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[Budgie.]

Anybody got any really tough ones?

Here's one to start with. It was on TalkSport last night and had us scratching our heads in the pub last night for a couple of hours...

Which player touched the ball more than any other in the EPL last year? (Clue given was that his first and second names rhyme)

No googlin allowed!

[hmfc_liam06]

Angel Rangel of Swansea  

[Eldar Hadzimehmedovic]

Not sure about the rhyming part but would have said Leon Britton.

[Robert Kelso M.D.]

If a player scores an own goal from an Indirect freekick, what is rewarded?

[Boris]

Kyle Falconer, on 20 July 2012 - 08:51 PM, said:

If a player scores an own goal from an Indirect freekick, what is rewarded?

I would have thought a corner.

[milky_26]

Kyle Falconer, on 20 July 2012 - 08:51 PM, said:

If a player scores an own goal from an Indirect freekick, what is rewarded?

corner kick i think

[Budgie.]

hmfc_liam06, on 20 July 2012 - 08:50 PM, said:

Angel Rangel of Swansea  

Well done. Took us two hours!

[Robert Kelso M.D.]

milky_26, on 20 July 2012 - 08:52 PM, said:

corner kick i think

Yeah. Think it's one of the oldest trivia questions in the book though

[Robert Kelso M.D.]

Who has scored the most goals in world football who is currently playing?

[hmfc_liam06]

Damon Albarn, on 20 July 2012 - 08:53 PM, said:

Well done. Took us two hours!

Well I knew it would have been a Swansea player and then it was pretty easy from there!

[Budgie.]

Which player scored in six different competitions (three domestic competitions, European competition, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup) in one season?

[Budgie.]

Kyle Falconer, on 20 July 2012 - 08:55 PM, said:

Who has scored the most goals in world football who is currently playing?

Raul?

[Tommy Wiseau]

Kyle Falconer, on 20 July 2012 - 08:55 PM, said:

Who has scored the most goals in world football who is currently playing?

Raul?

Van Nistelrooy?

Edited by Tommy Wiseau, 20 July 2012 - 09:00 PM.

[Robert Kelso M.D.]

Aleksander Duric. Weird fact- He never became a striker til he turned 28! Rivaldo is second with 272 then Raul with 250. Duric has 336.

Edited by Kyle Falconer, 20 July 2012 - 09:02 PM.

[Robert Kelso M.D.]

Duric is now 41!

[milky_26]

Damon Albarn, on 20 July 2012 - 08:57 PM, said:

Which player scored in six different competitions (three domestic competitions, European competition, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup) in one season?

pedro of barcelona

[Budgie.]

milky_26, on 20 July 2012 - 09:02 PM, said:

pedro of barcelona

Nope

[Robert Kelso M.D.]

Infact sorry, second highest scorer is Trans Narva with 300.

P.s these stats are top flight career goals!

Edited by Kyle Falconer, 20 July 2012 - 09:08 PM.

[Tommy Wiseau]

Kyle Falconer, on 20 July 2012 - 09:01 PM, said:

Aleksander Duric. Weird fact- He never became a striker til he turned 28! Rivaldo is second with 272 then Raul with 250. Duric has 336.

Never knew Rivaldo was still playing beyond the end of the season. Incredible

This Duric **** can bolt though - I see he scored 150 odd goals in 120 odd games for Singapore Armed Services?     Disgrace he gets to stand above Raul and Rivaldo at the top of the charts - especially Raul, who has scored all his goals at the top level  

[milky_26]

which club have won the european cup/ champions league more times than the top league in their domestic association

[shaun.lawson]

milky_26, on 20 July 2012 - 09:07 PM, said:

which club have won the european cup/ champions league more times than the top league in their domestic association

Nottingham Forest.

[Robert Kelso M.D.]

Tommy Wiseau, on 20 July 2012 - 09:07 PM, said:

Never knew Rivaldo was still playing beyond the end of the season. Incredible

This Duric **** can bolt though - I see he scored 150 odd goals in 120 odd games for Singapore Armed Services?     Disgrace he gets to stand above Raul and Rivaldo at the top of the charts - especially Raul, who has scored all his goals at the top level  

Trans Narva of Estonia is 2nd with 300

[milky_26]

Damon Albarn, on 20 July 2012 - 09:06 PM, said:

Nope

:orly:

http://www.usatoday....224512711_x.htm

[milky_26]

shaun.lawson, on 20 July 2012 - 09:09 PM, said:

Nottingham Forest.

yep, they also did in a time when runners up didn't qualify for the european cup

[PsychocAndy]

milky_26, on 20 July 2012 - 09:07 PM, said:

which club have won the european cup/ champions league more times than the top league in their domestic association

Nottm Forest
Bugger beaten to by the Encyclopaedia Uruguay

Edited by PsychocAndy, 20 July 2012 - 09:14 PM.

