The great 60th Birthday quiz!

Posted on February 4, 2016 by The other Bob Wilson

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  1. Colin Phillips says:
    February 4, 2016 at 7:41 am

    Some wonderful old photographs there, Paul, where do you find them all. Well done with the research.

    Much too difficult for me by the way.

    Thanks

  2. The other Bob Wilson says:
    February 4, 2016 at 8:33 am

    Thanks Colin. I did this quiz last week by setting aside an hour or so for myself every day from Monday to Friday to search the internet. Having an alphabetical list of all of the clubs we’ve played was a good starting point and then it was just a question of a bit of detective work – the most enjoyable thing is when, as happened in about a third of the questions, your searching leads to something much better than what you were looking for in the first place.

  3. Dai Woosnam says:
    February 4, 2016 at 11:12 am

    Well Paul, I salute you.
    Such a tough quiz.

    Currently I can answer only about 10%.

    One that I can get that I will wager that none of our regulars will, is Norwich #58.

    And the reason I can get it?
    Well it was an item I did on soccer club songs, in one of my Daigressings about 3 years ago, and it was then I set sight on that glorious photo you used. And it is used again in the 2nd YouTube link below.

    On the Ball, City.

    What a mess the song is as a vehicle for mass delivery, as at here at Wembley.

    http://youtu.be/CYAJ9wXKphw

    It is hardly KEEP RIGHT ON TO THE END OF THE ROAD, eh?

    But here is the original version from pre WW2, beautifully sung in a strong Norfolk accent.
    Those quaint words “have a little scrimmage” seem more appropriate for a rugby match or an Eton Wall Game. They add to the beauty of it all.
    And the photo shows a game at Norwich’s old ground, pre Carrow Road.
    What a romantic place it looks! Such a steep kop…and a tree that Health & Safety would never allow today.
    Almost as idiosyncratic a ground, as the song.

    http://youtu.be/jPVn9eLOkF0

    DW

  4. Richard Holt says:
    February 4, 2016 at 1:38 pm

    Happy Birthday Paul and a great quiz. I’ll be happy if I get 10 of those correct.

  5. The other Bob Wilson says:
    February 4, 2016 at 3:02 pm

    Well done on getting the Nest Dai

    http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jul/28/norwich-city -carrow-road-80th-birthday

    http://liberalengland.blogspot.co.uk/2008/01/when-norwich-ci ty-played-at-nest.html

    http://colonelblinker.blogspot.co.uk/2006/04/last-chance-to- see-nest-rosary-road.html

    they don’t make them like that anymore!

  6. The other Bob Wilson says:
    February 4, 2016 at 3:04 pm

    Thanks Richard, as I mentioned just now on the messageboard, I’ve still got a few hours left yet as a fifty something!

    You going to the game on Saturday?

  7. Clive Harry says:
    February 4, 2016 at 4:13 pm

    Happy birthday – reaching 60 isn’t as bad as it……Sorry, what were we talking about?
    Another fascinating quiz and although you may not get many actual answers, I think most people like myself love looking up the answers afterwards so it’s not a wasted exercise for you. A question that amused me was the one about the City player not living up to his nickname – was it Lethal Lynex?

  8. The other Bob Wilson says:
    February 4, 2016 at 4:27 pm

    Thanks very much Clive – it certainly was Lethal Lynex”

  9. Anthony O'Brien says:
    February 4, 2016 at 4:32 pm

    Let us all try to be a little bit “physic” (as Del Boy would say) and direct our minds to guessing the belated birthday present you would most like to receive as you rise from your seat just before 5 pm on Saturday and leave the ground in a state of blissful happiness. Clue – a present we would all like to receive. Happy birthday, Paul, and sincere congratulations on the magnum opus you have created above. An incredible achievement.

  10. The other Bob Wilson says:
    February 4, 2016 at 5:22 pm

    Thanks AMO – a win with a bit if style would be very nice on Saturday, but, as usual, I’ll settle for a 1-0 with a goal which flew in off a defender’s backside.

