Does everyone remember what this is? I aska question, if you have the answer right you wait for my confirmation and may ask the next question.

Who won the first world cup after the 2nd World War and in which year?

I know, it's an easy one, but we gotta start easy. ;)

Uruguay in 1950.

What's the european country whose clubs have won the most champions cups/leagues?

Spain: 10 (Barcelona 1, Real Madrid 9)

second must be England (Man UTD 2, Liverpool 4, Nottingham 2, Villa 1), then Italy, Germany, Holland and Portugal (Porto once in 1987 and Benfica twice, somewhere early 60'ies?).

Which team has the longest record of being undefeated in an away game and from when to when? (use google if you want)?

or

What is the nickname of the game where Ajax kicked Liverpool ass in 1966/1967 EC I by 5-1, becoming a historical game because no one had ever heard of dutch clubs doing good, nor of dutch clubs beating english.

Was it Arsenal this year?

Originally posted by MCdread
Was it Arsenal this year?

sorry, forgot to say I meant in the Championsleague.

Err... A lucky guess: Ajax.

:D yeah. From middle '94 (AEK-Ajax 1-2, '94/'95 group D) to early '97 (Juventus-Ajax 4-1, '96/'97 semi-final.)

I don't have the closest idea about the second one. Can I post a new one?

yeah, of course, it says 'or', and you already answered the other one correct ;) The answer was 'The Match in the Fogg'. People from one side of the stadium only knew that a goal was scored because they heard cheers from the other side. I have some quite nice pics of that in a book.

Ok, this one is especially for you willem ;)
What extraordinary event took place in 1976 (?) in a dutch league match, on which the van der Kerkhof twins took their equality relationship to the extreme?

I really wouldn't know this one, except that it must've been a PSV-match of course ;) But let me guess: they switched shirts/numbers? They both scored the same goal?

A little bit more dramatic. It is related to some broken bones.:splat:

:lol: they broke each others noses when running into each other

Originally posted by willemvanoranje
:lol: they broke each others noses when running into each other

If you said that one had punched the other's nose would make more sense. That would explain the injured arm of one of them in the WC 1978 (Rene I thik). :D

OK, here's another hint: they both broke a leg but in different ocasios of the game. Now you just have to guess what did those two plays had in common.

They both ran into the same goal post?

Originally posted by Dell19
They both ran into the same goal post?

I thought of that one over the night as well. :D

Well theres not much else unless they both tackled the same player...

or ran into the referee. Or wait! Maybe they fell over the boardings with text on them, over the commercial thingies?

Ok, I can't give more clues without telling it, so I'm going togive the answer.
They both broke their legs in the same match, one in the 8th minute of the first half, and the other one in the 8th minute of the second half. A little less wild than what you were suggesting...

What's the name of the french player that was violentlly charged by Schumacher in the famous "Schumacher assault" in the even more famous semi-final of 1982?

Patrick Batiston

That's the man!:goodjob:

Willem?

Whilst we're waiting, who knocked Grantham out of the final FA cup qualifying round?

Maybe Team Bath, who I believe were the first university team since ages to survive the prelimanary round of the FA cup?

Just a very wild guess though, mostly because I found it so incredible that a university team could make it that far in the English cup competition.

Grantham!? I don't even know where that is. It sounds like a whiskey or something.;)
In what division are you?

Originally posted by MCdread
Grantham!? I don't even know where that is. It sounds like a whiskey or something.;)
In what division are you?

They play in the Dr. Martens Premier League, I think. Which is the 6th level in English football. It goes:

FA Premier League (20 Teams)
Division One (24 Teams)
Division Two (24 Teams)
Division Three (24 Teams)
Conference League (22 Teams)
Dr. Martens Premier (22 Teams)

They got knocked out by Morcambe

Well done :goodjob: Its still Willem's question though although I'm sure he wont mind if someone asks another question as we can run sevral questions at once.

Okay then, I'll ask away:

Who were the first and only Non-League team to win the FA Cup, what year did they do it in and which player scored in every round for them (he still holds the record for most goals in the competion)?

Tottenham Hotspur (1901) - although technically every winner before 1888 was a non-league side!

