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“After St Mirren hit Celtic successful nan Scottish League Cup, I wondered wherever it really is,” writes Dan J. “The reply is (as everyone barroom maine knew) Paisley, correct adjacent to Glasgow airport. Which sewage maine wondering, which squad is closest to an airport? I reckon Glentoran, adjacent to Belfast City, and Eastleigh, virtually successful Southampton airport, are successful pinch a shout. And Charlton if you are happy to aquatics portion of nan way. Any person ones?”
We had truthful galore answers to this question, truthful convey you to 1 and all. Let’s commencement pinch a crushed that is but a thunderclap distant from nan nearest airport. “The Icelandic shot nine Valur is adjacent Rekjavík airport, which is mostly a home airport, but besides has immoderate world flights,” writes Kári Tulinius. “The region from nan obstruction astir nan airdrome to Valur’s obstruction is astir 150 metres. From training transportation to nan nearest portion of airdrome tarmac is 230m, and from area emblem to nan extremity of nan runway is 380m. All of these distances were measured pinch Google Maps.”
From Iceland to Ireland. “The 2nd metropolis of Cork provides not 1 but 2 clubs who will do good to beryllium beaten,” writes Tom Stafford. “The pitches of Munster Senior League broadside Everton AFC (former nine of Denis Irwin) backmost connected to nan bound of Cork airport, and footballs landing complete nan obstruction is not uncommon. Further down nan roadworthy on nan bound obstruction is ALSA Park, location of Sunday convention broadside Greenwood, arsenic bordering nan airdrome albeit much towards nan runway.”
Fraser Smith whitethorn person travel moreover closer. “I reckon you’d person to spell immoderate to hit nan full 12-team Gibraltar Football League, who each play their matches astatine nan Victoria Stadium.”
Never mind Row Z; defenders could beryllium encouraged to put it connected nan runway.
The Victoria Stadium is nan champion reply we received, though these airport-adjacent grounds are besides worthy of mention.
Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster “Doncaster’s existent crushed is built connected onshore that was erstwhile portion of nan aged Doncaster airdrome – location to various RAF squadrons and flying schools from nan early 1900s until 1992,” writes Andy Wainwright. “Rovers’ erstwhile crushed of Belle Vue was virtually adjacent doorway to nan defunct airdrome and was reputed to beryllium nan only English shot crushed pinch reddish lights connected nan floodlights to pass low-flying craft of their presence.”
PayPal Park, California “This is astir 375 feet distant from a buffer of hangars earlier nan runway astatine San Jose world airport,” writes Tim Dockery. “The stadium is location to MLS’s Earthquakes and seats astir 18,000 people. This twelvemonth it was big to respective Concacaf Gold Cup games.”
The Airfield, Broughton “Airbus UK Broughton FC of Cymru North (the Welsh 2nd tier) play astir 200 metres from nan runway of Hawarden airdrome – which is location to nan Airbus factory, hence nan location,” writes Rollo Treadway.
Jepson Way, Blackpool “AFC Blackpool of nan North West Counties League first section northbound play astatine Jepson Way, which is adjacent doorway to Blackpool airport,” writes Michael Haughey.
Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø “Bodø/Glimt’s ground, Aspmyra Stadion, is simply a one-minute thrust from Bodø airport,” writes our ain Will Unwin. “In position of stepping it is 1.1km and takes 15 minutes.”
Europa-Park Stadion, Freiburg “Fence to fence: 25m,” specifies Mykola Kozlenko. “The location of nan Bundesliga broadside SC Freiburg is virtually crossed nan roadworthy from Freiburg airdrome (which, however, has nary regular flights).”
Edgeley Park, Stockport “This must suffice arsenic nan crushed closest to nan last attack formation way of immoderate convention shot ground,” writes Graham Allsopp. “The planes are straight overhead and conscionable 5 miles from Manchester airport.”
Goals (not) connected film
“Which extremity was nan past successful nan English apical formation that wasn’t caught connected camera?” asks Tom Solan.
The 1988-89 season, erstwhile nan tv authorities passed from BBC to ITV, was nan first clip a TV transmission attempted to show a weekly roundup of each azygous top-flight goal. It besides meant that each nine could merchandise a standardised end-of-season VHS. But successful nan pursuing season, 1989-90, fans of Derby County only sewage to spot 42 of nan 43 convention goals scored by their team.
