Wee Football Trivia Question

[Byrnie]

here's a tough one......................

 

who's the only player to win a champions league and all ireland winners medal???

[The Celtic Way]

here's a tough one......................

 

who's the only player to win a champions league and all ireland winners medal???

 

Xabi Alonso

[Byrnie]

ah you've ruined it now:(

[sir roger]

ah you've ruined it now:(

 

Gone over my head I'm afraid chaps.

[The Celtic Way]

ah you've ruined it now:(

 

Where we not meant to answer it ? Only reason I know it is because it was on the telly few weeks back.

[23_Carra_Gold]

When did Xabi win the All Ireland?

 

I know he played a bit of G.A.A as a Spanish student but how the fuck did he win an All Ireland?

[Guest ShoePiss]

Where we not meant to answer it ? Only reason I know it is because it was on the telly few weeks back.

 

What's the story there?

[Guest The Big Green Bastard]

Who is the only GK to have scored a hat-trick in a league game?

[23_Carra_Gold]

Who is the only GK to have scored a hat-trick in a league game?

 

Chilavert?

[Guest The Big Green Bastard]

Chilavert?

 

yep thought it was a bit easy!

[sir roger]

Never mind goalkeepers , how did Xabi win an all-Ireland medal ? or is it a namesake or something

[Original202]

When Xabi was a teenager he stayed with an Irish family on a student exchange thingy. Probably got it then.

[23_Carra_Gold]

When Xabi was a teenager he stayed with an Irish family on a student exchange thingy. Probably got it then.

 

I'm not being a patronising cunt or anything but generally speaking Spanish teenagers don't tend to get their game at Croke Park in an All Ireland final.

[Byrnie]

he spent some summers in county meath as an exchange student and won an all ireland minor (under 18 ) medal with the royal county.

bet he was an ace gaelic player.

Edited April 3, 2009 by byrnie

[23_Carra_Gold]

he spent some summers in county meath as an exchange student and won a minor (u18) medal with the royal county.

bet he was an ace gaelic player.

 

A minor medal isn't exactly an All Ireland medal now is it?

 

I won the Sunday League at U15's but I wouldn't say I have an Irish League medal.

[sir roger]

When Xabi was a teenager he stayed with an Irish family on a student exchange thingy. Probably got it then.

 

I'm not an expert on Irish sports , but surely you have to be fairly good to win one of them things.

 

We had a french lad stay here for a week once & I took him to 5 a-side , but he never won an FA Cup medal or anything.

[Byrnie]

he was part of the meath team that won the all ireland at minor level.

whatever way u dress it up xabi won an all ireland medal.

some achievement too for a spanish lad,he probably didn't experience physicality like u get in gaelic in a sport before or since.

[RobbieOR]

he was part of the meath team that won the all ireland at minor level.

whatever way u dress it up xabi won an all ireland medal.

some achievement too for a spanish lad,he probably didn't experience physicality like u get in gaelic in a sport before or since.

 

What a load of bollox. Xabi played for Meath me hole. Where did you hear this?

[23_Carra_Gold]

he was part of the meath team that won the all ireland at minor level.

whatever way u dress it up xabi won an all ireland medal.

some achievement too for a spanish lad,he probably didn't experience physicality like u get in gaelic in a sport before or since.

 

No.

 

He didn't win an All Ireland medal for Meath, I done my research.

 

He won a Schools medal for the Irish college he was staying at.

[RobbieOR]

No.

 

He didn't win an All Ireland medal for Meath, I done my research.

 

He won a Schools medal for the Irish college he was staying at.

 

Do they not have a rule that you have to play for a club in the county you can play for? He surely wouldn't have played for a club and been good enough to join the panel.

[sir roger]

I googled Xabi Alonso/gaelic football & it came up with an article from the Sunday Mirror on 20/1/2008 stating that he spent a spell in Kells in his teens & along with some Spanish friends he 'dabbled' in Gaelic football.The programme which it was broadcast on ' Hector San UK on TG4 gave him a Meath GAA jersey which he was happy to wear.

 

I'm sure they would have mentioned any medals he had won n his time there.

 

ps Another one of the google results was UEFA.com , which diplomatically announces ' Xabi Alonso has revealed a love of the vaguely savage Irish sport of Gaelic football.

[RobbieOR]

My love for Xabi has died now that he wears a Meath jersey.

[sir roger]

My love for Xabi has died now that he wears a Meath jersey.

 

To be fair , The article does suggest it was forced on him a bit by the presenter who was called Hector ( his surname looked like the Countdown letters board ).

[Guest The Big Green Bastard]

Which German International played in the J-leaugue having won the world cup and finished runner-up twice?

[RobbieOR]

To be fair , The article does suggest it was forced on him a bit by the presenter who was called Hector ( his surname looked like the Countdown letters board ).

 

I was being sarcastic mate and that Hector is an awful gobshite too.