World Cup Quiz: Golden Boot Winners

Summary

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The Rest Is Football – Episode Summary

Episode: World Cup Quiz: Golden Boot Winners

Hosts: Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards
Date: April 3, 2026

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Overview

This all-action, banter-packed episode features Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, and Micah Richards taking on a special quiz dedicated to World Cup Golden Boot winners. Before diving into the quiz, the trio unpacks England’s recent international performances and the news of Roberto De Zerbi’s managerial appointment at Spurs. The episode is characterized by strong opinions, knowledgeable laughs, and plenty of nostalgia and humor as the decades of football memories come to the forefront.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. England’s Recent Performances & Player Form

[01:30 – 05:00]

• Burnout and the Value of Rest:
  Alan Shearer suggests players might be better off taking two weeks’ holiday at this stage of the season, stating:

  “The only thing we learned were the players that didn’t play perhaps should have to… Trent, maybe Bellingham, maybe Kane.” (02:18)

• Fatigue and Performance:
  Micah describes nearly nodding off during the match, referencing how sluggish England looked:

  "As I was watching the game, I felt my eyes like going. And then I was like, this game is a bit…” (03:13)

• Creativity vs Defensive Errors:
  Discussion around Cole Palmer’s costly mistake:

  "Cole Palmer’s getting all the blame for the goal… you want him to be creative, but you also need someone to get back and protect.” (03:13)

• Harry Kane’s Importance:
  Shearer encapsulates England’s attacking struggles:

  “We desperately need Harry Kane in that team because we are blunt there without him.” (04:40)

• Player Form Going Into Tournaments:
  Considerations about the lack of rhythm for pivotal players (Foden, Palmer, Gordon, Rashford):

  "We need to get them in their best form come the World Cup.” (06:11)

• Gary’s Perspective:
  Lineker emphasizes not to read too much into these games:

  “These games mean absolutely nothing… It will have no bearing. Everything is different with the World Cup once it starts.” (06:18)

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2. De Zerbi’s Appointment at Spurs

[07:20 – 11:25]

• Immediate Reaction:
  Discussion on how Roberto De Zerbi’s high-achieving, but hot-headed style could fit:

  "He plays a certain way and it takes a little bit to adapt… his record with first games has not been very good." (07:29 – Lineker)

• Club Leadership Questioned:
  Micah raises the issue of who’s actually making the calls at Spurs since Daniel Levy’s departure:

  “Who are making those decisions?” (08:29)
  Lineker points out:
  “Who decides on the transfers and the amount that they spend is probably just the owners.” (09:58)

• Financial Reality:
  Gary argues that Spurs’ spending predicts their league position and bemoans their injury luck and unique pitch situation:

  “If you look at the overall spend of Spurs, it’s that of a club just outside the Champions League… They then have two seasons of incredibly bad luck with injuries.” (09:05)

• Risks for De Zerbi:
  Shearer posits:

  “It’s also a risk for De Zerbi... He will not want to manage in the Championship next season, will he?” (10:41)

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3. World Cup Golden Boot Winners Quiz

[12:58 – 36:22]

Format & Stakes

• First person to five correct answers wins.
• No one is allowed to name Gary Lineker as a correct answer (his Golden Boot days get plenty of mentions already).

Quiz Highlights & Memorable Moments

• Banter and Bluffs:
  The chemistry is electric, with constant teasing, second-guessing, and playful accusations of peeking at notes or fishing for clues.

  "Are you telling me it’s not or it is?" – Micah, nervously guessing Thomas Müller (18:25)

• Memorable Quotes:

  • On Kylian Mbappé:

    “He’s got a World Cup winners medal and a World Cup golden boot and he scored a hattrick in a World Cup final and lost. So that’s not bad.” (15:25, Lineker)

  • On Ronaldo Nazário:

    “Almost on one leg, won the Golden Boot. What a player. One of the absolute all time greats. What a guy as well.” (17:04, Lineker)

  • On Harry Kane’s reputation:

    “What a dickhead he is.” (17:20, Shearer – jokingly, immediately followed by protests and laughter)

• Contest Progress and Notable Answers:

