Football Trivia...Gimme Some

At the risk of sounding like Statto I've been getting right into soccer trivia on Wikipedia. Started with an argument with a mate about Partick Thistle ever having played in Europe (they did, UEFA Cup 73/74 season). I've now spent the last two hours checking out results from past games between such mighty European giants as Videoton (UEFA Cup runners up in 1985) KV Mechelen (UEFA Cup and Super Cup Winners in 1988) and Upjest Doza (what a name!!!) What I learned.....

Rangers competed in the first ever European Cup Winners Cup Final in 1961 (getting humped over both legs by Fiorentina )

In season 1966/67 not only did the mighty Celts lift the European Cup but Rangers made the ECWC Final again (getting humped AGAIN ) and Kilmarnock made the semis of the UEFA (or Fairs Cup as it was)

No club ever managed to retain the ECWC though four finals between 93 and 97 saw the holder reach the final the next year only to lose.

Until CSKA Moscow won the UEFA Cup in 2005 no Russian team had ever one a European trophy.

Anybody with similar statistical based trivia feel free to post below.

Wikipedia is one marvellous website.

I'm always keen to remind the Welsh that the last time they reached any major world championship was the 1954 World Cup.

Nottingham Forest have won the European Cup (2) more times than they've won their domestic league (1)

Only 4 players have scored in 2 World Cup Finals - Pele, Vava, Breitner and Zidane.

The only player to captain winning teams in the FA and Scottish Cup Finals is Martin Buchan. (Aberdeen + Man Utd)

The only player to score for two different countries in World Cup Finals is Robert Prosinecki. (Yugoslavia 1992 + Croatia 1996)

Only 5 teams from their nation's capital cities have won the European Cup - Real Madrid, Steaua Bucharest, Red Star Belgrade, Ajax Amsterdam and Benfica. (Lisbon)

Numbers were worn on the back of shirts for the first time on Aug 25th 1928.

The English League introduced 3 points for a win in 1981.

Yellow and red cards were introduced in Mexico in 1970 at the World Cup Finals.

The 1st substitute in English football was Charlton's Keith Peacock on Aug 21st 1965.

What did ever happen to Statto?

Marc wrote: What did ever happen to Statto?

Angus is a sucessful professional gambler and occasional racing pundit for the BBC,and the spit of a lad who works with us called,Sparky.

Footy Trivia:The exciting former Middlesbrough player,Sir Stuart Ripley is studying to be a lawyer,allegedly on the grapevine.A fucking bloodsucker Unconfirmed,strong integrity battering rumour for Rippers.

I know it's been mentioned on here before but.....

The first ever black player to play for Celtic was a New Yorker called Gil Heron in 1951. He was the dad of "founding father of rap" Gil Scott Heron. I've seen GSH in concert twice and there's always a fair few members of the audience in Hoops. Fuck knows what he makes of it all!

The first English League team to score a goal in the 21st Century was Brighton And Hove Albion, scorer Darren Freeman.

First overseas player to represent an English club at Wembley was Ivan Golac for Southampton in the '77 Charity Shield.

Japan's first ever appearance in the World Cup was in 1998...less than a decade after it's national football league "J-League" was created.

Liverpool FC has scored 8595 goals in 4985 competitive matches registered at LFChistory.

144 of those goals are own goals and 423 came from the penalty spot.

Liverpool has scored 1.72 goals on average in each game.

650 players have been on the bench or played with Liverpool FC since 1892.

Oh, and Liverpool have won the European Cup more times than Cletic & Man Yoo combined.

Five Times. Woo hoo. woo hoo. the only stat that matters. suckerrrrrrrrrrsssssss.

St Johnstone - the only club in the English or Scottish leagues to have the letter J in its name..

not a stat. but our sixth manager George Kay (from the 30's) looked a bit like Hitler.

Ballymena United have never won the Irish League.

The first person to score a goal on QPR's plastic pitch, when it was introduced in July 1985?

DALGLISHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!?

(no?)

