The Sort of Ultimate FootballCynic Quiz for those with time on their hands No.7
So, here we go again. What connects this lovely bunch?
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Football Cynic: The Sort of Ultimate FootballCynic Quiz for those with time on their hands No.7
Yes yes yes....too easy - the odd man out is the the one in the bottom right cos no one knows who the hell he is!!!
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They are all football managers. (FootballCynic writes: Well, yes. And? Please don't reply - none of them has managed Barrow!)
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None of them have managed Barrow (FootballCynic writes: Surely, you can list more clubs than that)
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Two hours effot and not even a clue
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Lady Knobhead loves a puzzle. She knows about as much about football as I do about butterflies - a word of caution - do not challenge Lady Knobhead on the species of a butterfly. As an aside, I have learnt that a Duke of Burgundy is a butterfly rather than a person or something you might drink.
Anyhow, returning to the matter in hand, I asked Lady Knobhead if she had any ideas on what connected these four pillars of the football establishment. She immediately (and surprisingly) recognised Sir Alex and remarked that "he looked like a twat" - not a word she uses that frequently I might add. She referred to Mr Moyes (after I had zoomed in) as "looking like a jumped up fool". Turning to Mr McCarthy, she sounded like Mr Keane as she described him as "looking like a cheat and a scoundrel". Now, you don't hear too many people referred to as scoundrels these days, but Lady Knobhead insisted he was the epitome of a scoundrel. Finally, she turned to the lesser known manager - I think it Mr Westley of Stevenage Town whom she referred to as "looking like a crook that runs a minicab company" - Lady Knobhead thinks that all taxi drivers are crooks for some reason.
I thought about her comments as she went off to talk a Cabbage White that had landed in the garden. (Apparently, they respond to softly spoken words, which is more than I do so she says)
Anyhow, perhaps she had a point - have these four fine managers all been in trouble for criticising referees? I have to admit, Mr Cynic, that I am struggling on this one. (FootballCynic writes: Lady Knobhead has led you off the right track with her damning comments about the four managers. It's interesting to note that the Southend United captain is also a breed of butterfly - the Essex skipper, no less. This is, by the way, irrelevant and will not help you to solve this quiz.)
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They have all managed and played for the same club. Ferguson (Aberdeen), Moyes (Preston), McCarthorse (Millwall) and Westley (Enfield & Kingstonian) (FootballCynic writes: A good effort but Sir Alex never played for Aberdeen. At least, not according to Wikipedia)
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Is it a trick question? And did you see that Barrow won 5-0 yesterday? (FootballCynic writes: No, it's not a trick question. Yes, everyone knows that Barrow tonked Kettering yesterday)
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Any chance of a clue, Mr Football Cynic? (FootballCynic writes: OK, it's a tough one. It's connected with numbers)
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According to the League Managers Association's own website, they are the 1st, 4th, 9th and 16th longest serving managers in the league. These numbers happen to be perfect squares. Coincidence or the solution to the "puzzle" as Lord K would call it? (FootballCynic writes: Absolutely correct! FootballCynic was about to give another clue. As ever, there is no prize, just the glory)
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They have all been abducted by aliens rockets while eating muesli (FootballCynic writes: A great effort, Anonymous. If you had said that they were abducted by aliens and taken on to rockets, you would have been right, of course. Next.)
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Yippee! I am overjoyed to get this one. I'll be celebrating tonight. (FootballCynic writes: And so you should!)
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Yippee indeed, young Danielle. Lady Knobhead is trying to claim that she had solved this last weekend. However, I don't think Mr Cynic would have accepted "Hasn't Ferguson been around a long while?" as solving the puzzle. Anyhow, suffice to say, she has satisfied herself and her claim this morning that "I know more about football than you do" is plainly nonsense. (FootballCynic writes: Hmm, sorry Danielle. It seems that Lady Knobhead won this puzzle after all.)
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