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Or if you can solve any of our sporting mysteries, get in touch and tell us.

1. If you know what happened to a racehorse called Gudmenarmist, who was around in the 1950's, we'd like to hear from you. We'd like to know all about him - anything from his form to his breeding to his trainer.

2. Whatever happened to the great mudlark Peaty Sandy? If you know, please drop us a line.

3. Why are local derby matches so-called? Send us your suggestions.

Ed Gilbert writes: I thought the reason for the name derby being given to a match between local rivals was due to the shrove tide football games that used to be played in Derby (and still are in Ashbourne in Derbyshire).

These games involved hundreds or even thousands of people per side and lasted about a day. They were banned due to violence. The shrove tide football games were between two local rivals.

4. If you know what happened to George Melas who played for Ipswich town in the 1970's, please drop us a line.

5. Mr J Holland asks why the Old Firm games in Scotland are so called. If you know, please get in touch.

Gordon Leith believes that Rangers and Celtic became known as the 'Old Firm' because of their domination of Scottish Football over the last 100 years. Aberdeen and Dundee Utd became known as the 'New Firm' during a short spell of domination around the early '80's.

6. Who, before Tim Henman, was the last English tennis player to win an ATP tour tournament.

Nick Vic informs us that Greg Rusedski was in fact the last British player to win an ATP Tour title when he won the Beijing Open in October 1996. Rusedski's previous victories in Newport in 1993 and Seoul in 1995 came as a Canadian citizen.

Jeremy Bates was the last British-born player to win an ATP Tour event when he defeated Joern Renzenbrink to win the Korea Open in Seoul in April 1994.

7. Frank Houghton in Vancouver, Canada asks In Rugby Union, three points are awarded for a drop goal. In what year were the points awarded reduced from four to three ?

A drop goal was reduced from four points to three in March 1948. And for your information, a try was worth three points and a conversion two, it was not until September 1971 that a try was moved up to four points and it was increased to the current day five points in April 1992.

8. What is the record for the least number of goals conceded in one season, not including any cup matches. Who holds the record and when was it. If you know get in touch.

Ronald Malone replies that the answer is Liverpool, who conceded only 17 goals in a season in the 1970s or 80s but he does not know exactly which one.

Duncan Potter believes Liverpool conceded just 16 goals in 1978-79, but that Preston North End let in only 15 goals in 1888-89 which, he points out, was the very first league season.

Graham Gladman thinks that the record is held by Arsenal who he says conceded only 16 league goals in their 1990-91 Championship season. The team only lost one match all season (against Chelsea) but ironically they did lose 6-2 at home in a Rumbelows Cup match.

Paul Jennings agrees with Duncan Potter and says that Liverpool conceded 16 goals but Preston conceded just 15 and also won the FA Cup without letting in a goal.

9. David Hughes asks if the penalty box D in soccer actually has an official name. If you know, please get in touch.

Donal Sammon says he thinks he saw the D referred to as the "penalty exclusion zone or area" in a referee's manual some time ago. Any more thoughts from anyone?

David Blake adds a diagram in the Laws of Association Football describes the D as a penalty arc. The word arc is also used in the text of Rule 1 - The Field of Play.

10. We had two rugby league inquiries, one asking why Wigan are nicknamed the Pie Eaters and the other requesting the names of the former clubs of London Broncos star Peter Gill.

With regards to Wigan being nicknamed the Pie Eaters...we have been informed by someone at the Wigan club that it goes back to the General Strike of the 1920s. Apparently the Wigan area, one of the centres of the coal-mining industry at the time, was one of the first to go back to work, so they had to eat humble pie - hence Pie Eaters. Coincidentally (or not), Wigan are famous for their pies.

And with respects to Peter Gill’s former club - our records show that he has played for Sydney St George and Gold Coast in Australia. We have also been informed that his first senior game was for Brothers in the Brisbane Winfield Cup where he played with current London Broncos executive Tony Rea.

Nick Vic says the answer is Buster Mottram who reached a ranking of No 15 in 1983.

12 Martin Kimchi always thought that the youngest player to score a hat-trick in the top division (i.e Premiership or the old Division One) was Alan Shearer, aged 17 for Southampton against Arsenal but he has been told that Trevor Francis was only 16 when he did it for Birmingham. Can anyone confirm the right answer?

Duncan Potter says it was not Trevor Francis, explaining that his hat-trick was scored in Division Two.

And Paul Jennings explains that Alan Shearer was 17 years 240 days when he scored his hat-trick against Arsenal breaking the record held by Jimmy Greaves who was 17 years 308 days when scoring for Chelsea against Portsmouth.

13 Homer asks if anybody knows what happened to Sica Dan, a very fast grey sprinter circa 1968/69? If you do, please e-mail us.

14 Peter Wilkinson asks if anyone has any information on jockey Ernest William "Willie" Warne? He says that Willie won the Ascot Gold Cup on Bird of Freedom in 1887 and was apprenticed to James Ryan at Newmarket and went on to ride at Baden Baden. If you have, please get in touch.

15. Ove Karlsson asks when and in what context was the term 'wild cards' first used in sports. If you know, please get in touch.

16. Rugby League kings Bradford Bulls clinched the Stones Super League title by winning their first 19 games. We have had an inquiry about what the record run is for undefeated league games IN ANY SPORT? Any suggestions?

