 as the 4th non-European, while the USA were affiliated a year later. NZ joined in 1948, while Australia didn't formally join until 1964.

Still 3 out there

 

[Liquid]

Argentina, Brazil, Mexico.

Take your pick.

 

[polysmut]

Uruguay springs to mind for obvious World Cup related reasons.

 

[Barra333]

Argentina, Brazil, Mexico.

Take your pick.

Argentina is correct (1912), the other two are not.

Uruguay springs to mind for obvious World Cup related reasons.

Nope.

The two remaining countries are from different confederations, and joined in 1909 and 1912.

 

[polysmut]

Barbados and Egypt?

 

[Barra333]

Nope. Just to clarify, the last two are different confederations to each other, but not necessarily different to the correct answers so far.

 

[Liquid]

South Africa and Chile.

 

[Barra333]

South Africa and Chile.

Yep.

 

[Liquid]

Honestly? Those were two educated guesses.

Someone else go.

 

[Barra333]

South Africa were the first non-European country to join, in 1909, while Chile signed up at the same time as Argentina.

I would never have guessed those countries without stumbling across it on a choose your own adventure trip on wiki.

 

[Liquid]

Two guesses based on my limited knowledge of how and where football spread around the world. Still astonished that that was correct.

Actually, I do have one.

We all know what it is but who coined the term "Route One" football?

 

[polysmut]

Two guesses based on my limited knowledge of how and where football spread around the world. Still astonished that that was correct.

Actually, I do have one.

We all know what it is but who coined the term "Route One" football?

Jimmy Hill?

 

[Liquid]

It was not.

 

[polysmut]

It was not.

I'll have one more go.

Brian Clough?

It's pure guesswork so if that's wrong I'll sit out until the more educated have had a turn.

 

[Liquid]

Not Clough either. It was a manager and he was a proponent of this style of play.

 

[Liquid]

No new guesses?

 

[polysmut]

No new guesses?

I was wondering about this again yesterday. I wouldn't even know what era to guess at.
One last ditch effort for me.

Graham Taylor?

 

[Liquid]

I was wondering about this again yesterday. I wouldn't even know what era to guess at.
One last ditch effort for me.

Graham Taylor?

No but the 1980s is the correct decade. Graham Taylor had "long ball" football and this chap had "route one" football.

 

[polysmut]

Bobby Gould?

 

[Liquid]

Bobby Gould?

Very close.