Largely to keep mad_mac busy

1. What was the name of the dog that found the World Cup trophy under a hedge after it had been stolen just prior to the 1966 World Cup?

2. Which former England player managed Man City for just under 5 weeks 1996?

3. Which current Premiership side were once called ‘Small Heath’?

4. Which two midfielders have scored 100 Premiership goals?

5. Who was the first player to win the European player of the they year three times?

6. Who has played in the most World Cup games (25 matches)?

7. Who scored the first hat-trick in a European cup final?

8. Which England player has the middle names ‘Robert’ and ‘Joseph’?

9. These are the nicknames of which players?

a: Der Bomber

b: Cowboy

c: Il Gigante Buona (The gentle giant)

d: Giraffe

10. Which Premiership club had Field Marshall B. L. Montgomery as their honorary chairman?

11. Who was the first player to take advantage of Fifa's Article 17 rule and buy his way out of the final year of his contract

12. The world’s largest football stadium is in which city?

13. Which player got at least one England cap every year for 15 consecutive years (which is an English record)

14. What do Lucas Neill, Sam Allardyce, Neil Ruddock, Tim Cahill and Kasey Keller have in common?

15. [[fimg]=right]http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/cccugh97t7n-thumb.gif[/[fimg]] Whose badge is this?

Largely to keep mad_mac busy

1. What was the name of the dog that found the World Cup trophy under a hedge after it had been stolen just prior to the 1966 World Cup?

Pickles?

2. Which former England player managed Man City for just under 5 weeks 1996?

Steve Coppell

3. Which current Premiership side were once called ‘Small Heath’?

Villa

4. Which two midfielders have scored 100 Premiership goals?

SFL, Scholes

5. Who was the first player to win the European player of the they year three times?

Cruyff?

6. Who has played in the most World Cup games (25 matches)?

Pele?

7. Who scored the first hat-trick in a European cup final?

Di Stefano?

8. Which England player has the middle names ‘Robert’ and ‘Joseph’?

9. These are the nicknames of which players?

a: Der Bomber Gerd Muller

b: Cowboy

c: Il Gigante Buona (The gentle giant) John Charles

d: Giraffe Jack Charlton?

10. Which Premiership club had Field Marshall B. L. Montgomery as their honorary chairman?

11. Who was the first player to take advantage of Fifa's Article 17 rule and buy his way out of the final year of his contract

12. The world’s largest football stadium is in which city?

Rio

13. Which player got at least one England cap every year for 15 consecutive years (which is an English record)

Shilton?

14. What do Lucas Neill, Sam Allardyce, Neil Ruddock, Tim Cahill and Kasey Keller have in common?

A love of pies (except for Neill, Keller and Cahill)

15. [[fimg]=right]http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/cccugh97t7n-thumb.gif[/[fimg]] Whose badge is this?

3. Birmingham

8. David Beckham

11. Andy Webster

15. St Mirren

These are guesses here.

5. Van Basten

6. Lothar Matthaus

OK correct ones so far are

1. Pickles

2. Steve Coppell

3. Birmingham City

4. Frank Lampard and OUTSTANDING

5. Johan Cruyff

6. OUTSTANDING

7. OUTSTANDING

8. David Beckham

9.

a: Gerd Muller

b: OUTSTANDING

c: John Charles

d: Jack Charlton

10. OUTSTANDING

11. Andy Webster

12. Rio De Janiero (The Maracana)

13. OUTSTANDING

14. OUTSTANDING

15. St Mirren

4. Frank Lampard and OUTSTANDING

Ryan Giggs?

7. Who scored the first hat-trick in a European cup final?

Ferenc Puskas?

Puskas is right but Giggs is wrong.

13 Bobby Charlton?

6 zoff?

Edited December 16, 200916 yr by charierre

I think Plokkers got number six right.

4 - Matt Le Tissier?

6 - Lothar Matthaus?

9b - Jim Leighton? or maybe Ronaldinho (Gaucho)?

10 - Portsmouth?

Bobby Charlton and Zoff both wrong. Yep sorry I missed Plokkers guess at 6 which is right

Le Tissier, Jim leighton and Pompey all correct.

SO just 13 and 14 left

they all have boxing in common??

Nope

14. They all coached or played on a team with Tim Howard?

13. Stanley Matthews.

14. All played for Milwall?

Coco is right on Millwall but not Matthews - so just number 13 to get

Got to be Shilton then ?

Or maybe Billy Wright?

Edited December 16, 200916 yr by coco

Nope

I know who it is.... Gary (I put the cones out for Sir today and he glanced at me) Neville.

Thankfully not!

Seaman ?

Stanley Matthews.

Coco got it - it is David Seaman.

It had to be a goalie...i would have said Calamity James...

Edited December 18, 200916 yr by WV2 Blue

13 is David Seaman (as answered by Coco above)