[Tommy Wiseau]

Kyle Falconer, on 20 July 2012 - 09:09 PM, said:

Trans Narva of Estonia is 2nd with 300

Trans Narva is a club, is it no?

[Budgie.]

milky_26, on 20 July 2012 - 09:10 PM, said:

:orly:

http://www.usatoday....224512711_x.htm

Fair play bud.

There's someone else as well...

[shaun.lawson]

milky_26, on 20 July 2012 - 09:10 PM, said:

yep, they also did in a time when runners up didn't qualify for the european cup

Although the EC is obviously way more prestigious than winning a league title, I still think the latter was much the greater achievement on Forest's part. The old style European Cup only had a handful of clubs who could win it in any given season - the old style First Division was tougher, especially for smaller clubs with smaller squads.

[Robert Kelso M.D.]

Tommy Wiseau, on 20 July 2012 - 09:12 PM, said:

Trans Narva is a club, is it no?

Must be a typo in 442

Edit: isn't a typo I've misread it

Maksim Gruznov is 2nd with 300

Edited by Kyle Falconer, 20 July 2012 - 09:18 PM.

[Tommy Wiseau]

Kyle Falconer, on 20 July 2012 - 09:17 PM, said:

Must be a typo in 442

Some absolute goal machine playing for Trans Narva is obviously on the verge of suicide at getting bumped by 4-4-2

Never mind just seen edit  

Edited by Tommy Wiseau, 20 July 2012 - 09:23 PM.

[milky_26]

Damon Albarn, on 20 July 2012 - 09:14 PM, said:

Fair play bud.

There's someone else as well...

must have been messi then.  did he do it last season?

[Robert Kelso M.D.]

Damon Albarn, on 20 July 2012 - 09:14 PM, said:

Fair play bud.

There's someone else as well...

Cristiano Ronaldo? Wayne Rooney?

[Bruno]

which player has scored 3 goals in the champions league, all penalties against juventus, but for 3 different clubs?

[Budgie.]

Kyle Falconer, on 20 July 2012 - 09:26 PM, said:

Cristiano Ronaldo? Wayne Rooney?

Rooney

[Robert Kelso M.D.]

Tommy Wiseau, on 20 July 2012 - 09:23 PM, said:

Some absolute goal machine playing for Trans Narva is obviously on the verge of suicide at getting bumped by 4-4-2

Never mind just seen edit  

Fecking daft club with a first and second name.

[Tommy Wiseau]

Edit nvm

Edited by Tommy Wiseau, 20 July 2012 - 09:29 PM.

[Gorgiewave]

Who was the oldest debutant in the history of (oldco) Rangers?

Name the two players who: (i) play/played for both Hearts and Scotland; (ii) have/had a son who has won representative honours at football for a country other than Scotland.

Who is the oldest player to be stripped for a Hearts first team match?

Name the teams to have played in European Cup Final without ever having won the European Cup.

Name the Scottish club against which Hearts were drawn to play in Europe.

Name the cities that have had two or more clubs to have reached the semi-final of the European Cup / Champions' League.

[milky_26]

Damon Albarn, on 20 July 2012 - 09:27 PM, said:

Rooney

he didn't score in the uefa super cup vidic did in a 2-1 defeat to zenit

[Tommy Wiseau]

milky_26, on 20 July 2012 - 09:31 PM, said:

he didn't score in the uefa super cup vidic did in a 2-1 defeat to zenit

My original post said Vidic, but just assumed I had remembered wrong.

Good trivia question

[shaun.lawson]

Gorgiewave, on 20 July 2012 - 09:29 PM, said:

Name the teams to have played in European Cup Final without ever having won the European Cup.



Name the cities that have had two or more clubs to have reached the semi-final of the European Cup / Champions' League.

1. Reims, Panthinaikos, Sampdoria, Roma, Arsenal, Leverkusen, Monaco, Bruges, Malmo, Moenchengladbach, Leeds, Atletico Madrid (I think)... not sure about the others? Oooh, did Sporting Lisbon ever make an EC final?