The only team with a 100% record in all competitions against Liverpool is Worcester City, who defeated them 2-1 in the 1959 FA Cup. Liverpool sacked their manager Phil Taylor shortly after the game, and appointed someone called Bill Shankly instead.

oldmonkey wrote: The only team with a 100% record in all competitions against Liverpool is Worcester City, who defeated them 2-1 in the 1959 FA Cup. Liverpool sacked their manager Phil Taylor shortly after the game, and appointed someone called Bill Shankly instead.

and the rest as they say is history. Unlucky Phil.

some Liverpool Captains.

who's that 2nd down i wonder.

Tom Cooper 1937-1939

Matt Busby 1939-1940

Willie Fagan 1945-1947

Jack Balmer 1947-1950

Phil Taylor 1950-1953

Brian Deane scored the first ever Prem goal.

Liverpool FC smell.

Arsenal arent a big club

City are shit.

J.A.K wrote: some Liverpool Captains.

who's that 2nd down i wonder.

Tom Cooper 1937-1939

Matt Busby 1939-1940

Willie Fagan 1945-1947

Jack Balmer 1947-1950

Phil Taylor 1950-1953

Knew about Busby, but not Tommy Cooper and Phil 'The Power' Taylor.

Peter Beardsley is the only player to have played for Liverpool,Everton,Man City & Man Utd.

[orange]steve[/orange][black]one[/black] wrote: Peter Beardsley is the only player to have played for Liverpool,Everton,Man City & Man Utd.

beardo played for City? beardo played for Yoo? double

dates please.

no way!!

Cant do dates now,ill find them later. But he did he was on loan and played in a cup game cos he wasnt tied or something. Back end of the 80s im sure.

Dion Dublins father is Romeo Dublin,who to this day is still the drummer with Showadywady (sp)

Lowest league attendance is 13.

Stockport County at Old TRafford

apparently there was a match on before, only 13 paid for the 2nd game, cant remember who Stockport were playing.

isaac wrote: Dion Dublins father is Romeo Dublin,who to this day is still the drummer with Showadywady (sp)

Thats gonna take some beating as best trivia!

Can anyone name the player who survived the Munich Air Disaster who only retired from top flight football 5/6 years ago?

Barney Army wrote: Lowest league attendance is 13.

Stockport County at Old TRafford

apparently there was a match on before, only 13 paid for the 2nd game, cant remember who Stockport were playing.

when? about 1986 ?

Snoopy wrote: Can anyone name the player who survived the Munich Air Disaster who only retired from top flight football 5/6 years ago?

trick question??

none...its impossible

Four Scottish Teams have made it to European Finals

Celtic (European Cup 1967 winners, 1970, UEFA Cup 2003) Rangers (ECWC 1961, 1967, 1972 winners) Aberdeen (1983 ECWC winners) Dundee Utd (1986 ECWC)

and another four have got as far as the semis

Hibs (first ever European Cup 1954) Kilmarnock Dundee Dunfermline

J.A.K wrote:

Snoopy wrote: Can anyone name the player who survived the Munich Air Disaster who only retired from top flight football 5/6 years ago?

trick question??

none...its impossible

John Lukic ex Arsenal & Leeds Utd His mother was an air hostess on the flight and was pregnant at the time.

Snoopy wrote: Can anyone name the player who survived the Munich Air Disaster who only retired from top flight football 5/6 years ago?

Was John Lukic at that stage an unborn foetus in the womb of the survivor Mrs Vera Lukic?

oldmonkey wrote:

Snoopy wrote: Can anyone name the player who survived the Munich Air Disaster who only retired from top flight football 5/6 years ago?

Was John Lukic at that stage an unborn foetus in the womb of the survivor Mrs Vera Lukic?

EDIT - I was on the right track then!! She was a passenger rather than a stewardess.

heard the Lukic thing. no!! no relation. and it was a baby girl.

that would make Lukic almost 50...

nah, not avin that one.

Not him - as explained here below the stats.

http://www.leedsfans.org.uk/leeds/players/236.html

Liverpool did not lose at Anfield between January 1978 and January 1981.

85 games in total, 212 goals scored 35 Conceded.

Japanese footballer Hidetoshi Nakata was in a Coca-Cola advert in Japan a few years ago...the advert also featured the Queen song "I want to be free".

