Trivia Question

[Ashtonian]

Bristol City or Rovers we had one against in the league cup.

Was middleborough league cup one as well?

 

[mythbuster]

Sunderland - league cup 4th rd

Yep. 4/10

Everton v Sunderland - 11 November 1998
League Cup Fourth Round
Everton 1 - 1 Sunderland (after extra time)

Sunderland won 5-4 on penalties:

SunderlandEverton
1ScottMichael Ball
2JohnstonJohn Collins
3SmithMarco Materazzi
4Makin (saved)Oster (missed)
5ClarkTony Grant
6QuinnIbrahim Bakayoko (saved)
The Everton goalkeeper that night was Thomas Myhre.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

boro, newcastle, brentford - lge cup

 

[Ashtonian]

jesus we arent very lucky in the league cup are we?

Crystal Palace knocked us out once as well if memory serves me right

 

[mythbuster]

boro, newcastle, brentford - lge cup

Yep. 7/10. 2003, 02 and 2011 respectively.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

are we counting merc credit thing ?

 

[Allezfan]

boro, newcastle, brentford - lge cup

Brentford, jesus. I'd blanked that one out.

 

[mythbuster]

Sorry guys, yeah that's all 10. The two Bristols and Palace.

 

[Ashtonian]

Who scored our first European Hat Trick?

 

[Allezfan]

Who scored our first European Hat Trick?

Alan Ball in the european cup in 1970-71, right?

 

[Ashtonian]

Alan Ball in the european cup in 1970-71, right?

Yep, Easy one haha.

On the subject of europe and penalties. Against whom did we have our first EUROPEAN penalty shootout?

 

[glorydaze]

Borrusia monchengladbach?

 

[Ashtonian]

Borrusia monchengladbach?

Aye

I'll stop now

 

[glorydaze]

Bunked in that game at three quarter time, those were the days

 

[Ashtonian]

Ok one more, From our illustrious history books this one.

Neville Southall is our highest appearance holder. But who, since 1878 onwards holds the record for most SUBSTITUTE appearances?