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Latest Gaffer questions and answers:
Friday 10 October
Hammer, Essex: Can you tell me who is the most prolific League scorer never to have scored for his country?
The Gaffer: Arthur Rowley is, in fact, the highest aggregate league goal scorer in history with 434 strikes, but he never played for England.
Steve, Bristol: Could you tell me which England manager has had the most captains?
The Gaffer: Now of course the obvious answer would be Eriksson as he made a mockery of the captaincy by making mass substitutions and passing the armband around as if it was just the bit of material it is. So, my answer is based on captains at the start of a game. And the winner is Ron Greenwood who used nine different captains - Mills, Keegan, Neal, Shilton, Thompson, Watson, Clemence, Cherry and Hughes.
Gaz, Liverpool: What is the longest any Premier League team has gone without scoring a single goal?
The Gaffer: Crystal Palace failed to score a goal between October 1994 and January 1995 - that's nine games!
Thursday 9 October
Tone, Scotland: Who is the youngest ever person to score a goal in the Premier League? I said a leeds lad; my mate says Anichebe for Everton.
The Gaffer says: You're both wrong. It's Anichebe's Toffees team-mate James Vaughan who scored for Everton against Crystal Palace on April 10, 2005 at the age of 16 years and 271 days.
Gerry, Blackpool: Can you settle a bet? Which team did Kenny Miller score five against in his first term with Rangers?
The Gaffer says: St Mirren in a 7-1 win at Ibrox on November 4, 2000. Four of his five goals came in the first 31 minutes.
Burnsy, Harthill: Who were the first team created and what was the year?
The Gaffer says: This is an often disputed topic but Fifa and the FA officially recognise Sheffield FC as the world's first and oldest football club playing association rules which was in 1857.
Ant: Could you tell me Matt Jansen's career stats and where is he playing now?
The Gaffer says: Jansen has been without a club since 2006 but has never ruled out a return to football. He scored 82 goals in 279 appearances for Carlisle, Crystal Palace, Blackburn, Coventry (loan) and Bolton.
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Wednesday 8 October
Paul P, Cornwall: Hey Gaff. How many England managers has Phil Neville played under?
The Gaffer says: Six. Venables, Hoddle, Keegan, Wilkinson, Eriksson, McClaren.
King Abdullah, Solihull: Can you tell how many teams have won the European Cup other than the teams in England, Spain, France and Italy?
The Gaffer says: France are far from being successful in this competition. Only Marseille have won it and they were later stripped of the title. Eleven teams from other nations have won it: Bayern, Dortmund, Hamburg, Ajax, PSV, Feyenoord, Benfica, Porto, Steaua Bucharest, Red Star Belgrade and Celtic.
Loyal+true: Awrite Gaffer. Since European competitions began, how may times have British clubs reached the final? Can you also name all the clubs to reach them. Please answer amigo!
The Gaffer says: 18 times in the European Cup/Champions League, 16 times in the Cup Winners' Cup, 13 times in the Uefa Cup - that is 47 in total. The teams are: Celtic, United, Leeds, Liverpool, Forest, Villa, Arsenal, Chelsea, Rangers, Spurs, West Ham, Man City, Everton, Wolves, Ipswich, Aberdeen (thanks to those who pointed out their earlier omission), Dundee United, Boro.
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Tuesday 7 October
Grant, South Wales: Hi Gaff. Who are the three managers to win the top flight with two different clubs?
The Gaffer says: Kenny Dalglish, Brian Clough, Herbert Chapman.
Jimmy boy: Can you name me the two players who have won the World Cup, European Championship, Premier League and FA Cup?
The Gaffer says: Thierry Henry and Emmanuel Petit.
Tommy, Preston: Hi Gaffer. Can you give me full stats on the playing career of Vinnie Jones, including discipline?
The Gaffer says: He played 477 club games, scoring 40 goals. He also appeared eight times for Wales. He accumulated 37 yellow and 7 red cards in his Premier League stint, but I don't have official stats for before then.
Tiff: Can you name the five teams who won the title the year after winning promotion to the top flight?
The Gaffer says: Great question! Liverpool 1905-06, Everton 31-32, Spurs 50-51, Ipswich 61-62, Forest 78-79.
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Monday 6 October
Carl, Norwich: Which club was the first in England to have all-seater stadium?
The Gaffer: Coventry converted Highfield Road to all-seating in 1981, under the instruction of then chairman, Jimmy Hill, but attendances began to fall and terracing was reinstated at one end by 1985.
Gaz, Dav: Do Luton hold the record for the highest league win? 12-0 rings a bell! If so who scored them?
The Gaffer: Nope. It's a joint record: Stockport County 13-0 Halifax Town (Third Division North, January 6, 1934), and Newcastle United 13-0 Newport County (Second Division, October 5, 1946). Luton did however beat Bristol Rovers 12-0 on April 13 1936 with Joe Payne scoring ten of the goals, breaking the record for most goals in a game by a single player - a record which still stands to this day.
Hazard, Belfast: Just wondering if any referee has ever scored a goal?
The Gaffer: Referee Brian Saville once scored a goal for amateur league side Wimpole when they were losing 18-1 to Earls Colne, because he felt sorry for them. Saville brought the ball down from a corner and volleyed it into the net, and ignoring the fact he had handled the ball before shooting he signalled a goal and ran back to the halfway line to cheers from supporters. Players from both sides saw the funny side, but the stuffy old FA said they were going to suspend him, so he resigned as a matter of principle.