Top scorer was Sandy Brown (15 goals) - I had to look that one up.:p

Well, if some people wish to cheapen the experience... :rolleyes:

I guess you have the next question.

You're not a Spurs fan are you, mordhiem?:)

Anyway, a nice easy question on world football next.

What was unusual about the 1950 World Cup?


...and I don't mean the fact that the US beat England!:D

What WASN'T unusual about it!

It was the first one after the war and the Italian FIFA guy had hidden the trophyin a show box during the war. A lot of the teams that qualified pulled out and were replace by teams like India...who also pulled out. There were only 13 teams which were narrowed down with what appears to be the logic of a mouse.

Oh and the final was played in an unfinished Stadium in Rio.....

There wasn't any final, but a pool between the last 4 teams. Fortunately the last game turned out to be the decisive, thus often refered to as being the final of that tournament.

Originally posted by MCdread
There wasn't any final, but a pool between the last 4 teams. Fortunately the last game turned out to be the decisive, thus often refered to as being the final of that tournament.


Correct!:goodjob:

The question was fairly general but that was the answer I had in mind.

anarchywrksbest, you're right about all those things in that World Cup.:lol: The Scots qualified ( 2nd in the Home International series) but did not compete after taking the huff and several others also pulled out - the Indians ( alledgedly) because they were not allowed to play barefoot!

Your question, MCdread.

When was the only champions cup final that had to matches in the final (no penalties at the time) and what teams took part.

IIRC

1974

Bayern Munich v Athletico Madrid (?)

Not 100% on Bayern's opponents.

Your turn again Zenga!

Who is the only player to score hat-tricks in back-to-back World Cups?

Bonus points for the years and opponents.

Hopefully this is more specific.:cool:

Geoff Hurst? 1966 & 1970?

No, he never got a hat-trick in Mexico '70. Try again.:D

Batistuta.

:goodjob:

1994 v Greece
1998 v Jamaica

Weird fact: both games were played on June 21st.:crazyeye:

You're up, MCdread.

What was Di Stefano's club right before he joined Madrid in the 50s?

River Plate in Argentina?

sorry guys, there have been some pretty sad things happening lately, that's why I didn't show on CFC for couple of days.

Originally posted by zenga
River Plate in Argentina?
I think River Plate was indeed the club that owned his license, but it was not the club where he was playing at the time. The club I have in mind is south american but not argentine.

Originally posted by willemvanorange
sorry guys, there have been some pretty sad things happening lately, that's why I didn't show on CFC for couple of days.

I hope everything's ok now, and that we may enjoy your presence again.

Originally posted by MCdread
I hope everything's ok now, and that we may enjoy your presence again.

nope, this kinda thing lasts for months, but you may enjoy my pressence again though.

Originally posted by MCdread

I think River Plate was indeed the club that owned his license, but it was not the club where he was playing at the time. The club I have in mind is south american but not argentine.

Don't know the answer to this without looking it up. I'm sure I've heard this one at a sports quiz before but can't remember the answer. This is annoying!:crazyeye:

Millonarios?

Apparently there was a players strike in Argentina and some of the top players moved to Columbia.

(had to look this one up)

http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Bleachers/7429/DiStefanoLCol.htm

col has the correct answer.
Both Barcelona and Madrid were after him, and Barcelona negociated with River Plate while Real Madrid spoke with Milionarios. Legally, the player should represent Barcelona, but this happened during Franco's regime (FC Barcelona's stadium was perhaps the only place where the opposition could speak) and the decision was that the player should play one year in each club, starting with Real Madrid. Of course, after one year, it was easy to keap him in the club.

Next question, then.

Ok - whats the latest goal to be scored in a game in the world cup finals - excluding penalty shootouts.

Who scored, who for , who against and the time please.

Ronaldo for Brazil in the last final. I don't remember the time though... maybe 70-75 minutes.

Nope - all games played in the final stages are eligible not just the final itself.

Oops... I misinterpreted the question. Read last instead of latest. Do you have extra-time in mind, or do you mean only in the 90 (+some) minutes play?

Extra time too.

Either Geoff Hurst in the 66 final against Germany or fellow englishman David Platt against Belgium in 1990. Both goals were in the 120th minute I think.

