The Plaice to Know

Episode

17: No Such Thing As A Bassoon In A Football Stadium

2014-07-11 · 5 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. NorthumberlandOne-offUnited Kingdom

    There's a game in 1280 at Allgham in Northumberland where a player was killed as a result of running against an opposing player's dagger. Not my fault, he ran into my dagger.

    mentioned at 00:20:39 · See it on the map →

  2. Cayman IslandsOne-offCayman Islands

    Quite a lot more members, actually. It's got 17 more members than the UN. Most of these members are tiny little colonies like American Samoa, Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook…

    mentioned at 00:24:02 · See it on the map →

  3. Goodison ParkOne-offUnited Kingdom

    Their match was played in 1920 at Goodison Park in Liverpool and it drew a crowd of 53,000 people with another 10 to 15,000 reportedly turned away. The justification for the FA banning women from playing on any FA…

    mentioned at 00:28:27 · See it on the map →

  4. PrestonOne-offUnited Kingdom

    The biggest ladies team was the ladies team from Preston called Dick Kerr's. Their match was played in 1920 at Goodison Park in Liverpool and it drew a crowd of 53,000 people, with another 10 to 15,000 reportedly turned…

    mentioned at 00:28:27 · See it on the map →

  5. Northern CyprusOne-offCyprus

    There's a cup rather nicely called the Elf Cup, which took place in 2006 between Crimea, Greenland, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Northern Cyprus and Zanzibar. They hosted it and they won it.

    mentioned at 00:33:53 · See it on the map →

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