ANY GOOD FOOTBALL TRIVIA QUESTIONS

Ibaraki wrote:

FrankosHereNow wrote:

newrynyuk wrote:

Okay, here’s one:-

How many stadiums have hosted both World Cup Finals and Olympic athletics?

Rome, Berlin, Munich. Think that’s all.

Wembley.

The answer is 5; Wembley, the Olympic stadia of Rome, Munich and Berlin, and the Luzhniki in Moscow. Stade de France will become the sixth stadium when it hosts the 2024 Olympics.

Edited by newrynyuk - 17 Dec 2022 at 4:11pm

[QUOTE=Neil Armstrong]Name either of the two clubs that fielded ROI international goalkeepers during the first PL season 92-93?

Yeah Gerry Peyton and Alan Kelly

Ulster Champions 2020 our 40th Title. Take that all ye Moanaghan ***ts!

One for 20 years time, who's the only man to score a hat trick in a world cup final and still lose? LOL

There have been 22 World Cup and 16 European Championships to date, but only one of the 38 has been won by a manager who was not a national of his winning team.

Name?

Helmut Schon born in Dresden which was in the GDR when he managed the FRG to World Cup glory in 1974

Edited by Cabra Hoop - 20 Dec 2022 at 12:13am

" BFC always gives me a laugh........ "

I'd have guessed maybe Russia had a Ukrainian or Belarussian as coach when they won it. But Mr Hammered has nailed it

It would damage this forums' reputation

Cabra Hoop wrote:

Helmut Schon born in Dresden which was in the GDR when he managed the FRG to World Cup glory in 1974

I didn't specify born in the country he managed - Schoen will certainly have been a West German National at the time, though.

Think Martin O'Neill - held Irish nationality, even if he wasn't born in the country Wink

Edited by Territorial - 20 Dec 2022 at 12:21pm

Territorial wrote:

Artie Ziff wrote:

Territorial wrote:

There have been 22 World Cup and 16 European Championships to date, but only one of the 38 has been won by a manager who was not a national of his winning team.

Name?

That's a remarkable bit of trivia Geek

I wonder does that mean that it is pretty much essential to be managed by your own national?

Or might it be that the "big" countries, who usually supply the winners, consider they have enough home-grown managers not to need to look elsewhere? Meaning that they could be just as successful, if not more so, if they selected the best person available, regardless of nationality?

England are a rare example of a "big" country who have appointed a foreign manager, but if both Erikksen and Capello were notably unsuccessful, maybe that was more to do with the incompetence of the FA. I mean, the likes of McClaren and Hodgson were arguably worse, though Venables and Southgate have both been pretty good.

Martinez did a great job with Belgium in many ways, not least because he was "neutral" in the French vs Flemish split which has traditionally bedevilled Belgium football. But if ultimately he failed, I suspect it was simoly because he was never quite a top manager?

And closer to home, McMenemy was a disaster for NI, though Sanchez - much more English than Norn Iron - seemed to "get" it. And, of course, Big Jack turned out to be ROI's greatest manager, with Trapattoni not bad, either.

I think this is exactly the reason - the serial winners of these competitions - Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Brazil and Argentina - have a big enough pool of managerial talent to rarely, if ever, need to hire a foreign manager.

I would be of the view that there is little to suggest that England, with a record of one win from 38 tournaments (and even that one win coming in a home tournament) deserve to be included in the "big" countries here.

Edited by You Tell Me - 21 Dec 2022 at 2:07pm

Neil Armstrong wrote:

The names of which two Scottish clubs can be added together to form the name of an English side?

Queens Park

Rangers

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