QuoteI'm pretty sure they've never been relegated alright. I'll need to get back to you on a question meself.
Correct! How about the supplementary questionOriginally Posted by Slash/ED
I'm pretty sure they've never been relegated alright. I'll need to get back to you on a question meself.
You're both right and wrong
Trick question really, they were relegated in 1911 during their Irish league days.
jimmy o connor holds the record for shels for fastest hat trick, my dad was at the game. but according to argentine league statistics the fastest record is 1min 50 sec back in the 60s between estudiantes and someone else i cant remember. the scorer slips my mind too,it was an italian name afaik.il get back to this when i find out..
tricky question:
what is the name of the stadium in which arsenal play?
true or false: Panathinaikos were founded by an irishman?
and a few questions with a south american slant:
where did Boca Juniors get their colors from?
the amalgamation of which two clubs led to the foundation of River Plate?
which bolivian top division team is named after an irishman?
which argentine football team has the same name as a dublin GAA team?
1. Arseanal Stadium (had to double check the website as I'd never hear the end of it if I was wrong -please don't say that there is another answer)
2. The Pana answer is no, and the explaination is buried somewhere deep in the Pro/ anti Celtic thread.
I'll have a guess at Sarsfield's for the Argentine / Dub GAA one. Thnk set up by a desendent of Patrick Sarsfield
Where am I now? I'm over here,
I've got those empty pockets and I can't afford a beer.
Definitely false. The shamrock was the symbol of another club with whom one of Pana's founders was associated.
The legend is that its founders decided to adopt the colours of the flag on the next ship that pulled into the harbour, which happened to be a Swedish one, hence blue and gold. Not sure if it's true.where did Boca Juniors get their colors from?
Don't know this, or the River one. O'Higgins of Chile is the only South American club I can think of that fits the bill.which bolivian top division team is named after an irishman?
Here I'm let down by my knowledge of GAA, but I'm guessing, as Pat says above, that it's Velez Sarsfield. Incidentally, I happened to read about their formation just the other day. I think the name comes from the train station in which the founders sheltered during a heavy storm, and where they decided to form a football club. The Sarsfield in question was, I believe, a lawyer or civil servant who drew up Argentina's constitution, and of Irish descent.which argentine football team has the same name as a dublin GAA team?
I heard the same thing about the Brazilian national team colours. Which is true?
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My mistake, did a search, it was Boca. see here
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Certainly not true of Brazil, who wore white shirts until 1950, when a competition to design a new kit in the national colours (green, gold, blue) was instigated. Incidentally, Aldyr Schlee, who won the competition and is now a famous novelist, supports Uruguay! I've seen some of his discarded sketches for the kit, and a couple were nicer than the one he decided upon.
yeah he was 19 in 1953 when he won the competition.the kit HAD to have all the colors of brazils flag. ie yellow green blue and white. bizarrely the white jersey was partly blamed for the 1950 world cup defeat.out of the other possibilities,his kits were yellow and green hoops (obviously in honor of Rovers
Arsenal staadium is the name, highbury is merely the address of the stadium.not many people would get that right though
re panathinaikos, they originally wore red with no crest, but changed to green (i dont actually know why) and adopted the shamrock as a crest because its considered a good luck charm in greece.theyve no hystorical connection with ireland though
yes vélez sarsfield and the lucan gaa club with the same name,no idea about where the name comes from though for Vélez
O'Higgins is the answer named after Bernardo O'Higgins,son of Ambrose a meathman afaik.was the ruler of bolivia for years before being forced into exile by peruvian enemies
River was founded by the aalgamation of Santa Rosa and Rosales
correct sir!
j'accuse!
Football Questions..
Any one got any good brain teasers, ill get the ball rolling, who is the only foreign player (not including Ireland, Scotland, Wales) to reach ten years playing for the same club in England..
Probably Matt Le Tissier when at Southampton...was'nt he born outside England??...
Scmeichelwho is the only foreign player (not including Ireland, Scotland, Wales) to reach ten years playing for the same club in England..
German keeper Bert Trautmann was probaly the first -
with Man City for 15 years
Bruce Grobbelaar had 13 with Lpool
was it the first in the 'Premiership era'?
Bergkamp is in his 10th season with Arse
Ye've probably all heard this one, but anyway....
Name the player(Only one player) who has the following medals:
World Cup Medal
European Championship Medal
Premiership Medal
FA Cup Medal
European Club Championship Medal
Petit?
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
Ya, Anelka is correct.
He got the World and European medals even though he didn't play. He was in the French squad, think he had a row with the manager. Premiership and FA cup with Arsenal and European club with Real Madrid.
Surely not????
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
Anelka wasn't in the French squad at all for France '98... Never been to a World Cup at all, in fact.
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Henry.
Champions League with Juve?
City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.
O'Bama - "Eerah yeah, I'd say we can alright!"
G.O'Mahoney Trapattoni'll sort ém out!!
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