The only team I could think of with an agricultural nickname is Ipswich Town or the Tractor Boys. Did Thomas Crisp make tractors?
Complete guess here -anything to do with Sir Thomas Holte ? Although he was 17th century I think - the Holte End at Villa Park is named after him and the end itself is on the site of the original kitchen garden of Aston Hall.
Thomas Crisp of Woodbridge owned the Suffolk Sorrel horse from which the first Suffolk Punch was sired, the Suffolk Punch appears on the badge of Ipswich Town FC
If you're talking about old English then it was a scholarly work of the Venerable Bede. If not then 'The Canterbury Tales`from Chaucer.
The Canterbury Tales is the answer I was looking for, Caxton translated a French publication into English a year before the "Tales" but it was produced in the Lowlands! Over to you!
OK. The inventor, who was later chief engineer for the construction of the Mersey Tunnel, considered it to be his finest achievement. Patented in 1890 and first demonstrated in Nottingham a year later - what was it ?
A couple of clues needed here. The famous Fred Geary was the first to use one of these things to good effect. Also, an incident last year suggests that the Germans still can't make them properly.
Given that Fred Geary was a goal scorer extraordinaire for Everton at that time, I'd say the goal net, which was introduced around that time too.
That's it BB. They were invented by John Alexander Brodie who later became the chief engineer for the building of the Mersey Tunnel. First used in an official representative match - North vs South in 1891 the first person to score a goal in a net was Fred Geary. Everton were however the first club to install nets at their ground (then Anfield). The allusion to Germany refers to an incident last year in the Bundesliga in which a 'goal'went through a hole in the side netting and was incorrectly given as a goal kick. Over to you.
One to test your research skills... How are British Petroleum, Australian gold and Australian football linked?
Anything to do with the colours gold and green? Not sure how Australian gold fits in with this unless it's green. You may, of course be referring to Australian Gold which is a sun screen.
