OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

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colognehornet said:
That's the one ! Goalnets were first invented by John Alexander Brodie and first used for a competitive match in 1891 in Nottingham - a representative match between the north and south of England - the first person in history to 'put the ball in the net' was Fred Geary. Over to you Grinning.
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who won
the glorious south
or
the miserable north
 
A farmer, being asked what number of animals he kept, answered:
'They're all horses but two, all sheep but two, and all pigs but two.'

How many did he have?
 
I think a few clues are necessary here. It is a famous football club (which has never been anything else) and the oval ball was not entirely voluntary on their part. Their first game was in the 1860s.
 
It can't be Preston as they arn't in the Premier League.

First game in the 1860's rules out most teams, so as the oldestLondon club I'll go for Fulham.

I can only guess that the ball burst on kick off.
 
QPR999 said:
Aston Villa?
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That's the one nines. Aston Villa's first ever match was against Aston Brook St. Mary's Rugby team - the condition was that they played rugby for the first half and football in the second. Astonishingly Villa kept a clean sheet in the Rugby part and then won 1-0 in the second half. I made a slight mistake on the date, it was in 1875. Over to you.
 
colognehornet said:
That's the one nines. Aston Villa's first ever match was against Aston Brook St. Mary's Rugby team - the condition was that they played rugby for the first half and football in the second. Astonishingly Villa kept a clean sheet in the Rugby part and then won 1-0 in the second half. I made a slight mistake on the date, it was in 1875. Over to you.
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Cheers Köln. That's a nice story. It was an educated guess from me. I thought Villa were the oldest side in the Prem and so plumped for them.

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