Trivia thread

[sallycat]

I don't know about the rest of you but I think I'm going to go mad without football if I don't do something. Shall we do a little quiz? Bring your own questions. Here are a few to kick us off.

1. Most of us will know Notts County is the oldest club in our division. Which is the newest?

2. Our famous 2016-17 FA Cup run began with a 2-1 win at home to Forest Green Rovers in which Roarie Deacon scored a very late winner. Who scored our other goal?

3. Which current National League club has been in this division for the most consecutive seasons?

4. Which current Sutton first team players can you get from the following anagrams?
a) BANJO NERD
b) ORBITAL WOMAN
c) CANDID SUGAR
d) PRAYER DEBACLE
e) ROAMING CADETS

5. Nine clubs have spent just one season each (including current season) in the Conference South. Two of those are Hornchurch FC and AFC Hornchurch. How many of the other seven can you name?

6. More anagrams! Which TWOPENNY MORONS knocked us out of a recent FA Trophy?

7. In the last five years, how many different places other than England have Sutton played in?

8. (Thanks to Andy K for this one) Which league position have Sutton finished in the most times in our history? (Bonus point if you can identify a league position we have NEVER finished in.)

9. Which team did we have to play nine times in three seasons between 2013 and 2016, including three consecutive games on 3, 10 and 12 October 2015? (Four of those nine games were in the FA Cup and one FA Trophy.)

10. Our last three league titles were secured on three different days of the week. On which day of the week did we win the league in:
a) 1999
b) 2011
c) 2016?

[Andy K]

Mar 17, 2020 10:39:50 GMT sallycat said:

I don't know about the rest of you but I think I'm going to go mad without football if I don't do something. Shall we do a little quiz? Bring your own questions. Here are a few to kick us off.

1. Most of us will know Notts County is the oldest club in our division. Which is the newest?

2. Our famous 2016-17 FA Cup run began with a 2-1 win at home to Forest Green Rovers in which Roarie Deacon scored a very late winner. Who scored our other goal?

3. Which current National League club has been in this division for the most consecutive seasons?

4. Which current Sutton first team players can you get from the following anagrams?
a) BANJO NERD
b) ORBITAL WOMAN
c) CANDID SUGAR
d) PRAYER DEBACLE
e) ROAMING CADETS

5. Nine clubs have spent just one season each (including current season) in the Conference South. Two of those are Hornchurch FC and AFC Hornchurch. How many of the other seven can you name?

6. More anagrams! Which TWOPENNY MORONS knocked us out of a recent FA Trophy?

7. In the last five years, how many different places other than England have Sutton played in?

8. (Thanks to Andy K for this one) Which league position have Sutton finished in the most times in our history? (Bonus point if you can identify a league position we have NEVER finished in.)

9. Which team did we have to play nine times in three seasons between 2013 and 2016, including three consecutive games on 3, 10 and 12 October 2015? (Four of those nine games were in the FA Cup and one FA Trophy.)

10. Our last three league titles were secured on three different days of the week. On which day of the week did we win the league in:
a) 1999
b) 2011
c) 2016?

Brilliant idea!

I'm going to give this a go without googling anything....

1) If it's reformed clubs, is it FC Halifax Town?
2) Ross Stearn I think?
3) Wrexham>?
4) Arrgh anagrams!
5) Bedford Town are certainly one of them. Dorking Wanderers, Torquay, Worcester City, Team Bath, Histon and Redbridge?
6) Must be Spennymoor Town
7) 4 - Wales, Scotland, Rep of Ireland and Jersey!
8) I won't answer that one!
9) That has to be bloody Hemel!
10) 99 was a Thursday I think (Aldershot postponed game we won 5-0), 2011 was a Sunday (Cray beating Bury gave us the title) and 2016 must have been a Saturday (although I forgot who we played but it was at home)

How did I do? (Don't have to give the answers)

[davef]

That 5-0 v Aldershot was one of the best nights ever !

[Stewart]

Maybe we can expand it to a ‘what’s this?’

[sallycat]

Mar 17, 2020 11:33:29 GMT Andy K said:

Brilliant idea!

I'm going to give this a go without googling anything....

1) If it's reformed clubs, is it FC Halifax Town?
2) Ross Stearn I think?
3) Wrexham>?
4) Arrgh anagrams!
5) Bedford Town are certainly one of them. Dorking Wanderers, Torquay, Worcester City, Team Bath, Histon and Redbridge?
6) Must be Spennymoor Town
7) 4 - Wales, Scotland, Rep of Ireland and Jersey!
8) I won't answer that one!
9) That has to be bloody Hemel!
10) 99 was a Thursday I think (Aldershot postponed game we won 5-0), 2011 was a Sunday (Cray beating Bury gave us the title) and 2016 must have been a Saturday (although I forgot who we played but it was at home)

How did I do? (Don't have to give the answers)

It's no fun if you Google it, is it?

1) Correct - 2008 with Solihull Moors just a year older.

2) You think right.

3) Correct

5) 5/7. Histon and Worcester were both there for two seasons.

6) Indeed it must.

7) I make it 4 too. I was hoping you'd forget Jersey

9) It bloody has to be, doesn't it.

10) All three correct. I think it was Chelmsford.

[sallycat]

Mar 17, 2020 11:41:46 GMT Stewart said:

Maybe we can expand it to a ‘what’s this?’

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It looks like the back of a coat button to me

[garethl]

Mar 17, 2020 11:35:28 GMT davef said:

That 5-0 v Aldershot was one of the best nights ever !

Was in Wales on a Geography school stay . . . leading the trip was the wife of a key member of that championship winning team.

[Stewart]

Mar 17, 2020 11:46:52 GMT sallycat said:

Mar 17, 2020 11:41:46 GMT Stewart said:

Maybe we can expand it to a ‘what’s this?’

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It looks like the back of a coat button to me

A little too long to be a button.

[davef]

A view looking down on a cup (trophy) ?

[markf]

Is it a ball point pen?

[timall]

Mar 17, 2020 21:32:17 GMT markf said:

Is it a ball point pen?

or a dart?

[Stewart]

Mar 17, 2020 21:32:17 GMT markf said:

Is it a ball point pen?

Well done Mark.

[Nick the Greek/The Speshul One]

4a) Jon Barden

[Nick the Greek/The Speshul One]

4 c) Craig Dundas

[Nick the Greek/The Speshul One]

4 b) Tom Bolarinwa