Beelzebub 2,508 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 nudge can alone fill this thread with her German football quiz but to start the thread. - Every country that hosted the World Cup had an increased birth rate that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 The Socceroos were cursed by an African witch doctor in the 70s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,827 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Gareth Bale's first trophyless season after originally leaving Tottenham was the season he went back to Tottenham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,382 Posted August 25, 2022 Administrator Share Posted August 25, 2022 One of my favourites until a few years back - Coventry hadn't finished in the top six of any division since 1970 until 2018 when they were promoted after finishing 6th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted August 25, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted August 25, 2022 Football is a pretty young sport American football was invented in 1882, making it only 136 years old. While it's still an impressive age, this is nothing compared to the age of soccer: it was invented in the 5th century B.C. in China. Football was founded after rugby rules were modified to accommodate gameplay, but during its advent, it was played more like soccer: players could only kick at the ball and hit it with their hands, hence the name of the game. https://www.gripboost.com/blogs/blog/5-fun-facts-about-your-favorite-sport-football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said: Football is a pretty young sport American football was invented in 1882, making it only 136 years old. While it's still an impressive age, this is nothing compared to the age of soccer: it was invented in the 5th century B.C. in China. Football was founded after rugby rules were modified to accommodate gameplay, but during its advent, it was played more like soccer: players could only kick at the ball and hit it with their hands, hence the name of the game. https://www.gripboost.com/blogs/blog/5-fun-facts-about-your-favorite-sport-football I think as a rule we should only consider a sport as old as its first code. Before that it may as well have been a different sport. 1863 should probably be the ‘birth date’ because that is when rugby and soccer were officially split into different games. Cricket 1774 Aussie Rules 1858 Baseball 1845 so on and so forth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber JoshBRFC+ 1,388 Posted August 25, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted August 25, 2022 While she was a director at Birmingham City, Karren Brady sold her husband Paul Peschisolido to Stoke for £400k. Glasgow club Queen's Park are the only Scottish club to have reached an FA Cup final. They achieved that back-to-back, in 1884 and 1885, and lost to Blackburn Rovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose 4,371 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 DFC Prague reached the German champions final in 1902, although they were an Austrian team at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,918 Posted August 26, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted August 26, 2022 Rapid Vienna have won the German Bundesliga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,918 Posted August 26, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted August 26, 2022 West Ham have only ever had 18 managers - which is only 1 more than MK Dons have ever had despite being formed 109 years earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho 2,210 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 On 24/08/2022 at 20:31, Spike said: The Socceroos were cursed by an African witch doctor in the 70s John Safran went in to lift the curse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose 4,371 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Dan said: Rapid Vienna have won the German Bundesliga. They won the German title, that's correct. They did so 22 years before the Bundesliga was established, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 Germany has also had fewer managers compared to other major national teams, eleven in total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted August 26, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted August 26, 2022 18 hours ago, Spike said: Aussie Rules 1858 I still keep track of my Carlton out there, they were doing well in the top 8 and I hoped they could make the finals but they lost about 6 on the trot and missed out of the top 8 by percentage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 10 hours ago, Rucksackfranzose said: They won the German title, that's correct. They did so 22 years before the Bundesliga was established, though. I thought it was regional before thE Bundeskiga. Interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 17 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said: I still keep track of my Carlton out there, they were doing well in the top 8 and I hoped they could make the finals but they lost about 6 on the trot and missed out of the top 8 by percentage. I’ll take your word for it, I’m from Queensland I know very little about Aussie rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted August 26, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted August 26, 2022 23 minutes ago, Spike said: I’ll take your word for it, I’m from Queensland I know very little about Aussie rules You should support The Brisbane Lions, they were based in Victoria in my time as Fitzroy but merged in 1996 as the Brisbane Lions and moved interstate. The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that plays in the Australian Football League. Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose 4,371 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 41 minutes ago, Spike said: I thought it was regional before thE Bundeskiga. Interesting It were several Regionalligas and a final round of the respective Regionalliga champions to decide the German champion, when Rapid became champions. On a side note the German title exists since the 1902/1903 season, while 63/64 was the first Bundesliga season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 9 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said: You should support The Brisbane Lions, they were based in Victoria in my time as Fitzroy but merged in 1996 as the Brisbane Lions and moved interstate. The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that plays in the Australian Football League. Wikipedia I guess I ‘kind’ of support them. Watched more lions games than any other team. I mean I do vividly remember the Akermanis years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 7 minutes ago, Rucksackfranzose said: It were several Regionalligas and a final round of the respective Regionalliga champions to decide the German champion, when Rapid became champions. On a side note the German title exists since the 1902/1903 season, while 62/63 was the first Bundesliga season. Ah, that’s the American model of sports. Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,382 Posted August 26, 2022 Administrator Share Posted August 26, 2022 Kelechi Iheanacho scored the first ever goal to be awarded by VAR in English football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 20 minutes ago, Stan said: Kelechi Iheanacho scored the first ever goal to be awarded by VAR in English football Do you mean penalty or a goal that was given by VAR after review? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,382 Posted August 26, 2022 Administrator Share Posted August 26, 2022 Just now, Spike said: Do you mean penalty or a goal that was given by VAR after review? The latter. Was in the FA Cup against Fleetwood in January 2018. He scored, then it was flagged for offside. VAR had a look, and overruled the official's decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted August 26, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted August 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Spike said: I guess I ‘kind’ of support them. Watched more lions games than any other team. I mean I do vividly remember the Akermanis years They have done pretty well after merging with the Brisbane Lions, before that they had won 9 Premierships in Victoria and now 3 in Brisbane, 3 years on the trot, 2001/02/03. They are in this year's finals finishing 6th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber JoshBRFC+ 1,388 Posted August 27, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted August 27, 2022 The only undefeated team at the 2010 World Cup was New Zealand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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