  11. Richard Holt says:
    February 4, 2016 at 6:36 pm

    Hi Paul. I think I’ve got two of the first ten. 4. Twerton Park Bath, 10 – Victoria Ground – Oswestry where Bill Irwin became the first ‘keeper sent off for City (your clue was very helpful). Am hoping to be there on Saturday although I have an eye condition at the moment which will have to clear up a bit if I’m to drive any distances. Have a good day tomorrow.

  12. Russell says:
    February 4, 2016 at 7:24 pm

    Stunning images ,as I hope your 60th will be

  13. The other Bob Wilson says:
    February 5, 2016 at 10:57 am

    Thanks Russell – funny, I feel exactly the same as a sixty something as I did yesterday!

  14. The other Bob Wilson says:
    February 5, 2016 at 11:00 am

    Thank you Richard and well done on getting number 10, which I thought was right up there with the hardest questions in the quiz – hope your eye has improved enough for you to make it tomorrow.

  15. Dai Woosnam says:
    February 9, 2016 at 10:21 am

    Heck of a quiz,, Paul.
    I got just 9 correct, I am ashamed to say.

    I think the most memorable pic is a toss up between ThevNest and Stamford Bridge.
    A word from me on both.

    First, Norwich.
    Do you know where the modern stadium is that is an updated homage to The Nest?
    It is in Portugal. Braga have a unique stadium.
    Readers who do not know it: please google it and see the breathtaking pictures.

    Second, that Stamford Bridge pic.
    It is memorable not for the overspill behind the goal – that was to be expected for the old Chelsea ground, like Bristol’s Eastville, used to have a vast expanse of frre ground behind the goal – but for the overspill sitting on the top of the stand.
    Amazing.
    And dangerous.
    Is it an urban myth Paul, that a fatality occurred at Ninian Park, back around WW2 time, when a fan fell through the roof of the Grangetown Stand?

    And a final thing.
    Looking forward to your 61st birthday quiz.

    And one big favour if you do a similar picture quiz…say ex-Cardiff players of the distant past…especially tough will be pics of them in their demob suits, rather than their soccer strip.
    And the favour is this
    …can you put the answer, next to the question…?

    I realise that is even more hassle for you Paul, but it means that I won’t get seasick with my iPad here in Malta, scrolling up to see the pic, and then down again to the next answer…SIXTY times.
    (Yes, I know…had I a conventional PC, I could have printed off your answers and checked them against the pics with ease.)
    DW

  16. Dai Woosnam says:
    February 9, 2016 at 5:52 pm

    Paul,
    The estimable AMO has been in touch to quote me chapter and verse on the Grangetown Stand “fatality”.
    Apparently I must have conflated two events.
    In 1947, the year I was born, a fan climbed up a girder in a game against the Wurzels with allegedly a 58,000 crowd, and fell on two fans from Pontypridd who had non-serious injuries.
    The chap who fell, broke his leg and a few other things.
    But nobody was killed.
    But learning about this event on my first visit in 1955, I stored it in my upstairs library and 61 years later, it comes out as “a fan was once killed falling through the roof of the Grangetown Stand” !!
    Interesting how a diseased mind like mine works, eh?
    Maybe all sorts of events were working overtime in my subconscious when I came to write that !!
    Had I mixed it up – I wonder -with a chap I knew of, who got killed going through a warehouse flat roof, trying to burgle the place?
    Maybe…but more likely there WAS a fan who fell through the roof of a soccer stadium somewhere in Britain in my lifetime…and I conveniently moved him to Ninian Park…!!
    One thing for sure… if you fall through a football stand ROOF – as opposed to falling from a girder – then at least one person dies.
    And those two fans from Ponty probably would almost certainly never have seen 1948, either !!
    DW.

  17. The other Bob Wilson says:
    February 10, 2016 at 6:34 am

    There was this pretty famous incident from the 80s Dai

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egWbklcsfFw

    That stadium at Braga was built/adapted for the 2004 Euro Championships I think and it truly is an amazing ground

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=braga+football+stadium+pictures&rlz=1C1DSGP_enGB510GB510&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjV96bGyezKAhUqG5oKHepvB0EQsAQIHw&biw=1920&bih=911#imgrc=lHlhgGsXzJNTfM%3A

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