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Lockdown Lunacy number 2 (another silly quiz)
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As the previous question is fizzling out to a spectacular damp squib, here's something else for you to ponder...
Our records aren't quite complete for the period since the Club got back on its feet (1943) to the present day, but they're pretty close. I have 4177 fixtures on record between those dates, against 373 different clubs.
All those figures are slightly "grey" - it depends on what you count as a "different club". I've been reasonably generous, but not completely rigorous, but for the purpose of this question:
I count a new club if two clubs we've played against before join together (but I have made a handful of exceptions, if it seems that one club massively dominates the other in the merger, and they keep the former's ground).
I count a new club even if it has the same name, if a whole new entity starts up at a new ground, and seems to be 'poaching' the record of the old.But I count the same club, if it's a simple name change, a merger with a team we've not played before, and even in most instances where it's a bankruptcy but a replacement club starts up (with the same or similar name) at the same ground.
As I say - there are some exceptions, but I'll not be too harsh on you for falling foul of those!
Now, out of those 4177 games, over one third of them have been against just 29 different clubs (each of whom we've played 39 times or more) I count friendlies, so occasionally we'll meet an "XI" or "Reserve" side, but they count as part of the same Club.
Your task is to identify the 29 clubs. For each one you suggest, the first person to mention it gains 1 point. But beware - if you state a team that's NOT in the top 29, you lose a point.
There you go then: start naming the teams we've played most over the last 77 years!
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Re: Lockdown Lunacy number 2 (another silly quiz)
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Right - two takers on the first day. Let's see how they scored:
I'll underline the teams who score you a point (with the number of meetings after them in brackets). Teams already mentioned will just be listed, but with no further detail, and won't score. Teams outside the top 29 are struck through, and cost you a point.
Colin Oaten +15 - 8 = 7 points
Kingstonian (inc Kingstonian XI) (41)
Wimbledon (5)
Hendon (73)
Enfield (38, bad luck!)
Wycombe Wanderers (31)
Dulwich Hamlet (41)
Tooting & Mitcham United (43)
Leatherhead (51)
Slough Town (inc Slough Town XI) (41)
Sutton United (44)
Woking (39)
Hayes (51)
Bromley (54)
Walton & Hersham (52)
Carshalton Athletic (52)
Hampton (inc Hampton & Richmond Borough) (93 - easily our most played opponent)
St Albans City (29)
Boreham Wood (74)
Harrow Borough (inc Harrow Town, Harrow Town reserves) (77)
Wokingham Town (29)
Harlow Town (31)
Maidenhead United 53
Ware (7)
Corinthian-Casuals (17)
Albatross +4 -5 = -1 point
Vauxhall Motors (33)
Harrow Town/Harrow Borough
Dulwich Hamlet
Dagenham (I included Dagenham & Redbridge) (26)
Enfield
Wycombe Wanderers
Hendon
Woking
Walton & Hersham
Leytonstone (9)
Ilford (5)
Walthamstow Avenue (20)
Hayes
Tooting & Mitcham United
Boreham Wood
Ruislip Manor (inc Ruislip Manor Reserves) (51)
Carshalton Athletic
Molesey (58)
Barking (inc Barking & East Ham United) (39)
Worthing (39)
St Albans City
Leatherhead
I think Albatross paid the penalty for Colin Oaten getting his selections in a bit earlier, consequently 10 of his correct answers (and 3 of his wrong ones) didn't count.
There are still nine point-scoring clubs to identify, so feel free to keep guessing - new players and the two who've already had a go. But beware ... there are also 331 other teams lurking around to catch you out and cost you a point!
Edited by swanstuff at 23:25:54 on 9th June 2020
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Re: Lockdown Lunacy number 2 (another silly quiz)
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Since this thread has dried up, here are the clubs against whom we have had the most fixtures in the last 77 seasons:
93 Hampton / & Richmond Borough
77 Harrow Borough / Town / reserves
74 Boreham Wood
73 Hendon
63 Uxbridge
60 Kingsbury Town / 584
58 Molesey
54 Bromley
53 Maidenhead United
52 Carshalton Athletic
52 Walton & Hersham
51 Hayes
51 Leatherhead
51 Ruislip Manor / reserves
45 Rayners Lane
44 Sutton United
43 Tooting & Mitcham United
42 Slough Town / XI
41 Dulwich Hamlet
41 Kingstonian / XI
41 Marlow
41 Wembley
40 Bishop's Stortford
40 Crown & Manor
40 Croydon / Amateurs
39 Barking / & East Ham United
39 Basingstoke Town
39 Woking
39 Worthing
The ones in bold print are still going strong and so can be added to in the future, but the others don't exist (or have merged), and so thesenumbers cannot be added to. I have included Crown & Manor in the latter group, although it would seem that the club does still exist - however, they don't seem to have entered an adult football league for quite a while, and they now seem to be concentrating on other activities.
If anyone's in the mood for a follow-up question - how about trying to name as many of the clubs we've met just ONCE in this period? There are 82 of them, by my reckoning...
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Re: Lockdown Lunacy number 2 (another silly quiz)
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Steve, you know I have a fairly comprehensive collection going back to even pre-war, but, a lot of gaps. I have that feeling that there maybe the odd Spartan League club in there somewhere. But, I haven't got a full list. Hopefully some of the following will hit the mark
Vauxhall Motors
Harrow Town/Harrow Borough
Dulwich Hamlet
Dagenham
Enfield
Wycombe
Hendon
Woking
Walton & Hersham
Leytonstone
Ilford
Walthamstow Avenue
Hayes
Tooting & Mitcham
Boreham Wood
Ruislip Manor
Carshalton Athletic
Molesey
Barking
Worthing
St Albans
Leatherhead
Probably miles out.
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Re: Lockdown Lunacy number 2 (another silly quiz)
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Bromley, Walton & Hersham, Carshalton, Hampton, St Albans, Borehamwood, Harrow Borough, Wokingham Town, Harlow Town, Maidenhead, Ware Corinthian-Casuals.
Colin Oaten
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Re: Lockdown Lunacy number 2 (another silly quiz)
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Enfield, Wycombe, Dulwich Hamlet, Tooting & Mitcham, Leatherhead, Slough, Sutton,Woking, Hayes.
Colin Oaten
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Re: Lockdown Lunacy number 2 (another silly quiz)
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Go on then,ill have a stab to begin lol. Kingstonian? Wimbledon? Hendon?
Colin Oaten
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