2. London, Glasgow (if you count Rangers 92/3 as semi-finalists), Madrid, Dundee (I think?), Milan, Lisbon, Belgrade (maybe?), Bucharest (ditto), Munich (possibly?)... God I'm hopeless.  

Edited by shaun.lawson, 20 July 2012 - 09:45 PM.

[Gorgiewave]

shaun.lawson, on 20 July 2012 - 09:40 PM, said:

1. Reims, Panthinaikos, Sampdoria, Roma, Arsenal, Leverkusen, Monaco, Bruges, Malmo, Moenchengladbach, Leeds, Atletico Madrid (I think)... not sure about the others?

2. London, Glasgow (if you count Rangers 92/3 as semi-finalists), Madrid, Dundee (I think?), Milan, Lisbon, Belgrade (maybe?), Bucharest (ditto)... God I'm hopeless.  

Not a bad effort, but think about it and come back. Five missing from the first list.
London, Glasgow (Rangers semi-finalists in 1959-60), Madrid, Dundee is correct, Belgrade, Milan. I don't think Lisbon or Bucharest.

[shaun.lawson]

Gorgiewave, on 20 July 2012 - 09:45 PM, said:

Not a bad effort, but think about it and come back. Five missing from the first list.
London, Glasgow (Rangers semi-finalists in 1959-60), Madrid, Dundee is correct, Belgrade, Milan. I don't think Lisbon or Bucharest.

Valencia's another for the first one: terrible that I forgot them!

Trying to remember who PSV beat in the '88 final...  

[Gorgiewave]

shaun.lawson, on 20 July 2012 - 09:48 PM, said:

Valencia's another for the first one: terrible that I forgot them!

Trying to remember who PSV beat in the '88 final...  

PSV beat Benfica, one of (I think) four final defeats for Benfica.

[shaun.lawson]

Gorgiewave, on 20 July 2012 - 09:51 PM, said:

PSV beat Benfica, one of (I think) four final defeats for Benfica.

But they've won it anyway. Bugger.  

Oooh! St Etienne is another.  

Edited by shaun.lawson, 20 July 2012 - 09:52 PM.

[jambos are go!]

Gorgiewave, on 20 July 2012 - 09:29 PM, said:

Who was the oldest debutant in the history of (oldco) Rangers?

Name the two players who: (i) play/played for both Hearts and Scotland; (ii) have/had a son who has won representative honours at football for a country other than Scotland.



Who is the oldest player to be stripped for a Hearts first team match?

Name the teams to have played in European Cup Final without ever having won the European Cup.

Name the Scottish club against which Hearts were drawn to play in Europe.

Name the cities that have had two or more clubs to have reached the semi-final of the European Cup / Champions' League.

Cannegia was Fair age before he played for Rangers
jim bett and his son Calum for one
Dundee and Dundee united reached the semi finals.
I think Dunfermline were drawn against Real Saragozza before we lost a play a play off.
Malmo and Panathinikos reached the final without winning me thinks.
John Cumming Strpped a few times after he officially retired so might have been oldest.

[ronsajambo]

Who is the oldest player to be stripped for a Hearts first team ?

[Gorgiewave]

jambos are go!, on 20 July 2012 - 09:52 PM, said:

Cannegia was Fair age before he played for Rangers
jim bett and his son Calum for one
Dundee and Dundee united reached the semi finals.
I think Dunfermline were drawn against Real Saragozza before we lost a play a play off.
Malmo and Panathinikos reached the final without winning me thinks.
John Cumming Strpped a few times after he officially retired so might have been oldest.

Caniggia is incorrect.
Jim Bett is correct. Also another son. Both played for Iceland at a youth level.
Dundee is correct.
Dunfermline is the Scottish club.
I'll have to check John Cumming but I don't think that's right.

[ronsajambo]

Murray  Mcdermott?

[shaun.lawson]

shaun.lawson, on 20 July 2012 - 09:51 PM, said:

But they've won it anyway. Bugger.  

Oooh! St Etienne is another.  

HTF did you forget Eintracht Frankfurt Lawson? They only played in the most famous European Cup Final in history.

One more. Did Fiorentina make it at some point?

[Gorgiewave]

ronsajambo, on 20 July 2012 - 09:56 PM, said:

Murray  Mcdermott?