# The Athletic_s Big Fat Football Quiz of the Year(M4A_128K)

An episode of [Footbal Beyond the Pitch](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6821032841), 14 Oct 2026, 20 min.

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## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Merry Christmas.
[0:01] Speaker 2: And this year, to celebrate the festive spirit, we're going
[0:05] Speaker 2: to do a quiz on everything that's happened this year.
[0:09] Speaker 2: And on today's quiz, brought to you by Ball Sports,
[0:12] Speaker 2: we've got JJ Bull.
[0:13] Speaker 3: Ho, ho, ho.
[0:14] Speaker 1: John McKenzie.
[0:15] Speaker 4: Ha, ha, ha. And Joe Divine.
[0:20] Speaker 5: He, he, he.
[0:27] Speaker 4: All right.
[0:28] Speaker 1: We've got four rounds.
[0:29] Speaker 2: Five questions.
[0:30] Speaker 1: First round, it's a picture round.
[0:32] Speaker 2: And you've all got your little pieces of paper. I
[0:35] Speaker 2: want you to look at a cropped picture and tell
[0:37] Speaker 2: me who the goal scorer is. OK, picture number one.
[0:44] Speaker 1: Who is the goal scorer?
[0:46] Speaker 5: Ayo, can I ask a question?
[0:47] Speaker 3: You may.
[0:47] Speaker 5: Is the goal scorer one of these people?
[0:49] Speaker 1: You can see his boot.
[0:51] Speaker 4: Yes.
[0:52] Speaker 2: In the bottom left of the screen, Joe.
[0:55] Speaker 5: OK, OK.
[0:55] Speaker 1: It's been a while, I know. But you're warming up.
[0:58] Speaker 5: Got it, I've got it, I.
[0:59] Speaker 1: Have got it. Okay, please reveal your answers.
[1:03] Speaker 5: Yes.
[1:04] Speaker 4: Yes.
[1:07] Speaker 1: One of you is wrong.
[1:09] Speaker 5: Wait, one of them's wrong?
[1:11] Speaker 1: It's Declan Rice! Okay, picture number two.
[1:17] Speaker 4: Beauty.
[1:19] Speaker 5: Who plays for the....
[1:22] Speaker 4: God.
[1:23] Speaker 2: It was literally a few months ago.
[1:24] Speaker 5: Don't worry, I've got it.
[1:25] Speaker 1: All right, you ready?
[1:26] Speaker 5: Yeah.
[1:27] Speaker 1: Okay, answers please, say them.
[1:29] Speaker 3: Sobbersloy.
[1:30] Speaker 4: Dom Sobs.
[1:31] Speaker 5: Sobbersloy.
[1:34] Speaker 1: Joe's wrong again. Picture number three.
[1:36] Speaker 2: Ooh, it's a tricky one, isn't it? Whose boot is
[1:43] Speaker 2: that on the right-hand side?
[1:47] Speaker 1: The screen won't get any closer.
[1:48] Speaker 5: The person's leg reminded me of this person, I know.
[1:51] Speaker 3: That's kind of what I'm doing too.
[1:52] Speaker 5: That's what you were doing as well. Okay. It's definitely
[1:56] Speaker 5: not that.
[1:56] Speaker 3: Answers, please. Marcus Rashford.
[1:59] Speaker 4: Joe Devine.
[2:00] Speaker 1: Definitely not.
[2:01] Speaker 5: Manuel Figueroa.
[2:02] Speaker 1: Definitely not. JJ Bull wins. Well done.
[2:05] Speaker 5: Is it Rashford?
[2:05] Speaker 2: That's three out of three for you, man. So it's 3-2-0.
[2:10] Speaker 5: You can see the Champions League thing in the background.
[2:11] Speaker 1: Here we go. Next picture, please.
[2:14] Speaker 3: Champions League ball. He's got the badge on as well.
[2:17] Speaker 1: Oh, this one's a good one.
[2:19] Speaker 4: Tricky.
[2:20] Speaker 1: Tricky. Quality goal, though. We got what we got. Answers, please. Actually,
[2:29] Speaker 1: let's start with Joe.
[2:29] Speaker 5: What's your answer?
[2:32] Speaker 1: No.
[2:34] Speaker 4: Yes.
[2:35] Speaker 3: Yes. Well done.