  • Micah’s Courageous Guesses:
    • Thomas Müller (2010) (18:12)
    • Mario Kempes (1978) (30:13)
  • Alan’s Knowledge:
    • James Rodríguez (2014) (24:12)
    • Salvatore Schillaci (1990):

      “The celebration, the arms and in… Did you swim his name when he did it?” (27:07)

    • Paolo Rossi (1982) (32:38)

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4. Notable Quotes & Banter

• Micah’s Self-Deprecation:

  “78. I was minus ten. Come on.” (29:02)

• Gary on the Difficulty of the Quiz:

  “There are a few easy ones and then it might get a little bit trickier.” (13:42)

• Shearer’s Gloating:

  “If you get that right, you win. That's correct. So, Mr. Shearer... Paolo Rossi is the correct answer.” (32:38 – 32:40)

• Final Antics:
  As the fire alarm sounds in Micah’s hotel:

  “Is that because you’ve lost the quiz?”
  “Micah’s just opened his wallet, the alarm's going off.” (36:29, Lineker and Shearer, ribbing Micah)

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5. Recap: Complete List of Golden Boot Winners

[34:19 – 36:22]
Gary reads out the official Golden Boot winners from 1930 onward, including legends such as Guillermo Stábile, Just Fontaine, Gerd Müller, Eusebio, Ronaldo, Thomas Müller, Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappé, and others. Notable mention that Italy, once four-time World Cup winners, have failed to qualify for the last three finals, leaving the group to muse on footballing cycles and the lack of centre-forwards in today’s Italian game.

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:30] – England’s recent performances and squad fatigue
• [07:20] – De Zerbi’s appointment at Spurs and Spurs’ leadership questions
• [12:58] – Quiz begins: World Cup Golden Boot Winners
• [15:24] – Kylian Mbappé’s 2018 heroics
• [17:04] – The Ronaldo Nazário story
• [18:12] – Thomas Müller and the 2010 four-way tie
• [24:12] – James Rodríguez and his memorable World Cup
• [27:07] – Salvatore Schillaci celebration recalled
• [30:13] – Mario Kempes and Argentine football lore
• [32:38] – Paolo Rossi clinches the win for Shearer
• [34:19] – Gary reads full historical list of Golden Boot winners
• [36:29] – Fire alarm chaos as the episode wraps up

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Tone & Chemistry

The episode is lighthearted but packed with insight and deep football knowledge. The quiz format brings out the competitive and comedic personalities of all three hosts. Jokes and good-natured ribbing are constant, but underneath lies passionate, expert analysis of the game and its history.

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Takeaways

• England's World Cup hopes hinge on player fitness, especially star men like Kane.
• Spurs' turmoil continues, with open questions about leadership and squad-building, despite De Zerbi’s exciting appointment.
• The World Cup Golden Boot quiz is a riot of nostalgia, facts, and fun, revealing both the limits and depth of the presenters’ memory banks.
• Gary Lineker’s encyclopedic recall, Shearer’s competitive streak, and Micah’s comic timing make this a must-listen for football fans craving insight and entertainment.

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Who will lift the Golden Boot at the next World Cup? The hosts pitch their guesses and sign off—with Micah on the run from a fire alarm and everyone brimming for more football chat.

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Transcript

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Coming up on today's show. The topic is World Cup Golden Boot winners. You have to be a real great to score six goals in five games in the World Cup.

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The celebration, the arms and did you swim on when he did it?

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He's looking left, he's looking right. Keep an eye on that quiz master, William.

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I'm looking very closely.

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You're trying to throw me off. Guys, what's going on here?

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Eyes the quiz master. It's not for me to throw you off, ever.

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78. I was minus 10. Come on.

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Hello and welcome to the Rest is Football with Mike Richards, Alan Shearer and me, Gary Lineker. We're gonna do a quiz today because a lot of you have been asking for another quiz and we haven't had the chance because of the Champions League and FA cup and all sorts of things that have been going on. So we're gonna have a quiz today. Before that though, one or two things to talk about. We're doing doing this on Wednesday morning after England played last night. So a couple of words on that and then a few opinion on the deserbi appointment for spurs. So England 2. Two thrilling games over the last few days.

