Football Trivia Question ......and politics too!!

sprouts said:
and the right answer is WINGATE AND FINCHLEY FC


Best answer given was Liverpool (made me laugh)
Closest (without googling) was Rofesleg

I can't find any evidence that Wigan or Reading did hold a minutes silence although both owners did try and get the FA to sanction it and were told that the idea may not be greeted with too much silence.

The club is a merger of two teams (Finchley and Wingate). Wingate FC was created in 1946 and was named after General Orde C. Wingate who created the Israeli Army during the Second World War.

St Patricks was a good shout for a club being named after a person, but sadly was ruled out as not in the UK. Also Tottenham have a slight claim, as 'Hotspur' was the nickname of some 13th Century Knight


Anyway I'm going there tonight for the first time and was just doing a bit of research. Although I'm having second thoughts after a read about the Thatcher link
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I've googled it now. Dave Whelan did want Wigan to hold a minute's silence, but they were playing in the FA Cup semi-final the weekend after she died, so it would have been an FA decision. The FA, wisely, thought better of it.
 
Zoophonic said:
Runcorn certainly but the distance between Warrington‘s ground and the Mersey looks very similar to Stockport. It sits on the Manchester Ship canal.
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Stockport is about 920m, Warrington is more like 850m. New Brighton was probably the closest League club ever to the Mersey.
 
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