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30th September 2012:
Q: Which two players have both scored away Premier League hat-tricks twice at the same ground?
A: Wayne Rooney for Man Utd at the Reebok (28th Oct 2006 & 10th Sep 2011) & Luis Suarez for Liverpool at Carrow Rd (28th Apr 2012 & 29th Sep 2012).
29th September 2012:
Q: Which of the 45 Premier League clubs averaged exactly one point for every game they played in the competition?
A: Crystal Palace amassed 160 points from the 160 Premier League matches they played - an average of exactly one point per game.
28th September 2012:
Q: Which 6 clubs have finished a season in the Premier League Top 3 but never won the Title?
A: Liverpool, Newcastle United & Aston Villa (all runners-up) and Leeds United, Norwich City & Nottingham Forest (all 3rd place).
27th September 2012:
Q: Who is the only player to date to score a hat-trick in the 2012-13 Football League Cup?
A: James Collins of Swindon Town during their 4-3 2nd round win at Stoke City on 28th August 2012
26th September 2012:
Q: Which was the last Football League Cup season to feature replayed matches?
A: Season 1996-97. Since then, ties have been settled either by the away goals rule or penalty shoot-outs.
25th September 2012:
Q: Which three Sunderland players have scored or assisted in the Premier League so far this season?
A: Steven Fletcher (4 goals), Sebastian Larsson (2 assists) and Craig Gardner (1 assist).
24th September 2012:
Q: Which three players under contract to Bolton Wanderers won the Premier League Footballer of the Month Award?
A: Jay-Jay Okocha (November 2003), Kevin Nolan (February 2006) and Johan Elmander (November 2010).
23rd September 2012:
Q: Which players were voted best goalkeepers of the last three FIFA World Cup Finals tournaments?
A: Oliver Kahn (Germany in 2002), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy in 2006) & Iker Casillas (Spain in 2010).
22nd September 2012:
Q: Which are the only three countries Luxembourg have beaten in 19 FIFA World Cup Qualification competitions?
A: Portugal at home 4-2 in October 1961, Turkey 2-0 at home in October 1972 & Switzerland 2-1 away in September 2008.
21st September 2012:
Q: Which was the last FIFA World Cup Finals tournament without a player being sent-off?
A: The 1970 FIFA World Cup Finals in Mexico. The only other tournament without a dismissal was in Brazil 1950.
20th September 2012:
Q: Which seven countries were founder members of FIFA on 21st May 1904?
A: Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden & Switzerland. Germany also indicated their willingness to join.
19th September 2012:
Q: Who is the only non-British Isles international player to score over 200 goals in English League Football?
A: Shaun Goater of Bermuda scored 217 English League goals with Rotherham United (70 goals), Bristol City (40), Manchester City (84), Reading (12) &
Southend United (11). He also played for Notts County and Coventry City and was on Manchester United's books early in his career.
18th September 2012:
Q: Which England player had the longest wait between international matches?
A: Liverpool's winger Ian Callaghan played in England's 2-0 World Cup Finals win against France on 20th July 1966 but didn't play again until a 0-0 draw with
Switzerland in September 1977 - a wait of over 11 years.
17th September 2012:
Q: Which England manager was in charge for the highest number of matches?
A: Walter Winterbottom chalked-up 139 full international games as England manager from 1946 to 1963. Alf Ramsey was in charge for 113 matches.
16th September 2012:
Q: Which is the only nation in the world never to have lost a full international match against Brazil?
A: Norway have played Brazil four times, winning twice and drawing twice. Their most important match was a 2-1 win during the 1998 World Cup Finals.
15th September 2012:
Q: Which five UEFA European Nations have still to play England in a full international match?
A: Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovenia, Faroe Islands, Latvia and Lithuania. England have also still to play Serbia since their separation from Montenegro.
14th September 2012:
Q: What made the France 4-0 Estonia match in June 2012 unique in European football?
