Football Questions..

[Sheridan]

Here's a good one that just occurred to me. I shall be exceedingly impressed if anyone answers it correctly (I assure you, however, that a valid answer does exist.)

Who made three (senior) international débuts, and scored hat-tricks on two of them?

[lopez]

Here's a good one that just occurred to me. I shall be exceedingly impressed if anyone answers it correctly (I assure you, however, that a valid answer does exist.)

Who made three (senior) international débuts, and scored hat-tricks on two of them?

Alfredo Di Stefano. 3 against Holland for Spain in January 1957. Also played for Argentina and Columbia (in unofficial internationals). I'd put money on he scored three in at least one of those games.

[$Leon$]

Dunno if this has been asked before or not but

Name 9 players still playing Premiership football who played on the
first day of the first Premiership season in August 1992

how close are we?

[cullenswood]

how close are we?

Gareth Southgate
Graham Stuart
Nigel Martyn

Kevin Campbell
Alan Shearer
Ryan Giggs

Darren Anderton
Gary Speed
Jason Dodd

[Sheridan]

Alfredo Di Stefano. 3 against Holland for Spain in January 1957. Also played for Argentina and Columbia (in unofficial internationals). I'd put money on he scored three in at least one of those games.

Good effort, but incorrect. Di Stefano never played an officially recognised international for Colombia.

Couple of hints - of the three nations this player represented, one was later subsumed into another, which no longer exists. And it's not the USSR.

[stojkovic]

Good effort, but incorrect. Di Stefano never played an officially recognised international for Colombia.

Couple of hints - of the three nations this player represented, one was later subsumed into another, which no longer exists. And it's not the USSR.

Is it Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia, Yugoslavia.

Answer - Dejan Savicevic

PS Di Stefano was capped three times for Colombia. He played for Argentina and Spain also.

[Aldini98]

Is it Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia, Yugoslavia.

Answer - Dejan Savicevic

PS Di Stefano was capped three times for Colombia. He played for Argentina and Spain also.

Great shout if youre right. Always a fan of Dejan, smashin' player for Milan.

[Aldini98]

Gareth Southgate
Graham Stuart
Nigel Martyn

Kevin Campbell
Alan Shearer
Ryan Giggs

Darren Anderton
Gary Speed
Jason Dodd

Actually, there are 12 players who appeared on the opening day of the Premiership season in
1992 and are still playing for Premiership clubs are Kevin Campbell, Nigel
Martyn, Gareth Southgate, Alan Shearer, Graham Stuart, Jason Dodd, Darren
Anderton, Gary Speed, Ryan Giggs, Roy Keane, David James and Steve
McManaman.

Thank You.

[Sheridan]

Is it Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia, Yugoslavia.

Answer - Dejan Savicevic

Another good effort (although Serbia has never competed at full international level as a separate entity from Yugoslavia or SCG, at least not in Savicevic's lifetime), but unfortunately also incorrect.

One last clue before I reveal the answer; he died in 2001.

PS Di Stefano was capped three times for Colombia. He played for Argentina and Spain also.

He actually made four appearance for Colombia, during the country's exile from FIFA. None of these games are acknowledged as full internationals.

[Glapots]

Rather than do a weekly question, i reckon maybe if we all try and catch each other out. When u want to answer a Q, quote the question, along with the answer and then fill in a new question yourself.

Ill get the ball rolling with an easy one:

Name the 2 players to have won the Premiership, [COLOR=red]Champions League[/COLOR] , and the European Championship.

Larent Blanc won all three I think

[stojkovic]

Another good effort (although Serbia has never competed at full international level as a separate entity from Yugoslavia or SCG, at least not in Savicevic's lifetime), but unfortunately also incorrect.

One last clue before I reveal the answer; he died in 2001.

LADISLAO KUBALA played for Czechoslavakia, Hungary and Spain. Excellent player starred for Barcelona in the early sixties. Died in 2002.

[Sheridan]

LADISLAO KUBALA played for Czechoslavakia, Hungary and Spain. Excellent player starred for Barcelona in the early sixties. Died in 2002.

Excellent answer! But wrong (Kubala didn't manage a goal on any of his international débuts, let alone a hat-trick.) Incidentally, I was privileged to correspond with a former friend and team-mate of Kubala a few years back. A more interesting question with the answer "Ladislav Kubala" might have been; which player represented three different countries under three different names? His first name was rendered Ladislav in Czechoslovakia, Lászlo in Hungary, and Ladislao in Spain.

You got one of the countries right, though. The player in question did indeed line out for Czechoslovakia, and was a contemporary of Kubala's towards the end of his career.

Alright, I'll put you out of your misery. The correct answer is.....


Josef Bican (1913-2001.) Represented his native Austria, Bohemia/Moravia (hat-trick on début, and solitary appearance, against Germany) and Czechoslovakia (scoring thrice in a 6-2 début win over Sweden.) Quite a star in his day, European top-scorer five seasons in a row between 1939 and 1944, but somewhat forgotten today.

[stojkovic]

Excellent question.

Yeah I thought of places like Bohemia, Silesia, Slovenia etc etc but couldnt think of any players.

[Aldini98]

Excellent answer! But wrong (Kubala didn't manage a goal on any of his international débuts, let alone a hat-trick.) Incidentally, I was privileged to correspond with a former friend and team-mate of Kubala a few years back. A more interesting question with the answer "Ladislav Kubala" might have been; which player represented three different countries under three different names? His first name was rendered Ladislav in Czechoslovakia, Lászlo in Hungary, and Ladislao in Spain.

You got one of the countries right, though. The player in question did indeed line out for Czechoslovakia, and was a contemporary of Kubala's towards the end of his career.

Alright, I'll put you out of your misery. The correct answer is.....


Josef Bican (1913-2001.) Represented his native Austria, Bohemia/Moravia (hat-trick on début, and solitary appearance, against Germany) and Czechoslovakia (scoring thrice in a 6-2 début win over Sweden.) Quite a star in his day, European top-scorer five seasons in a row between 1939 and 1944, but somewhat forgotten today.

Betwen 1939-44, well I'd say he was, maybe its because he may have been the only one playing at that time, a certain World War was on I believe.

[Sheridan]

Betwen 1939-44, well I'd say he was, maybe its because he may have been the only one playing at that time, a certain World War was on I believe.

Lose the British blinkers there, pal, many league across Europe continued uninterrupted throughout the war. Bican's club Slavia Prague (Mitropa Cup winners and therefore de facto European champions in 1938) played in the Czech league, one of the continent's strongest at the time. In those five seasons, he scored 174 league goals, including 57 (!) in 1943/44.

[stojkovic]

And the winners of the German League in 1940/41 was RAPID VIENNA.

[lopez]

Excellent question.

Yeah I thought of places like Bohemia, Silesia, Slovenia etc etc but couldnt think of any players.

This forum doesn't need too many love-ins or back-slapping but that was a good question, Sheridan.

[stojkovic]

This forum doesn't need too many love-ins or back-slapping but that was a good question, Sheridan.

Whats your fcuking problem ?

[Aldini98]

Whats your fcuking problem ?

Don't get him started, avoid the subject of Real Madrid

[Ambaiste!]

Here's a tough one:

Name five Premiership players who have played for England in the last five years whose names start and end with the same letter.

eg Noel johnsoN (not one of the answers, just givin ye an idea of what i mean)