[2:36] Speaker 1: Clean sweep. Clean sweep for JJ.
[2:38] Speaker 5: I got the right tea.
[2:39] Speaker 1: Okay, the finale one. Hopefully, you'll get one right. Oh,
[2:45] Speaker 1: this is a beauty.
[2:47] Speaker 3: No idea who this is.
[2:51] Speaker 2: The clock is a ticking.
[2:55] Speaker 1: All right.
[2:55] Speaker 5: I'm hoping you get this one. Go on, JJ.
[2:58] Speaker 3: That's Scott McTominay Ballon d'Or.
[2:59] Speaker 5: That's the one.
[3:00] Speaker 1: Scotty McTominay.
[3:01] Speaker 5: Come on.
[3:02] Speaker 4: Scotty Tuhotti.
[3:04] Speaker 1: And Joe Devai.
[3:05] Speaker 5: That does make more sense than Ricky Van Wolfswinkel.
[3:08] Speaker 1: So, ladies and gentlemen, clean sweep for JJ Ball. You four,
[3:12] Speaker 1: you zero.
[3:13] Speaker 5: Technically a clean sweep, I owe.
[3:15] Speaker 3: Of zeros?
[3:16] Speaker 2: Yeah.
[3:16] Speaker 1: Just like wolves. Round two.
[3:18] Speaker 2: It's all about records from the year 2025. And this
[3:23] Speaker 2: one is actually multiple choice. So here we go.
[3:25] Speaker 1: Number one.
[3:26] Speaker 2: Which player has scored the most goals for club and country?
[3:30] Speaker 2: in all competitions in 2025. Is it?
[3:32] Speaker 1: Do you think I can read your screen?
[3:35] Speaker 2: Yes.
[3:35] Speaker 1: I saw you trying to look, cheater.
[3:37] Speaker 5: I did try.
[3:38] Speaker 2: Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi or Harry Kane. So
[3:43] Speaker 2: which player has scored the most goals for club and
[3:45] Speaker 2: country in all competitions in 2025?
[3:49] Speaker 5: In the calendar year.
[3:50] Speaker 2: Let's see.
[3:51] Speaker 3: It's a choice between two and I think I've chosen
[3:57] Speaker 3: the wrong one.
[3:57] Speaker 2: John Mackenzie's got his really smug smile on his face,
[4:00] Speaker 2: so I'm praying he's got it right.
[4:02] Speaker 1: So in that case, I'll start with you, John.
[4:04] Speaker 4: I've gone for big pearling parland.
[4:06] Speaker 3: This is Harry Keane.
[4:10] Speaker 5: You want to make your noise again?
[4:16] Speaker 1: It's actually Kylian Mbappe.
[4:16] Speaker 4: It's Kylian Mbappe.
[4:17] Speaker 2: It is Kylian Mbappe. Which team has won the most
[4:20] Speaker 2: Premier League games in 2025? Calendia, Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool
[4:25] Speaker 2: or Aston Villa?
[4:28] Speaker 1: I know it's a tricky one.
[4:29] Speaker 5: Is this a tricky one?
[4:29] Speaker 1: This is a tricky one.
[4:31] Speaker 5: I like it when there's multiple choice. It really helps
[4:33] Speaker 5: me now.
[4:34] Speaker 1: You've got more opportunities to get it wrong. All right,
[4:36] Speaker 1: let's start with you.
[4:37] Speaker 5: I've played it safe. I've gone for Arsenal.
[4:40] Speaker 1: It's not.
[4:42] Speaker 4: It's a Villa. It's Man City, I put it.
[4:46] Speaker 1: It is Manchester City.
[4:47] Speaker 5: Well done!
[4:50] Speaker 1: OK, question three.
[4:51] Speaker 2: Which of these countries qualified for the World Cup for
[4:54] Speaker 2: the first time in the history of.
[4:57] Speaker 1: this year?
[4:58] Speaker 5: Is it A.
[5:00] Speaker 1: The UAE, United Arab Emirates? Is it B. Uzbekistan?
[5:06] Speaker 5: Is it C. New Zealand?
[5:09] Speaker 2: Or is it D.
[5:11] Speaker 1: Haiti?
[5:12] Speaker 5: I was about to write down a team that you
[5:14] Speaker 5: hadn't said.