[E]

I came to the conclusion that at this time of the season you'd probably be better off giving the players two weeks off. Just saying, go and get yourselves away. Go and have a holiday and have a break. Because I guess the only thing we learned were the players that didn't play perhaps should have to, that is Trent, maybe Bellingham, maybe. Obviously, Kane. We spoke about this, didn't we, last week. We probably learned that some of the players that he tried were given a chance and didn't do so well. But I guess the big thing he learned was the players that didn't play had a huge, huge miss.

[C]

I suppose it's difficult to give them just two weeks off. The clubs might have something to say about that.

[E]

Or give them a week off holiday or 10 days or whatever, rather than call them up. Yeah.

[C]

Or take them away to Butlins or something like that. Have a bit of a. Something like that. It was a very. I mean, you said you nodded off

[B]

a little bit watching the game. I was ready for it. I traveled. I'm in Portugal now. I've come to Portugal. I thought I'd have a couple of days rest. I've been working like a madman for the last month or so. And as I was watching the game, I felt my eyes like going. And then I was like, this game is a bit. And Japan look good there, weren't they? They was moving the ball well down their right hand side, our left hand side. They look very creative on the goal and it annoys me because Anderson was outstanding from all the. And I've watched the game back and I thought Anderson played really well and I thought Mainoo did okay as well. But when they scored their goal, the whole point of having Foden and Palmer and Gor and whoever in them forward positions is to let them do what they need to do. Support from behind. So when they lost the ball in the middle of the pitch and Cole Palmer's getting all the blame, he's getting all the blame for the goal and. Right, because he's dawdling on the ball and that's okay, but we want him to be creative. But if you look at Anderson, who I said has been, who was the best player, his first thought was to go press against the best teams. You need to realize where you are. And then May knew, like you need to get back quicker. You know, that's the whole point in protecting what you have in front of you. And I just thought that was quite naive. But apart from that, the game, the game wasn't. Wasn't the best, was it?

[C]

No.

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You want your technical players to get on the ball and sometimes they're going to lose it. In the final third, there was still plenty of people back for him to recover and do better defensively. So. But I think the glare, the glaring thing for me and for everyone, I guess it doesn't take A genius to work out is we desperately need Harry Kane in that team because we are blunt with a there without him.

[C]

I think you can say that about every major nation that have got a star. I think they're vital. I mean, it's like Argentina without Messi or, you know, France without Mbappe and things like that. You've got to have your star men fit and. Well, hopefully it's nothing too serious.

[B]

Is that sort of contradicting what we were saying at the Euros, where we were saying Kane at times became a little bit of a problem?

[C]

I think Kane was not fit during the Euros. He wasn't moving anything like as well as he's moving now. I think he was. The rumor is that it was a. A back injury that he was struggling with, so.

[E]

Just didn't have a threat in the box, did we? Didn't have a threat in the box at all when balls were going in there. Had one or two, but you just need a presence in the box.

[B]

My big worry for England, and I know we're not going to spend too much time on it, is we've got Foden, who's not playing at Man City, we've got Cole Palmer, who's been struggling with an injury, so you can see he's not is best. Gordon's had a good season in the Champions League. Morgan Rogers has dropped off from early parts of the season, so all our creative player. Rashford's not playing week in, week out at Barcelona, although he might now because Athena's got an injury, hasn't he?

[C]

Yes, he has, yeah.

[B]

All the players we've talked about, we've got so much ability. We need to get them in their best form come the World Cup.

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I'll say something now, though. These games mean absolutely nothing. There's no jeopardy, there's nothing at stake. You're going through the motions. Motions a little bit. He's not your main team. It will have no bearing. And it will be the same with the two little friendlies. They play before the World cup, they have no bearing. Everything is different with the World cup once it starts, then you'll see teams and how they play and whether this. Whether there's a chance or not, and you need the players to come into form them. You don't really want them to come into their top form now you want it then. So there's a long way to go before the World Cup. I would read nothing into those games personally. Personally, all it was was a chance to see one or two players that. That might be on the periphery, will they sneak into the squad or not? I don't think it served any kind of purpose beyond that. So anyway, I'm sure there'll be more entertaining games one way or other in the World cup itself. Quick word on Deserbi before we do the quiz. And I mean a five year deal coming in at this stage of the season I think there's statistics that show, I mean deserve. He plays a certain way and it takes a little bit to adapt to that generally for teams. I think his record with the first few games that he's had at various clubs has not been very good. So. And also he's quite hot headed and I can see down the line possibly a running with the ownership there because all the, every manager seems to have had problems with that but he's clearly a top, really talented coach. So what do we make of that appointment?

