*The Did you Know thread*

[transam]

The indy 500 is the largest spectator sport

Ie people turning up to watch it

 

[EddieM]

Eddie doesn't know what he's talking about. Chelsea had over 100,000 fans in a friendly against Moscow Dynamo just after the war.

Looks pretty rammed to me.

 

[Bodd]

Chelsea Vs Moscow Dynomo

 

[Bodd]

Looks pretty rammed to me.

Id say so. My Dad was at the game vs Moscow

 

[EddieM]

Id say so. My Dad was at the game vs Moscow

I've only been on the tour of Stamford bridge, much to my disapproval middle son supports Chelsea.

 

[Bodd]

I've only been on the tour of Stamford bridge, much to my disapproval middle son supports Chelsea.

Who do you support

 

[EddieM]

Who do you support

The not so almighty toon army. (useless bunch of serial diappointers that they are)

 

[Bodd]

The not so almighty toon army. (useless bunch of serial diappointers that they are)

Im not that into it no more. are you from that way. Newcastle have the potential to be a very big club.

Does every from Newcastle support Newcastle?

 

[crystal ball]

Odsal Stadium Bradford The stadium's highest attendance was 102,569 in 1954 for the Warrington-Halifax Challenge Cup Final replay,

 

[transam]

A top fuel dragster will accelerate quicker than a jet fighter off of an air craft carrier with a steam catapoult

 

[EddieM]

Im not that into it no more. are you from that way. Newcastle have the potential to be a very big club.

Does every from Newcastle support Newcastle?

Be a very big club? Potentially yes, but it's been potentially for decades. Does everyone from Newcastle support Newcastle? Well not quite, think along the lines of Everton / Liverpool and it's similarish to Newcastle / Sunderland.

 

[EddieM]

A top fuel dragster will accelerate quicker than a jet fighter off of an air craft carrier with a steam catapoult

British invention the steam catapult. A reasonably high powered sports car will accelerate 0-60 quicker than a fighter jet (normal runway)

 

[Bodd]

Did you know

Ireland, Sri Lanka, Cyprus, Malta, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Use the same fused 3 pin plug that we have in the United Kingdom.

I also think
Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Yemen, Oman, Botswana, Ghana, Jordan, Macau, Brunei,Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Iraq, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
do as well but Im not sure.

 

[Tigercubrider]

Cleopatra was closer to the invention of the iPhone than to the building of the pyramids

 

[durhamplumber]

Does every from Newcastle support Newcastle?

I would think so Bodd.Certainly any Sunderland supporters keep v quiet!...Some "proper"" Geordies think I am from Sunderland because Durham/Sunderland accent is v similair...I kid you not,some Newcastle fans do not want me to mend their boiler if I have ever been to Sunderland!True.