Football Trivia Question of the Day

[THFC6061]

Wednesday's answer: El Salvador, Israel and Morocco.

FIFA World Cup Finals 1930-2014 Nations Progress Chart & Statistics


Thursday 8th May 2014:

How many times have Leicester City won promotion to the Top Flight?

 

[Yiddo]

4?

 

[THFC6061]

4?

A bit more than four.

 

[Lost Mango]

9

 

[THFC6061]

9

Anyone for more than 9?

 

[Seedy Ron]

11

 

[THFC6061]

11

Well it's 11 as Leicester City plus one more as Leicester Fosse.

Twelve times: 1908-09, 1925-26, 1937-38, 1954-55, 1957-58, 1971-72, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1994-95, 1996-97, 2003-04 and 2014-15.

Football League Alphabetical Positions by Clubs

 

[THFC6061]

Friday 9th May 2014:

Which two Spaniards won Wigan Athletic's Player of the Year Award?

 

[machotime]

Jordi Gomez?

 

[THFC6061]

Jordi Gomez?

Yes, Jordi Gomez (2014) is correct.

One more to get...

 

[Baleforce]

Martinez?

 

[THFC6061]

Martinez?

Yes, Roberto Martínez (1996) and Jordi Gomez (2014).

Wigan Athletic FC Player of the Year 1979 - 2014

 

[THFC6061]

Saturday 10th May 2014:

What was the original name of the FIFA World Cup Jules Rimet trophy?

 

[THFC6061]

Saturday's answer: "Victory". It was re-named the Jules Rimet Trophy in 1946.

FIFA World Cup Finals Statistics 1930-2014


Sunday 11th May 2014:

Which two Scandinavians have won Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Year Awards?

 

[El Guepardo]

Eriksen and I'm thinking either Thorstvedt? I was stuck between him & Iversen but I think Thorstvedt had the greatest fan love with his tag 'Erik the Viking', and so I'll go for him.

 

[THFC6061]

Eriksen and I'm thinking either Thorstvedt? I was stuck between him & Iversen but I think Thorstvedt had the greatest fan love with his tag 'Erik the Viking', and so I'll go for him.

Yes, Erik Thorstvedt (Norway, 1989) and Christian Eriksen (Denmark, 2014).

Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Year 1987 to 2013-14

 

[Baleforce]

thorsvedt was a magnificent keeper, people forget just how good he was

 

[THFC6061]

Monday 12th May 2014:

Who are the four Emirates Marketing Project Managers that won the Top Flight Title?

 

[machotime]

Ok the easy ones: Mancini and Pellegrini

Now for the other ones who won something before I was even born....

 

[Lily White]

Joe Mercer?