The Football Quiz Thread

[timfrancis]

What was unique about Glenn Hoddle's England debut?

Wasn't the match abandoned?

 

[he is you know!]

Wasn't the match abandoned?

Postponed due to fog, remember it well.

 

[KenilworthSpur]

Postponed due to fog, remember it well.

Not technically abandoned. It was postponed from the day before the game due to fog

 

[nailsy]

@timfrancis It's your turn to post a question.

 

[timfrancis]

Sorry, not going to be around umtil the weekend. Would someone else like to take my turn?

 

[dontcallme]

Who is the only English footballer to play in the CL final but never for England?

 

[Marty]

Jermaine Pennant

 

[Marty]

Who was the first player to win the Premier League title with two different clubs?

 

[nailsy]

David May?

 

[Marty]

David May?

Left Blackburn the year before their title season.

 

[dontcallme]

I guess it is later than I expect. Utd dominated the early years and I can’t recall anyone playing for Blackburn and winning the title from Utd.

Could it be Gallas?

 

[Marty]

I guess it is later than I expect. Utd dominated the early years and I can’t recall anyone playing for Blackburn and winning the title from Utd.

Could it be Gallas?

Both of your sentences are wrong. This player was alone in having done so for 11 years, before several more have done it in the last decade.

 

[dontcallme]

Both of your sentences are wrong. This player was alone in having done so for 11 years, before several more have done it in the last decade.

My second guess was Anelka but guessing that is wrong too.

 

[nailsy]

Cantata is the obvious one, but I doubt he was the first.

 

[dontcallme]

Cantata is the obvious one, but I doubt he was the first.

Leeds didn’t win the Prem.

 

[nailsy]

Leeds didn’t win the Prem.

That was the year before wasn't it?

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

Think Norway guys.........

 

[Marty]

Cantata is the obvious one, but I doubt he was the first.

I didn't know he could sing.

 

[dontcallme]

Think Norway guys.........

Fjords, mountains and midnight sun?

 

[nailsy]

Norway = Herrings.

Which is almost the answer?

I think @Archibald&Crooks should have a go as he clearly knows the answer.