OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

Oldham?

 

Bradford stayed up and Rodney Marsh got his head shaved on the pitch.

Oldham did more than one year in the early 90s I’m fairly sure.

 

Neither Bradford nor Oldham

 

Port Vale

 

Nah. Although just after the earth cooled Burslem Port Vale were in the Second Division.

 

One of my earliest football memories is seeing us lose there before the game Palace threw to keep us in this league. It was announced on the tannoy Bury had lost as we were kept in so it remained in our hands.

 

Northampton

 

Of course! They went from 4th division to 1st in about 6 years.

 

Yep.

One to go. I’d say it’s virtually impossible to get unless you already know it, doubtless through a pub quiz.

I’ll give clues if requested.

 

Yeah I’d never have got that if I’d had 1000 guesses.

 

Name the player to play a competitive match against both Kevin Keegan and Cristiano Ronaldo….

 

Baresi or Maldini?

 

Nay

 

Wait a minute!. We need an answer to Stan's question before we move on. A clue please!

 

According to the 1839 census this place had a population of 14,577

 

The club still exists but hasn’t been in the football league proper since 1915. And it’s apparently the smallest town ever to have had a club in the top division.

 

Is it Palestine?

 

Wow, not MK Dons then.

 

No, it’s a real place.

 

Not Irsrael either then.