[5:16] Speaker 1: What are you thinking?
[5:17] Speaker 3: I believe it's Haiti.
[5:18] Speaker 5: It's not Haiti.
[5:19] Speaker 3: No, I wrote Haiti as well.
[5:19] Speaker 1: They qualified for their second World Cup.
[5:21] Speaker 4: They've been in the World Cup before.
[5:22] Speaker 2: Yeah, you know that, way back in the 70s, I think, 1974.
[5:26] Speaker 3: Well, I Haiti that answer.
[5:27] Speaker 1: What do you say, John?
[5:30] Speaker 4: UAE.
[5:30] Speaker 5: It actually isn't.
[5:32] Speaker 2: It is.
[5:32] Speaker 1: Uzbekistan.
[5:33] Speaker 5: Well done to Uzbekistan.
[5:35] Speaker 1: Yeah, well done, Uzbekistan.
[5:36] Speaker 5: Round of applause. Well done to Haiti as well, though.
[5:38] Speaker 1: Yes. Second time ever in their lives.
[5:41] Speaker 3: Well done to all the teams.
[5:42] Speaker 1: Question four.
[5:44] Speaker 2: How many competitions... have Chelsea.
[5:47] Speaker 1: Competed in this year?
[5:50] Speaker 4: This year?
[5:51] Speaker 5: This year.
[5:52] Speaker 1: This isn't multiple choice. Let's just see if someone can
[5:54] Speaker 1: get it.
[5:54] Speaker 5: I'm feeling confident, IO.
[5:55] Speaker 1: Come on, sir.
[5:56] Speaker 5: I think the answer is six.
[5:57] Speaker 2: John?
[5:58] Speaker 4: I've also gone with six.
[5:59] Speaker 2: JJ hasn't even done it yet.
[6:01] Speaker 5: Hang on.
[6:02] Speaker 1: He's cheating. Give me the answer.
[6:04] Speaker 3: You start telling the answer and I'll write my answer.
[6:06] Speaker 1: So the answer.
[6:08] Speaker 5: Is.
[6:10] Speaker 1: Five!
[6:14] Speaker 2: Six! Yes!
[6:16] Speaker 5: I got a point!
[6:17] Speaker 1: Finally!
[6:18] Speaker 4: It's fine.
[6:19] Speaker 1: You can't be good all the time, JJ.
[6:20] Speaker 6: Conference League, Champions League, the three English ones and then
[6:23] Speaker 6: Club World Cup.
[6:24] Speaker 1: Look at this guy.
[6:25] Speaker 6: But I wondered if you win the Club World Cup,
[6:28] Speaker 6: do you have another little thing that you go to
[6:30] Speaker 6: called the Super World Cup?
[6:31] Speaker 1: It's called the Club Universe Cup.
[6:35] Speaker 3: Galaxy League.
[6:36] Speaker 1: The Chelsea Multiverse. All right. In September?
[6:39] Speaker 2: Erling Haaland became the fastest player to score 50 goals
[6:41] Speaker 2: in the European Cup and Champions League in terms of
[6:43] Speaker 2: games played.
[6:44] Speaker 1: But whose record did he break? A.
[6:48] Speaker 2: Cristiano Ronaldo. B.
[6:52] Speaker 1: Robert Lewandowski. C.
[6:54] Speaker 2: Raúl González.
[6:56] Speaker 1: Or D. Ruud van Nistelrooy.
[6:59] Speaker 2: La, la, la, la, la.
[7:00] Speaker 4: What was the second one?
[7:01] Speaker 5: Oh, my God. There's only four possible answers, John.
[7:04] Speaker 4: Just write down a name.
[7:05] Speaker 2: Lewandowski.
[7:08] Speaker 1: JJ, let's start with you.
[7:09] Speaker 3: I put Cristiano Ronaldo because he scored loads, didn't he?
[7:16] Speaker 5: I wrote CR7 to beat Brando.
[7:19] Speaker 2: It's Ruud van Nistelrooy.
[7:23] Speaker 1: Yeah, Ruud van Nistelrooy did it in 62 matches.
[7:25] Speaker 5: Really? He's kind of slept on that guy.
[7:27] Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure.
[7:28] Speaker 5: Impressive.
