English/Scottish League Trivia

Liverpool, Northampton Town, Aston Villa, Dundee United, Kilmarnock, East Fife, East Stirlingshire, Celtic.

 

 

 

 

Curiosity got the better of me. They are listed in the SPL handbook as "Celtic"

 

Manchester United

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton Wanderers

Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester City

Derby County

Queens Park Rangers

Leyton Orient

Partick Thistle

Charlton Athletic

Crystal Palace

Aston Villa

Sheffield Wednesday

West Bromwich Albion

Ipswich Town

Plymouth Argyle

Preston North End

Crewe Alexandra

Hamilton Academical

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Blyth Spartans

Newport County

Gainsborough Trinity

Nuneaton Borough

 

 

1962 Accrington Stanley resign from the Football League after suffering financial difficuilties.

1968 The current Accrington Stanley Football Club is formed after a meeting in Bold Street Working Mens Club. The Crown Ground was aquired and former Stanley player Jimmy Hinksman was appointed as the new club's first manager.

1970-71 Stanley enter the Lancashire Combination. A crowd of 620 watch the team in their first game, beating Formby. Terry Tigle played in the first match, the only player to play in both the old and new Stanley teams.

1971-72 The club wins the League Cup defeating Ashton Town in the final and lift the Combination Cup after beating Nelson. Stanley also finish runners up in the Lancashire Combination.

1972-73 Problems with the pitch at the Crown Ground forces Stanley to return to their former home of Peel Park for a game against Nelson, watched by a crowd of 708, a small number compared to the thousands that had followed them at the same ground in years gone by. The club retains the Combination Cup.

1973-74 Stanley win the Combination Cup for the third year running and also finish league champions in the Lancashire Combination.

1975-76 Further pitch problems at the Crown Ground lead the club to consider a permanent move back to Peel Park, though this was not to be. Despite these problems Stanley finish runners up to Bootle, scoring 104 goals in the season. David Hargreaves was the clubs top scorer for this season scoring 56 goals in 44 games, a club record that has yet to be broken.

1976-77 Stanley finish third in the league after going unbeaten in 27 games at the start of the season and only losing 2 matches throughout the year.

1977-78 Once again the club wins the league championship. David Hargreaves moves to Blackburn Rovers after scoring 318 goals for Stanley, another record that still stands today.

1978-79 Entered the newly formed Cheshire League Second Division.

1979-80 Finished runners up in the division but denied promotion due to pitch problems.

1980-81 Won the Cheshire League Second Division.

1983-84 Stanley elected to play in the newly formed North West Counties League. The club spent �40,000 to improve the pitch that had caused them so many problems in the past. Lost to South Liverpool in the ATS Challenge Trophy Final.

1986-87 Floodlights installed ready for a move into the Northern Premier League First Division. Finished runners up to Stalybridge Celtic.

1990-91 Promoted to Northern Premier League Premier Division after resignation of South Liverpool.

1992-93 Stanley reach the Second Round Proper of the FA Cup. A Paul Beck hat trick won victory for Stanley in the First Round against Gateshead, watched by 2,270 at the Crown Ground. Sadly Stanley lost 6-1 against Crewe Alexandria in the following round played at Blackburn's Ewood Park ground, cheered on by 10,801 - the highest FA Cup attendance of the day.

1993-94 Once again Stanley progress to the First Round Proper, this time losing to Sc**thorpe United who scored after five minutes of injury time to beat Stanley 3-2 at Burnley's Turf Moor ground. Things were much worse in the league, the club narrowly escaped relegation after Eric Whalley returned as manager and turned things around, losing only three of the last eighteen league games.

1994-95 David Hamiltion is appointed team coach but moved to a full time position at Preston North End in January 1995. Eric Whalley gained a controlling interest in Accrington Stanley and was appointed Chairman. Immediately he set about improving the ground, with �50,000 being spent on new terracing. During the close season the squad flew out to Barbados where they won the Anglo-Barbados Cup.

