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  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    Man United have become the first team in the Premier League to win 4 games in a row by 3+ goals.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    stackitsteve said:
    Man United have become the first team in the Premier League to win 4 games in a row by 3+ goals.
    Last time Villa beat United at Villa Park Alan Hanson ripped into Fergie on that nights MotD with the immortal "you can't win anything with kids" line.  United won the double that year. 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,949
    stackitsteve said:
    Man United have become the first team in the Premier League to win 4 games in a row by 3+ goals.
    Crazy how much difference Bruno Fernandes seems to have made.  They should have signed him last summer. 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,258
    North Lower Neil said:
    stackitsteve said:
    Man United have become the first team in the Premier League to win 4 games in a row by 3+ goals.
    Crazy how much difference Bruno Fernandes seems to have made.  They should have signed him last summer. 
    The emergence of Greenwood and the resurgence of Martial and Pogba cannot be swept under the carpet though, Bruno has made an impact but it's coincided with a few things at ManUre
  • Sage
    Sage Posts: 7,278
    In yesterday’s game between Leeds and Stoke, only 2 Stoke players successfully completed more passes in the whole entire game than Leeds defender Berardi who came on in the 84th minute. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,305
    edited July 2020
    Probably does sound true as its us but...

    Charlton have only had four Managers that have won us promotion yet never played for us (McFarlane | Seed | Nelson | Lawrence)
    Charlton have had four Managers that have won us promotion who did play for the club (Bailey | Curbishley | Powell | Bowyer)
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Brentford's Saïd Benrahma is the top scorer at the KCOM Stadium this season. He's scored a hat-trick there. No Hull player has scored more than two. 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Stig said:
    Brentford's Saïd Benrahma is the top scorer at the KCOM Stadium this season. He's scored a hat-trick there. No Hull player has scored more than two. 
    I believe thats in 2020.

    Still a crazy stat but Bowen scored a few at the KCOM before he left in Jan
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,782
    I don’t know if this would be unique, but it occurred to me after watching the 2 fa cup semifinals:
    If David Luiz and Olivier Giroud both play in the final, they will have both played in two FA cup finals between the same two teams, but having swapped sides.
    (Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 in the 2017 final - Luiz started for Chelsea, Giroud came on near the end for Arsenal)
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,782
    Incidentally, having looked it up I noticed that Petr Cech was on the bench for Arsenal and Cesc Fabregas played for Chelsea that day - but they hadn’t played in an Arsenal v Chelsea FA cup final before!
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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,305
    What about Ashley Cole for Chelsea and that Defensive Midfielder that left Chelsea for Arsenal, played for Real Madrid too, cant remember his name but had a really big head
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,949
    ForeverAddickted said:
    What about Ashley Cole for Chelsea and that Defensive Midfielder that left Chelsea for Arsenal, played for Real Madrid too, cant remember his name but had a really big head
    Or Cole and Gallas given they swapped. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,305
    North Lower Neil said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    What about Ashley Cole for Chelsea and that Defensive Midfielder that left Chelsea for Arsenal, played for Real Madrid too, cant remember his name but had a really big head
    Or Cole and Gallas given they swapped. 
    Played against each other for Arsenal and Chelsea respectively in the 2002 final

    Neither were there for the 2017 one
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,305
    ForeverAddickted said:
    What about Ashley Cole for Chelsea and that Defensive Midfielder that left Chelsea for Arsenal, played for Real Madrid too, cant remember his name but had a really big head
    Lassana Diarra was the player I was thinking of, won the FA Cup with Chelsea but was over Man Utd
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,949
    ForeverAddickted said:
    cafcdave123 said:
    JoshAddick said:
    No English manager has ever won the premier league.
    Who was the last English manager to win anything? 

    McClaren with Boro?
    FA Cup: Harry Redknapp (2008) - Portsmouth
    League Cup: Steve McClaren (2004) - Middlesbrough
    League: Howard Wilkinson (1992) - Leeds United

    UEFA Cup: Peter Shreeves (1984) - Tottenham Hotspur
    European Cup: Joe Fagan (1984) - Liverpool

    Championship hasnt even been won by an Englishman since 2016 (Sean Dyche with Burnley)
    Lampard could change this one with the FA Cup. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,305
    North Lower Neil said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    cafcdave123 said:
    JoshAddick said:
    No English manager has ever won the premier league.
    Who was the last English manager to win anything? 

    McClaren with Boro?
    FA Cup: Harry Redknapp (2008) - Portsmouth
    League Cup: Steve McClaren (2004) - Middlesbrough
    League: Howard Wilkinson (1992) - Leeds United

    UEFA Cup: Peter Shreeves (1984) - Tottenham Hotspur
    European Cup: Joe Fagan (1984) - Liverpool

    Championship hasnt even been won by an Englishman since 2016 (Sean Dyche with Burnley)
    Lampard could change this one with the FA Cup. 
    Bowyer will change the last one with Charlton next year...
  • The Prince-e-Paul
    The Prince-e-Paul Posts: 6,688
    edited July 2020
    In my daughter's first season watching football I took her to 13 games, all away from home. Won 12 drew 1. She thought that was normal, then. She's no longer deluded, but still loves SCP. 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,949
    blackpool72 said:
    Roland passed the EFL fit and proper owner test.
    In hindsight, things got a lot worse with the EFL....
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    edited July 2020
    North Lower Neil said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    cafcdave123 said:
    JoshAddick said:
    No English manager has ever won the premier league.
    Who was the last English manager to win anything? 

