DO YOU KNOW THE ENGLISH CLUB STEPHANE HENCHOZ STARTED AND ENDED HIS CAREER WITH?

 Stéphane Henchoz who is from Switzerland started and finished his football club playing career in England at Blackburn Rovers. In June 1997, he turned down an opportunity to join Manchester United, instead signing for Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £3 million which he stayed until the end of the 1998/1999 season when Rovers were relegated.  

Henchoz remained a EPL player after being purchased for £3.5 million by Liverpool where he had his best spell in England. He rejoined Blackburn Rovers in 2006 after spells with Celtic FC and Wigan Athletic where he was released by Mark Hughes in May 19 2008 and he retired from active football in October 13, 2008. 

DO YOU KNOW WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT ARSENAL FC'S 2012/2013 SEASON DOMESTIC CUP RECORD?

 

Arsenal F.C.

It was the first time ever that this football club from North London was knocked-out of both domestic cup competitions by lower league teams.  

Arsene Wenger's Arsenal F.C. lost in the English League Cup now known as the Capital One Cup to English League 2 side Bradford City. They also lost in the English FA Cup to English Championship clubside Blackburn Rovers.

DO YOU KNOW THE SECOND AFRICAN PLAYER TO SCORE A CENTURY OF GOALS IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE?

The Yak

Nigeria's Yakubu Aiyegbeni aka The Yak is the first Nigerian player to score 100 goals in the prestigious English Premier League (EPL) since he started his sojourn with Portsmouth in 2003. He has scored EPL goals for Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton and Blackburn Rovers where he made it 101 goals which was against Wigan Athletic in the 2011/2012 season.

Yakubu became the second African striker to score a century of goals after Chelsea FC’s Didier Drogba who is Ivorian.

DO YOU KNOW THE TWO ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS THAT FIRST SCORED HAT-TRICKS FROM OPPOSING SIDES IN THE SAME MATCH?

Roque Santa Cruz of Blackburn

Marcus Bent of Wigan

On December 15, 2007, both Roque Santa Cruz of Blackburn Rovers and Marcus Bent of Wigan Athletic scored hat-tricks during Wigan Athletic's 5–3 home win over Blackburn Rovers. 

This was the first occasion in English Premier League (EPL) history that two players on opposing teams had scored hat-tricks during the same match.

DO YOU KNOW WHO HAS SCORED THE MOST GOALS IN ONE SEASON SINCE THE ADVENT OF THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE?



Cole means Goal while at Newcastle

 The joint record holders are Andy Cole and Alan Shearer, who both managed 34 in a season - Cole for Newcastle United in 1993-94 and Shearer in the colours of Blackburn Rovers the following year. Cole had marginally the better strike rate, as his goals came in 40 games to Shearer's 42. Since the English Premier League was reduced to 38 games, the best total is the 31 Cristiano Ronaldo mustered for Manchester United in 2007-08.



Alan Shearer the bomber for Blackburn Rovers