Sports quiz help

[Maksimov]

Q: Who were known as 'Gre-No-Li' and why?

[spoil]A: Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm. The denomination was colloquially used after these players composed a formidable trio of strikers while playing for the Swedish national team and AC Milan in the 1950s.[/spoil]

 

[clubhappy]

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First ?1,000,000 transfer?

Johann Cruyff, A**x to Barcelona September 1973

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Brilliant question

 

[Maksimov]

Q: Which two teams played in the first UEFA Europan Championship final?

[spoil]A: Soviet Union and Yugoslavia(1960, Soviet Union won 2-1)[/spoil]

 

[Maksimov]

First ?1,000,000 transfer?

Q: The first English ?1mil player?

[spoil]Trevor Francis[/spoil]

 

[Lofty]

Which player was sold for ?99,999 at his own request?

Jimmy Greaves, December 1961 from Milan, because he didn't want to be known as the first ?100,000 player.

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List of British transfer records up to 2002 here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_football_transfer_recordhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_fo ... fer_record

 

[Maksimov]

I think Trevor Francis' pricetag was actually 1? under a million because Cloughie didn't want Francis' mind get messed up with the notion of breaking the record transfer fee. Although the full price was over ?1mil after the taxes were added to it.

 

[clubhappy]

Second million pound player was Steve Daly , Wolves to Man City , i think , and the first 2million puond player in England was Tony Cottee . Though that might be open for debate .