[7:28] Speaker 3: Impressive.
[7:29] Speaker 1: Okay. JJ, stop looking at my questions.
[7:32] Speaker 3: I can't see them. I keep forgetting you have that there.
[7:34] Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[7:35] Speaker 3: Okay. I do.
[7:36] Speaker 2: Okay.
[7:36] Speaker 3: I watched him look at them earlier.
[7:37] Speaker 5: He's drawn to shiny things.
[7:38] Speaker 2: Okay, let's move on to round three. This is 2025 finals.
[7:43] Speaker 2: No multiple choice this time. Who assisted Eberechi Eze's winner
[7:47] Speaker 2: in Crystal Palace's 1-0 win over Manchester City in the
[7:51] Speaker 2: FA Cup final? Who assisted his beautiful goal?
[7:55] Speaker 4: Can I ask a question?
[7:56] Speaker 5: You may. What happens if you don't know the names
[7:58] Speaker 5: of any Crystal Palace players?
[8:00] Speaker 1: Just say Glasner.
[8:01] Speaker 5: Okay.
[8:02] Speaker 3: You have to draw the picture of what you think
[8:05] Speaker 3: it would look like.
[8:05] Speaker 1: Yeah, I would accept pictures. That'd be very nice.
[8:07] Speaker 5: Okay.
[8:08] Speaker 1: I would accept lovely pictures. That'd be great.
[8:10] Speaker 5: Who have we got?
[8:11] Speaker 3: It was the right wing back, Munoz. Who have we got?
[8:14] Speaker 4: Daniel Munoz.
[8:15] Speaker 1: Who have you got?
[8:16] Speaker 5: I've gone for Luka Milivojevic from a penalty.
[8:19] Speaker 1: It was Munoz.
[8:20] Speaker 5: Oh.
[8:22] Speaker 3: He assisted him from a penalty.
[8:23] Speaker 7: You can almost spell Munoz from the letters in his name.
[8:25] Speaker 5: Do you actually watch football? No. I do, but I
[8:29] Speaker 5: don't watch Crystal Palace either.
[8:30] Speaker 4: Fair.
[8:30] Speaker 5: That's some crazy bull * * * *.
[8:32] Speaker 2: Which substitute scored the fifth goal in PSG's 5-0 thrashing
[8:36] Speaker 2: of Inter in the Champions League?
[8:39] Speaker 5: Oh, I think I might know.
[8:41] Speaker 1: You're definitely going to get this one, Joe. You're definitely
[8:43] Speaker 1: getting this. Joe Devine.
[8:47] Speaker 5: Yeah?
[8:47] Speaker 2: Yeah.
[8:48] Speaker 5: Is it Desiree Due?
[8:50] Speaker 3: No. Oh.
[8:51] Speaker 1: Desiree Due, no.
[8:52] Speaker 3: Jon?
[8:53] Speaker 4: I went with Mayenda, but I think that is not right.
[8:56] Speaker 5: No, but close enough.
[8:58] Speaker 3: Was it Gonzalo Ramos?
[8:59] Speaker 1: No, it's Senny Mayulu. I know, I know, that's a
[9:04] Speaker 1: tricky one.
[9:04] Speaker 4: Do I get half a point for that?
[9:05] Speaker 1: No, just because you used the letter M.
[9:07] Speaker 4: The letter M? It ended in A?
[9:10] Speaker 1: But this ends in U.
[9:12] Speaker 2: Who's the missing player from Spurs' victorious starting XI in
[9:16] Speaker 2: the Europa League final?
[9:17] Speaker 5: I watched this game. Oh, hello. I don't know the answer, though.
[9:22] Speaker 5: JJ's already done.
[9:23] Speaker 3: Mackenzie.
[9:24] Speaker 1: Yeah, still. I've just seen Joe Devine's answer.
[9:30] Speaker 5: I've made kind of a mess on the floor.
[9:33] Speaker 1: Joe Devine, what's your answer?
[9:35] Speaker 5: Is it Glenn Hoddle?
[9:36] Speaker 1: It's not Glenn Hoddle.
[9:37] Speaker 2: It's strange to think that it's not Glenn Hoddle playing
[9:40] Speaker 2: in 2NE25, but no.
[9:41] Speaker 5: It could have been Glenn. It could have been.