[orange]steve[/orange][black]one[/black] wrote: Cant do dates now,ill find them later. But he did he was on loan and played in a cup game cos he wasnt tied or something. Back end of the 80s im sure.

back end of the 80's he played for us. barnes, beardsley & Aldo. all part of the classic 87/88 lineup.

Barney Army wrote: Lowest league attendance is 13.

Stockport County at Old TRafford

apparently there was a match on before, only 13 paid for the 2nd game, cant remember who Stockport were playing.

It was the only game on that day, there weren't two. The day? Christmas Day. Who in their right mind holds a match on Christmas bloody Day?

Possibly the worst player ever to play for Celtic was a Brazilian named Scheidt!

Rumours that they were after the Celta Vigo player Turdo appear to be unfounded......

oldmonkey wrote: Not him - as explained here below the stats.

http://www.leedsfans.org.uk/leeds/players/236.html

Opps Born 1960

oldmonkey wrote: Possibly the worst player ever to play for Celtic was a Brazilian named Scheidt!

Rumours that they were after the Celta Vigo player Turdo appear to be unfounded......

They were hoping to make Celtic Park a mutch greener place by investing in £5m worth of Scheidt.

There was also panic at the coroprate buffet as then manager John Barnes said he intended to use Scheidt to fill a number of roles.

oldmonkey wrote:

It was the only game on that day, there weren't two. The day? Christmas Day. Who in their right mind holds a match on Christmas bloody Day?

There were 2 games.

Wanna bet?

Alex Fergueson reports Dion Dublin's knob as being magnificent.

Boatraceface wrote: Alex Fergueson reports Dion Dublin's knob as being magnificent.

front door

or bedroom door.

Biggest penis in British football was believed to have been owned by former Wolves, Worcester, Yeovil and Dover midfielder Joe Jackson, who had sixteen inches on the soft. Photo was pinned up on the City dressing room wall. Fergie's never been in there!

Liverpool vs Maccabi Haifa? (CL 3rd Qualifying) Oh f***!

oldmonkey wrote: Biggest penis in British football was believed to have been owned by former Wolves, Worcester, Yeovil and Dover midfielder Joe Jackson, who had sixteen inches on the soft. Photo was pinned up on the City dressing room wall. Fergie's never been in there!

Kid's Cock..

The biggest penis owner, is widely aknowledged to a straight battle between Bernie Slaven and Trevor Putney

Didn't Videoton beat Man Utd?

Name definitely rings a bell.

GlasVegas wrote: Four Scottish Teams have made it to European Finals

Celtic (European Cup 1967 winners, 1970, UEFA Cup 2003) Rangers (ECWC 1961, 1967, 1972 winners) Aberdeen (1983 ECWC winners) Dundee Utd (1986 ECWC)

and another four have got as far as the semis

Hibs (first ever European Cup 1954) Kilmarnock Dundee Dunfermline

werent Hibs the first British team to play in a European competition? - which is a pretty weird stat itself...

redken wrote:

GlasVegas wrote: Four Scottish Teams have made it to European Finals

Celtic (European Cup 1967 winners, 1970, UEFA Cup 2003) Rangers (ECWC 1961, 1967, 1972 winners) Aberdeen (1983 ECWC winners) Dundee Utd (1986 ECWC)

and another four have got as far as the semis

Hibs (first ever European Cup 1954) Kilmarnock Dundee Dunfermline

werent Hibs the first British team to play in a European competition? - which is a pretty weird stat itself...

Correct. Still think Dunfermline making the semi-final of the UEFA Cup is weirder!

Next thread should be on football upsets and great comebacks. Would take something special to beat Boro's two great escapes last season. Any takers?...

As for shock results.... Dundee Utd beating Barcelona home and away in the UEFA Cup semi final has gotta be up there with the best of them

The first person to score at Wembley in bare feet, was Tony the Tiger against Peter Shilton.

That was in a pub quiz I was at once!

Okay then, 'sort of' related:

How did Subbuteo get it's name?

Royser wrote:

Okay then, 'sort of' related:

How did Subbuteo get it's name?

