The Obscure Footie Quiz III
Wednesday, 28 November 07, 08:50 PM · Comments(3)
Footballing Duos
As usual 13 questions - some easy, some not.
This pair inspired Girondins to their last Ligue 1 title in 1999 - their best domestic finish in the last 20 years.
Named after the British special forces, they led Jack Walker's team to the title in 1995.
Little and large combo who made waves for Real Sociedad for a while at the start of the millenium.
The Soul bruvvas, at the forefront of the last European Treble.
Midfielder and forward duo who brought the title to the Nou Camp 1998.
Joint coaches of Scandinavian National Side for a stint in the mid noughties.
Destructive Iranian striking pair who just missed out on the Asian Nations Cup in 1996.
The Aussie connection under David O'leary at the turn of the millenium.
Liverpool's defensive duo, now established football analysts in England.
Spurs pair that captured the English footballing imagination at Italia '90.
Italian wingbacks, fullbacks and general defensive dogsbodies who were almost ever presents during Sven's last league title.
Swedish black and white 'lins, who finished third at USA '94.
Finally, this one is a little tricky, and they never played together but are connected with and oddly common fact: Alfe Inge Haaland brutally injured both of them in successive seasons.
As usual 13 questions - some easy, some not.
This pair inspired Girondins to their last Ligue 1 title in 1999 - their best domestic finish in the last 20 years.
Named after the British special forces, they led Jack Walker's team to the title in 1995.
Little and large combo who made waves for Real Sociedad for a while at the start of the millenium.
The Soul bruvvas, at the forefront of the last European Treble.
Midfielder and forward duo who brought the title to the Nou Camp 1998.
Joint coaches of Scandinavian National Side for a stint in the mid noughties.
Destructive Iranian striking pair who just missed out on the Asian Nations Cup in 1996.
The Aussie connection under David O'leary at the turn of the millenium.
Liverpool's defensive duo, now established football analysts in England.
Spurs pair that captured the English footballing imagination at Italia '90.
Italian wingbacks, fullbacks and general defensive dogsbodies who were almost ever presents during Sven's last league title.
Swedish black and white 'lins, who finished third at USA '94.
Finally, this one is a little tricky, and they never played together but are connected with and oddly common fact: Alfe Inge Haaland brutally injured both of them in successive seasons.
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Well, I thought about Keane, but i'll dispute that one! He did his knee ligament trying to tackle Haaland didn't he?
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1. Johan Micoud and Pauleta?
2. Shearer and Sutton
3. Darko Kovacevic and Nihat?
4. Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke, a.k.a. Black Diamonds
5. Impossible to pick two out of so many who
were responsible for that title, especially since it was so hard to pin down positions, but Rivaldo and Kluivert? Or Guardiola and Rivaldo?
6. Lars Lagerback and Tommy Soderberg? They were for
quite a long time.
7. Ali Daei and Khodadad Azizi
8. Harry Kewell and Mark Viduka
9. Alan Hansen and Mark Lawrenson
10. Ricky Villa and Ossie Ardilles
11. Favalli and
Negro?
12. Martin Dahlin and Tomas Brolin
13. No idea
Almost all right, below are the ones you missed.
1 - Lillian Laslandes and Sylvain Wiltord. Wiltord scored 22 and was top scorer, Laslands netted 15 and was third. Pauleta arrived in
2000.
5. Rivaldo and Luis Enrique who were generally accepted as being the attacking lynchpins, one of whom scored in almost every game. Rivaldo scored 18, Luis Enrique 17 - only Vieri, at
Atletico scored more. Kluivert arrived the summer of 1998.
10. Gazza and Lineker. Those Argies were in the late 70s and 80s.
11. Paulo Negro and Guiseppe Pancaro.
13. Roy Keane and
Nigel Winterburn : ) Both had their season's ended by Haaland, and in the latter's case, his going off was crucial to the title.