Hmm, yeah I would go with David Platt too. Geoff Hursts goal was earlier than Platts I think, Platts was litteraly last minuite whilst after hurst there were still 2-3 mins to play.

Yup it was Platt in the 119th minute. England v belgium. I think Mordheim wins that one since McDread had two answers. ;)

Woohoo! Sorry McDread, indecision is unnaceptable. ;)

Hmm in an FA cup mood at the moment, so:

Six Scottish teams played in the FA Cup before the scottish FA banned them in 1887. Since three of them are pretty obscure I'll give you them: Renton, Cowlairs and Third Lanark. Name the other three.

Life is unfair! So many minutes spent thinking on the answer, didn't want to go and check, and thought they were more less in the same time. And then someone comes picking inspiration on my hard work.:cry:
And BTW, your answer was incomplete! You didn't mention the opposing team!:p
It must be a british conspiracy. col should have take in account that I am also a physicist as he is. :flamedevi

But I accept the decision with fair play. After all I must be the person with more questions in this thread and the more people the better. :)

Six Scottish teams played in the FA Cup before the scottish FA banned them in 1887. Since three of them are pretty obscure I'll give you them: Renton, Cowlairs and Third Lanark. Name the other three.

Oh no! More FA. Are you retaliating for my apparent lack of enthusiasm about the feat of those Vauxhall guys and the wonderful FA Cup in the other thread? :crazyeye: OK, I admit, FA Cup rocks!!!

Yes! The FA CUp will rule the world!!! http://216.40.249.192/mysmilies/contrib/ruinkai/FIREdevil.gif

Originally posted by mordhiem
Six Scottish teams played in the FA Cup before the scottish FA banned them in 1887. Since three of them are pretty obscure I'll give you them: Renton, Cowlairs and Third Lanark. Name the other three.
Yeah!
The FA Cup before 1887 - my favourite subject! :D

I'll give it a try:
Celtic
Rangers
Hearts

Very creative, isn't it?

I'll go for Rangers, Celtics and Dunfermline

Queen's Park
Hibs (?)
Rangers (?)


By the way guys, Celtic were formed in 1888.;)

Queens park are the oldest Scottish club so lets go with them.

Found the other two with a bit of research! Too hard a question to answer from memory.

******* and ******* ******* are the other two.

http://www.innotts.co.uk/~soccerstats/sfleg/slhist.htm
if you really want to know.

Well col, I was right with *******! Didn't have a clue about ******* ******, even though some of my mates support the 'Harry Wrags' ( ;) ).

Originally posted by zenga
By the way guys, Celtic were formed in 1888.;)

oops, I should read the questions more carefuly next time...

Queen's Park
Partick Thistle
Rangers
???

Well After checking I did get Partick right :) Now we just need a new question...

Yep, Queen of the South (not Queens Park Rangers!), Rangers and Partick Thistle. Dell can have the question since he came closest without resorting to dirty tactics. ;) I think something more international this time before we lose our european audience...

Hmmm European...

Name the two main teams from Verona

(I like easy questions :))

Hellas and Chievo.

Yep, feel free to ask the next question...

I have no really good idea, so:

Name the two professional teams from Hamburg

SV Hamburg
St Paulii (?)

Not sure about the last one or if it's spelt correctly.

yupz, that's right, Sankt Pauli. And it's Hamburg(er?) SV (=HSV), but I'm sure Hitro doesn't care. ;)

Yep, zenga you can post the next question. :goodjob:

But just for the record, willem is also right, it's Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli.

I knew my spelling was bad!

OK, here's a question where willem might stand a chance......

Only 3 players have won the European Footballer of the Year award on 3 occasions. Who are those players, and who is the only one of them to win all their titles in consecutive years?

Johan Cruijff 1971, 1973 and 1974
Marco van Basten 1988, 1989 and 1992

and for the player who won three in a row...

Michel Platini 1983-1985

Correct.:goodjob:

Your question then KW.

:D and two of em were Dutch :goodjob:

Originally posted by zenga
Correct.:goodjob:

Your question then KW.

OK, My Question...

In which World Cup Finals did Australia make its only appearance to date? Which teams did they play in the finals and what was their best result?

I don't know all of those without checking my books and the internet..:p

It was in 1974, and the opponents were Chile, East Germany and West Germany, the hosts. Their best result was a draw against Chile.