[9:43] Speaker 4: I've gone with Bergvall.
[9:46] Speaker 3: Was it Yves Bissouma?
[9:47] Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. Give the man a round of applause.
[9:50] Speaker 1: Well done. Well done. Well done.
[9:53] Speaker 5: Brilliant knowledge.
[9:54] Speaker 2: Name any of the seven musical artists who performed at
[9:58] Speaker 2: the Club World Cup final. either at halftime or pre-game.
[10:06] Speaker 1: Guys should just give up.
[10:08] Speaker 7: I'm going to guess on the basis that this person,
[10:11] Speaker 7: whose name I will write down.
[10:13] Speaker 3: Yeah.
[10:14] Speaker 7: Is known to have previously performed at football events.
[10:17] Speaker 1: Okay.
[10:18] Speaker 5: So in some ways I will show my cultural knowledge.
[10:21] Speaker 4: Okay.
[10:22] Speaker 1: Joe Devine, you look very happy with yourself. Would you
[10:24] Speaker 1: like to start?
[10:25] Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm ready to go, Io.
[10:27] Speaker 6: Okay.
[10:27] Speaker 5: Okay, now here's my answers.
[10:29] Speaker 7: The main one is Pitbull, because I know that he's
[10:32] Speaker 7: done some football stuff before.
[10:33] Speaker 5: Pitbull, is that right? No.
[10:34] Speaker 6: No?
[10:35] Speaker 1: Okay.
[10:35] Speaker 5: Beyond that, I got Block Party.
[10:37] Speaker 3: Okay.
[10:38] Speaker 7: Christina Aguilera, and then both Elvis and Elvis Costello, just
[10:43] Speaker 7: in case there was a misunderstanding about which Elvis.
[10:45] Speaker 4: There was a hologram of Elvis.
[10:46] Speaker 2: Do you know what's really weird? None of those are right.
[10:50] Speaker 2: I know!
[10:51] Speaker 1: Sorry.
[10:51] Speaker 5: That's a shame. It's not your fault.
[10:53] Speaker 1: What have you got?
[10:53] Speaker 4: I've got Dua Lipa, Joe Devine, and Coldplay.
[10:56] Speaker 1: Yes, yes, Coldplay!
[10:58] Speaker 5: You're right, you are right.
[11:00] Speaker 1: And JJ, can you bring this back?
[11:01] Speaker 3: Well, I've got Coldplay down. Does Shakira do something?
[11:05] Speaker 5: No, she didn't.
[11:06] Speaker 3: Robbie Williams, he's normally talked about.
[11:07] Speaker 1: Yes, well done.
[11:09] Speaker 3: The Red Hot Chili Peppers? No. Seems like they would
[11:11] Speaker 3: have done. And I also had Pitbull, so that seems realistic.
[11:15] Speaker 1: No, you got two there, well done.
[11:16] Speaker 3: The one that should have been there was me.
[11:18] Speaker 2: Pitbull.
[11:20] Speaker 3: Good bit of Pitbull? Yes.
[11:22] Speaker 1: You had seven chances to get one.
[11:24] Speaker 5: I only wrote five answers. It wasn't meant to be.
[11:28] Speaker 1: Final question.
[11:28] Speaker 2: Neil Old Messi's Inter-Miami won the MLS Cup. Which of
[11:33] Speaker 2: his former Barcelona teammates is the club's manager? Come on.
[11:37] Speaker 5: I think I know this one.
[11:38] Speaker 3: Please. His manager.
[11:47] Speaker 4: Yes.
[11:47] Speaker 2: Manager. I'd be surprised if you don't get this, actually.
[11:51] Speaker 4: I don't know anything.
[11:52] Speaker 5: Is it? No, it's not. I'm sure he isn't.
[11:58] Speaker 2: Former teammates at Barcelona is now manager.
[12:01] Speaker 5: I've got it.
[12:03] Speaker 2: Inter Miami, who just won the MLS Cup as well.
[12:05] Speaker 1: Congratulations.
[12:06] Speaker 4: Come on, Jon.
[12:07] Speaker 2: Bring it home.
[12:08] Speaker 5: Is it Javier Mascherano?
[12:09] Speaker 2: Yes!
[12:12] Speaker 5: All right.
[12:13] Speaker 1: Who have you gone for?