Latin name for the Hobby Falcon, believed to be a better name than "The Hobby" which was what it was originally called.

shocks!!!

this will never ever happen again. "heavy Liverpool defeats at Anfield:-

19.04.1930 0 - 6 Sunderland (League) 26.10.1929 1 - 6 Man City (League)

Liverpool had only two players at the Mexico86 World Cup.

Who were they?

J.A.K wrote: Liverpool had only two players at the Mexico86 World Cup.

Who were they?

Nicol and Molby.

John Sludden wrote:

J.A.K wrote: Liverpool had only two players at the Mexico86 World Cup.

Who were they?

Nicol and Molby.

Get Paid!!

the Nicol "miss" was one of the worst i've seen. not as bad as Ronny Rosenthal's. but bad.

Some Celtic trivia -

1st British team to win the European Cup. (1967) All eleven players were Scottish.

1st Scottish team to win 9 league titles in succession.

Record attendance for a European Cup tie - 136,000 v Leeds 1970.

Record Scottish Cup Final attendance (also highest attendance for any club game in Europe) - 144,433 v Aberdeen 1937

Highest score in a domestic Cup Final - Celtic 7 Rangers 1 1957.

Highest score in a Scottish Cup Final - Celtic 6 Hibs 1 1972.

Longest unbeaten league run in Britain - 62 games from Nov 1915 to 21 Apr 1917.

Celtic won every competition they entered in 1967 - Scottish League, Scottish Cup, League Cup, Glasgow Cup and European Cup.

Jimmy McGrory scored 550 goals in first class football making him the most prolific goalscorer in British football.

J.A.K wrote:

[orange]steve[/orange][black]one[/black] wrote: Peter Beardsley is the only player to have played for Liverpool,Everton,Man City & Man Utd.

beardo played for City? beardo played for Yoo? double

dates please.

no way!!

Im a city fan - cant remember that Beardsley actually played for city. I think he warmed the bench for a couple of games and then moved on.

Here are the full facts regarding PBs glittering career at maine road:

Peter Beardsley

Manchester City FC 1998

POSITION Forward

DATE OF BIRTH Wednesday, 18th January 1961

PLACE OF BIRTH Newcastle-upon-Tyne

DEBUT Wednesday, 18th February 1998 in a 2-1 defeat at home to Ipswich Town (Aged: 37)

CLUB CAREER (During loan spell) 5 League apps (+1 as sub)

SEASONAL RECORD: 1998

In a playing career spanning 20 years, Newcastle born Peter Beardsley played almost 900 games for ten different clubs. Having started at Carlisle as an 18 year-old in 1979, Beardsley's best playing years were undoubtedly spent in the colours of Newcastle United and Liverpool where he spent twelve of fourteen seasons from 1983/84. By the time he became a loan player (from Bolton Wanderers) at Maine Road on February 17th 1998 it would not be too unfair to say that he was in the twilight of his career. Having said that though even if he had lost some of his old speed and stamina, City fans could see what a marvellous player he had been. He'd always had a terrific footballing brain, the ability to kick with both feet and was still capable of defence-splitting passes. Capped 59 times for England (including the World Cups of Mexico '86 and Italia '90), Beardsley's arrival in Moss Side coincided with a desperate battle against relegation to the Second Division. It was a battle doomed to ultimate failure and perhaps not even one that a Beardsley in his prime could have prevented. Following his debut in a 2-1 home defeat by Ipswich on February 18th, Beardsley then replaced Georgi Kinkladze at half-time as the Blues won 3-1 at Swindon. A 3-0 defeat at Reading was followed by back-to-back wins against West Bromwich Albion (1-0 at home) and Huddersfield Town (3-1 away). Four days later, City lost 2-0 at home to Oxford, a game that sent them to 20th in the Division and marked the last of Beardsley's 5/1 appearances for City. The programme notes for the game with West Brom claimed Peter was 'on a mission to keep City in the First Division'. Even though the Blues won 5-2 at Stoke on the last day of the season, they still failed in Beardsley's mission and the likeable Geordie was still a loan player - this time with Fulham. (Ian Penney - author of The Legends of Manchester City)