Football trivia

[The Lusophone]

It'll be someone at Cardiff won't it? I always forget they were in the Prem as recently as 2019.

[METALMAN]

 Okay I looked it up too. I've never even heard of this guy. At least I know who Zuniga is. He was a reasonably big deal when Strachan signed him.

[Szumi]

49 minutes ago, MadJack said:

It'll be someone at Cardiff won't it? I always forget they were in the Prem as recently as 2019.

I'm going with Zohore and Zaha, or even more miraculously, Zohore and Zabaleta

[Cymbols]

1 hour ago, It's Pronounced Zoom-E said:

I'm going with Zohore and Zaha, or even more miraculously, Zohore and Zabaleta

Nice one, Zohore is spot on. Looked a real menace when Cardiff were in the Championship - terrorised John Terry when the Villa played them away. Had Rudy Gestede vibes about him - Championship level, not really any higher. 

[The Lusophone]

As of last season, how many players were at Manchester United in playing roles in both the 2003-04 and 2021-22 season? Playing role is any age group at the club down to say... U11s.

[Dang117]

2? Lingard and McTominay 

[Adam]

Well, Cristiano Ronaldo is one.

Anyone else fitting that criteria would have to be 29 years old or older, I think. So that means Jesse Lingard is probably at the cut off.

The question is likely posed due to the unusual fact of Paul McShane playing for the U23s despite being in his mid-30s before moving into a coaching role, something Jay Spearing has just signed on for Liverpool to do too.

So I will say the answer is 3...Ronaldo, Lingard and McShane.

[Dang117]

I was going mainly off the youth squad side of it, so I think it might be 4 then, Ronaldo, Lingard, McTominay and McShane. 

[The Lusophone]

@Dang117 is closest but is not 100% right.

[Adam]

I definitely forgot someone, but McTominay is a bit too young to be one of the answers surely.

Spoiler

Tom Heaton I forgot - to be honest I hadn't internalised that he went back to United last year.

 

[The Lusophone]

Of the current 92 Premier League and Football League clubs, 6 have are yet to play at the new Wembley stadium. Which ones are they?

Bonus question: an additional club has played at Wembley stadium only because Spurs used the stadium whilst their current stadium was being built. What club is it?

[Naitch]

Ipswich almost certainly has to be one of them.

[The Lusophone]

18 minutes ago, Naitch said:

Ipswich almost certainly has to be one of them.

Correct

[Bobfoc]

I reckon Crawley might be one because I can't remember them being in the play-offs.

[The Lusophone]

3 minutes ago, Bobfoc said:

I reckon Crawley might be one because I can't remember them being in the play-offs.

Also correct, four to go, plus the bonus.

[Jam]

I'd guess Forest Green, Harrogate and Accrington as they're some of the 'newer' clubs in the league, so less chance for playoffs/pizza cup

I'm pretty sure Blackburn and Coventry can't be far off too as don't recall either going to Wembley, maybe ones from playoffs 15 years or so ago

[The Lusophone]

4 minutes ago, Jam said:

I'd guess Forest Green, Harrogate and Accrington as they're some of the 'newer' clubs in the league, so less chance for playoffs/pizza cup

I'm pretty sure Blackburn and Coventry can't be far off too as don't recall either going to Wembley, maybe ones from playoffs 15 years or so ago

You got two of them - Accrington and Blackburn. Harrogate had two trips to Wembley in 2019-20, winning both the FA Trophy and the National League Playoffs. Forest Green won the National League playoffs in 2017 and Coventry won the League Two playoffs in 2018.

[gunnar hendershow]

This is not one of the answers, but I feel like Newcastle may have been in that group until last week.

[The Lusophone]

2 minutes ago, damhausen said:

This is not one of the answers, but I feel like Newcastle may have been in that group until last week.

They were in the bonus question group, having only played at Wembley due to playing Spurs there in the league.

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22 minutes ago, Jam said:

I'd guess Forest Green, Harrogate and Accrington as they're some of the 'newer' clubs in the league, so less chance for playoffs/pizza cup

I'm pretty sure [b]Blackburn[/b] and Coventry can't be far off too as don't recall either going to Wembley, maybe ones from playoffs 15 years or so ago

Cheers for the reminder.