[12:14] Speaker 3: Carlos Puyol?
[12:15] Speaker 4: I don't know.
[12:16] Speaker 2: I'm really surprised by that. I thought you'd get that.
[12:19] Speaker 5: Jon's ball knowledge is really poor.
[12:21] Speaker 6: When's the round on pressing shapes from this season?
[12:25] Speaker 2: Let's round up the scores. JJ's currently on 11 points. Jon,
[12:28] Speaker 2: 7 points.
[12:30] Speaker 1: Joe Devine.
[12:32] Speaker 2: I'm sure you've actually got two, not one, two.
[12:34] Speaker 8: That's not bad.
[12:35] Speaker 5: That's not bad. That's not bad.
[12:36] Speaker 1: It's not bad.
[12:37] Speaker 2: Let's move on to the next one then. Managers for
[12:40] Speaker 2: round four. How many Premier League matches did Ange Posakoglu
[12:44] Speaker 2: win with Spurs and Forrest in 2025?
[12:50] Speaker 5: It can't be that many. Can I ask for a clue?
[12:53] Speaker 1: It's not many and it's a number.
[12:55] Speaker 5: Thanks for the clarification.
[12:57] Speaker 4: Can I change mine?
[13:00] Speaker 5: Oh, that's too many. No. Okay.
[13:04] Speaker 4: JJ?
[13:06] Speaker 3: That was a little number three.
[13:08] Speaker 5: It's close, but it's not the one.
[13:11] Speaker 3: Eight.
[13:12] Speaker 5: Bit too far out. I wrote eight and then I
[13:15] Speaker 5: scribbled it out and wrote five. It's close, but it's
[13:17] Speaker 5: not the one.
[13:18] Speaker 1: It's actually four.
[13:19] Speaker 5: That's pretty, they're closest though. I get a point for
[13:21] Speaker 5: being close.
[13:22] Speaker 1: But then he said three.
[13:23] Speaker 5: Yeah, we get a point together and then let's give
[13:25] Speaker 5: them a point. They got close.
[13:28] Speaker 6: Really?
[13:29] Speaker 2: Oh, spoilsport.
[13:30] Speaker 1: It's Christmas, Grinch.
[13:32] Speaker 2: What was Keith Andrews' role at Brentford before he took
[13:34] Speaker 2: over as manager of the club in June?
[13:37] Speaker 5: This seems too simple for the answer, I believe it
[13:40] Speaker 5: to be. Well, if you don't get it then.
[13:41] Speaker 3: The answer is not sausage.
[13:43] Speaker 4: As in sausage roll.
[13:47] Speaker 2: This is where John McKenzie comes into his own.
[13:51] Speaker 1: I'm sure. Off you go.
[13:54] Speaker 4: Set piece, coach.
[13:55] Speaker 1: You are spot on. You are spot on, Joe Divine.
[13:57] Speaker 7: Now, this is in no way meant to denigrate Keith Andrews,
[14:00] Speaker 7: who I know is a terrific manager.
[14:02] Speaker 5: I wasn't sure.
[14:03] Speaker 7: I would have written assistant manager, but it was a
[14:05] Speaker 7: question that made me think it wasn't. So, to be safe,
[14:08] Speaker 7: I wrote lollipop person.
[14:11] Speaker 5: But it's not true. I know that now.
[14:13] Speaker 1: Keith, come sort him out, man. No disrespect intended, Keith.
[14:16] Speaker 1: You're doing a fine job.
[14:18] Speaker 4: Good.
[14:18] Speaker 3: You can subscribe to The Athletic for £ 9. 99.
[14:21] Speaker 1: Which of these managers.
[14:24] Speaker 2: Has not taken charge of a Premier League game in 2025.
[14:31] Speaker 5: Simon Rusk.
[14:33] Speaker 3: Who the f * * * is that?
[14:35] Speaker 2: I don't know.
[14:36] Speaker 3: Gary O'Neill.
[14:37] Speaker 1: Ruud van Nistelrooy. Hulen Lopetegui. JJ's still going?
[14:43] Speaker 4: Fine.
[14:44] Speaker 5: I don't know.
[14:44] Speaker 3: I've gone for Gary O'Neill.
[14:46] Speaker 4: I've gone for Gary O'Neill.
