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  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,783
    Jayden Stockley scored in a victory today. 
    The last time he did this was in July 2020 when he helped  Preston beat Sheffield Wednesday. He’s played 40 games since then and scored in 8 games.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    edited April 2021
    One Premier League manager had already managed 6 clubs over a 15 year period before another Premier League manager was even born.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,783
    North Lower Neil said:
    One Premier League manager had already managed 6 clubs over a 15 year period before another Premier Leahue manager was even born.
    Guessing - Roy Hodgson/Ryan Mason?
  • newyorkaddick
    newyorkaddick Posts: 3,052
    Tonight's Spurs v Southampton game is the first Premier League fixture where the three goals were scored on minutes 30, 60 and 90.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    lordromford said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    One Premier League manager had already managed 6 clubs over a 15 year period before another Premier Leahue manager was even born.
    Guessing - Roy Hodgson/Ryan Mason?
    Right in one!!
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,153
    Wales did not play an international fixture against anyone but the British Isles teams or France until after WWII. 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    There are 8 international sides based partly or wholly in Asia who play in European competitions.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    North Lower Neil said:
    There are 8 international sides based partly or wholly in Asia who play in European competitions.
    Kazakhstan are the ones that confuse me, they border

    I get Israel because there would be the biggest sandstorm if ever they face a team from the Middle East - Would love in terms of curiousity to know what would happen if they reached a World Cup, could keep them and the likes of Iran apart in the Groups but could never completely rule out the chance of them meeting later in the competition
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    ForeverAddickted said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    There are 8 international sides based partly or wholly in Asia who play in European competitions.
    Kazakhstan are the ones that confuse me, they border

    I get Israel because there would be the biggest sandstorm if ever they face a team from the Middle East - Would love in terms of curiousity to know what would happen if they reached a World Cup, could keep them and the likes of Iran apart in the Groups but could never completely rule out the chance of them meeting later in the competition
    You could, by ensuring they don't get out the groups.  It's happened 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Cafc43v3r said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    There are 8 international sides based partly or wholly in Asia who play in European competitions.
    Kazakhstan are the ones that confuse me, they border

    I get Israel because there would be the biggest sandstorm if ever they face a team from the Middle East - Would love in terms of curiousity to know what would happen if they reached a World Cup, could keep them and the likes of Iran apart in the Groups but could never completely rule out the chance of them meeting later in the competition
    You could, by ensuring they don't get out the groups.  It's happened 
    1970 World Cup I presume, although dont know anything more than the fact they were there?
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  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    There are 8 international sides based partly or wholly in Asia who play in European competitions.
    Kazakhstan are the ones that confuse me, they border

    I get Israel because there would be the biggest sandstorm if ever they face a team from the Middle East - Would love in terms of curiousity to know what would happen if they reached a World Cup, could keep them and the likes of Iran apart in the Groups but could never completely rule out the chance of them meeting later in the competition
    You could, by ensuring they don't get out the groups.  It's happened 
    1970 World Cup I presume, although dont know anything more than the fact they were there?
    I just ment they can, and have, made sure teams don't get out the group.  Also the world cup is bracketed so you just make sure they can only play in the final. 
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,220
    ForeverAddickted said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    There are 8 international sides based partly or wholly in Asia who play in European competitions.
    Kazakhstan are the ones that confuse me, they border

    I get Israel because there would be the biggest sandstorm if ever they face a team from the Middle East - Would love in terms of curiousity to know what would happen if they reached a World Cup, could keep them and the likes of Iran apart in the Groups but could never completely rule out the chance of them meeting later in the competition
    Kazakhstan basically wanted football to become more popular in the country and they wasn’t receiving the help they needed from Asian federation. FC Astana playing Man Utd a few years ago in Europe League was a huge deal, especially when they won one of the games. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    edited April 2021
    West Ham have had eight red cards since the start of the 2015/16 Premier League season

    Five of those red cards were rescinded
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 50,974
    Charlton have held onto a 1-0 win in the past
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,791
    ross1 said:
    Charlton have held onto a 1-0 win in the past
    Only quite recently, away at Doncaster.

    Now, if you'd said 'at home', I'd have laughed you out of town.
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,410
    The 2021 Charlton calendar has another team’s manager as the picture for July. 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    All three times Chelsea have reached the Champions League final, it came after they changed manager mid-season. 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,229
    That strategy hasn't worked for us!!!
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    iaitch said:
    That strategy hasn't worked for us!!!
    I don't think that's the only thing stopping us getting to the champions league final ;-) 
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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Chelsea are third in the table... and their top scorer has SIX goals in the League
  • NapaAddick
    NapaAddick Posts: 4,657
    edited May 2021
    Heard this on the radio and had to do a quick check but it looks like it is true....
    No English national has scored a hat trick in the any of the big 5 leagues (England, France, Italy, Spain, Germany) in 2021.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,229
    Someone will get one later today then.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,012
    NapaAddick said:
    Heard this on the radio and had to do a quick check but it looks like it is true....
    No English national has scored a hat trick in the any of the big 5 leagues (England, France, Italy, Spain, Germany) in 2021.

    Yeah there's been a few in the current season but none actually in 2021
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    The Norwich City canary .. protestant refugee Flemish weavers brought canaries to the city in the 17 C. The canaries used to sing along to the rhythm of the weaving looms and the English adopted the canary as a symbol of their city as wool weaving was THE industry that made Norwich rich
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,628
    i read somewhere that Charlton had won a game on the 25th April.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    David Beckham was born in Whipps Cross hospital.

    Rumours that Steve Gerrard was born in Embarrassing Slip are unconfirmed. 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    North Lower Neil said:
    Bruno Fernandes only needs to score in May to complete a full 12 months scoring every month for his club.

    Got to be a very rare (unique?) achievement given the normal season breaks.
    He completed this.

    Can't think many will have scored club goals every month for 12 months.
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    Scott Carson starts a Premier League match tonight, one week shy of a decade since he last did so (also against Newcastle).
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    He could also win the Champions League this season, 16 years after last winning it.

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