Well Done MCdread. :goodjob:

Australia failed to score any goals in the tournament. :( They lost 2-0 to East Germany followed by a 3-0 loss to West Germany. (Damn those Germans). As you mentioned, their best result was a nil-all draw with Chile.

I believe it is your question now.

In most anglo-saxon countries, football is called soccer. In what other country is football (futbol, futebol, fussball, etc...), called a different name, and why?

It's called "Calcio" in Italy, as far as I know that doesn't mean football. But I'm not sure what it really means, I guess something like "association".

You got the country and the name, but you're far from the meaning of the name "calcio".

isn't AC association calcio? Maybe calcio has to do with legs or something? Or maybe it's the name of that animal part where they made the first ball of (i don't know the word in english)

The origin of the word may have something to do with legs in old italian dialects, I don't know. But that's not the answer I had in mind.
And I thought the question was too easy.:eek: I'm surprised that no one knows the answer.

:lol: well, we're just poor germanic languaged people ;)

found it.....but maybe i should wait till someone else has it?

Calcio is the name of an old game that developed in Italy around medievil times. It involved carrying the ball in your hands or kicking it along with your feet and was pretty much no-holds barred rules-wise. When football arrived in Italy via British sailors, it was commented that it seemed simmilar to the old game and has gone by the same name ever since...

I'm not sure if any other countries call football an alternate name other than soccer.

That's it! Next question then.

Sorry for my latness. :(

Here's one for all you comsmopolitan fans. :D

Who is currently placed 2nd in the table in The Premier League, La Liga, Seria A and The Bundesliga?

2 nd in the premiership is chelsea
La liega - Valencia
Seria A - Lazio
Bundesliga- Borussia Dortmund

Correct, next!

now that was an easy one ;)

ok

who was charltons first ever victory against in the premier league starting (startring 92/93 season)?

I can remember the game - but cant remember the opponents!
Liverpool??

nope

Total guess here. Leeds Utd?

Arsenal?

no

shall i post a new q if no one gets it by tmo

everton?

Norwich City?

Blackburn?

Aston Villa?

Don't ask a new question as sooner or later we have to get the right team :)

Swindon ?:crazyeye:

all no's

Nottingham Forest?

man utd?

Oldham Athletic?

Sunderland?

Wimbledon?

no's again

hint they still play in the premership

Tottenham?

that should be the one, i can't come up with another :p

Southampton?

chelsea?

Man City?

Leeds? Well if you can call that playing :p

Dell got it
well done

charlton beat them 5 - 0 in there first premiership win

And I was just about to say that too!:rolleyes:

Woo!!!

I nearly picked Bolton but then I changed my mind...

So the next question:

Who did coventry city beat when they won the fa cup?

aaargh, you know that CM is the thing that made me know this but also the one that made me mix it up!! I'm in 2021 and Coventry has won that cup at least 4 more times...

Well you'll just have to remember it or wait for for someone else to get it right...

Tottenham Hotspur.

Didnt Gary mabbutt score at both ends in that game?

Probably, your question then :)

Name the only team out of the 92 in the Premier and Football leagues that doesn't contain any of the letters in "mackerel".

Brighton?

Or does the 'and hove Albion' bit rule them out?;)

Otherwise Ipswich Town

The 'and Hove Albion' rules it out. The endings count too.

Ipswich has a c in it.

Keep trying folks.

I just realised that I mentioned them before in supersalmon's charlton question!

Swindon Town! :D

You got it.

All yours

Five Scottish clubs have reached the semi-final stage of the European Cup. Name those clubs.

Extra bonus if you can name them in order of appearance.:cool:

Celtic
Rangers
Aberdeen
Dundee United
...er......Kilmarnock?

hibs?

hearts ?

anarchywrksbest got 3/5. col got 1.

drat - I thought Celtic, Rangers and Aberdeen were obviously right so I didnt post those.

So its Celtic Rangers Aberdeen HIbs and Hearts?

This is beginning to get like that show on the telly - 'Wipeout'!:lol:

col, you also got 3/5. Celtic and Rangers are both correct (they were the gimmes).

Edit: in case there is any confusion, I am referring to the Champions Cup only.

