Sooper ...very close but actually the opposite. Will have to see if you are actually right though
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Right bumping this thread up with three questions that appeared on the Watford website before our cup match and forwarded by my Watford mate Jeremy. The man who wrote them is happy for me to reproduce them here.
‘Below are three groups of clubs that Watford and QPR both belong to. The
question is, what connects each group of clubs?
Group 1: Watford, QPR, Norwich, WBA, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Newcastle,
Crystal Palace, Blackburn, Bolton, Man City, Leicester, Charlton, Derby,
Birmingham, West Ham, Hull, Wolves, Reading, Sheffield United, Burnley, Forest, Ipswich.
Group 2: Watford, QPR, Arsenal, Man City, Everton, Liverpool, Tottenham,
Brighton.
Group 3: Watford, QPR, Charlton, Bristol City, Oldham, Cardiff,
Southampton, Blackpool.’
I didnt get one of them
I am not sure if it helps but when we got the answers there is a 4th group
Group4: Watford, QPR and Bristol City
Correct StrollerGroup two is losing FA Cup finalists in the 80s.
Right bumping this thread up with three questions that appeared on the Watford website before our cup match and forwarded by my Watford mate Jeremy. The man who wrote them is happy for me to reproduce them here.
‘Below are three groups of clubs that Watford and QPR both belong to. The
question is, what connects each group of clubs?
Group 1: Watford, QPR, Norwich, WBA, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Newcastle,
Crystal Palace, Blackburn, Bolton, Man City, Leicester, Charlton, Derby,
Birmingham, West Ham, Hull, Wolves, Reading, Sheffield United, Burnley, Forest, Ipswich.
Group 2: Watford, QPR, Arsenal, Man City, Everton, Liverpool, Tottenham,
Brighton.
Group 3: Watford, QPR, Charlton, Bristol City, Oldham, Cardiff,
Southampton, Blackpool.’
I didnt get one of them
I am not sure if it helps but when we got the answers there is a 4th group
Group4: Watford, QPR and Bristol City
Is this thread dead? I’ve got a good question but no idea of what the current, and apparently abandoned, question means, let alone what the answer is.

OK, what is claimed to be the first international sporting event (one country v another) of the modern era (ie not including the original Greek Olympics)?Take it away Stan, no one else is...![]()
OK, what is claimed to be the first international sporting event (one country v another) of the modern era (ie not including the original Greek Olympics)?
Post 1800.In what context is modern? Jousting? Real Tennis? Cricket?...
It was cricket, and travel was limited, but not this pairing.I'd guess cricket but with limited travel is it England v Wales?...
nope, this was 1844.Calcutta cup? They keep going on about it being the oldest international match - 1872 I think?
No. Neither of the teams involved have ever been in the top echelon of Test teams (though Test cricket didn’t come until well after this match).Australia v NZ?...
No. Neither of the teams involved have ever been in the top echelon of Test teams (though Test cricket didn’t come until well after this match).
Good thinking but no.The clues have narrowed it down a lot. Ireland & Scotland?
Yes it was, match in Manhattan in 1844, often cited as the first ‘modern’ international sporting event, seven years before the first Americas Cup race, and 33 years before the first Ashes Test. Though I suspect it was a match between two teams from those countries rather than two national representative selections. Cricket was huge in the US before the introduction of baseball in the 1870s, and still big enough for a team from Philadelphia to beat the Aussies in 1893.Cricket was once the most popular game in the USA so was it them against Canada ?