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He was in a very, very strong bargaining position for himself. I mean he could basically write his own contract I guess. Yeah, he has, he's got a certain style of play that, that will attract spurs but as you say it might just take time to do that and that's the one thing they haven't got. He's got to get in there and got to get a shift out with them immediately in the first game, what is it? Not this weekend but next against Sunderland away. I mean it was a huge game for them. So at least he's going to have a few days getting all his players back from wherever they've been and having a week or so to work with

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them, you guys, before I move on just with. We talk about Spurs a lot, don't we? And I've always been admirer of spurs, the way that they do things, always played good football in the past and the way they run the club. But the big question was Daniel Levy was difficult to deal with but he's no longer there as we know. So who are making those decisions?

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Well that's, that's a very good point. So you know Daniel Levy was I think known to be a really good businessman and I think in terms of a business the club has been run very well. They've got an incredible ground, they've got one of the best training grounds in the country. But if you look at spurs realistically, and this is where the criticism perhaps comes in from Daniel Levy when he was there before and the ownership now. So you look at the overall spend of spurs, it's of that of a club just outside the Champions League, middle of the table and invariably clubs finish roughly Generally where their expenditure is. So if you spend so much you're at a mid table club. And spurs, they've not spent the money that Arsenal have spent, that City have spent, that Chelsea have spent the over the Manchester United have spent over the years. So you can't expect too much. So then given that fact that they should be somewhere probably from 6 to 12th, they then have two seasons of incredibly bad luck with, with injuries or if it's luck or you know, you have to look at the medical side of that. And also I sort of think. I don't know there's any truth in this at all but teams now with pitches where there's double pitches 1 below for American football that it's it that the soil doesn't grow as deep and you get a lot more injuries under those circumstances. Now I don't know whether that's scientifically proven or not, but there does seem to be something strange at Spurs. So given all those things, I think that you can see why spurs are struggling so badly. But who decides on the transfers and the amount that they spend is probably just the owners.

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They've got a new sporting director on a chief executive in there though, haven't they?

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So they have, they have as well.

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If the worst thing happens to spurs this season, this season because of decisions that they've made and the appointments that they've made, I guess it's a big. It's also a risk for De Serbi as well because I mean he will not want to manage in the championship next season, will he?

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Yeah, but the previous managers. The reason why I raised the question, it was the fact that they had a difficult decision with, with Levy, wasn't it? And they wanted to. Wanted more money in the transfer window. Then they wanted to make certain decision on place, all that sort of thing. But now they've got new guys in there with deserving. Maybe that's what spurs need to push him forward.

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Same owners though.

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But that's what I'm. So is it the owners who are making those decisions? That. That is. That is the question, isn't it?

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I'm not confident you don't know what it is today. Let's say I have to be quiz master on this because I would blitz you both on this, probably. So we're gonna have a quiz and obviously the World Cup's coming, so it's around the World cup and it's as simple as this. This is not just 10, because what we've got here are more than 10. But what I want is the first person to five wins. Right, first person to get five. And the topic is World Cup Golden Boot winners. And before you say anything, you cannot have me. Right, okay.

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Oh, come on.

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Because I've mentioned it every podcast that we've done since we started nearly three years ago.

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Barcelona.

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Oh, yeah, and that as well. So. So, right, so who wants to go first? I mean, obviously it's an advantage to go first.

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I'll go first, Mike.

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And very rarely wants to go first. Peters on this one because he only knows one. So you could first person name five. Obviously been a lot of World Cups over the history and I think there are a few easy ones and then it might get a little bit trickier. So, Micah, you've decided you're going first. Go for it. Yeah, I need the year, obviously as well. I don't. I'm joking. I am joking.

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That's a good shout, that one, Micah. Good show.

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That's all I remember. I just started to remember it.

