Bear in Mind - Can you answer these 5 Rangers related questions? (Thursday 27th)

MrBearightside

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Can you name the 4 bears from snippets from their Wikipedia?


1) "In 1995, he secured a move to Fiorentina, becoming club captain and making 54 appearances. He won the Coppa Italia in 1996 and in 1997 the Florence side went on a remarkable run in Europe where they reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners Cup only to lose out to eventual champions Barcelona."


Clue - Initals
LA

Answer -
Lorenzo Amoruso






2) "His best Rangers moment was when he came on as a substitute and scored twice in the 3–1 victory over arch-rivals Celtic at Ibrox Stadium. It was the goals to make it 2–1 and 3–1, which he delivered. Rangers won the Premier Division titles in both 1995/96 and 1996/97"


Clue - Initals
EBA

Answer -
Eric Bo Anderson






3) "He joined Charlton Athletic in September 2015 following a successful trial, and signed a one-year contract in May 2016. He made his first team debut as a 62nd-minute substitute for Andrew Crofts in a 2–0 defeat to Crawley Town in an EFL Trophy group stage match at The Valley on 16 October 2016."

Clue - Initals
JA

Answer -
Joe Aribo





***Older Bear***

4) "At the end of the 1945–46 season he left Queen's Park for Rangers, where he played for ten years. During his time at Rangers he played on a part-time basis, while working as a teacher. Hewon five Scottish league championships, four Scottish Cupsand two Scottish League Cups with Rangers, including a domestic treble in 1948–49. He played in 296 first-team matches for Rangers, including 179 in succession. His status as a part-time player subsequently caused difficulty with the Rangers manager Bill Struth, who wanted him to leave teaching and play football full-time."


Clue - Initals
BB

Answer -
Bobby Brown





Name team marked with XXX.

You will have to work out who the player is, then work out the club.

5)
1976–1986 XXX 271 (16)
1986–1990 Rangers 127 (8)
1990–1992 Coventry City 6 (0)
1992–1993 Sunderland 38 (0)
1993 Clydebank 3 (0)


Clue - Initals of player
TB

Clue - Name of player
Terry Butcher

Clue - Initals of team
ITFC

Answer -
Ipswich



I look forward to your comments!

Enjoy your day Bears
 
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5/5 Needed initials for 1 and 4. Appreciated as always Mr B. Thank you
It’s so much more enjoyable doing these after a result like that. Cheers
 
Can you name the 4 bears from snippets from their Wikipedia?


1) "In 1995, he secured a move to Fiorentina, becoming club captain and making 54 appearances. He won the Coppa Italia in 1996 and in 1997 the Florence side went on a remarkable run in Europe where they reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners Cup only to lose out to eventual champions Barcelona."


Clue - Initals
LA

Answer -
Lorenzo Amoruso






2) "His best Rangers moment was when he came on as a substitute and scored twice in the 3–1 victory over arch-rivals Celtic at Ibrox Stadium. It was the goals to make it 2–1 and 3–1, which he delivered. Rangers won the Premier Division titles in both 1995/96 and 1996/97"


Clue - Initals
EBA

Answer -
Eric Bo Anderson






3) "He joined Charlton Athletic in September 2015 following a successful trial, and signed a one-year contract in May 2016. He made his first team debut as a 62nd-minute substitute for Andrew Crofts in a 2–0 defeat to Crawley Town in an EFL Trophy group stage match at The Valley on 16 October 2016."

Clue - Initals
JA

Answer -
Joe Aribo





***Older Bear***

4) "Park for Rangers, where he played for ten years. During his time at Rangers he played on a part-time basis, while working as a teacher. Hewon five Scottish league championships, four Scottish Cupsand two Scottish League Cups with Rangers, including a domestic treble in 1948–49. He played in 296 first-team matches for Rangers, including 179 in succession. His status as a part-time player subsequently caused difficulty with the Rangers manager Bill Struth, who wanted him to leave teaching and play football full-time."


Clue - Initals
BB

Answer -
Bobby Brown





Name team marked with XXX.

You will have to work out who the player is, then work out the club.

5)
1976–1986 XXX 271 (16)
1986–1990 Rangers 127 (8)
1990–1992 Coventry City 6 (0)
1992–1993 Sunderland 38 (0)
1993 Clydebank 3 (0)


Clue - Initals of player
TB

Clue - Name of player
Terry Butcher

Clue - Initals of team
ITFC

Answer -
Ipswich



I look forward to your comments!

Enjoy your day Bears
100% for me today.
That said, I wouldn’t have got the older bear had we not lost him recently.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks.
 
An easier day with us still in a haze following last night. Managed 100% but needed clue for older bear as I was tended towards Ian McCall.
Well done again Mr B
 
Needed initials
Without initials
Wrong
With initials
Brain freeze - needed initials for player then got club
 
Can you name the 4 bears from snippets from their Wikipedia?


1) "In 1995, he secured a move to Fiorentina, becoming club captain and making 54 appearances. He won the Coppa Italia in 1996 and in 1997 the Florence side went on a remarkable run in Europe where they reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners Cup only to lose out to eventual champions Barcelona."


Clue - Initals
LA

Answer -
Lorenzo Amoruso






2) "His best Rangers moment was when he came on as a substitute and scored twice in the 3–1 victory over arch-rivals Celtic at Ibrox Stadium. It was the goals to make it 2–1 and 3–1, which he delivered. Rangers won the Premier Division titles in both 1995/96 and 1996/97"


Clue - Initals
EBA

Answer -
Eric Bo Anderson






3) "He joined Charlton Athletic in September 2015 following a successful trial, and signed a one-year contract in May 2016. He made his first team debut as a 62nd-minute substitute for Andrew Crofts in a 2–0 defeat to Crawley Town in an EFL Trophy group stage match at The Valley on 16 October 2016."

Clue - Initals
JA

Answer -
Joe Aribo





***Older Bear***

4) "At the end of the 1945–46 season he left Queen's Park for Rangers, where he played for ten years. During his time at Rangers he played on a part-time basis, while working as a teacher. Hewon five Scottish league championships, four Scottish Cupsand two Scottish League Cups with Rangers, including a domestic treble in 1948–49. He played in 296 first-team matches for Rangers, including 179 in succession. His status as a part-time player subsequently caused difficulty with the Rangers manager Bill Struth, who wanted him to leave teaching and play football full-time."


Clue - Initals
BB

Answer -
Bobby Brown





Name team marked with XXX.

You will have to work out who the player is, then work out the club.

5)
1976–1986 XXX 271 (16)
1986–1990 Rangers 127 (8)
1990–1992 Coventry City 6 (0)
1992–1993 Sunderland 38 (0)
1993 Clydebank 3 (0)


Clue - Initals of player
TB

Clue - Name of player
Terry Butcher

Clue - Initals of team
ITFC

Answer -
Ipswich



I look forward to your comments!

Enjoy your day Bears
All right other than the Auld codger one
 
Got them all except no. 2. Needed initials for player but once I got them identified the team.
 
Best I have done so far, got them all without initials except older bear needed initials for that one.
 
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