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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
- There are a total of 45 general entries. We are selecting 30 for display.
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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
League Cup
Who famously said 'You don't win anything with kids' of Manchester United in 1995, in the season during which they won the Double, the FA Cup and League Champions? | League Cup, FA Cup & World Cup
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9. 2 FA Cups, 4 League Cups and 3 European Cups.
Allan Nielsen. With a lovely header into the corner of the net in the final few minutes of the match. He then moved from Spurs to Watford after a short loan spell with Wolverhampton Wanderers
Punching a player. It was Robbie Savage he hit, because he'd been fouling everybody all game and Edinburgh finally got fed up with it after a particularly blatant foul on him by Savage and turned round and punched him in the face.
2. Both of them featuring a Glasgow club: in 1988 when Rangers beat Aberdeen 5-3 (3-3 draw), and in 1995 when Raith Rovers beat Celtic 6-5 (2-2 draw).
0. And they've never finished in the top 2 of any division either. They are also one of only seven clubs in England to have never supplied a full international for any country.
FA Cup 1998, 4th Round: Stevenage Borough v Newcastle United: the Premier Club were humbled by non-league amateurs, Stevenage Borough in a spectacular 1-1 draw. Who scored what would have been the winning goal for Stevenage, had it not been 'incorrectly' ruled off-side? | League Cup, FA Cup & World Cup
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Guiliano Grazioli . The closest Stevenage had to a high profile foreign signing, Guiliano was born in London in 1975.. Interestingly, one of Newcastle goals in the replay probably never crossed the line but was given by the ref; ignoring his linesman. Newcastle won the replay 2-1.
FA Cup 1998, 4th Round: what was manager Kenny Dalglish's reaction when his multi-million pound Newcastle United team were humbled by non-league amateurs Stevenage Borough (101 draw)? | League Cup, FA Cup & World Cup
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All of these (Refused to allow his players to swap shirts, Blamed it on the pitch quality, Left the stadium without a word). Some players defied Kenny by swapping shirts with the opposition, as is traditional in big games.
Newcastle United own the replay 2-1.
1. In 1986, beating QPR 3-0.
1927. They beat Arsenal 1-0. In 1925, they lost 1-0 in the final to Sheffield United.
Celtic and Hibernian. And the score was 6-1 to Celtic.
1972. Celtic v Hibernian 6-1.
In 1990, Aberdeen played Celtic in the Scottish FA Cup final and, even after extra-time, neither side was able to get a goal. How many penalties were scored in the shoot-out? | League Cup, FA Cup & World Cup
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17. Nine of them were by Aberdeen, winning them the Cup.
3 . 3-2 to Rangers in the end. This was before someone had the sensible idea of using penalties to decide a draw.
1-1. And Clyde won the replay 1-0.
4. 1930: Uruguay v Argentina 4-2
1978 : Argentina v Netherlands 3-1 aet
1986 : Argentina v West Germany 3-2
1990 : West Germnay v Argentina 1-0
And they only failed to qualify for the last 16 once, in 1970.
On the eight occasions that Tottenham Hotspur won the FA Cup during the 20th century, how many times had it been in a year ending in 1 (eg. 1961, 2001, etc)? | League Cup, FA Cup & World Cup
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5. FA Cup winners: 1901, 1921, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1991.
1960 FA Cup, Blackburn Rovers v Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-3 : after this win Wolves had lost the FA Cup final as many times as they've won it. How many times had they won it? | League Cup, FA Cup & World Cup
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4. Winners: 1893, 1908, 1949, 1960.
Runners-up: 1889, 1896, 1921, 1939.
Rotherham United. Aston Villa lost 0-2 and then won the next leg 3-0 aet. They lost to Birmingham City two years later (4-1 on aggregate), in the 1963 final.
3 . Milk Cup 1982-1986: Liverpool won three in a row, 1982-83-84.
0-0. And 1-0 after extra time to Forest.
2-0. Back then, Bolton were actually quite good. They wn the FA Cup three times during the 1920s -- 1923, 1926 and 1929.
Since the League Cup competition began, how many finals have gone to replays? | League Cup Finals
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5. The five are 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 1997. The 1977 Final had to be replayed twice, with Villa finally beating Everton 3-2 after drawing 0-0 and then 1-1.
The Worthington Cup (or Worthless Cup depending on who you support) began life in 1998-99. So far the final has never been won by more than one goal. Who scored Leicester City's winner in the 2000 final? | League Cup Finals
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Matt Elliott. Matt Elliott scored both goals in Leicester's 2-1 win over Tranmere. The other Worthington Cup Finals were 1998-99 Spurs 1-0 over Leicester and 2000-01 Liverpool 1-1 with Birmingham (Liverpool winning 5-4 on penalties).
1992-93 to 1997-98 saw the League Cup become the Coca-Cola Cup. During that time all finals were played between Premiership teams. True or False? | League Cup Finals
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False . All but two finals were played between Premiership sides. The two exceptions were 1994-95 when Bolton (Div 1) lost 2-1 to Liverpool (Prem), and 1997-98 when Middlesbrough (Div 1) lost 2-0 to Chelsea (Prem).
The Rumbelows Cup lasted just two seasons, 1990-91 and 1991-92. Manchester United played in both finals: True or False? | League Cup Finals
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True . Man United lost 1-0 to Sheffield Wednesday in 1990-91, but then beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 (goal from Brian McClair) in 1991-92.
Between 1986-87 and 1989-90, the League Cup was known as the Littlewoods Cup. Again there were three different winners, Arsenal once, Luton Town once, but which club won it twice? | League Cup Finals
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Nottingham Forest. Forest beat Luton Town 3-1 in 1988-89, and then beat Oldham Athletic 1-0 the following season.
The League Cup has had many different names. Between 1981-82 and 1985-86 it was known as the Milk Cup. In this time there were only three different winners, Liverpool, Norwich City and which other club? | League Cup Finals
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True or False: when Manchester United won the cup in 1992, it was also their first final appearance? | League Cup Finals
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False . Previously Man Utd had lost in 1983 to Liverpool (2-1) and in 1991 to Sheffield Wednesday (1-0).
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