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That was a home winning golden boot winner. 2006 when the world cup was in Germany. Top scorer of all time in World Cups. Remarkably incredible record that he's got. Over to you, Alan Shearer. Mbappe killing Mbappe. You've gone for the most recent one and that is indeed a correct answer. Yeah, Alan, eight goals as well, which was the highest since 1970. First person to get eight since then. Actually, there's one other player that got eight as well in that period of time. So that is the correct answer. The Great Killing Mbappe. Can we call him great? Yeah, I would say so, yeah.

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He's great. He's great.

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I again think he doesn't quite get the credit he deserves, Mbappe, for some reason. I mean, he's got a World cup winners medal and a World cup golden boot and he scored a hatrick in a World cup final and lost. So that's not bad. Right, that's 1 1. Back to you, Micah.

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R9 must have. He must have.

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He is the other player that scored eight goals. And that, of course, was Korea. Japan. South Korea. Japan in 20, too.

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Before you go on, guys, can you keep an eye on Al's. He's looking left, he's looking right. I don't, I, I. Keep an eye on that quiz master, will you?

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I'm looking very closely. Maybe R9 just walked in his room. He's looking, checking him out.

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Harry Kane won a Golden Boot, didn't he?

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Yeah, he did, yeah, he did.

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He did, yeah.

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Harry Kane. Of course he did.

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That was my next one. I'm screwed. I'm screwed now.

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He won it in Russia 2018, didn't he? Six goals from, from games that he played in. So that's two. Two going back to Ronaldo there. I did his story with him. I went to Ibiza a few years ago where he's got a place and what a lovely guy. And also between the two World Cups, because, of course, if you remember in 1998, he had all the, the drama of the final, didn't he? And then he got injured so badly that he was out for three and a half years between those two World Cups and he was basically finished. And a physio eventually sorted him out and he got back playing again and almost on one leg, won the Golden Boot.

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What a player.

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Two goals in the final. One of the absolute all time. Great. What a guy as well. What a guy as well. And Harry Kane. Yeah, he's the only other Englishman to win a golden. What a.

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What a dickhead he is.

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Don't talk about Harry Kane like that.

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No. Why?

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You mean Harry Kane? I think if England are to do well in this forthcoming World cup, they'll need Harry Kane on top form and challenge him once again for golden boot only.

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Michael, I'm watching your eyes by the way. You're glancing down as well.

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I'm not. I'm Looking at. I'm looking at my. My charger because it's. It's. I've got the connection in for my earphones and my mic, and it's going down quickly. So I'm just keeping an eye on that. That's all I got. There we go.

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Okay, it's your turn.

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Right. I thought it might be fairly comfortable. Well, the next. After we get the next one, we. We'll have a little break. So. Over to you, Micah.

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I've got. I've got two in my mind, but I'm not sure I've got two in my mind. I'm gonna go with Thomas Muller.

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That's not bad. Shout Thomas Muller.

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It's not, is it?

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Are you telling me it's not or it is.

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I've got him one more, but I can't say the one more because I'll. I might nick it.

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So you're gonna go with Thomas Muller? That's what I'm saying. You sure? Okay. All right. Yeah, it's the correct answer. And I tell you what. Right here, now I'm gonna give half a point to either of you, and if you can name. But you've got to get me all three. There was four players tied when Thomas Muller won it, and he won it on an assist. If e can come up with all three names, and I suggest you don't shout them out until you've got all three of the other players that tied for him but didn't have as many assists. That was in South Africa, of course, in 2010. The.

[B]

South Africa, 2010. Who got to the.

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The.

[B]

So that was the final between Spain and Netherlands, wasn't it?

[C]

Correct.

[B]

So that's where Nigel De Jong.

[C]

Yeah,

[B]

Yeah, I remember that. I remember that game. So was it someone from both teams or not? Any clues on that?

[C]

Yeah, there was a player from both of those sides that were. Were in the top four.

[E]

I'm trying to think of an obscure one, but I don't think it was that. There's not those in those. In those teams. But I don't know whether I've got the right World cup or not.

[C]

2010, South Africa. Spain won in the final. The goal was scored by Iniesta. He's not one of them.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Assist from in the final.

[B]

Oh, I remember that goes over and he's. It's unbelievable. So I remember.

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Oh, the assist was from friend of the Pod. Cesk says Fabregas. Correct. Yeah, it's right. But that's not what I'm after. I'm after three Goal scorers names. Give me one, for crying out loud. Of the other the three was.

