Football Trivia Question of the Day

[THFC6061]

Reading v Arse 5-7 was one.

Reading 5–7 Arsenal (4th Round, 30th October 2012) and Dagenham & Redbridge 6–6 Brentford (1st Round, 12th August 2014)

Football League Cup Statistics & Records 1960-61 to 2015-16


Wednesday 27th January 2016:

Which three players contracted to Swansea City appeared at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Finals?

 

[THFC6061]

Thursday 28th January 2016:

Which company sponsored the Football League Cup for the shortest period?

 

[Grays_1890]

Rumbelows

 

[El Guepardo]

Reading 5–7 Arsenal (4th Round, 30th October 2012) and Dagenham & Redbridge 6–6 Brentford (1st Round, 12th August 2014)

Football League Cup Statistics & Records 1960-61 to 2015-16


Wednesday 27th January 2016:

Which three players contracted to Swansea City appeared at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Finals?

De Guzman, Vorm and Bony, took me longest to think of Bony, he's been hidden away so well by Emirates Marketing Project that I almost forgot him.

 

[THFC6061]

De Guzman, Vorm and Bony, took me longest to think of Bony, he's been hidden away so well by Emirates Marketing Project that I almost forgot him.

Yes, Jonathan de Guzmán (Netherlands), Michel Vorm (Netherlands) and Wilfried Bony (Côte d'Ivoire).

FIFA World Cup Finals 2014 Player Details with Club & National League Affiliations

 

[THFC6061]

Rumbelows

Yes, Rumbelows were Football League Cup sponsors for just two seasons: 1990-91 & 1991-92.

Football League Cup Final Statistics 1960-61 to 2015-16


Friday 29th January 2016:

Who is the only player to score in four different FA Cup Finals?

 

[dawaxman]

Ian rush?

 

[THFC6061]

Ian rush?

No, it was Didier Drogba with Chelsea FC (2007, 2009, 2010 & 2012).

FA Cup Finals 1871-72 to 2014-15


Saturday 30th January 2016:

Which season did Colchester United have a higher League finish than both Norwich City & Ipswich Town?

 

[Lost Mango]

1996

 

[THFC6061]

1996

Season 2006-07 when Colchester United finished 10th in the Championship and highest ranked club from East Anglia.

Football League Alphabetical Positions by Clubs from Season 1888-89 to 2015-16


Sunday 31st January 2016:

Which four Scotsmen scored the most All-Time Premier League goals?

 

[bennysleftfoot]

ferguson
mcallister

 

[parklane1]

Kevin Gallagher

 

[THFC6061]

Duncan Ferguson (68 goals), Kevin Gallacher (56 goals), Steven Fletcher (53 goals) and Gary McAllister (49 goals).

All-Time Top 100 Premier League Goalscorers 1992-93 to 2015-16


Monday 1st February 2016:

Which five Foreigners contracted to Liverpool appeared at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Finals?

 

[parklane1]

Suarez
Coates
Mignolet

 

[El Guepardo]

Suarez
Coates
Mignolet

Toure and Sakho

 

[THFC6061]

Monday's answer: Kolo Touré (Côte d'Ivoire), Luis Suárez (Uruguay), Mamadou Sakho (France), Victor Moses (Nigeria) and Simon Mignolet (Belgium).

Players from English Clubs who have Participated in FIFA World Cup Finals


Tuesday 2nd February 2016:

Who was the last Scottish player to break the British transfer fee record?

 

[THFC6061]

Wednesday 3rd February 2016:

Which four European Nations will compete in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games Football Tournament?

 

[Whiffler]

Andy Gray the mouthy (sorry, most expensive) Jock.

 

[THFC6061]

Andy Gray the mouthy (sorry, most expensive) Jock.

Yes, Andy Gray when Aston Villa sold him to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £1,469,000 in September 1979.

British Football Transfer Records 1893 to 2013


Thursday 4th February 2016:

Who were the first two Emirates Marketing Project players to appear for England in the World Cup Finals?

 

[parklane1]

Franny lee?

Colin Bell?