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Correct! Over to you....
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Correct! Over to you....
zagatoes30
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Who scored the first ever goal in the Premier League?
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Dion Dublin!
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Oh, hang on. I'm getting him confused with Brian Deane.
Brian Deane scored the first one, for Sheffield United against Man U.
Dion Dublin presents Homes Under the Hammer (watched it yesterday that why I was thinking of him).
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Another football one then.
Who was the first Icelandic footballer to play in the Premier League?
Who was the first Icelandic footballer to play in the Premier League?
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Bergssen or Gunnarsson as they are all called that or something similar
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I think Jónsson and Sigurðurson are probably the most common Icelandic 'surnames' for men.
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But did they play in the Premier League?
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Just to elaborate on this, as I found this really interesting when I read up about this a few days ago...
- Frank Stephenson's design career spans several of Europe's best known automotive companies and cars.
- He began at Ford's design studio in Cologne, Germany, where he penned some of the distinctive features of the Ford Escort RS Cosworth, in particular the large double rear spoiler.
- He later moved to BMW where he spent 11 years, and his redesign of the new Mini in 2001 led to the award-winning Mini Hatch, known generally as the Mini or Mini Cooper.
- In July 2002, Stephenson was appointed Director of Ferrari-Maserati Concept Design and Development. His work with Ferrari included the design of the Maserati MC12, Ferrari F430, and he oversaw Pininfarina's work on the Maserati Quattroporte, Maserati GranTurismo and Ferrari 612 Scaglietti.
- Stephenson left Fiat in April 2008 to become Design Director at McLaren Automotive, where he created a new design language and oversaw the design of the P1 and new range of McLarens.
I'm tempted to make it a life-goal to have owned each of the iconic cars he designed. Now just need to decide whether to go for an RS Cosworth next, or a F430....
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Quoting Icelandic names will probably get you the correct answer.
However, I want the players full name. (even if it is spelt incorrectly).
However, I want the players full name. (even if it is spelt incorrectly).
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I can think of several Gudjonsson's who have played in the Premier League, and there was a period from about 96 when Bolton Wanderers had a series of Icelandic players (Gunnlaugsson was another one)... However, I suspect the first ever Icelandic player would have been early than that in the League, so probably early to mid 90's. However, without randomly typing names with too many ss's and random consonants in the wrong place, I'd just be guessing!
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Aðalsteinn Sigurðarson ?
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Ãgúst Már Sigurðarson ?
Ãgúst Sigurðarson ?
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Andrés Leó Sigurðarson ?
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None of them!
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The only early one I know was Bolton's Guðni Bergsson in 95 or 96, must be pretty close to start of the Premier League
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I'll give you that. It was Gudni Bergsson. He was at Tottenham in 1992 when the premier league started. And played before the Notts Forest player (who's name escapes me) to be the first Icelandic player to play in the Premier league.