Friday, 18 October 2013

#TrapStats

Over the last few weeks, I've been asking questions on twitter and facebook based around appearance data for the Irish side under Trapattoni with the hashtag #TrapStats - here's the final list of questions and their answers

Who made the most assists for Trapattoni's side?  
McGeady, with 10

Five players marked their debuts under Trapattoni with a goal, name them and the opposition?
Simon Cox, Stephen Ward (both Northern Ireland), Robbie Brady, Alex Pearce (both Oman), Keith Andrews(Poland)

Robbie Keane is the top goalscorer under Trapattoni, but what players were the top scoring midfielder and defender? Note - there's two midfielders and two defenders with the same number of strikes, one of each is acceptable as an answer  
Dunne and St Ledger (3) Andrews and Fahey (3)

Trapattoni gave 37 players their first cap. Who were the youngest and oldest players to make their debut?
James McCarthy (19) David Forde (31)

Of the 37 debuts awarded, only 2 were in competitive games (ie qualifiers) Name the players & games?
Caleb Folan VS Cyprus, Anthony Pilkington VS Sweden

Throughout Trapattoni's reign, only one team beat his side in an away friendly, name the opposition? To clarify, the 2-0 loss to Brazil in London was designated as a "home" game for Ireland by FIFA
Spain, in New York

Only one player made his debut in an away game under Trapattoni. Name the player and the opposition? Again, the friendlies in London are designated as "home" games for Ireland on fifa.com
Paddy Madden VS Wales

Two debutants scored in the same game twice in Trapattoni's reign. When was the last time two debutants scored in the same game before Trapattoni's reign?
Joe Waters and Frank Stapleton VS Turkey in October 1976

What is this? http://t.co/jHuNXN2hOb
Graph of the FIFA ranking of the team at each game during Trapttoni's reign, but I'd accept just FIFA rankings

No assistance on this one http://t.co/lYdey8xmMx
Graph of the number of assists by each player, the big circle in the middle is McGeady

 GW6, RD5, KA5, RK3, JO3, PM3, SS3, SL2, DG2, SH2, JM2, SW2, KK1, DD1, MR1, KD1, SK1, DO1, KW1, WH1, LB1, CF1, CC1, SC1, PG1, KF1 Figure it out  
 Each player and the number of bookings they received

All these questions came from research I've been doing for an infographic on Trapattoni's reign. The final graph is here: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog
You can mouseover pretty much everything to kick off an animation containing more information, and the numbers in the "Overall Record" section can be clicked on. Enjoy, and share.
(it works best in Firefox and Chrome, and Internet Explorer 9 or greater)

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