“Can I propulsion successful a crippled I attended backmost successful October 1989?” asks David Hopkins. “Derby managed a 4-1 triumph complete Crazy Gang-era Wimbledon, pinch astir of nan attraction connected nan debutant Dean Saunders. Mel Sage scored a uncommon and, I vaguely remember, long-range extremity to put Derby 2-1 up. However, it was omitted from the TV roundup nan pursuing day and past again from nan end-of-season video. I’ve ever assumed this was owed to a method fault.”
There was surely a method responsibility during Liverpool’s travel to nan Etihad successful December 2003. “I was moving connected nan extracurricular broadcast for ITV’s The Premiership and nan generator collapsed successful nan 2nd half meaning we mislaid each powerfulness to nan motortruck and nan cameras,” writes Mick McGrath. “As it was booting backmost up, Vladimir Smicer scored for Liverpool. With nary powerfulness we had nary measurement of filming it aliases signaling it. The level head recovered that Manchester City had a tactical camera up precocious down nan other extremity and they brought it to nan truck, but you can’t spot really nan extremity was scored. The highlights are connected YouTube. I retrieve Des Lynam making a joke of it that nighttime connected nan show.”
Knowledge archive
A number of you wrote successful to inquire astir Liverpool’s substitution concatenation successful their triumph astatine Spurs conscionable earlier Christmas: Conor Bradley was replaced by Alexander Isak, who was replaced by Jeremie Frimpong, who was replaced by Federico Chiesa. We had a akin mobility from Doremus Schafer successful 2024, erstwhile we responded thus:
An anorak’s dream has been hiding successful plain sight. As Edmund Johnson points out, location was a concatenation of 4 players and 3 substitutions erstwhile Watford played Hull successful December 2022. Hamza Choudhury, connected indebtedness to Watford from Leicester City, went disconnected injured aft 15 minutes and was replaced by Joseph Hungbo. He didn’t person his finest crippled and was replaced by Rey Manaj successful nan 71st minute. In injury-time, Manaj suffered an wounded and was replaced by Vakoun Bayo. Alas, pinch different substitutes waiting, Bayo sewage done nan remainder of nan crippled unscathed.”
Can you help?
“On 2 March 1968 Leeds United won their first awesome trophy erstwhile they defeated Arsenal successful nan League Cup final,” writes Gordon Smith. “The lucifer was televised by ITV but not shown live; alternatively highlights were shown nan adjacent time successful nan London area. I don’t deliberation nan highlights were shown successful nan Yorkshire area.
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Can anybody corroborate whether my representation is correct?
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When was nan League Cup last first televised?
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Have different clubs won awesome honours during nan tv property but their victories were not shown connected TV?”
“Which was nan first squad successful England to section 11 internationals successful nan aforesaid team?” asks Geraint Morgan.
“With Chelsea and Manchester United some looking for caller managers, I wondered: which men aliases women person turned down nan biggest jobs successful nine football?” asks Silvio Gualtieri.
“Moise Kean was named subordinate of nan lucifer aft scoring nan winning goal for Fiorentina against Cremonese contempt only arriving connected nan transportation arsenic an 85th-minute substitute. The lucifer ended astatine 95min 31sec. Is this a grounds for nan shortest clip a subordinate of nan lucifer has been connected nan pitch? It appears to hit nan examples successful a previous Knowledge making love backmost to 2008,” writes Gregg Bakowski. If you cognize of anyone who tin hit Kean’s 10-and-a-half minutes, do get successful touch.
“Al-Nassr person been drawn against Arkadag successful nan AFC Champions League Two, making it highly apt that Cristiano Ronaldo will play successful Turkmenistan,” notes Jack Hayward. “This sewage maine thinking: what is nan highest-ranked federation successful nan Fifa world rankings that a Ballon d’Or victor has ne'er played in?”
“The Finland defender Tero Mäntylä scored 4 elder goals crossed a 15-year career, each of them successful knockout ties. Has anyone been much prolific successful cup knockout matches without scoring truthful overmuch arsenic a azygous convention goal?” wonders Kári Tulinius.
“Berwick Rangers began and ended 2025 pinch a 2-1 triumph astatine Gala Fairydean Rovers,” notes Dan Crowe. “Has a squad ever bookended a almanac twelvemonth successful this measurement before?”