A: Estonia became the first country to play all of the other 52 UEFA European Nations in a full international match.
13th September 2012:
Q: Which five players are Brazil's all-time top international goalscorers?
A: Pelé (77 goals), Ronaldo (62), Romário (55), Zico (52) and Bebeto (39).
12th September 2012:
Q: Who was the manager of the Saarland National Team for the 1954 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers?
A: Helmut Schön was Saarland's manager from 1952-57. He would later lead West Germany to the FIFA World Cup Title in 1974.
11th September 2012:
Q: What was the first full international match played outside the United Kingdom?
A: Uruguay 2-3 Argentina in Montevideo on 16th May 1901. The two countries would later compete regularly for the Copa Lipton.
10th September 2012:
Q: Who were the first non-British Isles team to play England at the old Wembley Stadium?
A: Argentina when they lost 2-1 to England on 9th May 1951. Stan Mortensen and Jackie Milburn scored England's goals.
9th September 2012:
Q: Which 22 former Tottenham Hotspur players are with other Premier League clubs in 2012-13?
A: Alan Hutton, Darren Bent (Aston Villa), Steven Pienaar (Everton), Stephen Kelly, Dimitar Berbatov, Simon Davies (Fulham), Michael Carrick (Manchester
United), Sébastien Bassong, Harry Kane (loan) (Norwich City), Adel Taarabt, Ryan Nelsen, Radek Cerny, Bobby Zamora (QPR), Chris Gunter
(Reading), Wilson Palacios, Peter Crouch, Matthew Etherington (Stoke City), Danny Rose (loan), Fraizer Campbell, Louis Saha (Sunderland),
Wayne Routledge, Mark Gower (Swansea City).
8th September 2012:
Q: Which eight players affiliated with Manchester City at the time featured in England's FIFA World Cup Finals squads?
A: Francis Lee & Colin Bell (Mexico 1970), Trevor Francis & Joe Corrigan (Spain 1982), David James (Germany 2006), Gareth Barry,
Shaun Wright-Phillips & Joe Hart (South Africa 2010).
7th September 2012:
Q: What was unusual about Ghana 1-0 Serbia in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals in South Africa?
A: Both goalkeepers were under contract to Wigan Athletic at the time - Ghana's Richard Kingson and Serbia's Vladimir Stojkovic.
6th September 2012:
Q: Which Premier League club submitted the fewest number of registered players for the 2012-13 season?
A: Everton only registered 19 players out of the maximum 25 permitted. Aston Villa, Norwich, QPR, Reading, Stoke & Tottenham all have the maximum 25.
5th September 2012:
Q: Which club has won the Moldovan Football League the most times since 1992?
A: Sheriff Tiraspol have won 11 of the 21 Moldovan League Championships played so far. Zimbru Chişinău have 8 Titles and Constructorul Chişinău
& Dacia Chişinău one Title each.
4th September 2012:
Q: Who scored England's seven goals against Moldova in the 1998 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers?
A: Nick Barmby, Paul Gascoigne & Alan Shearer in the 3-0 win in Chişinău, Paul Gascoigne, Paul Scholes & Ian Wright (2) in the 4-0 win at Wembley.
3rd September 2012:
Q: Who did Robin van Persie score his four Premier League hat-tricks against?
A: Wigan Athletic (22nd January 2011), Chelsea (29th October 2011), Blackburn Rovers (4th February 2012) & Southampton (2nd September 2012).
2nd September 2012:
Q: How many of Team GB's 2012 Men's Olympic Games squad have since moved to new clubs?
A: Four: Joe Allen (Swansea City - Liverpool), Scott Sinclair (Swansea City - Manchester City), Craig Bellamy (Liverpool - Cardiff City) and
Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur - Sunderland).
1st September 2012:
Q: Which three Leeds United managers won the Premier League Manager of the Month Award?
A: Howard Wilkinson (April 1995), George Graham (November 1997) and David O'Leary (March 1999, March 2001 & April 2001).
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