Final round on Pointless.

[Postman Pat]

Post-war managers of:
Brighton & Hove Albion
Plymouth
Southampton

Jimmy Melia was a winner.

 

[Dave the OAP]

I guessed. Brady, hinshelwood and wood. All pointless.

Hahahhahahahhhhhaaaa.

To be fair I knew some of the Plymouth managers too.

I suppose to southern fans it was quite easy...if they would have said north east coast teams, I would have struggled.

 

[joeinbrighton]

Alan Mullery was also a Pointless answer I believe. I think Richard Osman said the only Brighton managers that would have scored any points at all were Sami Hyypia, Peter Taylor, Brian Clough, Gus Poyet, Mark McGhee and Chris Hughton.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Alan Mullery was also a Pointless answer I believe. I think Richard Osman said the only Brighton managers that would have scored any points at all were Sami Hyypia, Peter Taylor, Brian Clough, Gus Poyet, Mark McGhee and Chris Hughton.

....and Oscar

 

[Bry Nylon]

I think Richard Osman said the only Brighton managers that would have scored any points at all were Sami Hyypia, Peter Taylor, Brian Clough, Mark McGhee and Chris Hughton....

Oh, the bitter irony.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Albion question in the final of Pointless just now

The question for today's top prize was:

Name any post-war manager of Brighton & Hove Albion FC (other options were Plymouth and Southampton but who cares about them?).

The contestant- a Scouser- picked Jimmy Melia. And won the jackpot.

Somewhat surprised that the only man to take the Albion to a major final was so little-known, but I guess it was a long time ago. And perhaps we're all a bit biased. More surprising was that every single post war manager was a Pointless answer except Hughton, Poyet, Oscar Garcia and Hyypia. Edit: and McGhee, Clough and Taylor.

Hyypia scored three points, which, as pointed out on Twitter by Werner [MENTION=20961]beardsley[/MENTION]_NL (Dutch Seagulls) would be a real novelty

 

[joeinbrighton]

Oh, the bitter irony.

Hyypia was one of the winning couple's other answers. They were a couple from Liverpool and I guess he was a Red. Would have scored 3 points (one of the rare times Hyypia scored 3 points I know). I suppose as their sample won't have included any Brighton fans, people then will tend to recall the managers from the recent past, hence why Mullery and Melia were Pointless answers.

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

even Mullery ?

 

[BensGrandad]

The pointless ones surprised me as I thought most would have been a score My 3 best hopes and likely pointless were Archie McCauley Tommy Cook and George Curtis.

 

[Everest]

He may have picked Melia, but he also said we won the FA Cup with him

More Cup Final money missing than previously thought then.

 

[joeinbrighton]

I guessed. Brady, hinshelwood and wood. All pointless.

Hahahhahahahhhhhaaaa.

To be fair I knew some of the Plymouth managers too.

I suppose to southern fans it was quite easy...if they would have said north east coast teams, I would have struggled.

I went for Hinshelwood, Slade and Brady for the Brighton managers. I also had Ian Branfoot, Stuart Gray and Mark Wotte for the Southampton managers. I think all of them were Pointless too.

 

[Everest]

Most things to do with Southampton are pointless.

 

[Stat Brother]

I went for Hinshelwood, Slade and Brady for the Brighton managers. I also had Ian Branfoot, Stuart Gray and Mark Wotte for the Southampton managers. I think all of them were Pointless too.

Was Dave Merrington Pointless?

He would have been my banker from the other 2 teams.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Was Dave Merrington Pointless?

He would have been my banker from the other 2 teams.

I'd have gone for Ian Branfoot or Graeme Souness, I reckon.

 

[joeinbrighton]

Was Dave Merrington Pointless?

He would have been my banker from the other 2 teams.

Yes I think he was. Off the top of my head, the Southampton managers that scored points were McMenemy, Pochettino, Pardew, Hoddle, Adkins (I think), Redknapp, Koeman and Strachan. So even someone like Chris Nicholl who managed them for 7-8 years after McMenemy I think would also have been Pointless.

 

[glasfryn]

Alan Mullery was also a Pointless answer I believe. I think Richard Osman said the only Brighton managers that would have scored any points at all were Sami Hyypia, Peter Taylor, Brian Clough, Gus Poyet, Mark McGhee and Chris Hughton.

Sami Hyypia pointless
surely it was the team that were pointless?

 

[MattBackHome]

Has anyone made a Hyypia/Pointless/3 points joke yet?

 

[Brighthelmstone]

I went for Hinshelwood, Slade and Brady for the Brighton managers. I also had Ian Branfoot, Stuart Gray and Mark Wotte for the Southampton managers. I think all of them were Pointless too.

Exactly what i said for us. My wife, a Palace Fan, said Mullers!

 

[Ernest]

I went Jeff Wood, Chris Cattlin and Rustle SALDE

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

TBF that was a round that any of us would have aced. When the Scouse bloke said Jimmy Melia I knew he was on to a banker.