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Football Trivia Question of the Day

THFC6061 said:
Spain was represented by the Madrid Football Club (later to be called Real Madrid), as the Spanish Football Association wasn't founded until 1913.
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Yes, I knew that and that Germany sent a cable with their intent. Are you sure Portugal were a founder member?
 
jts1882 said:
Yes, I knew that and that Germany sent a cable with their intent. Are you sure Portugal were a founder member?
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Yes, Portugal were definitely founder members.

South Africa became the first non-European FIFA member in 1909, and Argentina and Chile followed in 1912.

The United States of America and Canada joined FIFA in 1913.
 
THFC6061 said:
Yes, Portugal were definitely founder members.
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Not according to FIFA they weren't:

•France - Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA)
•Belgium - Union Belge des Sociétés de Sports (UBSSA)
•Denmark - Dansk Boldspil Union (DBU)
•Netherlands - Nederlandsche Voetbal Bond (NVB)
•Spain - Madrid Football Club
•Sweden - Svenska Bollspells Förbundet (SBF)
•Switzerland - Association Suisse de Football (ASF)

(http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/history/fifa/historyfifa1.html)
 
THFC6061 said:
From Wiki, so it may not be the best source...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA
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I'm surprised wikipedia is wrong on that as its usually reliable on football history stuff. Anyway, I think it is wrong based on the following:

1. The History of FIFA on the FIFA.com has seven without Portugal: http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/history/fifa/historyfifa1.html

2. The wikipedia history of FIFA article only lists the seven and links to the following document: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...r_FIFA_(1_septembre_1905)_original_screen.jpg

3. According to Wikipedia, the Portuguese federation was founded in 1916 and joined FIFA in 1923: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Football_Federation

4. Other histories also mention seven, e.g. http://www.all-soccer-info.com/



I only knew this as had read the last article at the week-end. I thought it interesting that quite a few of the initial federations were outside Europe, e.g. New Zealand (1891), Argentina (1893), Chile (1895) and Uruguay (1900). On a related note, do you know why those initial USA-Canada games are not recognised internationals (re: your question on first foreign international)?
 
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Friday 21st September 2012:

Which was the last FIFA World Cup Finals tournament without a player being sent-off?
 
Plonk a guess at 1970? only because it was the first use of the actual card system wasn't it? probably didn't use them.
 
Saturday 22nd September 2012:

Which are the only three countries Luxembourg have beaten in 19 FIFA World Cup Qualification competitions?
 
zin said:
Was Macedonia one?
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No - the three countries were Portugal at home 4-2 in October 1961, Turkey 2-0 at home in October 1972 & Switzerland 2-1 away in September 2008.


Saturday 23rd September 2012:

Which players were voted best goalkeepers of the last three FIFA World Cup Finals tournaments?
 
Castillas for the third?



I have a question for you (I hope THFC6061 doesn't mind me asking it):

Which clubs have played the most Football League (including Premier League) games?

Its nine with over 4500 games according to my source.
 
jts1882 said:
Castillas for the third?



I have a question for you (I hope THFC6061 doesn't mind me asking it):

Which clubs have played the most Football League (including Premier League) games?

Its nine with over 4500 games according to my source.
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Yes, Oliver Kahn (Germany in 2002), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy in 2006) & Iker Casillas (Spain in 2010).

Football League games played from 1888-89 to 2012-13...

1 Notts County 4672
2 Preston North End 4646
3 Burnley 4621
4 Wolverhampton Wndrs 4585
5 West Bromwich Albion 4557
6 Derby County 4539
7 Bury 4538
8 Bolton Wanderers 4529
9 Sheffield United 4500
10 Blackburn Rovers 4495
11 Sunderland 4466
12 Sheffield Wednesday 4459
13 Grimsby Town 4458
14 Nottingham Forest 4455
15 Birmingham City 4449
16 Aston Villa 4437
17 Everton 4425
18 Barnsley 4423
19 Leicester City 4395
20 Blackpool 4386
21 Lincoln City 4376
22 Emirates Marketing Project 4375
23 Manchester United 4333
24 Saudi Sportswashing Machine 4333
25 Stockport County 4322
26 Liverpool 4301
27 Arsenal 4301
28 Bristol City 4299
29 Bradford City 4288
30 Stoke City 4285
31 Port Vale 4280
32 Middlesbrough 4193
33 Leyton Orient 4159
34 Hull City 4143
35 Chesterfield 4110
36 Oldham Athletic 4099
37 Walsall 3992
38 Fulham 3949
39 Huddersfield Town 3946
40 Chelsea 3923
41 Crewe Alexandra 3870
42 Southend United 3826
43 Brentford 3810
44 Tottenham Hotspur 3801
45 Reading 3800
46 Northampton Town 3794
47 Swindon Town 3792
48 Rotherham United 3786
49 Tranmere Rovers 3772
50 Hartlepool United 3767
51 Brighton and Hove A 3765
52 Bristol Rovers 3761
53 Plymouth Argyle 3760
54 Watford 3759
55 Rochdale 3756
56 Millwall 3749
57 Swansea City 3735
58 Crystal Palace 3699
59 Bournemouth 3698
60 Cardiff City 3685
61 Coventry City 3674
62 Queens Park Rangers 3673
63 Norwich City 3653
64 Portsmouth 3648
65 Luton Town 3624
66 Darlington 3614
67 Gillingham 3598
68 Exeter City 3589
69 Leeds United 3579
70 West Ham United 3579
71 Southampton 3577
72 Charlton Athletic 3565
73 Wrexham 3556
74 Doncaster Rovers 3519
75 Torquay United 3428
76 Carlisle United 3360
77 Mansfield Town 3154
78 Halifax Town 3068
79 York City 3060
80 Chester City 3026
81 Ipswich Town 2915
82 S****horpe United 2819
83 Shrewsbury Town 2772
84 Colchester United 2754
85 Newport County 2672
86 Peterborough United 2399
87 Aldershot 2346
88 Southport 2200
89 Bradford Park Avenue 2190
90 Oxford United 2074
91 Barrow 1924
92 Cambridge United 1586
93 Wigan Athletic 1505
94 Gateshead 1466
95 Accrington St (old) 1420
96 Hereford United 1406
97 Workington 1194
98 Wimbledon 1144
99 New Brighton 884
100 Wycombe Wanderers 877
101 Barnet 778
102 Macclesfield Town 690
103 Glossop North End 618
104 Cheltenham Town 606
105 Gainsborough Trinity 564
106 Scarborough 536
107 Burton United 484
108 Yeovil Town 422
109 Merthyr Town 420
110 Wigan Borough 412
111 Nelson 412
112 Leeds City 380
113 Milton Keynes Dons 376
114 Ashington 328
115 Durham City 286
116 Accrington Stanley 284
117 Aberdare Athletic 252
118 Morecambe 238
119 Dagenham and Redb'ge 238
120 Darwen 232
121 Rushden and Diamonds 230
122 Kidderminster Harr 230
123 Boston United 230
124 Aldershot Town 192
125 Loughborough 158
126 Burton Albion 146
127 Maidstone Utd (old) 134
128 Accrington 122
129 New Brighton Tower 102
130 Stevenage 100
131 Burton Wanderers 90
132 Rotherham Town 88
133 Thames 84
134 Stalybridge Celtic 76
135 Crawley Town 54
136 AFC Wimbledon 54
137 Northwich Victoria 50
138 Middlesbrough Iron 28
139 Bootle 22
140 Fleetwood Town 8




Monday 24th September 2012:

Which three players under contract to Bolton Wanderers won the Premier League Footballer of the Month Award?
 
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