Trivia Questions

[seand]

Fahey?

Erm, Dave Fahey. played one game for, eh, Derby. As a 90th minute sub.

[TheBoss]

This is a real nerdy one, What was the only fixture in the English football league (All 4 divisions) that was never played?

[pineapple stu]

Not sure what you mean here?

Is it match-ups? But there must be lots of those - Burton or Fleetwood can hardly have played everyone by this stage.

Is it a final league table somewhere that showed a match as played but it never was? Middlesbrough v Blackburn (?) from the late 90s maybe? Boro refused to travel and got awarded a 3-0 defeat for their pains. Has that really never happened before though?

Otherwise, a bit of clarity maybe?

[TheBoss]

OK, sorry for the ambiguity.

It was a fixture that was never fulfilled during the season and the final table had both teams one game less than the others.

In that Middlesbrough/Blackburn situation, the match was technically postponed and was played at later date.

[pineapple stu]

Hmm.

Did Accrington or Maidstone leave the league (bankrupt) with one game unplayed?

[BonnieShels]

Stanley resigned after 33 games in the 1961-62 season:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_Football_League

At that stage there were the following fixtures left to play:

Accrington Stanley v Doncaster Rovers,
" v Exeter City
" v Gillingham
" v Hartlepool
" v Southport
" v York City

as well as away at:

Chesterfield
Hartlepool
Mansfield Town
Millwall
Southport
Workington
Wrexham

[pineapple stu]

Their results were all expunged - same as in 1992, when Aldershot also went bust mid-season. So I don't know if that really counts?

[TheBoss]

You guys really testing me about this question. ;)

I might as well just tell you the answer, It was Scunthorpe United v Exeter City in the 1973/74 Fourth Division.

http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/LeagueTables/Season1973-74/Div41973-74.htm

[DeLorean]

A bit more mainstream than The Boss's teaser, but Gareth Bale can become the sixth player to win the Champions League in his hometown this weekend, can you name the other five?

(Warning: The answer is readily available on the Sky Sports website so be honest :)).

[pineapple stu]

And on the UEFA website, where I already saw the answer. :)

[DeLorean]

I should probably specify Champions League/European Cup also.

[OwlsFan]

A bit more mainstream than The Boss's teaser, but Gareth Bale can become the sixth player to win the Champions League in his hometown this weekend, can you name the other five?

(Warning: The answer is readily available on the Sky Sports website so be honest :)).

No idea to be honest but at a guess Manchester United won the European Cup in the 1960s at Wembley. Were any of their players born in London ? Nobby Stiles ?

I remember being so proud to see Dunne and Brennan in that side. Chances are next to zero now of seeing an Irishman in the Final let alone two. Shay was the first to play for us through the parentage rule. Thought Charlie Hurley might be but according to Wikipedia he was born here and moved when a baby. Looking at his Wikipedia page, nothing about his international career other than the bare stats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hurley Any Ireland/Wikipedia experts who could fill in the gaps - wonder who he scored against. He scored them in 1964 https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/35732/Charlie_Hurley.html

[DeLorean]

No idea to be honest but at a guess Manchester United won the European Cup in the 1960s at Wembley. Were any of their players born in London ? Nobby Stiles ?

You were on the right track, Stiles is a Mancunian though.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBaHg_ZXoAA3j3h.jpg

[pineapple stu]

And you can add Bale as well now of course.

Miguel Munoz an answer on two pages in a row! Who'd a thunk it?

[DeLorean]

Miguel Munoz an answer on two pages in a row! Who'd a thunk it?

A household name... in the Pineapple residence at least. :)