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July 31st 2011:
Q: Who was the only manager to win the FIFA World Cup twice?
A: Vittorio Pozzo of Italy in 1934 & 1938.
July 30th 2011:
Q: Who is the only manager to have won three UEFA European Cup / Champions League Finals?
A: Bob Paisley in 1977, 1978 & 1981 all with Liverpool.
July 29th 2011:
Q: Which 6 Nationalities of managers have won the Top Flight of the English League since season 1888-89?
A: England (37 managers, 63 titles), Scotland (10, 39), France (1,3), Portugal (1,2), Ireland (1,1) and Italy (1,1).
July 28th 2011:
Q: Which two players have appeared in five FIFA World Cup Finals tournaments each?
A: Antonio Carbajal (Mexico, 1950–1966) and Lothar Matthäus (Germany, 1982–1998).
July 27th 2011:
Q: Who is the only footballer to have played for seven different London clubs?
A: Clive Allen with Queens Park Rangers, Arsenal (no League matches), Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, West Ham United and Millwall.
July 26th 2011:
Q: When was the last time that Queens Park Rangers finished a League season as the highest-placed London club?
A: Season 1992-93 when QPR finished 5th in the Premier League with Tottenham Hotspur 8th, Arsenal 10th and Chelsea 11th.
July 25th 2011:
Q: Which five past & present Football League clubs had an "x" in their names?
A: Crewe Alexandra, Exeter City, Halifax Town, Oxford United & Wrexham.
July 24th 2011:
Q: Which are the only two countries to have won the FIFA World Cup, the FIFA Confederations Cup and an Olympic Games gold medal?
A: Argentina and France.
July 23rd 2011:
Q: Which two German footballers have scored Premier League hat-tricks?
A: Jurgen Klinsmann (Tottenham Hotspur 6-2 Wimbledon, 2nd May 1998) and Fredi Bobic (Bolton Wanderers 4-1 Ipswich Town, 6th April 2002).
July 22nd 2011:
Q: Who was the only foreign footballer to have appeared for Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish La Liga?
A: Bixente Lizarazu of France from 1996-97.
July 21st 2011:
Q: Name two of the three Scottish players who have played in the Spanish La Liga since 1929.
A: Steve Archibald (FC Barcelona 1984-87), Ted McMinn (Sevilla FC 1986-88) and Jack Watson (Real Madrid 1948-49).
July 20th 2011:
Q: When was the only time that two brothers played against each other in a FIFA World Cup Finals tournament?
A: During the 2010 Finals in South Africa when Jerome Boateng's Germany beat Kevin-Prince Boateng's Ghana 1-0.
July 19th 2011:
Q: Which club has won the most League Championships in the Soviet Union & Russia?
A: Spartak Moskva won 21 of the 81 Championships from 1912 to 2010. Dynamo Kiev have 13 titles and Dynamo Moskva 11.
July 18th 2011:
Q: Which player holds the Premier League record for appearing in the most games without ever receiving a yellow or red card?
A: John Barnes played in 201 Premier League games without ever getting a yellow or red card. Theo Walcott is currently on 114 card-free matches.
July 17th 2011:
Q: Which player has scored the most Premier League goals with his left foot?
A: Robbie Fowler scored 104 of his 163 Premier League goals with his left foot. Ryan Giggs has the second highest total with 79 left footed goals.
July 16th 2011:
Q: Who is the only Israeli player who has appeared in both the Premier League & Scottish Premier League?
A: Eyal Berkovic with Southampton, West Ham Utd, Blackburn Rovers (on loan), Manchester City & Portsmouth in the Premier League and Celtic
in the Scottish Premier League.
Premier League Foreign Players 1992-93 to 2010-11 and Scottish Premier League Foreign Players 1998-99 to 2010-11
July 15th 2011:
Q: How many times was there a four-way tie for the winner of the British Home Championships?
A: Just the once - in season 1955-56.
July 14th 2011:
Q: Which two clubs have both lost 5 UEFA European Cup / UEFA Champions League Finals?
A: Juventus of Italy (lost in 1973, 1983, 1997, 1998 & 2003) and Benfica of Portugal (lost in 1963, 1965, 1968, 1988 & 1990).
July 13th 2011:
Q: Which three players have all been sent-off eight times during Premier League matches?
A: Richard Dunne, Duncan Ferguson & Patrick Vieira.
July 12th 2011:
Q: Which two Nations have each won three Olympic Games Men's Football gold medals?
A: Hungary in 1952, 1964 & 1968 and Great Britain in 1900, 1908 & 1912.
July 11th 2011:
Q: Who is the only player to have amassed over 100 yellow cards during the Premier League Era?
A: Lee Bowyer with 101 up to the end of 2010-11. Kevin Davies has been shown 97 yellow cards and Paul Scholes & Robbie Savage 89 each.
July 10th 2011:
Q: Rangers FC hold the World Record for the most National League Championships won with 54, but which club has the second highest amount?
A: Linfield FC of Northern Ireland with 50 League Championships to their credit up to season 2010-11.
July 9th 2011:
Q: Which two Managers share the Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month Award record with 9 each to season 2010-11?
A: Alex McLeish and Martin O'Neill. Craig Levein, Gordon Strachan and Walter Smith have won the monthly award 6 times each.
July 8th 2011:
Q: Which club has spent the most seasons in the Fourth Flight of English Football up to 2011-12?
A: Darlington have spent 47 seasons in the Fourth Flight. Rochdale have spent 46 seasons & Hartlerpool and Torquay have spent 42 seasons each.
July 7th 2011:
Q: Who were the four Premier League managers from Brazil, Croatia, Norway & Switzerland?
A: Luis Felipe Scolari (Brazil, Chelsea), Velimir Zajec (Croatia, Portsmouth), Egil Olsen (Norway, Wimbledon)
& Christian Gross (Switzerland, Tottenham Hotspur)
July 6th 2011:
Q: Who is the only non-English manager to have been in charge of four different Premier League clubs?
A: Scotland's Graeme Souness with Liverpool, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United.
July 5th 2011:
Q: Which British club were the second to win a major European trophy?
A: West Ham United when they won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1965, a trophy Tottenham Hotspur had won two years earlier.
July 4th 2011:
Q: How many times was Brazil's Pelé the highest goalscorer in the South American Championships / Copa America?
A: Just once in 1959 when he finished with 8 goals.
July 3rd 2011:
Q: Four Premier League clubs had them last season but six Premier League clubs have them in 2011-12 - what are they?
A: Birds on club crests: Liverpool have a Liver Bird, Manchester City have a Golden Eagle, Norwich City have a Canary, Swansea City have a Swan,
Tottenham Hotspur have a Cockerel and West Bromwich Albion have a Throstle.
July 2nd 2011:
Q: What was the innovation used in the 1892 FA Cup Final that's still with us today?
A: West Bromwich Albion beat Aston Villa 3-0 in the first FA Cup Final where goal-nets were used. They had been invented three years earlier by
civil engineer John Brodie from Liverpool.
July 1st 2011:
Q: Which is the only African club to reach the Final of FIFAs Club World Cup?
A: Tout Puissant Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo were losing Finalists to Inter Milan in 2010.
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