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1 hour ago, leffe186 said:

Based on a Reddit list, so usual caveats.

 

Southampton are obviously the most recent of the current Championship clubs to reach the FA Cup semi finals. Of the rest, can you name the following?

 

1. The two clubs that have never made it?

2. The other club that hasn’t done it since the Second World War started?

3. The other club that hasn’t done it since the Korean War started?

4. The two other clubs that haven’t done it since we won the World Cup?

 

Since I was born in 1973, the other 18 current Championship clubs have all made at least the semi-final.

 

Oxford United have never been to a semi I'd imagine. Oxford University have won it though 

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5 hours ago, The Fountain said:

Oxford United have never been to a semi I'd imagine. Oxford University have won it though 


Yeah Oxford’s one of them.

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On 06/04/2026 at 07:57, leffe186 said:

Based on a Reddit list, so usual caveats.

 

Southampton are obviously the most recent of the current Championship clubs to reach the FA Cup semi finals. Of the rest, can you name the following?

 

1. The two clubs that have never made it?

2. The other club that hasn’t done it since the Second World War started?

3. The other club that hasn’t done it since the Korean War started?

4. The two other clubs that haven’t done it since we won the World Cup?

 

Since I was born in 1973, the other 18 current Championship clubs have all made at least the semi-final.

 

2. The other club that hasn’t done it since the Second World War started?

Bristol City (20)

3. The other club that hasn’t done it since the Korean War started?

Charlton (48)

4. The two other clubs that haven’t done it since we won the World Cup?

Preston NE is the only one I can think of (64)

 

(I think PNE is the only one for the last one, given that the list adds up to 25 clubs :))

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1 hour ago, ramirez said:

I'd say PNE since ww2, QPR since korean war, Bristol City and charlton since 66?

I reckon you’ve got the right teams - but QPR were finalists in 1982 (the year I was born) 

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3 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

2. The other club that hasn’t done it since the Second World War started?

Bristol City (20)

3. The other club that hasn’t done it since the Korean War started?

Charlton (48)

4. The two other clubs that haven’t done it since we won the World Cup?

Preston NE is the only one I can think of (64)

 

(I think PNE is the only one for the last one, given that the list adds up to 25 clubs :))


Yeah Bristol City was a crazy long time ago. All correct except Swansea City who as Swansea Town actually lost to PNE in ‘64. 
 

I was including Southampton as one of the 18 clubs - starting that count from the start of the quiz :lol:

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5 minutes ago, leffe186 said:


Yeah Bristol City was a crazy long time ago. All correct except Swansea City who as Swansea Town actually lost to PNE in ‘64. 
 

I was including Southampton as one of the 18 clubs - starting that count from the start of the quiz :lol:

Ah, forgot about Swansea :) - I pulled up the Championship table on the BBC website and my eyes must have jumped over them.  It’s funny how semis and finals stick in the mind, but I’ve absolutely no clue re QFs.  I’m guessing it’s because there’s fewer teams + the neutral venue element.

 

Feels like a lifetime since NUFC were last there tbh. 

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13 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Ah, forgot about Swansea :) - I pulled up the Championship table on the BBC website and my eyes must have jumped over them.  It’s funny how semis and finals stick in the mind, but I’ve absolutely no clue re QFs.  I’m guessing it’s because there’s fewer teams + the neutral venue element.

 

Feels like a lifetime since NUFC were last there tbh. 


Yeah, not sure if it’s just my age, Spurs or the Premier League but I’ve got very little memory of the FA Cup over the last 30 years or so. It used to be so different - one of my favourite books as a small kid was “We Won The Cup” which IIRC came out around 1981.

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41 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

I reckon you’ve got the right teams - but QPR were finalists in 1982 (the year I was born) 

yes same for me, I should really have remembered it though as used to order the dvd's of all the finals at toffs many years ago so knew all the finalists from 50s onwards.  

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27 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Ah, forgot about Swansea :) - I pulled up the Championship table on the BBC website and my eyes must have jumped over them.  It’s funny how semis and finals stick in the mind, but I’ve absolutely no clue re QFs.  I’m guessing it’s because there’s fewer teams + the neutral venue element.

 

Feels like a lifetime since NUFC were last there tbh. 

 

 

11 minutes ago, leffe186 said:


Yeah, not sure if it’s just my age, Spurs or the Premier League but I’ve got very little memory of the FA Cup over the last 30 years or so. It used to be so different - one of my favourite books as a small kid was “We Won The Cup” which IIRC came out around 1981.

I think the lack of neutral venues makes it all blend into one a bit, also the fact its became a bit more of a closed shop and it doesn't really stand out as being a rare televised game anymore.

 

Chelsea Leeds would have been great this year at Villa park or somewhere similar.

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8 minutes ago, leffe186 said:


Yeah, not sure if it’s just my age, Spurs or the Premier League but I’ve got very little memory of the FA Cup over the last 30 years or so. It used to be so different - one of my favourite books as a small kid was “We Won The Cup” which IIRC came out around 1981.

I haven’t either mate - post-2000 mine really drops off.  Same with the European Cup tbh - I can list every European Cup Final from 56 to about 2006 without any effort - but if you ask me who was in the final last season I’d have to work hard to remember 

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13 minutes ago, ramirez said:

yes same for me, I should really have remembered it though as used to order the dvd's of all the finals at toffs many years ago so knew all the finalists from 50s onwards.  

I reckon @leffe186 would have had no bother recollecting the 82 final :) 

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2 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said:

I reckon @leffe186 would have had no bother recollecting the 82 final :) 


Yeah I remember it extremely well :lol:. We didn’t have tickets for the replay so we were going down the road to watch it at a family friend’s house, but for some reason we were delayed. I remember hearing a huge cheer from the houses round us as we ran down the street. That was us winning the early penalty.

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There's no controversy whatsoever about Amsterdam being the capital of the Netherlands, just confusion - on top of at least two hundred years of being recognized as the capital, it is written into the constitution as part of the country's basic law. It just isn't the seat of government. 

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Only six Newcastle players have ever worn a squad number of at least 40 across consecutive seasons. Can you name them?

 

For instance, Tim Krul is not an answer. He wore 40 in 06/07 but changed to 26 and then 1 across future seasons.

 

Clues, in order of when they first appeared for NUFC:

 

Spoiler

CF

LM

RB

CF

GK

CM

 

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