I only get this far. Kilmarnock did particapate at least once i think, but they didn't reach the semi-finals as far as i know.

Hibernians (the first championscup if i recall correctly)
Dundee FC
Celtic
Dundee United
Rangers

Champs league only. I was counting Aberdeen as Cup winners under Ferguson in the 80s.

Rangers (59/60)
Celtic (66/67 obviously)
Dundee (62/63)
Dundee Utd (83/84)
Hibs (55/56)

I think wvo is right!

willem is right. And nearly in the right order too!

Your question wvo. :goodjob:

woohoo! finally!:D Hmmm, I had a very good one this morning but I forgot.

Easy one then...hmmmm

Who were the candidates to follow up Thijs Liebrechts as the coach of the Dutch national team for the 1990 World Cup Finals in Italy and who became it?
BONUS: what was the problem with this guy?

The one who got the job was Leo Beenhacker. As for the other candidates, I don't have any idea. Michels? He won the Euro'88, would be a good choice. Advocaat? Hiddink? Gave PSV the European Cup of 1988. Or... maybe Cruijff. He's allways very desired whenever KNVB has to choose a new coach.
About the Bonus part: do you mean Liebrechts (I thought it was Liebregts) or Beenhacker? If it is the first, I really don't know, but it certainly was because of bad results. If it's the later, well, the problem is that the WC was a huge disappointment.

P.S.: Lately, I think the questions have become too related with the country of the the person who asks it. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by MCdread
P.S.: Lately, I think the questions have become too related with the country of the the person who asks it. :rolleyes:
I agree - but its not easy coming up with 'world' questions.

By the way, I guess its never been spelled out but I guess the rule is that you have to answer without looking anything up. I try to indicate if I've researched an answer.

yeah, i know, i had a good international question at first though, but forgot..dooh. Anyway, you're close enough I think. The second candidate was indeed Cruyff, who was on your (long) list, and the players wanted him as well, but it was Michels who prevented this, as he stated on tv yesterday "because the dutch national team consisted mainly of ajacieden (ajax players) and beenhakker was coach of ajax." The trouble was that no one really wanted, liked or needed Beenhakker.

P.S. The problem with Liebregts was that the players didn't think he was good enough.

Originally posted by willemvanoranje
woohoo! finally!:D Hmmm, I had a very good one this morning but I forgot.

Easy one then...hmmmm

Who were the candidates to follow up Thijs Liebrechts as the coach of the Dutch national team for the 1990 World Cup Finals in Italy and who became it?
BONUS: what was the problem with this guy?

I won't even go into this. I bet you saw De voetbaljaren van Wim Kieft on the television...

Originally posted by Shabbaman


I won't even go into this. I bet you saw De voetbaljaren van Wim Kieft on the television...

Yeah... had just little time, couldn't come up with a question, remembered sunday's tv show...easy hm?

Anyway, MC Dread's turn

Okay, so what was the first ever victory of Campomaiorense in the portuguese league?... :D Just kiding. :p

For real now: Which match of the 1958 WC finals had its first three minutes nicknamed "The greatest three minutes in the History of football"?

Hmm...

Hattrick by Pele, Brasil-France?

Had to be Brasil....

One team is right! You just have to guess the other one now. ;)

A hattrick within three minutes would've been really good though.

Brasil-Sweden?

No, not Brazil-Sweden.

EDIT:

Brasil v.s. U.S.S.R.
first appearance Pele?

Yes, it was Brasil-USSR. :goodjob:
But not only because it was Pelé's first appearence. The brazilian coach thought that Austria and England had a gane that was too physical for some of their young talented stars, so both Pe´lé and Garrincha were only called for the third match, following the disappointig 0-0 draw against England.
The brazilian players began their incisive attacks right after the first whistle. Such was the avalanche tjhat in the first minutes Yachin had already made some difficult saves and saw his posts targeted more than once. Pelé, Vavá et al. had already humiliated the soviet defense with great dribbles, and more than any other Garrincha was performing a legendary show: the russian left back was dribbled and went to the ground countless times, and in one of those, Garrincha moved back again only to pass through him one more time! After all this Vavá finally scored: 3 minutes after the kick-off!!! That's why people on the stadium and watching in the television didn't have many doubts that Brazil would win this cup and called this "The Greatest Three Minutes in the History of Football".