    McClaren with Boro?
    FA Cup: Harry Redknapp (2008) - Portsmouth
    League Cup: Steve McClaren (2004) - Middlesbrough
    League: Howard Wilkinson (1992) - Leeds United

    UEFA Cup: Peter Shreeves (1984) - Tottenham Hotspur
    European Cup: Joe Fagan (1984) - Liverpool

    Championship hasnt even been won by an Englishman since 2016 (Sean Dyche with Burnley)
    Lampard could change this one with the FA Cup. 
    And Peter Shreeves is Welsh!!

    And he wasn't spurs manager when they won it, but other than that......  
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,782
    lordromford said:
    I don’t know if this would be unique, but it occurred to me after watching the 2 fa cup semifinals:
    If David Luiz and Olivier Giroud both play in the final, they will have both played in two FA cup finals between the same two teams, but having swapped sides.
    (Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 in the 2017 final - Luiz started for Chelsea, Giroud came on near the end for Arsenal)
    Well, they both play today. Still don’t know if they’re the only players to do this.
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  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    lordromford said:
    lordromford said:
    I don’t know if this would be unique, but it occurred to me after watching the 2 fa cup semifinals:
    If David Luiz and Olivier Giroud both play in the final, they will have both played in two FA cup finals between the same two teams, but having swapped sides.
    (Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 in the 2017 final - Luiz started for Chelsea, Giroud came on near the end for Arsenal)
    Well, they both play today. Still don’t know if they’re the only players to do this.
    it's happened twice before

    'In FA Cup Final history, there have been two players play for both clubs in a specific final fixture – Francis Birley played for Oxford University against Wanderers in 1873, and vice versa in 1877, while Jack Reynolds played for both Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion in the 1890s. Both Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud and Arsenal’s David Luiz could achieve this, having played for their opponents in the 2017 Final.'

    http://www.thefa.com/news/2020/jul/30/heads-up-fa-cup-final-opta-stats-300720
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,782
    rina said:
    lordromford said:
    lordromford said:
    I don’t know if this would be unique, but it occurred to me after watching the 2 fa cup semifinals:
    If David Luiz and Olivier Giroud both play in the final, they will have both played in two FA cup finals between the same two teams, but having swapped sides.
    (Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 in the 2017 final - Luiz started for Chelsea, Giroud came on near the end for Arsenal)
    Well, they both play today. Still don’t know if they’re the only players to do this.
    it's happened twice before

    'In FA Cup Final history, there have been two players play for both clubs in a specific final fixture – Francis Birley played for Oxford University against Wanderers in 1873, and vice versa in 1877, while Jack Reynolds played for both Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion in the 1890s. Both Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud and Arsenal’s David Luiz could achieve this, having played for their opponents in the 2017 Final.'

    http://www.thefa.com/news/2020/jul/30/heads-up-fa-cup-final-opta-stats-300720
    Thanks @rina
    Good knowledge!
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    lordromford said:
    rina said:
    lordromford said:
    lordromford said:
    I don’t know if this would be unique, but it occurred to me after watching the 2 fa cup semifinals:
    If David Luiz and Olivier Giroud both play in the final, they will have both played in two FA cup finals between the same two teams, but having swapped sides.
    (Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 in the 2017 final - Luiz started for Chelsea, Giroud came on near the end for Arsenal)
    Well, they both play today. Still don’t know if they’re the only players to do this.
    it's happened twice before

    'In FA Cup Final history, there have been two players play for both clubs in a specific final fixture – Francis Birley played for Oxford University against Wanderers in 1873, and vice versa in 1877, while Jack Reynolds played for both Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion in the 1890s. Both Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud and Arsenal’s David Luiz could achieve this, having played for their opponents in the 2017 Final.'

    http://www.thefa.com/news/2020/jul/30/heads-up-fa-cup-final-opta-stats-300720
    Thanks @rina
    Good knowledge!
    they were talking about it just before kick off so I knew what to google
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,010
    All 3 senior goalkeepers in Ross County's squad this season are called Ross.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,617
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    All 3 senior goalkeepers in Ross County's squad this season are called Ross.
    The collective noun for a group of Rosses is a county.
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,854
    These games happened.

    https://www.wsc.co.uk/stories/13759-from-the-archives-fa-cup-third-place-play-offs-football-s-forgotten-games
  • StigThundercock
    StigThundercock Posts: 3,722
    Divisions 2 to 4 inclusive of the English professional game, currently styled "The Championship" and Leagues 1 & 2 have a ruling body, which is detailed with upholding the laws and regulations of the competition and the integrity of the game as a whole.  That ruling body is called the English Football League - EFL for short.  True apparently, who knew?
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    edited August 2020
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    All 3 senior goalkeepers in Ross County's squad this season are called Ross.
    They also have a Midfielder and a Forward called Ross
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Charlton Athletic have an ex player who went onto manage England. 
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,750
    North Lower Neil said:
    The highest attendance for a match at Old Trafford was for Grimsby v Wolves.
    The highest attendance ever in the Fourth Division was for Palace v Millwall (just over 50000).

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