MrBearightside
Well-Known Member
A slight change to the numbers, every day I will post 3 bears and a bonus bear except on game days where I will post 5 bears and a bonus bear (rather than 5 bears and a bonus on a Friday). Today is game day... so...
Let's do this....
1) "He returned to Scotland for a third time following the expiration of his contract at Palace with Heart of Midlothian. In his first season with the club, he helped them win the Scottish Championship title, returning to the Scottish Premiership after one season as they achieved a third-place finish in the top division. "
Clue - Initals
Answer -
2) "He spent two seasons in the Scottish Premier League with Rangers, signing for £4.2 million. He netted 13 times in 45 official contests during his time with the club, winning the double on both occasions and adding the 1998 edition of the Scottish League Cup; on 15 May 1999 he scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 away routing of Motherwell, one of the goals coming through a penalty."
Clue - Initals
Answer -
3) "After a dispute over contract negotiations, he left Newcastle on 31 January 2005 to join Southampton on a five-month contract.
When Southampton were relegated to the Championship in 2005, his contract expired and was not renewed by the club.
After leaving Southampton, he signed a two-year deal with Rangers on 1 September 2005"
Clue - Initals
Answer -
4) "He got a 13-month ban for taking cocaine in 1993 and has a history of enjoying the high life. After his ban expired the striker joined Benfica and then Roma. "
Clue - Initals
Answer -
5) "He is a defender, and plays primarily as a right-back, but has had spells at left back and as a wingback during his career. He made his first team debut for Watford in May 2009 against Derby County, before playing in the majority of Watford's games in the 2009–10 season, during which he earned a three-year professional contract."
He has also played for Brentford, MK Don's, 3 Scottish clubs and currently plays for Gillingham"
Clue - Initals
Answer -
***Bonus Bear***
"He made his debut for Rangers on 6 November against Kilmarnock, scoring two goals in a 6–0 win. He missed the next two seasons doing his national service. After his return in December 1957, Scot Symon had become the manager and he formed an effective strike partnership with fellow Edinburgh native Jimmy Millar, and scored 14 goals in 28 games over the course of the second half of the season.
Having been joined on the left wing by Davie Wilson, his best season came in 1960–61, in which he played in all of Rangers' 34 league games, scoring 24 goals, and 44 in all competitions. These included five goals in Rangers' run to the final of the Cup Winners Cup, three of which were scored in an 8–0 victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach.
He played in four Scottish championship winning sides: 1958–59, 1960–61, 1962–63 and the Treblewinning side of 1963–64. He won four League Cup and three Scottish Cup winner's medals, the latter set achieved in consecutive years in which he was a scorer in every final (plus a goal in the Old Firm replay of 1963), the only player to have achieved that feat. He played in a total of seven finals for the club, scoring six goals and never finishing on the losing side. In his time at Rangers he played 317 times and scored 206 goals, and is the club's third top post-war scorer behind Ally McCoist and Derek Johnstone.
He played his last match for Rangers on 23 April 1965 when he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over Third Lanark in the final League game of the season. He was sold to Manchester City in August that year for £30,000. Two years later he moved to Sunderland before returning to Scottish football at Raith Rovers (managed by his friend Jimmy Millar). He retired in 1970, although he would come out of retirement to play a handful of matches for Hamilton Academical in 1971–72."
Clue - Initals
Answer -
Please leave a comment after completing the challenge, that way I can see what ones are too easy, too tricky and what era people are more familiar with.
Enjoy
COME ON RANGERS!!
Let's do this....
1) "He returned to Scotland for a third time following the expiration of his contract at Palace with Heart of Midlothian. In his first season with the club, he helped them win the Scottish Championship title, returning to the Scottish Premiership after one season as they achieved a third-place finish in the top division. "
Clue - Initals
NA
Answer -
Neil Alexander
2) "He spent two seasons in the Scottish Premier League with Rangers, signing for £4.2 million. He netted 13 times in 45 official contests during his time with the club, winning the double on both occasions and adding the 1998 edition of the Scottish League Cup; on 15 May 1999 he scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 away routing of Motherwell, one of the goals coming through a penalty."
Clue - Initals
GA
Answer -
Gabriel Amato
3) "After a dispute over contract negotiations, he left Newcastle on 31 January 2005 to join Southampton on a five-month contract.
When Southampton were relegated to the Championship in 2005, his contract expired and was not renewed by the club.
After leaving Southampton, he signed a two-year deal with Rangers on 1 September 2005"
Clue - Initals
OB
Answer -
Oliver Bernard
4) "He got a 13-month ban for taking cocaine in 1993 and has a history of enjoying the high life. After his ban expired the striker joined Benfica and then Roma. "
Clue - Initals
CC
Answer -
Claudio Caniggia
5) "He is a defender, and plays primarily as a right-back, but has had spells at left back and as a wingback during his career. He made his first team debut for Watford in May 2009 against Derby County, before playing in the majority of Watford's games in the 2009–10 season, during which he earned a three-year professional contract."
He has also played for Brentford, MK Don's, 3 Scottish clubs and currently plays for Gillingham"
Clue - Initals
LH
Answer -
Lee Hodson
***Bonus Bear***
"He made his debut for Rangers on 6 November against Kilmarnock, scoring two goals in a 6–0 win. He missed the next two seasons doing his national service. After his return in December 1957, Scot Symon had become the manager and he formed an effective strike partnership with fellow Edinburgh native Jimmy Millar, and scored 14 goals in 28 games over the course of the second half of the season.
Having been joined on the left wing by Davie Wilson, his best season came in 1960–61, in which he played in all of Rangers' 34 league games, scoring 24 goals, and 44 in all competitions. These included five goals in Rangers' run to the final of the Cup Winners Cup, three of which were scored in an 8–0 victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach.
He played in four Scottish championship winning sides: 1958–59, 1960–61, 1962–63 and the Treblewinning side of 1963–64. He won four League Cup and three Scottish Cup winner's medals, the latter set achieved in consecutive years in which he was a scorer in every final (plus a goal in the Old Firm replay of 1963), the only player to have achieved that feat. He played in a total of seven finals for the club, scoring six goals and never finishing on the losing side. In his time at Rangers he played 317 times and scored 206 goals, and is the club's third top post-war scorer behind Ally McCoist and Derek Johnstone.
He played his last match for Rangers on 23 April 1965 when he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over Third Lanark in the final League game of the season. He was sold to Manchester City in August that year for £30,000. Two years later he moved to Sunderland before returning to Scottish football at Raith Rovers (managed by his friend Jimmy Millar). He retired in 1970, although he would come out of retirement to play a handful of matches for Hamilton Academical in 1971–72."
Clue - Initals
RB
Answer -
Ralph Brand
Please leave a comment after completing the challenge, that way I can see what ones are too easy, too tricky and what era people are more familiar with.
Enjoy
COME ON RANGERS!!