It's your turn shabba.

Oh yes, Garrincha....:) He did such things a lot :D

Shabba, your turn!

Since the Shabbaman is probably busy I'll ask a question while we wait and then he can post a new qeustion when he comes back.

Who is the youngest player to score in the Premiership?

i saw this in the paper today James miller of leeds :D

Well your question then...

who did Charlton play against for John Robinsons testemonial ?

No idea so a guess:

Chelsea

Arsenal?

John Robinson.... :evil: By himself :mwaha:

none of these

hint : portugese team

Benfica?

no

Er - Porto?

Sporting Lisbon

Boavista

Col got it

ur Q now

Who is the only player to score in a Manchester, Merseyside and Glasgow derby?

Andrei Kanchelskis (sp)

Bizarrely, somebody asked me that very question at the football yesterday. No joke!:crazyeye:

and a similar question was in a dutch magazine, I think the question was which Dutch player was the only one to play those three derbies.

Originally posted by zenga
Andrei Kanchelskis (sp)

Bizarrely, somebody asked me that very question at the football yesterday. No joke!:crazyeye:

Sigh - and I thought it was a nice question too.

Ok - you're up.

Since I got the answer to the last question while at the football, I thought I'd carry on the theme. So, this question is from the match programmme of Dundee's home game versus Hearts ( don't worry it isn't another Scottish football question:p ).

If the Christian names of former England internationals are Francis, Robert and Sammy, what is the common surname?

Lee

Franny Lee - man City
Robert Lee - ex newcastle
Sammy Lee - Liverpool

:)

In a simlar vein then, which two England players shared the same forename and surname.

:goodjob:

Correct. Your question col.

Edit: you got there first!:lol:

I'm sure I've heard this one, but the closest I can get is Ashley and Andy Cole (obviously wrong). Has one of the players played for England recently, like in the last 10 years?

Yup - in fact both have in last ten years.

Not Ashley and Andy Cole.
The players have the SAME forename and surname.

Originally posted by Dell19
Since the Shabbaman is probably busy I'll ask a question while we wait and then he can post a new qeustion when he comes back.

Who is the youngest player to score in the Premiership?

I'm sorry, it have been busy times. Finding the answer for that question took me a long time btw:D
I'll come up with a question!

EDIT:

Where would the World Cup of 1942 have been held?

for Shabbaman's question i would say Brazil

To col's question

would it be

Alan Smith of Arsenal in the early ninteys
and Alan smith of Leeds

The answer to Shabba's question is Argentina, I think.

SS is correct on my question - but I think we've reverted to Shabba now.

Originally posted by col
but I think we've reverted to Shabba now.

No correct answers yet...

Uruguay?

Germany?

France?

Italy?

How about: nowhere? Or: not decided yet. Brazil, Argentina and Germany would've been my guesses as well....

Originally posted by willemvanoranje
How about: nowhere? Or: not decided yet. Brazil, Argentina and Germany would've been my guesses as well....

:goodjob:
The appointment of an organiser was renounced at the Congress in Paris in 1938.

That was a nasty question :mad:

Sneaky - next question WVO ?

Originally posted by Dell19
That was a nasty question :mad:

:mwaha:

That was to get even: mcdread's question took me a long time...

:evil:

Whilst we wait (I'm impatient ;)) Name all five Englissh clubs that have names that start and end in the same letter (from Nationwide and premier divisions).

No!!! Not another question about english football!!:aargh:
Ok, one's Liverpool, that's obvious. I can't remember any other now...

[Edit: Yes I can: Aston Villa]

Its just a question to pass the time and make sure that the thread doesn't die like it has before.

:lol: it indeed was a sneaky question. At first I answered USA for some strange reason, but then I decided to change it to this one immediatly. Now let me think, something international....

easy one:

What did Brazil get to keep after winning the 1970 World Cup?

the world cup...

Now if thats right answer my question from a few posts back.

Liverpool
Aston Villa
Charlton Athletic
Northampton


don't know if these count (found this the illegal way though)
Croydon Athletic
Carshalton Athletic
Stafford Rangers

Well its Northampton Town i think - but still Ok!
Liverpool
Aston Villa
Charllton Athletic
and er .....