1996-97 Stanley reach the ATS final for the first time since 1983-84 but lost again, this time 3-0 to Southport at Preston North End's Deepdale ground.

1998-99 Finished bottom of the Unibond Premier Division despite a late fight after the appointment of Wayne Harrison as manager, who left for Blackpool during the close season.

1999-2000 The current management team of John Coleman and his assistant Jimmy Bell are appointed after leaving Ashton United and immediately take Stanley back up to the Unibond Premier Division as Champions. On his arrival John Coleman built a virtually new side, which never lost a game from the New year to the end of the season. The Championship was collected in front of a record crowd of 2,468

2000-2001 Their first season in the Premier Division saw Stanley finish ninth in the table and they reached the semi final of the Presidents Cup. More improvements were made to the Crown Ground with works on the pitch and floodlights. Stanley won the Marsden Trophy(Lancashire County Cup) beating Barrow at Morecambe and they also won the Unibond Challenge Cup beating Bradford park Avenue on Penalties in a two legged final.

2002-03 Stanley have their most successful season ever by clinching the Unibond Premier League title in April with a 3-1 victory over Altrincham in front of 2263 fans - attaining their highest ever finish since reformation in 1968 and finishing on 100 points, scoring 97 goals. Stanley managed to retain the Peter Swailes Charity Shield. The club now looks forward to a new experience as a Nationwide Conference team

2003-04 Stanley finish a creditable 10th in their first season in The Nationwide Conference and enjoy their best ever FA Cup run, beating two Football League Clubs before losing to Colchester in a Third Round replay. The Reserve team finished runners up in both League and Cup

2004-05 Stanley again finished in 10th place, again qualifying for The LDV Trophy and once again won The County Cup, beating Burscough in a two-legged Final

2005-06 Stanley won The Nationwide Conference Championship by eleven points and with it promotion to The Football League

2006-07 Stanley returned to The Football League after a gap of 44 years

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Partick Thistle  nil

 

(Already had County, thanks Buffont , but will accept the others)

 

Accrington Stanley were the first team ever to be awarded a Penalty Kick.

 

Blackburn Rovers? Won the FA Cup 3 times in a row.

 

Well done Buffon II, and the FA had to do a deal because the original rules were that any team that won it three times got to keep it, but they couldnt afford to buy a new one.

I was at Ewood Park in 2006 and my future son in law proudly pointed this out.

 

Here's one:

Who is the only player to score in a Manchester, Merseyside and Glasgow derby?

 

 

Spoil my fun if I gave you a clue!

 

Alright then, he's not English and he didn't play for Liverpool. How's that?

 

       Cheers News. Don't get much fun at my age!

What I do know is that  this guy  played in all of these derbies and a  Milan derby as well, but I cant confirm that he scored in them all. The one I am thinking of was a striker though. Came to NZ too.

Correct

 

I'd forgotten that he played in Italy as well.

 

Heh, heh. I'm quite enjoying this

His father, Tony did not play for England, but played for Liverpool, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Birmingham, Notts County (Twice) Oldham and Coventry, but no Manchester team. He also came out to NZ in the early 70's with the George Eastham Team, playing at the Basin.

 

Sorry about that fellas, I shouldnt go Russian in on things.

 

So keep Jag smiling. There's buggar all else to laugh about living in Auckland.

 

Oh, and I don't live in Auckland.  I reside in the Democratic Republic of Pukekohe.

 

If that's the case then i live in the Peoples Republic of Northcote.

 

Bad enough having to work in the bloody place, wouldn't want to live there as well. 

 

Now there's a word I havent thought of much this afternoon. Must sign out for a while and do some. Good thread Jag.

 

Mark Hately shares that dubious title with none other than Ned "The ground is too hard for me" Zelic. They are the top two names coming forward whenever some QPR fan runs such a pole on the various fan websites.

 

So your player either played for Everton or Tranmere Rovers!