[14:48] Speaker 5: I too have gone for Gary O'Neill.
[14:49] Speaker 3: No!
[14:49] Speaker 1: Clean sweep! We've done it!
[14:54] Speaker 3: Who is Simon Rusk, though?
[14:55] Speaker 4: He's the assistant coach of Southampton.
[14:57] Speaker 3: Really?
[14:58] Speaker 4: He took over when Russell Martin.
[15:00] Speaker 7: I used game logic to work it out. I thought
[15:03] Speaker 7: Simon Rusk must be a real person because I don't.
[15:04] Speaker 5: Know who he is. So it's presumably this one.
[15:06] Speaker 4: I don't get points for that, though, do I?
[15:08] Speaker 2: No.
[15:09] Speaker 4: Not in this quiz.
[15:09] Speaker 1: Not in our quiz, mate.
[15:11] Speaker 4: Not in this low-level quiz. Not in this Gary O'Neill.
[15:13] Speaker 1: Not if you can't get Javier Mascherano.
[15:15] Speaker 4: No, that's true.
[15:16] Speaker 1: Come on.
[15:16] Speaker 3: I think John should get a point, but sadly we
[15:18] Speaker 3: have to move on.
[15:20] Speaker 2: Which club did Simone Inzaghi leave Inter for in the
[15:23] Speaker 2: wake of their Champions League final defeat at PSG? Is
[15:26] Speaker 2: it A, Al-Ahli?
[15:28] Speaker 1: Is it B, Al-Itihad? Is it C, Al-Hilal? Or is
[15:32] Speaker 1: it D, Al-Nasir? Guarantee, you will get it wrong. Are
[15:41] Speaker 1: you ready, JJ? Show me.
[15:42] Speaker 5: Yeah.
[15:43] Speaker 3: Oh, Al-Halal, I think.
[15:45] Speaker 4: Also Al-Halal. Not looking good for you, is it?
[15:48] Speaker 5: I didn't get it right.
[15:50] Speaker 3: Well, I don't know that straight yet.
[15:52] Speaker 1: No, it is Al-Halal. It is, it is, it is.
[15:55] Speaker 3: Just the last question for the whole quiz.
[15:56] Speaker 2: This is the last question for the whole quiz. Why
[15:59] Speaker 2: would you do that? Which of these managers has so
[16:02] Speaker 2: far not won a Premier League Manager of.
[16:03] Speaker 1: The Month award in 2025?
[16:04] Speaker 5: Is it A.
[16:06] Speaker 1: David Moyes.
[16:08] Speaker 2: Is it B, Ruben Amorim? Is it C, Mikel Arteta?
[16:12] Speaker 1: Or is it D, Victor Pereira? Okay, gentlemen, what have
[16:17] Speaker 1: you got?
[16:18] Speaker 5: I've gone for Mikel Arteta because it seems like the
[16:20] Speaker 5: most correct answer.
[16:21] Speaker 4: Also, that's why I did that. I went for Big Mick.
[16:24] Speaker 1: Clean sweep again, gentlemen.
[16:26] Speaker 2: Well done. Joe Devine.
[16:28] Speaker 5: I'm proud.
[16:29] Speaker 7: When you can work it out through the game logic,
[16:31] Speaker 7: I feel as though... Are you just looking at John's answer?
[16:33] Speaker 5: No, I swear to God. I thought this is what
[16:35] Speaker 5: would be the funniest answer. And it's this one.
[16:37] Speaker 1: So at the end of the quiz, the points are thus.
[16:39] Speaker 1: Four points to Joe Devine. 11 points to John McKenzie.
[16:45] Speaker 1: You did turn into a lad. And JJ Ball with
[16:49] Speaker 1: 15 points. Don't be so smarmy.
[16:54] Speaker 3: That's not smarmy. I just won.
[16:55] Speaker 5: No, it's not over.
[16:57] Speaker 2: There is still one more bonus question. And for this,
[17:01] Speaker 2: everyone has the opportunity to win because it's a two-parter
[17:04] Speaker 2: and each answer is worth 300 points.
[17:10] Speaker 1: Here's Sam Tai with a bonus question.
