My brother is undoubably the biggest football anorak in the world! Can anyone post some really obscure trivia (especially about Luton Town) so i can baffle him at the next quiz he attends (we can submit our own questions for specific individuals). Every time someone sets him a question he always seems to know the answer! Please help!!!!
2007-09-05 21:56:10 · 12 answers · asked by olly230770 2 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
Q. Who is the only footballer to be substituted by his own brother in a Wembley international.
A. David O'Leary was replaced by his brother Pierce playing for Eire against England on 6 February 1980.
Q. Who is the only player to score in the finals of the European Cup, Cup Winners Cup and UEFA Cup?
A. Allan Simonsen.
Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1977 European Cup Final and 1975 UEFA Cup Final.
Barcelona in 1982 Cup Winners Cup Final.
If he gets those 2 he is a true anorak.
2007-09-06 05:54:01 · answer #1 · answered by half asleep 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obscure Football Trivia
2016-11-11 01:02:36 · answer #2 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In what year did Joe Payne score a record 10 goals in one game and against whom?
1936 against Bristol Rovers
Denis Law, then playing for Manchester City, scored 6 goals against Luton in 1961 and yet lost. The reason was the match was abandoned because of snow and Luton won the replay 2-1.
Year Formed: 1885.
Year Turned Professional: 1897.
Record Attendance: 30,069 against Blackpool in the FA Cup, on 4 March 1959
Record League Win: 12-0 v Bristol Rovers in Division3 on 13/04/1936.
Record League Defeat: 0-9 v Small Heath FC in 1898.
Most Consecutive Games Without Defeat: 19 in 1968/69.
Most Consecutive Games Without A Home Defeat: 39 from 1925 to 1927.
Most Consecutive League Wins: 12 in 2001/02.
Most Consecutive League Defeats: 8 during the 1899/00 season
Record Goals In A Single Match: 10 by Joe Payne in match versus Bristol Rovers in 1936, which remains to this day, a Football League record.
Record League Goals In A Season: Joe Payne with 55 during the 1936-37 season
Record League Goals In Total: Gordon Turner with 243 from 1949-64. Gordon scored 265 goals in all competitions for Luton, more than any other player.
Record League Appearances: 495 by Bob Morton, 1948-64, and he managed 550 in all competitions.
Most League Goals Season: 103 during the Division 3 promotion season in 1936-37.
Most League Points In A Season: 98 during the championship winning season of 2004-05 in League One.
Record Transfer Fee Paid: £850,000 to OB Odense F.C. for Lars Elstrup in August 1989
Record Transfer Fee Received: £3,000,000 for Curtis Davies from West Brom on August 31, 2005.
2007-09-06 07:40:36 · answer #3 · answered by Cookie_Monster_UK 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the connection between Luton Town and Cleopatra?
2007-09-06 02:47:15 · answer #4 · answered by Barry K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Answer to this Question is Brett Favre but I'm not exactly sure the amount of total yards he had though exactly and I know that thats the Answer Because I actually saw the Game when he actually Broke/made that Record
2016-03-13 01:56:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where was the Linesman who gave the controversial goal in the 1966 world cup final from?
Azerbaijan.
He wasn't Russian.
2007-09-06 03:58:18 · answer #6 · answered by Will 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which programme director of BBC2 was responsible for match of the day
What team does John Motson pledge his allegiance to?
Which football team is the only one mentioned in the bible?
David Attenborough, Derby County, Queen of the South
2007-09-06 01:26:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
what was the lowest attendance at an fa cup final? answer 2,000 1872 wanderers 1 royal engineers 0.it was the first one
2007-09-06 00:57:06 · answer #8 · answered by jim m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When was the FA Cup final stopped by Fog?
2007-09-05 22:23:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which current premiership club has provided the most internationals for England?
Aston Villa. (64)
(I hope he won't see your post.)
2007-09-05 23:14:09 · answer #10 · answered by frank S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