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  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    bertpalmer said:
    Ive only ever done 1 survey






    that was deleted without explanation,outrageous!!!
    Why haven’t you mentioned this before?
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,975
    Zlatan Ibrahimovic has played for six clubs that have won the Champions League, but he has never actually won the trophy himself.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,185
    May have been mentioned previously but apparently Mario Ballotelli only had 1 assist in his 70 appearances for Man City .... 
    and it was that goal ....
    Agueroooo
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Brian McClair was the 1st player to score 20 league goals for Man United in a season for nearly 20 years after he signed from Celtic. 
  • JoshAddick
    JoshAddick Posts: 1,787
    No English manager has ever won the premier league.
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    JoshAddick said:
    No English manager has ever won the premier league.
    Who was the last English manager to win anything? 

    McClaren with Boro?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,597
    cafcdave123 said:
    JoshAddick said:
    No English manager has ever won the premier league.
    Who was the last English manager to win anything? 

    McClaren with Boro?
    FA Cup: Harry Redknapp (2008) - Portsmouth
    League Cup: Steve McClaren (2004) - Middlesbrough
    League: Howard Wilkinson (1992) - Leeds United

    UEFA Cup: Peter Shreeves (1984) - Tottenham Hotspur
    European Cup: Joe Fagan (1984) - Liverpool

    Championship hasnt even been won by an Englishman since 2016 (Sean Dyche with Burnley)
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    ForeverAddickted said:
    cafcdave123 said:
    JoshAddick said:
    No English manager has ever won the premier league.
    Who was the last English manager to win anything? 

    McClaren with Boro?
    FA Cup: Harry Redknapp (2008) - Portsmouth
    League Cup: Steve McClaren (2004) - Middlesbrough
    League: Howard Wilkinson (1992) - Leeds United

    UEFA Cup: Peter Shreeves (1984) - Tottenham Hotspur
    European Cup: Joe Fagan (1984) - Liverpool

    Championship hasnt even been won by an Englishman since 2016 (Sean Dyche with Burnley)
    Completely forgot about Pompey.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,816
    Re Harry Redknapp, here's one I find hard to believe.

    Despite taking payments in his dog's name, he wasn't found guilty of tax evasion.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,258
    cafcdave123 said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    cafcdave123 said:
    JoshAddick said:
    No English manager has ever won the premier league.
    Who was the last English manager to win anything? 

    McClaren with Boro?
    FA Cup: Harry Redknapp (2008) - Portsmouth
    League Cup: Steve McClaren (2004) - Middlesbrough
    League: Howard Wilkinson (1992) - Leeds United

    UEFA Cup: Peter Shreeves (1984) - Tottenham Hotspur
    European Cup: Joe Fagan (1984) - Liverpool

    Championship hasnt even been won by an Englishman since 2016 (Sean Dyche with Burnley)
    Completely forgot about Pompey.
    Venables won the FA Cup with Spurs in 1991 and Joe Royale won it with Everton in 1995 

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  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Adam Johnson has scored a premier league hatrick more recently than Manchester United. 
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Sorry if this has been done:

    Huddersfield have never lost a game.
  • ReeCAFC15
    ReeCAFC15 Posts: 145
    Swindon Town is the only league football club in England or Scotland that doesn't contain any letters that appear in the word mackerel.
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    ReeCAFC15 said:
    Swindon Town is the only league football club in England or Scotland that doesn't contain any letters that appear in the word mackerel.
    Good one, there is also one underground station that doesn't contain those letters too.
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,411
    happyvalley said:
    ReeCAFC15 said:
    Swindon Town is the only league football club in England or Scotland that doesn't contain any letters that appear in the word mackerel.
    Good one, there is also one underground station that doesn't contain those letters too.
    Woodford....I think Paul Williams was from round there. 
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    Valiantphil said:
    happyvalley said:
    ReeCAFC15 said:
    Swindon Town is the only league football club in England or Scotland that doesn't contain any letters that appear in the word mackerel.
    Good one, there is also one underground station that doesn't contain those letters too.
    Woodford....I think Paul Williams was from round there. 

    happyvalley said:
    ReeCAFC15 said:
    Swindon Town is the only league football club in England or Scotland that doesn't contain any letters that appear in the word mackerel.
    Good one, there is also one underground station that doesn't contain those letters too.
    Woodford....I think Paul Williams was from round there. 
    There is an R in Woodford & mackerel.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,882
    St Johns wood
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,887
    blackpool72 said:
    Roland passed the EFL fit and proper owner test.
    One year on and if only we knew what was coming next
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,887
    blackpool72 said:
    Roland passed the EFL fit and proper owner test.
    One year on and if only we knew what was coming next
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,887
    Chizz said:
    If you search Wikipedia for "9-11" or "11-9", you're redirected to the page on the September 11th attacks.  If you search for "7-7" it takes you to the page for the London Bombings.  Such are the iconic status of the numbers 9-11 and 7-7.  

    "7-1" takes you straight to the page for the 2014 World Cup match between Brazil and Germany. 
    And if I search for 69?

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  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,887
    North Lower Neil said:
    Pegguy Arphexad only ever played 39 games despite having a 16 year long career.
    21 for Leicester 
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    MrOneLung said:
    St Johns wood
    Yes that's the one.
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Todds_right_hook said:
    Chizz said:
    If you search Wikipedia for "9-11" or "11-9", you're redirected to the page on the September 11th attacks.  If you search for "7-7" it takes you to the page for the London Bombings.  Such are the iconic status of the numbers 9-11 and 7-7.  

    "7-1" takes you straight to the page for the 2014 World Cup match between Brazil and Germany. 
    And if I search for 69?
    You end up having a wank 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,068
    In his games as manager against West Ham and Watford, Pep Guardiola boasts a combined aggregate score of 65-6
  • ReeCAFC15
    ReeCAFC15 Posts: 145
    Jose Mourinho won the Premier League with Chelsea in both the 2005/06 and 2014/15 seasons without winning a single manager of the month award in either
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,040
    ReeCAFC15 said:
    Swindon Town is the only league football club in England or Scotland that doesn't contain any letters that appear in the word mackerel.
    If you use their full name though it does. It’s Swindon Town Football Club after all.
  • Addick90
    Addick90 Posts: 676
    happyvalley said:
    MrOneLung said:
    St Johns wood
    Yes that's the one.
    One tube station doesn’t contain any of the letters from coronavirus in it
  • Addick90
    Addick90 Posts: 676
    Phil Neville made more premier league appearances than gary Neville 

    Behind San Siro and stadio olimpico, the third biggest Stadium in Italy belongs to Bari.

    two random unrelated facts which I learned from my quiz tonight 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,345
    edited April 2020
    Addick90 said:
    Phil Neville made more premier league appearances than gary Neville 

    Behind San Siro and stadio olimpico, the third biggest Stadium in Italy belongs to Bari.

    two random unrelated facts which I learned from my quiz tonight 
    Surprised at the 2nd one

    First one is less surprising and I would have guessed Phil Neville had played more games, mainly because he retired a couple of years after Gary, also didn't Gary have a bad injury that kept him out for almost a season at one point and his last season at united he barely played as well.

    Edit: I just looked the injury up on Wikipedia, the 2008 Community Shield was his first game back after a 17 month injury, I knew it was a long one didnt realise it was 17 months tho
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,597
    edited April 2020
    Isnt Juventus' ground only 41,500 (staggering for a club of their size) because attendances have been dropping quite a bit in Italian Football over recent years?

    i.e. they've deliberately built a smaller stadium so there arent so many empty seats

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