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Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:18 pm
by ClaretTony
74 seasons since football resumed after World War II but
1. How many players have played league football for Burnley in those 74 seasons?
2. How many players have scored league goals for Burnley in those 74 seasons?
Question 2 excludes own goals by opposition players.
Answer away and I'll post the correct answers at 2:45 p.m.
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:23 pm
by tiger76
Blimey that's a couple of posers CT.
A ball park stab in the dark.
Players 1700
Scorers 450
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:24 pm
by BFCmaj
Players 1701
Scorers 451
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:26 pm
by claretonthecoast1882
Players 636
Scorers 317
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:26 pm
by ClaretTony
It's only sad individuals like myself who keep lists
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:26 pm
by bfcmik
players -1375
scorers - 244
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:30 pm
by Gordaleman
On the basis that most players in years gone by, stayed with their respective clubs rather longer than they do now, and of course, we now have much bigger squads, I'll hazard a guess that the average stay over that time is about 3 to 4 years. That gives most of them the chance to score at least one goal.
Pure guess that is probably miles out, 380 players with 280 scoring a goal.
You can all laugh later, cause I really haven't a clue.
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:30 pm
by Vegas Claret
Players 879
Scorers 1 - Harry Kane has claimed them all
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:30 pm
by Tribesmen
Players = 1426
Scores = 302
Wild guesses i must say .
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:35 pm
by BigF
Players - 725
Scorers - 310
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:41 pm
by aclaretinstevenage
1. 574 players in total
2, 387 scorers.
Wild guesses of course.
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:54 pm
by Gordaleman
C'mon Tony, it's well past 2-45 pm.
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:58 pm
by HahaYeah
1= 950
2= 400
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:01 pm
by Zlatan
1037
785
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:10 pm
by ClaretTony
Gordaleman wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:54 pm
C'mon Tony, it's well past 2-45 pm.
Ooops - got stuck on a call re the television stuff for the Premier League but answers coming up in the next few minutes with the milestone players.
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:11 pm
by FactualFrank
74 seasons, I doubt 10+ new players came into the team every year, to make it 740+ players and play for the first team.
I'll go with 205 players
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:12 pm
by Pstotto
315 players
220 goalscorers.
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:15 pm
by RMutt
650 players 150 scorers
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:16 pm
by dandeclaret
920 players
550 goalscorers
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:18 pm
by blsclaret
752 players
527 scorers
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:18 pm
by ClaretTony
Number of players to have played is 565
The following players were the milestones
50: Eric Binns (15/11/1952)
100:Len Kinsella (20/11/1965)
150: Joe Jakub (24/4/1976)
200: Kevin Glendon (07/04/1984)
250: Ian Measham (12/11/1988)
300: Nathan Peel (02/10/1993)
350: Andy Payton (17/01/1998)
400: Mo Camara (09/08/2003) - one of four to debut that day (400-403) but done alphabetically
450: Mike Pollitt (13/01/2007)
500: Danny Ings (14/02/2012)
550: Jonathan Walters (12/08/2017)
565: Max Thompson (22/06/2020)
Number of players to have scored is 332
50: Ronnie Fenton (08/04/1961)
100: Phil Cavener (29/12/1979)
150: Brendan O'Connell (03/09/1988)
200: Paul Barnes (05/10/1996)
250: Richard Duffy (03/11/2004)
300: David Edgar (26/11/2011)
332: Ashley Westwood (10/03/2019)
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:18 pm
by BurningBeard
454 grams of players
102 ml of joooooose
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:20 pm
by ClaretTony
I think claretonthecoast1882 is the closest on the number to have played and Tribesmen on the goalscorers.
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:21 pm
by Gordaleman
I'd say aclaretinstevenage got closest. Well done.
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:21 pm
by FactualFrank
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:18 pm
Number of players to have played is
565
Clearly had to be under 740, but expected it to be less than that.
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:22 pm
by ClaretTony
Gordaleman wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:21 pm
I'd say aclaretinstevenage got closest. Well done.
Absolutely he did, missed that one.
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:27 pm
by aggi
I reckon an average playing squad of 22 with a 20% turnover and 70% scoring which would give:
1. 343 players in total
2. 240 scorers
EDIT, clearly I should have refreshed the page and looked at a clock.
Surprised it was so many, that's along the lines of a 25 man squad with a 30% turnover.
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:30 pm
by claretonthecoast1882
Do I win on the goals market then after being announced a winner then having the trophy taken away before I even lifted it
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:57 pm
by aclaretinstevenage
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:22 pm
Absolutely he did, missed that one.
Well there's a thing. I'll go and do the lottery now.
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:37 pm
by KateR
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:18 pm
Number of players to have played is
565
Number of players to have scored is
332
Please try to remember your overseas readers, I don't switch my computer on and have my first coffee until 1 pm your time and always do my emails first, so if at all possible for these in the future can you provide the answers a few hours later or even the next morning, Taffy is on the west coast and two hours behind me.
Just a request, that's all.
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 6:54 pm
by Tribesmen
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:20 pm
I think claretonthecoast1882 is the closest on the number to have played and Tribesmen on the goalscorers.
Whooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooo
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 7:07 pm
by Paul Waine
aggi wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:27 pm
I reckon an average playing squad of 22 with a 20% turnover and 70% scoring which would give:
1. 343 players in total
2. 240 scorers
EDIT, clearly I should have refreshed the page and looked at a clock.
Surprised it was so many, that's along the lines of a 25 man squad with a 30% turnover.
I was thinking of taking a "structured" approach, like you, aggi.
I wouldn't have had average squad as high as 22 from the earlier seasons. On the other hand, I'd have included a number of "handful" of games only players. For example, was there a player called John Murray who scored a few goals in the emergence of the "team of the 70s" (1968) and then moved to Blackpool a few weeks later. My average turnover figure would have been higher to take account of these "passing through" players, including those who didn't quite get established from the development squads.
UTC
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 7:16 pm
by Tribesmen
Hold my hand up as Bigf had 310 goal scores , hey it was good while it lasted .
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:15 pm
by Wile E Coyote
I trust Paul Stewart will be omitted from any list, what he did cannot be classified as "played football"
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:32 pm
by ClaretTony
Wile E Coyote wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:15 pm
I trust Paul Stewart will be omitted from any list, what he did cannot be classified as "played football"
Far, far worse than him on the list
Re: Let's see who gets closest with these two questions
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:57 pm
by CaptainKirk
That's almost as many as the number of threads started by Tiger76 in a good week!
Sorry about that, it's a slow week.