[E]

Am I thinking on the wrong lines here of center forward, dark winger. Via.

[C]

David Via was one of them.

[B]

Yes. A good shout that out. A good shout that is.

[C]

It's not easy this one, to be honest.

[B]

And there's another one. Is it a defender, midfielder or Netherlands?

[C]

Netherlands midfielder.

[B]

And it wasn't, was it Robin?

[C]

No.

[B]

It has to be Schneider then.

[C]

It was Schneider.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So neither of you are going to get all three.

[E]

So we got there in the end,

[C]

so you're not going to get any extra points. But just the other name. Uruguayan. Fallen Foreland. Correct. There you go.

[B]

I was getting. Because everyone was saying about he was a flop at Man United and then he goes up.

[C]

He was brilliant in the World Cups.

[B]

Unbelievable. I'm. I'm snookered out for World cup players now.

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Welcome back to the Resty Football Quiz special with Micah Richards and Alan Shearer. We're naming the World Cup Golden Boot winners. So far, it's, well, 100%. Micah's three for three, Allen's two for two. It's your go, Alan.

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The one I was thinking of, but then you confirmed it was a different World cup, so I'm just gonna. I think. I'm pretty sure he won a Golden Boot because I don't know whether it was on like four or five goals or something like that. And he might have had it on assists as well. Was it Rodriguez? James Rodriguez?

[B]

What a shout that is. Because that's what he had. He scored that unbelievable drive.

[C]

Do you remember Colombia? Yeah. Chest turn, volley.

[E]

I was going to turn around and say, no, it wasn't now, isn't it?

[C]

I mean, it's James Rodriguez, right? Not change. But I'm going to give you that anyway. Al33.

[B]

Boom.

[C]

No, he actually scored six goals in that. Six. Yeah.

[E]

Did he win it on. On an assist as well or something like that, was it?

[C]

No, he won it on his own. No, he was on his own. All clear. Five. Only played five games as well because I didn't progress that far. And you have to be a real great to score six goals in five games in a world. That's three. Three obviously gets a little trickier now. You've got all the top goal scorers from the last six World Cups, so you now need to go deeper into history and it may well get a little bit trickier.

[B]

I've got no chance now. I'm done. I'm done.

[C]

You'll go. You'll go. You must know if you.

[B]

All the points.

[E]

I might have one more. Now I'm only going back a few years, but I might have one more more, I think.

[C]

Come on, Micah.

[B]

Is there. Is there any clues, Any clues at this point, guys? Because you took my Diego Fallen. That was my little wild card.

[E]

Well, you didn't get it, though.

[B]

Oh, yeah. I was gonna say that next. That was my other one. I said I've got two. That was my other one.

[C]

I might tell you the country per winner.

[B]

Okay.

[E]

Oh, come on.

[B]

Come on.

[C]

Not yet. Once. You. You. Not yet. Yeah, down the line. If you're both struggling, I'll. I'm going to give you the country of a. Of a winner in a certain year, but not yet. Come on, Micah. Come on. There's a lot of history here. Oh.

[B]

Oh, okay. I'm going old, old, Old. Well, Pele's got to be in there.

[C]

You can go as old as you like.

[B]

Pele's in there, then. Definitely.

[C]

You going Pele?

[B]

He's not in the list, is he?

[C]

Are you going Pele?

[B]

Yeah, I'm going to go Pele. Since you said deep in history, Pele

[C]

is one of the greatest goal scorers in World cup history, but alas, never, ever won a golden boot, so. I'm sorry, Micah, that is. That is incorrect. Yeah. So he went close a few times, scored it, scored plenty of goals. I don't want to give too much away here, but. Yes. Over to you, Al.

[E]

So my wild guess is, if I remember rightly, the celebration, the arms and in. In would have been.

[C]

Did you swim his name when he did it?

[E]

Toro Scalachi, 1990.

[C]

It's correct.

[E]

Celebration.

[C]

Yeah. He was celebrating running away, like, doing that. I think it was like trying to do an Alan Shearer but couldn't. Quite. The lovely guy, Toto, sadly lost his life a year or two ago.

