MrBearightside
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Can you name the 3 bears from snippets from their Wikipedia?
1) "He joined Rangers in January 1996 in an exchange deal for Russian striker Oleg Salenko from Turkish side Istanbulsor, but made just seven Scottish Premier Division appearances that season, failing to score. He managed five goals in 14 appearances the following season as Rangers matched Celtic's record of nine successive league title, but featured just once in the 1997–98 campaign before signing for Feyenoord."
Clue - Initals
Answer -
2) "On 20 December 2011, he scored his first goal for Espanyol while on loan in a Copa del Rey match which ended in a 4–2 victory against Celta Vigo. In February 2012 he scored a goal from outside the penalty area in a 3–3 draw away at Athletic Bilbao"
Clue - Initals
Answer -
*** Older Bear ***
3) "Born in Edinburgh, he played for junior side Edinburgh Ashton before signing as a professional for Rangers in October 1937. He made his debut on 20 August 1938 in a 2–2 draw in the League against Motherwell. After the war he established himself in the Rangers side and won four Scottish league championships with the club. He appeared in the first Scottish League Cup Final in April 1947, when Rangers beat Aberdeen 4–0.
In 1947 he received a 14-day ban for a "violent exchange" with Motherwell's Davie Mathie, then in 1953 he punched the Clyde striker Billy McPhail, which earned a 21-day ban. Later that year, he was sent off for retaliation in a match with Stirling Albion. The clubs met again, the following season, in a League Cup tie at Ibrox on 28 August 1954. Playing with a knee injury, he took exception to a bad foul and retaliated by headbutting a Stirling player.
The SFA convened a disciplinary hearing the following month, which lasted just four minutes, and he was suspended suspended for life. The England international Tom Finney, one of many well-known forwards he had encountered in his international career, described the ban as "a grave injustice". The SFA revoked their punishment three years later, but by then he was 37 and his playing career was over.
He was the last footballer in Britain to receive a life ban from the game for indiscipline, although the ban was later rescinded and he has since been inducted into both the Scottish Football Hall of Fame and the Rangers Hall of Fame where he played for 18 years (till 1954)"
Clue - Initals
Answer -
4) Can you name 3 players with the Initals RW?
Answer - here are 3:
5) Name team marked with XXX.
You will have to work out who the player is, then work out the club.
1978–1989 Sheffield Wednesday 347 (49)
1989 Rangers 9 (3)
1989–1994 XXX 114 (16)
1994–1996 Boston United 32 (5)
Clue - Initals of player
Clue - Name of player
Clue - Initals of team
Answer -
Head up Bears!
1) "He joined Rangers in January 1996 in an exchange deal for Russian striker Oleg Salenko from Turkish side Istanbulsor, but made just seven Scottish Premier Division appearances that season, failing to score. He managed five goals in 14 appearances the following season as Rangers matched Celtic's record of nine successive league title, but featured just once in the 1997–98 campaign before signing for Feyenoord."
Clue - Initals
PVV
Answer -
Peter Van Vossen
2) "On 20 December 2011, he scored his first goal for Espanyol while on loan in a Copa del Rey match which ended in a 4–2 victory against Celta Vigo. In February 2012 he scored a goal from outside the penalty area in a 3–3 draw away at Athletic Bilbao"
Clue - Initals
VW
Answer -
Vladamir Weiss
*** Older Bear ***
3) "Born in Edinburgh, he played for junior side Edinburgh Ashton before signing as a professional for Rangers in October 1937. He made his debut on 20 August 1938 in a 2–2 draw in the League against Motherwell. After the war he established himself in the Rangers side and won four Scottish league championships with the club. He appeared in the first Scottish League Cup Final in April 1947, when Rangers beat Aberdeen 4–0.
In 1947 he received a 14-day ban for a "violent exchange" with Motherwell's Davie Mathie, then in 1953 he punched the Clyde striker Billy McPhail, which earned a 21-day ban. Later that year, he was sent off for retaliation in a match with Stirling Albion. The clubs met again, the following season, in a League Cup tie at Ibrox on 28 August 1954. Playing with a knee injury, he took exception to a bad foul and retaliated by headbutting a Stirling player.
The SFA convened a disciplinary hearing the following month, which lasted just four minutes, and he was suspended suspended for life. The England international Tom Finney, one of many well-known forwards he had encountered in his international career, described the ban as "a grave injustice". The SFA revoked their punishment three years later, but by then he was 37 and his playing career was over.
He was the last footballer in Britain to receive a life ban from the game for indiscipline, although the ban was later rescinded and he has since been inducted into both the Scottish Football Hall of Fame and the Rangers Hall of Fame where he played for 18 years (till 1954)"
Clue - Initals
WW
Answer -
Willie Woodburn
4) Can you name 3 players with the Initals RW?
Answer - here are 3:
Rod Wallace
Ronald Watterus
Ray Wilkins
Ronald Watterus
Ray Wilkins
5) Name team marked with XXX.
You will have to work out who the player is, then work out the club.
1978–1989 Sheffield Wednesday 347 (49)
1989 Rangers 9 (3)
1989–1994 XXX 114 (16)
1994–1996 Boston United 32 (5)
Clue - Initals of player
MS
Clue - Name of player
Mel Sterland
Clue - Initals of team
LUFC
Answer -
Leeds
Head up Bears!
