Soccer and Other Sports Trivia

International Players - Scotland & Wales

International Players  - Wales - Jack and Roger Doughty

There has only been one occasion that a Welsh international team achieved double figures the fixture was against Ireland and was played at Wrexham on the 3 March 1888 playing a short passing game Wales ran out winners 11-0 by the time the Welsh team had scored the 11th goal they were down to 8 men because the other players had to leave early to catch a train. Click here to bet with Ladbrokes now 

The two Doughty Brothers Jack and Roger who played for Newton Heath (Later to become Manchester United) scored six goal's between them Jack was the first player to score in three consecutive welsh internationals.

Scotland - Denis Law

Denis Law a renowned forward who played for Manchester United and Scotland has scored four goals for Scotland in full international matches at the same ground and on the same dates in successive years, the first being against Ireland on 7 November 1962 and the second against Norway on 7 November 1963.

International Players - England

Edgar Kail owns the distinction of the being the last non-league amateur to play for England in a full international, Edgar played for Dulwich Hamlet he was highly regarded and could have played in and Football League side of his choosing had he wanted to turn Pro.

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He collected every honour open to him as a Dulwich Player including 21 England Amateur caps, he was a reserve for England's full international games against Ireland, Scotland and Wales before being rewarded with a full cap and playing inside right in Three of England's 1929 tour he scored two goal in the 4-1 victory over France helped them beat Belgium 5-1 and was on the losing side in Madrid when Spain won 4-3.

Most international appearances for a british player has to be Bobby Moore's 108 caps collected in an international career that lasted from 1962 to 1973.

Other Soccer Trivia

Gerry Daly can always make his own claim to fame in that when he was transferred from Manchester United to Derby County in 1977 for the outlandish fee of £160000, he became the first irishman to be sold for a six figure fee.

Shinguards - did you know that Sam Widdowson of Nottingham Forest is credited with the introduction of shinguards in 1874, Notts Forest also lay claim to introducing the referee's whistle in 1878 not satisfied with this they also introduced the cross bar instead of tape and oval section goal post.

Goal nets believe it or not were quite a long time in coming and it took a Rugby player J Brodie who gave the idea to Bob Lythgoe a former Liverpool goalkeeper, Brodie was talked into patenting the idea and Bolton were the first club to trial the nets although only at one end strangely it was a game against Notts Forest on New Years Day 1891. It still took some time before nets were used by all clubs due to the FA wanting a fair price eventually they settled on a figure of £3, 12s 6d

International Honours Terry Venables was the first player to win international honours for England at five levels Schoolboy, youth, amateur, U23 and full.

Some Soccer Milestones - National FA's 1863 English FA, 1873 Scottish FA formed start of the Scottish Cup, 1876 FA of Wales formed, 1880 Irish FA formed start of the Irish Cup. 1888 Football League formed,

1872 First official International between Scotland and England at Glasgow, Wanderers win the FA Cup & Corner kicks introduced.

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1848 Cambridge University draw up the first rules, 1855 The oldest known soccer club Sheffield were founded, 1862 Notts County the oldest football league club were founded, 1865 Tape to be stretched across the goals 8 ft from the ground, 1867 Queens Park the oldest Scottish Club founded, 1871 start of the FA Cup, goalkeepers first mentioned in rules, 1879 first international between England and Wales, Cliftonville the oldest Irish Club formed. 1889 Preston North End achieve the first League and Cup Double.

1895 FA cup stolen from a Birmingham Shop window it was never recovered.

Other Sports Trivia

GRAND NATIONAL - did you know how many times Red Rum won the Grand National - It was three times 1973, 1974 & 1977

Do you know how many Grey Horses have won the Grand National - Only 2 The Lamb who won it twice in 1868 and 1871 and Nicholas Silver 1961