Football Trivia Question of the Day

[THFC6061]

IFK Göteborg (4 times), Malmö FF (twice), AIK and Helsingborg.

UEFA Champions League Club's Progress Chart 1992-93 to 2017-18


Friday 13th April 2018:

Which three Republic of Ireland players scored Premier League Hat-Tricks?

 

[bjholmem]

Robbie Keane.

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[THFC6061]

Robbie Keane (Spurs 4-3 Everton 12th Jan 2003, Spurs 5–2 Wolves 6th Dec 2003, Spurs 5 - 0 Burnley 26th Sep 2009)
Leon Best (Saudi Sportswashing Machine 5–0 West Ham United 5th Jan 2011)
Jonathan Walters (Stoke City 3-1 QPR 31st Jan 2015)

Premier League Hat-Tricks 1992-93 to 2017-18


Saturday 14th April 2018:

Which three players from the United States, South Africa and South Korea won UEFA Champions League Medals?

 

[bjholmem]

I guess Ji-sung Park won it for Manchester United.

 

[Seedy Ron]

Benni McCarthy while at Porto

 

[THFC6061]

Jovan Kirovski (United States / Borussia Dortmund 1997)
Benni McCarthy (South Africa / FC Porto 2004)
Park Ji-sung (South Korea / Manchester United 2008)

UEFA European Cup & UEFA Champions League Medal Winners 1956 to 2017


Sunday 15th April 2018:

Which three goalkeepers were in England's 1970 FIFA World Cup Squad?

 

[bjholmem]

Gordon Banks and Peter Bonetti were two of them. Too early for Shilton, perhaps?

 

[parklane1]

Stepney.

 

[THFC6061]

Gordon Banks (Stoke City), Peter Bonetti (Chelsea) and Alex Stepney (Manchester United).

FIFA World Cup Finals Mexico 1970 Playing Squads


Monday 16th April 2018:

How many Scottish players won the Football Writers Association Footballer of the Year Award?

 

[BigL]

Denis Law
Kenny Dalglish

 

[parklane1]

Big Dave
Bremner
Strachan

 

[THFC6061]

Eight: Bobby Collins (1965), Dave Mackay (1969), Billy Bremner (1970), Frank McLintock (1971), Kenny Burns (1978), Kenny Dalglish (1979 & 1983), Steve Nicol (1989) and Gordon Strachan (1991).

Footballer of the Year Awards 1947-48 to 2016-17


Tuesday 17th April 2018:

Which of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888-89 have yet to win a Top Flight Championship?

 

[bjholmem]

Eight: Bobby Collins (1965), Dave Mackay (1969), Billy Bremner (1970), Frank McLintock (1971), Kenny Burns (1978), Kenny Dalglish (1979 & 1983), Steve Nicol (1989) and Gordon Strachan (1991).

Footballer of the Year Awards 1947-48 to 2016-17


Tuesday 17th April 2018:

Which of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888-89 have yet to win a Top Flight Championship?

Accrington.

And there are more that I couldn't think of.

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[THFC6061]

Accrington.

And there are more that I couldn't think of.

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Accrington (folded in 1893), Bolton Wanderers, Notts County & Stoke.

Football League Chronological Club Positions from Season 1888-89 to 2017-18


Wednesday 18th April 2018:

Which are the only two nations outside of Europe and South America to appear in a FIFA World Cup Finals Tournament Semi-Final?

 

[glasgowspur]

South Korea and Cameroon

 

[bjholmem]

Cameroon reached the quarter finals in 1990 and have never gone any further in the tournament.

Didn't the United States of America get pretty far in the early days?

 

[glasgowspur]

Cameroon reached the quarter finals in 1990 and have never gone any further in the tournament.

Didn't the United States of America get pretty far in the early days?

Was just a guess

 

[THFC6061]

The United States of America (1930 Finals, Uruguay) and South Korea (2002 Finals, Japan & South Korea).

FIFA World Cup Finals 1930-2018 Nation's Progress Chart & Statistics


Thursday 19th April 2018:

Who is the only non-English player in the Top 10 All-Time Premier League Goalscorer's Table?

 

[bjholmem]

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

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[parklane1]

Has to be Henry.