[B]

Condolences, RIP. However, I was only two when they said, come on, he's had more. More years to go back and remember stuff like that, you know? Oh, it's World Cups.

[E]

You just said Pele from whenever. What?

[B]

Yeah, it was a wild stab because he was one of the greatest to ever do it.

[C]

I was second in that World Cup, Mike. A joint second, just to remind you, in 1990.

[E]

How many did you get, guys?

[C]

Four, right? So you're four. Three ahead. Micah, come on. What?

[B]

I need a clue, guys.

[C]

I'll give you a year of the World Cup. Yeah. And the country.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Person that won it.

[B]

I could work with this.

[C]

Let's go. Argentina, 1978. And the winner was Argentinian.

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78.

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78.

[B]

Are we talking about one of the greatest to ever do it? You can't give me something more than. I'm just giving you two. Two big clues.

[E]

He had long hair.

[B]

It wasn't. Yeah, if it was Maradona, you would have. You would have already Said Maradona. So I know it's not Maradona. The other owner, Argentina, I know from back in them days. Was it Kempe or whatever his name is?

[C]

So we just. What did you just say, kempez? You going McKenz Mar.

[B]

You're trying to throw me off. Guys, what's going on here? I'm not, I'm not.

[C]

I'm. I quiz myself. It's not for me to throw you off ever.

[B]

78. I was minus 10. Come on. So, okay, can you me tell. Tell me, is it rather Maradona or Camp? Is it one of those two? Please.

[C]

I can't tell you exactly that. No, because it's not fair. Come on.

[B]

If it was Maradona, though, Al, would you have said. You would have said Maradona, wouldn't you?

[E]

I would have said him, yeah. I'm not giving you any clues. Definitely got long there.

[B]

See you playing that reverse psychology on me now. You see, the only two players I remember from that back in that well don't even remember is Kempe and Madadonna. Well, say one of them. I'm trying to get some movement out of Al's eyes here.

[E]

Whatever you say. I might say the opposite one. Now you're giving me the two of them. I might have plucked another one out of

[B]

Google. No, don't care. Go on. Don't care. Let me look at you.

[C]

Oh, my God. I can't believe it.

[B]

You've got it right.

[C]

Mario Kempes. Mario Campes.

[B]

That was extremely lucky that I did. They're the only two players I knew from that time.

[C]

I think he was from the same. Same village as Lionel Messi, I think. Rosario, the score is 4. 4. Yeah.

[E]

But I get next guess and if I get that, I win.

[C]

If you get that right, you win. That's correct. So, Mr. Shearer, just going over World cup winning teams.

[E]

Good morning, ch. Have we. Have we said the World cup that I played in 1998?

[C]

No, we haven't.

[B]

That's what I'm saying. It's ridiculous. He's older than me. He's played in more World Cups than me. It's not fair, this quiz.

[C]

How can you not know who scored the most goals in the World cup that you actually played? You know, I know.

[E]

That's terrible, isn't it? I'm just going through great center forwards at the time. Not though I've got. I've got a choice of two here. But I'm going way back as well. And I've got 1998 in the. In my in my mind. And I don't know which one to say.

[B]

Oh, my gosh, I've got one.

[C]

Oh, you better get this right there. Now Mike has got one.

[B]

I've got one. You stupid idiot. Mike.

[E]

Honestly, do I get a clue now if he got one?

[C]

I think that's only fair, to be honest.

[B]

Yeah, fair is fair. Very swag.

[C]

I can't give you 98 though, because it's. I'll give you. You.

[E]

I might have 98. I don't want to say it because if I. If it's wrong, then I'm going to give it to him.

[C]

I'll give you the World cup before Mario Ke's World Cup. So it's got to be the same sort of level. So It's West Germany, 1974. Polish, Polish. Polish. And I'll give you another clue. It's not. Not Robert Lewandowski is the only Pole to have won the World Cup. Golden boot things, though.

[B]

I'm so stupid. You know, I've got more. Honestly.

[C]

Well, yes. It's not that hard.

[B]

It's not when you actually think about it.

[E]

I need.

[C]

I need an answer from you, Al.

[E]

I. I'm gonna. I'm gonna. Just gonna chuck one out because, you know, when I said about the old. The old celebration, I think I remember another one as well. But by the way, Italian who forgetting his. I know his second name first. I think it is it.

