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  1. wear_yellow

    wear_yellow Well-Known Member

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    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    ..... was the name of the leader of the peasants revolt ?


    <doh>
     
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  3. Resurgam

    Resurgam Top Analyst Staff Member

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    Do you know what?


    Yes. He invented the steam engine
     
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  4. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    I never knew that ?
     
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    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    Then you don't because he didn't.:)

    The question should be "Who invented the steam engine - not What" .............. - getting confused now.:(
     
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  6. Resurgam

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    As it stands I hope the present manager and players do better than the ex managers and players. <yikes>
     
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    At the moment 14.30 Sunday Watford are the only team left in that bet!
     
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  8. Resurgam

    Resurgam Top Analyst Staff Member

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    Good job I didn't lay that bet then
     
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    You can't live too far from my sister <laugh>
     
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    Gutted about Brentford today, but is Yeovil (Pop. 40,000) the smallest town ever to have a team in the second tier of English football ?
     
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  11. Bolton's Boots

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    Good call - it very probably is. But for four points in 1954, when they finished second, Accrington Stanley would hold that record. ;)
     
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  12. vic-rijrode

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    I think that you are forgetting Glossop North End. Here is a quote from Wikipedia:

    "Glossop is often cited as the smallest town in England to have had a Football League club, and the smallest town to have played in the English top flight.[1] At the turn of the 20th century, Glossop played in Division One, bankrolled by Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, who was later to become chairman of Arsenal, with whom the club retains connections to this day.[1]"

    GNE also played in Division 2 in 1898-99 (promoted to Division 1) and from 1900-1915 when they failed to gain re-election.

    There probably are others but Glossop spring readily to mind.
     
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    Q: Who led the Pedant's Revolt?
     
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  14. Golden Gordon

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    I'm in Castlethorpe, nr Wolverton
     
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    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    A teacher? ;) !
     
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    That Gary Johnson... He's one of our grown! :emoticon-0148-yes:

    In case y'all forgotten, he was an apprentice with us and signed his first pro contract with the Hornets at 18... okay he didn't pull up any trees playing wise, but...
     
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  17. vic-rijrode

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    What, Tyler?
     
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  18. Bolton's Boots

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    Q: Can a revolt involving just one pedant really be termed a revolt?
     
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  19. yorkshirehornet

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    A: Depends on where he puts his ' . ;)
     
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    She's near Olney
     
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