blonde Football Quiz League

[Waz1892]

Good game Superwomble, good luck in the next round

[scotty2hatty]

Just waiting on answers from 3 people for the 1st round of the cup - I've PM'd them so we'll set a deadline of the end of today.

Season 3 questions will be up in a couple of hours.

[superwomble]

Good game Superwomble, good luck in the next round

Cheers Waz, unlucky there, great tie!

[scotty2hatty]

Season Three kicks off today under a mass of excitement and we are sure for some drama as the season unfolds. In the Premier League, TightEnd will start as the favourite after scoring a massive 14 points in Season Two but will he be able to hold off the impressive horseplayer and Premier League newcomer craigbetts? maldini32 seems like the forgotten man after only two seasons but he has been solid in 3rd place in Season One and Two and will only need slight improvement to become a title challenger. Longy starts as the favourite for relegation but he's had back to back promotions and could prove to be the surprise package.

In the Championship, Sheriff Fatman will be looking to bounce back from the disappointment of Season Two relegation and is looking to become a two-time Championship winner. He'll have his hands full though as the likes of Rubbish2407 and superwomble will be sure to make it tough for him. ForthThistle and Silo Graham have been consistent but might need to show some improvement to maintain their Championship spots.

Some players are perhaps in false leagues due to being late to the game or randomly assigned a lower league and that could be the case with dino1980 who scored highly in the second season but still finds himself in League One. He likely starts as the favourite to win the division with discomonkey and toddswain battling it out for the 2nd promotion spot. MintTrav has scored two points in two seasons and looks set for relegation.

League Two looks like it will be close and it is hard to determine who the favourite is with many of the players untried. sweet potata! and Alverton perhaps look most likely to gain promotion but pleno1 talks a good game and could throw a spanner in the works.

Premier League

TightEnd
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horseplayer
Tal
maldini32
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craigbetts
Longy

The Championship

Sheriff Fatman
Silo Graham
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Rubbish2407
ForthThistle
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superwomble
sharplea

League One

toddswain
dino1980
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discomonkey
Waz1892
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MintTrav
AceHighSuited

League Two

sweet potata!
Alverton
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stribling
AndrewT
pleno1
Ironside

[scotty2hatty]

This could be the toughest season yet.....

Questions
Season: Three
Deadline: Wednesday 8pm

1. Name the 4 South American countries that have hosted the World Cup?

2. This is the badge of which European club?


3. Which two players missed penalties for England in their Euro 2012 defeat to Italy?

4. What do the last two Europa League Final match-ups have in common?

5. Sunderland currently have 4 players in their first team squad that they signed from Manchester United, name 3 of them? (3 guesses only)

6. Who wears the number 4 shirt for Arsenal?

7. Egyptian Ahmed Hassan is the most capped international footballer of all time , but who is the most capped active (still playing) European international?

8. Name the missing (?) team from the career path of Nicolas Anelka?

PSG > Arsenal > Real Madrid > PSG > Liverpool > Man City > ? > Bolton > Chelsea > Shanghai Shenhua

9. Republic of Ireland only scored one goal on their way to finishing bottom of their Euro 2012 group, name the player who scored the goal?

10. This is the 2012/13 club photo of which English Football League side?


11. It's Chelsea F.C, Arsenal F.C and Fulham F.C. - but it's Sunderland A.F.C, what does the 'A' stand for?

12. Zoopla is the shirt sponsor of which English Premier League club?

13. Who was the top scorer at the 2006 World Cup?

14. Cristiano Ronaldo is joined in the Real Madrid squad by 3 other Portuguese players, can you name 2 of them (2 guesses only)?

15. Which Premier League side have been the runners-up in the League Cup a record 5 times, having lost in finals in '68, '69, '88, '07 and '11?

Tie-Break: How many caps does the aforementioned Ahmed Hassan have?

[scotty2hatty]

I'm a bit disappointed with Q4. It's just a bit meh, there are a couple of answers I will accept for that one.

[dino1980]

On first glance, definitely toughest season yet, will be happy to stay in L1.

[scotty2hatty]

The WarBwastard League Cup
First Round
maldini32 v. Rubbish2407

1. Name the 3 German clubs who took part in last season's Champions League Group Stage?

maldini32 1 - 1 Rubbish2407

2. Name the 2 players to have won the Premier League Golden Boot whilst playing for Newcastle?

maldini32 1 - 2 Rubbish2407

3. From which club did Arsenal sign Robin Van Persie?

maldini32 2 - 3 Rubbish2407

4. Manchester City are reknowned for their large transfer spending, but they received a reported £21m, a club record for an outgoing transfer, for a player in 2005. Who was that
player?

maldini32 2 - 4 Rubbish2407

5. What current Premier League player is this celebrating winning the Bundesliga?


maldini32 2 - 4 Rubbish2407

The biggest upset of the round here as Championship player Rubbish2407 overcame Premier League player maldini32. maldini32 struggled from the start and Rubbish2407 scored a solid 4 to progress to the 2nd round.

[scotty2hatty]

First Round

Sheriff Fatman v. pleno1
AndrewT 1-4 dino1980
maldini32 2-4 Rubbish2407
craigbetts 3-0 Ironside
sweet potata! 3-2 stribling
Tal 5-4 sharplea
Waz1892 3-3(TB) superwomble
horseplayer 5-4 Alverton

[sweet potata!]

I can't believe so many are getting the last question wrong, I had that one down as a gimme!

Latest batch looks rock hard.

[Alverton]

fml drawing horseplayer in the first round.

[craigbetts]

fml drawing horseplayer in the first round.

Twas a tough draw, always going to be tough going away to the horse. CraigBetts FC put out a second string X1 for the hosting of Ironside, we were well below par and I was lucky that Iron did not turn up.

Looks like that mentality has stuck and these latest q's are nails. Will take premiership survival now.

[horseplayer]

fml drawing horseplayer in the first round.

a valiant effort sir

[Graham C]

In for season three, could be the week I go down.

[Tal]

This looks like the hardest by some distance. Got about 6 straight away but the rest are going to take some thinking!