[C]

Here we go.

[E]

Paulo Rossi.

[C]

Paolo Rossi is the correct answer. And Alan Sher is the winner of this particular quiz. What.

[E]

What year was that? 82.

[C]

Correct. In Spain. That World Cup. Yes. And another one sat. Sadly no longer.

[E]

98.

[C]

98. Davos Shoe Care. Tricky one. And if you want to know the Polish 1 in 74, Gregor's Lato wouldn't have got that.

[B]

The other ones, I come to Micah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I would have been top goal scorer. After all, he scored in. In Bayern and Eusebio.

[E]

Why didn't you say one of those?

[B]

Because I was. I was. I was floundering under pressure.

[C]

Yeah. I tell you what, before we say goodbye, well done, Alan. And you mentioned Paolo Rossi in Italy. I mean, who would have thought back then? They won that World cup, obviously, in 82. They've won four World Cups. They've now failed to qualify for three World Cups on the bounce. A country like Italy. What the hell is going on?

[E]

Well, they've got problems very much like lots of countries. I mean, we mentioned great goal scorer, us and Rossi and Scalachi. I said, didn't I? But when you look at Again center for the lack of center forwards in. In Italy now is so alarming. It's unbelievable.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, unbelievable. They won a Euro's in the middle of failing to qualify for all that.

[E]

But two of the center forwards last night for Italy were keen and was it Retegi plays out in Saudi Arabia?

[C]

Yeah, it's mad, isn't it?

[B]

But why do you think that is though? Because of one of euros in that time, haven't they, you know, on the Mancini, which is really strange.

[C]

Yeah. Bosnia Herzegovina, I mean, well done to them to qualify. The scenes were incredible. But I think it's a bit sad not having a World cup with Italy. And I'm going to give you all the list of winners because I know people at home playing this game will want to know all the. The Golden Boot winners. So you've got Guillermo Stabile for Argentina in Uruguay in 1930, even though I wasn't around for that one. Before you start, Italy, 1934. It was Oldrich Nejedley from Czechoslovak had. If you'd have got that, that would have been extraordinary. Leonidas from Brazil in France in 38. Then they had the break, obviously because of World War II. And Adamir also from Brazil with nine goals. In Switzerland in 54 it was Sandor Koshish, Hungarian in Sweden 1958. Just Fontaine with 13 goals. And actually they didn't have a golden boot back then. I didn't. A series of World cup shows years and years and years ago and we got them to get him a golden boot and I handed it to him and it was quite moving. Then we've got Chile 1962. That that was shared with four goals. Florian Albert, Valentin Evenoff and Razan Yerkovic or Jerkovich in England in 66. You said that, Mike. As you Sabo Gerd Muller in 70, Lato 74, Kempez 78. Ross 70, 82. Some big ear Pratt in 1986. Galachi 90 Stoichkov with Oleg Selenko shared it. Yeah. 1994, Dabo Suket 98, Ronaldo 2002, Closer 2006, Thomas Muller 2010, James Rodriguez 2014. Harry Kane and Kelly Mbappe. And who will it be this time? Time. Quick shout this time. Who's gonna get it?

[B]

Sorry, I don't know if you can hear, but there's an emergency fire lab going on here. He's been going off in. In Portuguese for the last two minutes.

[C]

Is that because you've lost the quiz?

[E]

Mike has just opened his wallet. The alarm's going off.

[C]

Okay, go on, get out of there. Micah, get out of there quick. That's it for this episode of the Rest is football from you. So it could be goodbye from Alan Shearer. Goodbye from me. Gary. Goodbye. Goodbye forever from Micah Richards. Are you all right? Mike? You're not on fire? Eh,

[B]

what the hell? There's no one on my floor. Go downstairs.

[E]

You better run.

[C]

Evacuate. He's evacuated. Micah's gone. Shout goodbye from me before you go.

[E]

Goodbye from me. Say goodbye from me.

[C]

Hey, Micah. It's nice knowing you.

[B]

Let's hope I'm still alive by the time I get back.

[E]

See you later.

[C]

Okay. We'll be back with our Monday episode. Well, Alan and me will not sure about Micah.

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