Lakenheath Old Boys

We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!

Monday, November 06, 2006

Footie Trivia Question of the Week


The fourth round of the Carling Cup comes up this week (sadly, no Leeds-ManYoo fixture - sigh), so here's a fitting footie trivia question for you:

"What are all the names that the Football League Cup has gone under since its founding in 1961?"

Good luck, lads!

7 Comments:

Blogger United We Stand said...

The League Cup
The Milk Cup
The Coca Cola Cup
The Worthington Cup
The Carling Cup
The Littlewoods Cup.
The CRAP-NONE OF THE BIG BOYS CARE ABOUT BUT STILL WIN- CUP

4:50 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

You've almost got it but you've missed one. To review:

Football League Cup (1961-81)
Milk Cup (1981-2/85-6)
Littlewoods Cup (86-7/89-90)
Coca Cola Cup (92-3/97-8)
Worthington Cup (98-9/2002-3)
Carling Cup (2003 to the present)

So the question is - what was the League Cup called in 1986-7 and 89-90. Particularly tough since these are what Gooner and I like to think of as "the wilderness years" between the time that we left the UK for college and the time that footie on telly caught on in the U.S. after the success of the U.S. in 94 and the launch of MLS in 96. Give it a go, though, won't you?

P.S. Just for the cynicism of the last answer, go on you Shrimpers!

5:45 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I remembered... THE RUMBELOWS CUP.

Take your PS and shove it up your left nostril!!!

7:10 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Well done! And.....

Up the Shrimpers!

10:13 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

The Chance to get Jeremie Aliadiere a game Cup!

10:22 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Before you ship him back to Ligue Un Cup...

7:16 AM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

That's if he's good. If he starts whining, off to Elland Road with him.

5:12 PM  

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