Football Trivia.

[Gramaisc]

John Silletts stripey sky blue army

Indeed it was. Sorry, I missed your initial answer, but bang-on this time.......

 

[basil]

Royal Engineers must have been the !st.......

 

[Gramaisc]

I still don't see why they had stripes, but they clearly did..

Last amateur to play in the old First Division?..

 

[John Marwood]

I still don't see why they had stripes, but they clearly did..

Last amateur to play in the old First Division?..

Wigan, after the revenue had been in but before the FA

 

[Gramaisc]

Sorry, meant the last amateur player in the First Division. His middle name was, and still is, Primrose....

 

[John Marwood]

Jimmy Primrose Hill

Nice place to watch the planes circle for Heathrow

 

[John Marwood]

Adam Clayton has joined Leeds Utd, that may give them the edge this season ...

 

[Withnail]

Has he a contract or will he be playing pro bono?

 

[Gramaisc]

He's probably still Mullen it over..

 

[Withnail]

If i were a Leeds fan i'd be worried.

I can't help feeling that he'll soon feel unsettled. Has he really found what he's looking for?

 

[Withnail]

Without resorting to them there interwebs guidance (or p.77 of today's Guardian Weekend) answer me this...

Who were the Brazil football team's first ever opponents?

As a slightly obscure (but possibly over-revealing) clue - Michael Jackson did not provide half time entertainment...

 

[Gramaisc]

I understood that it was against Exeter City, but I don't see the MJ connection. Maybe it was Fulham...?

 

[Withnail]

Well done G.

Jackson made Exeter FC director

 

[Gramaisc]

Well done G.

Jackson made Exeter FC director

I remember this match - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/exeter_city/3763163.stm - happening a few years back.

There are moves for a match in 2014 to commemorate the centenary of the first..

Perhaps they could relieve Fulham of that awful statue?