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A Parlour Game of Association Football

The Combination Game

Name a man who played beside the last, before the fuse burns out.

The Laws of the Game(tap to read)
  1. The first player may name any footballer whatsoever.
  2. Each player thereafter must name a footballer who has played beside the one just named, at a club other than the named man’s present club.
  3. No footballer may be named twice in one match.
  4. Each player answers before their own fuse burns out. When the bomb goes off, that player loses a life.
  5. The last player holding a life takes the match.

The Match Sheet

These fill the sheet below; any single player’s fuse or lives may then be adjusted by hand.

The
Referee
Engage the Referee. An archive of professional footballers and their club years, drawn from Wikidata. Type a name each round and the Referee checks the partnership. His findings are advisory: the table’s word is final.
The Referee is waiting to be engaged.

BOOM.