Football Trivia

Who was the French team the Northern Ireland lad played for? Winger left foot. Michael something?? Killing me. They hammered Liverpool one night in France and maybe second leg was at Anfield ?
Circa 97 or 98

Michael Hughes.

Nice player. Don’t think was playing for the mystery team when they knocked Liverpool out.

Strasbourg

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Utrecht
Zenit

Widzew Lodz 1983 QF

Lost to Dinamo Tbilisi in 1979

Who was the only non British manager in charge of a team on the first weekend of the premier league?

Joe kinnear

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What is the closest professional association football ground to the River Mersey? (Not including Bramley Dock, Everton’s new ground).

A staple of pub quizzes in England - Stockport County

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Spot on.

Thought that one would have went on longer. Do you listen to choccy’s podcast by chance?

Brian Mclair? No never have. I heard that one before at more than one pub quiz over the years .

He went through some of the main cities, on the last one, asking Simon Weir the actor. Very good questions.

Any more?

Ah, seem a bit silly asking, but anyway.

Closest to the Clyde, Celtic or Sevco?

Sevco - only cos govan is on the docks I think

Celtic by half a mile.

What is the only football nation whose players have made the sum total of one appearance in the English premier league? ie They had only one player and he only played once

Gunnar Nielsen of Faroe islands and very brief Man City fame.

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Correct sir