Kevin Dent replies that Nottingham Forest once went 42 games unbeaten in the 1970's.

Barry Tallon adds that a Dublin soccer club Home Farm had a youth team, which contained current Irish international and Leeds full-back Gary Kelly, that went the best part of two seasons unbeaten.

17. George H Wheatley is looking for information on the I E Rangers Football Association formed in Derbyshire in 1889. Can anyone help?

18. Bob Barton wants to know which jockey uniquely rode the runners-up of the Epsom Derby and the Aintree Grand National in the same year. If you know please e-mail us.

19. Paul McKeown asks which successful post-war horse and winner of the 2000 Guineas was named after a Sir Arthur Conan Doyle character?

Helen Collins writes: The character was Brigadier Gerard who featured in the following Arthur Conan Doyle pieces: The Medal of Brigadier Gerard; The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard; the Adventures of Brigadier Gerard and the Marriage of the Brigadier.

20. Michael Murphy wants to know which present day racehorse trainer, at the suggestion of the Jockey Club, gave himself the middle name Waugh in order to avoid confusing the racing public.

Jocasta Fearn says the answer is Gordon Richards, the present national hunt trainer, to set him apart from Sir Gordon Richards, the great jockey.

21. Gina J of Devon wonders why Exeter City are known as the Grecians - and no jokes about grey hair please! She says she rang the club a few years back but no-one there could tell her. She says Exeter has a Roman name (Isca) but points out that has nothing to do with Grecians.

A source at the club has told us that Exeter has a strong Greek community - hence the Grecians.

22. Richard Saunders wants to know which non-League soccer team BBC commentator John Motson supports. Do you know?

James Castle says that John Motson started out as a reporter for the Barnet Times and has kept close links with the club ever since.

Holly Durrant thinks that Motson said recently on BBC2's Fantasy Football League that he supports Boston United.

23. How many times is Barnet chairman Stan Flashman supposed to have sacked former manager Barry Fry?

James Castle says: "Fry often remarked that he was sacked by Flashman on a regular basis, along with a number of players and back-room staff. He was officially sacked in November 1992 but reinstated a week or so later."

24. What is England goalkeeper David Seaman's middle name?

Steve Dickinson says that according to the official Arsenal Home Page, Seaman's middle name is Andrew.

25. Who scored the last goal of Graham Taylor's reign as England manager?

An answer has been suggested by James Castle who says: "Was it Ian Wright against San Marino?"

Paul Jennings agrees that it was Ian Wright, who got four in the match against San Marino in November 1993.

26. John Taylor wants to know who was the first player to be sent off in the Premiership this season.

Stephen Chaplin says the first player to be sent off this season was David Batty against Villa on August 23 - and we agree with him.

27. Garry B asks: Did Bobby Charlton or Stanley Matthews ever get booked during their long and illustrious careers?

28. Holly Durrant asks: What is the longest distance an English or Scottish League team would have to travel in order to play each other?

Martin Hedley-Smith replies that the farthest a Scottish League team would have to travel to play an English League team would be Inverness Thistle to Plymouth.

If you are only talking about matches between English League clubs would be the trip between Torquay and Darlington.

29. Edward Green wants to know whatever happened to the 1943 Epsom Derby winner?

Paul Jennings says that the 1943 Derby was won by Straight Deal owned by Dorothy Paget. Though he did not know what became of the horse, her victory meant that she owned winners of Derby and Grand National after the 1934 success of Golden Miller. By the way he reports the 1943 Derby was held at Newmarket not Epsom.

30. Adam Davis asks if anyone can help answer the following question: In how many sports are the participants barefoot? He has been told there are six but has only come up with four so far, namely swimming (including diving and other pool sports), gymnastics, combat sports (wrestling, martial arts etc) and beach volleyball.

Una Doyle suggests surfing as a possibility.

Iain Dods says water skiing would be another alternative.

31. Does anyone know how many times Hearts beat Hibs in the 22 derby matches between the two sides when they were unbeaten?

32. And a related question. Is it true that Hearts have the best derby record in Europe apart from Real Madrid?

33. Tess Sullivan says: "Which? Magazine is doing some research into the availability and prices of tickets for major sporting events and would like to hear of your experiences, both good and bad." Replies should be sent to Sullivant@which.co.uk

34. A Scottish cricket fan asks the following two questions: In which year did Scottish club Fruikie win the village cricket competition? And does anyone know the date of Scotland's first ever victory against any English county team?

James Barker thinks the team is actually spelt Freuchie and believes it was in 1985 they won the British village cricket trophy.

35. Does anyone know in which order the British men's 4x400m relay team ran in the Atlanta final in 1996?

Paul Jennings says the running order in the final was Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson and Roger Black.

36. Shielesh Damle would like to know if K N Slater, who played just one test for Australia against England in the 1958-1959 season and Derbyshire's Michael Slater are related to each other?

37. Willie Moore would like to know why the German football team wear green as their away strip? He says it has been suggested that the reason may be because Ireland was the first nation willing to play the Germans after the Second World War. Can anyone confirm this?

38. Keith Willoughby would like to know if two Welshmen have ever played together in the same England cricket team?

39. Derek Hawkes would like to find out more information about racing tipsters in the period between 1950 and 1953, particularly Prince Mono Lulu. Can anyone help?

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