Of course - quite close to me

.... and York City

:lol: should've thought of that :mad: was just gonna post why the hell it isn't Yeovil Towny or Yeovil City.....

Yeovil are still in the conference so they wouldn't count :p

Your question then Col...

Fill in the missing gap:
1979: Sunderland
1980: ???
1981: Villa

1980: Brooking ;)

Scorers of winning goals in FA Cup finals.

Yup - thought that might take longer - took me ages when I first heard it.

You're up Zenga

Why was the penalty goal by Holland's Johan Neeskens in the 1974 final so unique in the World Cup?

Clue: there are 3 reasons.

- It was scored in the first minute, which means it was the fastest goal in a WC final.
- The germans hadn't even touched the ball until that point.
- It was the first penalty of a WC final.

I think that covers it allright :p

English referee too ;)

Well done, MCdread!:goodjob: Your turn.

What do these players have in common:
- Dunga
- Maradona
- Cruijff
- Rummenigge

Besides all of them having played a WC final?

I think that they have all captained teams in a WC final. Not sure about Rummenigge, but the others definatley did.

all become managers of a team

Maradona a manager???

I find that hard to believe but its crazy enough to be true!!

Rummenigge was never manager of any team as far as I know.

But they all did not only take part in a WC final, they also all lost a WC final (1974/1978/1986/1990/1998)

Have they all captained a losing word cup final team? Rummenigge capained two final-losing teams anyway...

Yes, they all captained a loosing side in a WC final. mordhiem wqas on the right track (and what he said was true, but no what I wanted), and Hitro almost made it, but it was polymath who gave the answer I wanted. :goodjob: Your turn now.

Maradona a manager???

I find that hard to believe but its crazy enough to be true!!


Maradona has complained recently that they don't let him help the argentinian squad. Well, the argentines are a bit crazy, and recently even a new religion that has Maradona as god was formed :lol:. But the people in the head of the Argentinian FA still have some brains...

However he is expected to become the manager of Cuba for quite a long time. But I think Fidel decided to think about that a little bit more. :lol:

Damn, so close, yet so far. :D

no i thought Maradona became manager of a small Argentinan team some time ago

Originally posted by Suppersalmon
no i thought Maradona became manager of a small Argentinan team some time ago

Now that you say it, I seem to remember something about that too...

OK, I hope this hasn't been asked, there are too many pages to check.

Who were FIFA's 'most improved' team of 2002?

No sneaky looking please, not that you need reminding ;)

Korea?

Senegal?

or Japan :)

col got it right, Senegal is the answer.
Your go, col.

Besides UK, which is the other country that has four national associations in FIFA?

GOS??? I have no clue...

USA?

I'll guess Spain. Basque FA, Catalunan FA, Spanish FA and err.. maybe another one. :D

Nice tries but ..... nope

VAE? Republic of Central Africa?

Russia?

is there a joint scandanavian fa ?

I think China, besides the mainland association there are Macao, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

You got it Hitro.
Next question.

don't forget tibet that met greenland a couple of years ago. ;)

Oh well, I'm tired...

So a pretty easy question:

What's the name of the referee of the (in)famous 1966 World Cup final?

Gottfried Dienst.

Yep! :goodjob:

Your turn, MCdread!

Originally posted by col
Senegal?

Originally posted by col
or Japan

What? Two answers col... Tsk, tsk... ;) :p

My question:
In 1995, Figo was the best player in the portuguese league, and both him and his club thought it was a good idea for him to leave. So, his club, Sporting made a deal with an italian club, but Figo made another deal with another italian club on his own. It turned out that he had actually signed for both clubs. In the trial that followed it was decided that he couldn't play in Italy in the next two years as penalty for signing two contracts. In the end he went to Barcelona (the best decision he ever made) and didn't loose any part of the season (lucky indeed).

The question is: for which two italian clubs did he sign in the first place?

The old lady (Juve) was one, I'm pretty sure of. But as for the other, I have no idea. Internatzionale?

Juventus is right. One left.

Originally posted by MCdread

What? Two answers col... Tsk, tsk... ;) :p


:blush:

I'll go with my first answer then :p