Pointless Football

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

*Main rule, as always with these quizzes - no looking at Wikipedia etc (you're only cheating yourselves!:redcard

Based on the popular TV show, but all questions football related:
I'll set a topic, and your answer scores between 0 and 100 points (less is better, and 100 points for an incorrect answer). The first four to answer create a team, and the next 4 (in reverse order) become the team-mates of the first 4.

Round 1
Name a team in the 1983/84 First Division
(You'll score the same amount of points that the team scored that season)

 

[donny]

Brighton and Hove Albion.

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

I'll say no need to wait for the points to be allocated by me for each answer necessarily, but can the team-mates wait until the scores for the first four answerers are announced (and then you'll know what you need to aim for!).

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

Brighton and Hove Albion.

Brave guess (going for the low scores) but I'm afraid that's incorrect and 100 points!

 

[derbyshirered]

Wolves

 

[Wes' Organ]

Brave guess (going for the low scores) but I'm afraid that's incorrect and 100 points!

If the quiz had been pointless football clubs, he'd have won.

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

Wolves

This time the bravery pays off - 29 points to you.

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

If the quiz had been pointless football clubs, he'd have won.

Gordon Smith was it, could have made them FA Cup winners and upped their status (that year they were in the First Division I guess too - must have been relegated shortly before 83-84 anyway!).

 

[Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.]

Coventry

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

Coventry

Good answer - 50 points.

One more person to answer in the first part of the round.

 

[Caveman Ninja]

Luton?

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

West ham?

Luton?

Ok, you two can be in a team - 60+51 = 111 points scored.

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

Bill Foster's answer has disappeared? I'll still take it anyway. Confirm you want to be in round 2 if you like Bill, or we can find a new player later.

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

Next person will be on the Professor's team.

 

[Barbus]

Stoke

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

Stoke

50 points. You and Professor score 100, and are definitely in the next round.

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

Derbyshirered's partner to pick next. And then a partner for Donny if he still has a chance to get through.

 

[donny]

Brave guess (going for the low scores) but I'm afraid that's incorrect and 100 points!

Its a shame, cos I know the other answer I was thinking of were definitely in there that season..

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

Its a shame, cos I know the other answer I was thinking of were definitely in there that season..

Tell you what - as it's a bit quiet I'll take the other answer and you can partner Derbyshirered in the next round!

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

Its a shame, cos I know the other answer I was thinking of were definitely in there that season..

I'm gonna guess you were thinking of Notts County anyway?

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

Whichever answer Donny gives will be good enough anyway (as Wolves scored the least points!).

So we can have these as partnerships for round 2:
Donny/derbyshirered
Professor/Barbus
Bill/Caveman

The next topic will be Ballon D'or (no cheating again!) so do you want to volunteer who goes first. If anyone isn't around then a new partner can appear or the same person can answer twice (but needs to wait to give a second answer of course).

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

I'll put the criteria up now anyway (please check your partner hasn't answered before you do though!):

Round 2
Pick a player who came in the top 10 (including joint placings) in any edition of the original France Football Ballon D'or (1956-2009). Pick the year too. You'll score points for the number of votes (not total points) they received in that year (but anyone with no votes or who was outside the top 10 scores 100 points as an incorrect answer).

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

Round 1 answers:



1 Liverpool 42 14 5 2 50 12 8 9 4 23 20 73 32 +41 80 European Cup 1984–85 First round [notes 1]
2 Southampton 42 15 4 2 44 17 7 7 7 22 21 66 38 +28 77 UEFA Cup 1984–85 First round
3 Nottingham Forest 42 14 4 3 47 17 8 4 9 29 28 76 45 +31 74 UEFA Cup 1984–85 First round:nottsflag:
4 Manchester United 42 14 3 4 43 18 6 11 4 28 23 71 41 +30 74 UEFA Cup 1984–85 First round
5 Queens Park Rangers 42 14 4 3 37 12 8 3 10 30 25 67 37 +30 73 UEFA Cup 1984–85 First round
6 Arsenal 42 10 5 6 41 29 8 4 9 33 31 74 60 +14 63
7 Everton 42 9 9 3 21 12 7 5 9 23 30 44 42 +2 62 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1984–85 First round
8 Tottenham Hotspur 42 11 4 6 31 24 6 6 9 33 41 64 65 –1 61 UEFA Cup 1984–85 First round [notes 2]
9 West Ham United 42 10 4 7 39 24 7 5 9 21 31 60 55 +5 60
10 Aston Villa 42 14 3 4 34 22 3 6 12 25 39 59 61 –2 60
11 Watford 42 9 7 5 36 31 7 2 12 32 46 68 77 –9 57
12 Ipswich Town 42 11 4 6 34 23 4 4 13 21 34 55 57 –2 53
13 Sunderland 42 8 9 4 26 18 5 4 12 16 35 42 53 –11 52
14 Norwich City 42 9 8 4 34 20 3 7 11 14 29 48 49 –1 51
15 Leicester City 42 11 5 5 40 30 2 7 12 25 38 65 68 –3 51
16 Luton Town 42 7 5 9 30 33 7 4 10 23 33 53 66 –13 51
17 West Bromwich Albion 42 10 4 7 30 25 4 5 12 18 37 48 62 –14 51
18 Stoke City 42 11 4 6 30 23 2 7 12 14 40 44 63 –19 50
19 Coventry City 42 8 5 8 33 33 5 6 10 24 44 57 77 –20 50
20 Birmingham City 42 7 7 7 19 18 5 5 11 20 32 39 50 –11 48
21 Notts County 42 6 7 8 31 36 4 4 13 19 36 50 72 –22 41
22 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 4 8 9 15 28 2 3 16 12 52 27 80 –53 29

 

[derbyshirered]

Donny have you any idea I have two in mind not sure about either though.

 

[Kjetil Osvold's Cat]

Donny have you any idea I have two in mind not sure about either though.

No conferring until the next round! (Not sure about it then, but maybe by PM!).

No, I can take one or your answers unless you'd rather let Donny answer first though (which is ok by the rules!). I think this is why you're asking to be fair (but not sure if he's online or not now).