Sporting Trivia Challenge Trophy

[Mikecg]

Who cares because the answers are manipulated to suite cliques.

The answer is China tell me I'm wrong.....................

[????]

Pele - Jahzino - Alberto Carlos...all feature...but that's the best I can do

[Mikecg]

Hao Haidong . . . .

[Ted Max]

Both parts of Mick Mac's answer (the Hibs forward 5 and the 1970 goal) are correct. Shall I spill on the link?

[red devil]

Timmy the Dog was in the Famous Five..http://www.animus-web.demon.co.uk/sapphireandsteel/angus/img/famous5.jpg

Didn't he score a hat-trick in the final?...

[Mikecg]

[Mick Mac]

Did the famous 5 and their wags once holiday in Brazil? is that the link?

[Ted Max]

-ish. I'll let an impartial blog take up the story, and surely Mick Mac can post the next question as he got the two elements of this one.

Hibs? Famous Five inspired Brazil 1970

You might have thought that Pele and the great Brazilian soccer team that won World Cup glory in 1970 did it all on their own. Like most others, you probably thought the mesmerising samba style was God-given and innate, a case of nature and very little nurture. But according to a new book they drew inspiration from a Scottish club - none other than Hibernian Football Club. Fans of Hibs claim that their legendary forward line of the Fifties, The Famous Five, provided the inspiration for the best football team the world has ever seen. They base their theory on what they have found in a Brazilian Football Encyclopaedia, printed shortly before the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.

While there are no references to the national Scotland team, or the Old Firm, an entire chapter is dedicated to the skills of The Famous Five - Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Eddie Turnbull and Willie Ormond.

Hibs at the forefront of football

John Campbell, editor of the fanzine Mass Hibsteria, said: ?The encyclopaedia seemed to be a comprehensive manual on all aspects of tactics. The accompanying drawings seemed to be making the point about how The Famous Five used to swap positions during a game, bamboozling opposition.?

He added: ?Hibs were included because they were, at one time, at the forefront of football and brought to it a style that was original at the time. ?The Brazilians recognised what Hibs brought to the game.?

[Mick Mac]

Well Ted Max - with your posts on this thread tonight and mine on the Football Focus thread - the anglos really are being given a lesson on how scottish teams led europe and the world in the 60s. I'm sure they will all thank us for this education.

My question would be:

In the 1977 European Cup final, Phil Neal scored a penalty, who brought whom down for the penalty award?

[????]

I know it was Keegan but I'm buggered if I can remember anyone in the BM team!

[Mick Mac]

Yes - you are right with the metaphor Quids - he took him from behind.

[ruffers]

Random German defender time then - Stielike?

[Mick Mac]

There are apparently many Liverpool fans on the forum so I expect a lot of people will know this, if old enough.

[red devil]

Paul Brietner?

Franz Beckenbauer?

Berti Vogts?

Can't think of anymore, gis a clue...

Been racking my brains with the 72 and 76 World Cup sides, how about Wolfgang Overmath?

[Mick Mac]

It was Berti Vogts - well done. Red Devil or Quids to ask the next question - fastest finger first.

[red devil]

What was used in the 1973 FA Cup Final and never used again?

Clue: I used to have one with my Subutteo set...

[????]

Triangular corner flags?

[ruffers]

Orange ball?

[red devil]

Well done Ruffers! They should've trialed a goalie with a 8 foot rod up his arse!..

[ruffers]

And which football ground in England is highest above sea level?

[????]

had it before and the Brooking one which got asked again , pay attention and ask again

*Hawthorns

[ruffers]

Feel free to chuck in a question while I read the thread please.

[????]

lol

[????]

Which team in england's home ground is highest?

;-)

[ruffers]

Oldham Athletic?