[17:12] Speaker 8: This is the Bonus Round, presented by Boyle Sports. Ten
[17:15] Speaker 8: years ago, Jamie Vardy broke the Premier League record by
[17:18] Speaker 8: scoring in 11 consecutive games. This helped Leicester City defy 5,000-1
[17:23] Speaker 8: odds and go on to win the title. Manager Claudio
[17:26] Speaker 8: Ranieri created an old-school, counter-attacking 4-4-2 set-up. They averaged the
[17:31] Speaker 8: fifth lowest possession and the fifth most long balls per game.
[17:35] Speaker 8: The plan was clear. feed Vardy's explosive pace and finishing skills.
[17:39] Speaker 8: N'Golo Kante would win possession, and Danny Drinkwater would play
[17:43] Speaker 8: through balls, releasing.
[17:44] Speaker 5: Vardy in behind the defence.
[17:46] Speaker 8: Sometimes he'd drift wide to receive the pass, then cut
[17:49] Speaker 8: inwards while Shinji Okazaki occupied the centre-backs. And Riyad Mahrez
[17:53] Speaker 8: was a star on the right, beating defenders and creating
[17:56] Speaker 8: chances for him. These simple but brilliant tactics helped Vardy
[17:59] Speaker 8: score 13 goals across 11 consecutive games.
[18:03] Speaker 5: My question to you is this.
[18:05] Speaker 8: Two players recorded three assists each to Vardy during this
[18:08] Speaker 8: record-breaking run.
[18:09] Speaker 5: Can you name them both?
[18:11] Speaker 2: Okay, gentlemen, 300 points at stake.
[18:16] Speaker 1: The answer to.
[18:17] Speaker 2: Be crowned.
[18:20] Speaker 1: The Christmas Quiz Champion! Joe Devine.
[18:25] Speaker 5: Okay. Now, I know I've only got four points coming
[18:28] Speaker 5: into this final round.
[18:28] Speaker 1: But you've got all to play for, my friend.
[18:30] Speaker 5: It's all to play for. And I remember football in 2016.
[18:33] Speaker 7: I'm not confident, that confident, but I know that these
[18:37] Speaker 7: people played for Leicester at the time.
[18:40] Speaker 5: So here's my answers, okay?
[18:41] Speaker 7: Okay.
[18:42] Speaker 5: Answer one is Mark Albrighton. Answer two is Richie DeLatt.
[18:49] Speaker 5: Could it be?
[18:50] Speaker 1: Funny you should say that.
[18:52] Speaker 3: No!
[18:53] Speaker 5: Was I right with either of them? No.
[18:56] Speaker 6: Well, I went with Albrighton as well. I also went
[18:59] Speaker 6: with Danny Simpson. Maybe Drinkwater if you ignore my crossed
[19:04] Speaker 6: out name.
[19:05] Speaker 2: You can't do that. You can't do that.
[19:07] Speaker 1: You can't do that. Which means.
[19:10] Speaker 3: I went with the ones I've circled here. I went
[19:12] Speaker 3: with Danny Drinkwater and Riyad Mahrez.
[19:15] Speaker 5: No, but one of those is right.
[19:17] Speaker 2: So 300 points to you, Danny Drinkwater.
[19:20] Speaker 1: You win the quiz.
[19:20] Speaker 4: Oh, my God.
[19:22] Speaker 5: Why did Samtai tell us the answers.
[19:24] Speaker 2: In the video?
[19:25] Speaker 7: I assume the answers must be not drink water or
[19:29] Speaker 7: read Mares because Samtai.
[19:31] Speaker 4: Samtai.
[19:32] Speaker 2: The other one was Leonardo Ojoa, but no one really
[19:35] Speaker 2: got that one.
[19:35] Speaker 3: He was the next one I was going to do.
[19:37] Speaker 3: But well done.
[19:38] Speaker 1: There is no prize, but I'm very happy for you.
[19:42] Speaker 4: I want a prize. If you like this video. Well done.
[19:44] Speaker 1: I'm very proud of you.
[19:45] Speaker 5: Can you keep filming for a minute?
[19:47] Speaker 2: He's still doing it though.
[19:54] Speaker 1: He's still going.
[19:56] Speaker 5: Make more wings, here we go.
[19:58] Speaker 3: Go on then.
[19:59] Speaker 1: That's not bad. Material choice. If you like this video,
[20:10] Speaker 1: please consider subscribing to the channel.
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