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Good Lord! Would you believe that he was the injury sub? I also couldn't find any player named Liberace or Dwight, but did consider naming Graeme or Gareth (Elton) John. "Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player."

From Demonwiki: After six seasons, Jackson walked out on Melbourne before the 1991 finals. Traded to Footscray for the Bulldogs' second pick in the 1991 Draft - which Melbourne used to select Phil Gilbert - Jackson didn't play a senior game at the Bulldogs after breaking his leg in a pre-season match against Richmond.

That would have been a cheeky answer. Some would say Evinrude.

Never mind the Isle of Man (from whence the Manx cat originated). If I was going for islands, it would be compulsory to include Sean Wight.

Timothy Reddan-A'Blew made the connection with the late Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, a founding member of The Grateful Dead, and went from there.

That would explain it. I delete old conversations/PMs after the teaser is done and dusted. The tribunal has agreed to award you the Bronze Medal on protest. You also take home your prize of bupkis.

??? Where did that post appear? Not in this thread that I can see and it didn't appear in my PMs.

Geddy is probably better known to most people as a bass player, but also plays keyboards for Rush.

Should "of" ????????????? I do love me some 'Green Onions'; it's a fine track.

In the absence of any lingering interest in today's brainteaser, I shall now reveal the link is that the players in my team all share their surname with a keyboard player. The purple highlighting of the words "key", "board" and "player" was the giveaway at the end. So onto the real names of said keyboardists: B: Mathew Fisher Ian Stewart Randy Newman H/B: Tony Banks Jools Holland Billy Preston C: Mark Kelly Alan Price Leon Russell H/F: Isaac Hayes Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Jerry Lee Lewis F: Manfred Mann Garth Hudson Carole King R: Geddy Lee Vince Clarke Booker T. Jones I/C: Nicky Hopkins Burton Cummings Michael McDonald Rick Wright Third prize of a virtual bronze medal and bupkis is awarded to WalkingCivilWar. I'll put up another teaser next Sunday if there is any interest. Thank you ball kids, thank you lines people and goodnight.

No PM received, sorry. You can post your answer here. It's all over bar the shouting.

Timothy Reddan-A'Blew has made a run to claim the silver medal. Bronze still up for grabs. Who wants it?

The answer is not related to professional darts or golf, nor indeed to any other sport. Some obvious clues are now seeded throughout this thread. Let's get it over with!

We can also discard the notion that they were journalists/commentators or poets. However, we have a winner! Congratulations to Lucifer's Hero whose persistence has paid off. Gold!

You don't like to see that. It'll be quite a while before they Bring-Back-Powell.

There is not a TV character connection nor does it relate to law enforcement officers. They don't share a name with basketballers. Ditto guitarists. A couple of posters are close to the answer, but there is still time for new players to get on board.

We can eliminate the surname being common to singers and also being Olympic participants (people with that surname may have attended as spectators, of course). Neither are they all 70s musicians.

Clue time it would appear. Today's teaser has nothing to do with football, but relates to a common factor based upon the players' surnames, as most have realised. The key is identifying what that factor is. Don't be misled by the Demons highlighted in green. That red (green) herring is merely a trap for new players.

The answer has nothing to do with religion or church leaders. Nor is there any connection between the players named and their siblings.

Glitch has been addressed - try it now, BBO. edit: He tried, but alas they are not all mathematicians.

Yes, it was a rather esoteric suggestion and not one that was expected. I only know them by their username, but I think it might have been Jarvis Walker.

The replies are flooding in. It must be a quiet day for many of us. Honourable mention to Lucifer's Hero for identifying them as sharing a surname with actors which, while probably true, is not the answer I am looking for. Other incorrect responses were that they are the names of islands and the names of fishing rods (!!).

I dunno about that, kemo sabe. He would be sitting on a fair bit of Silver.

As threatened, here's another brainteaser to help you while away a quiet Sunday afternoon. Like most of my other timewasters, your challenge is to identify what links the players in the team below. It's a very strong side of past and present champions plus a few good ordinary footballers as well. In contrast to today's MFC, the team boasts an abundance of talented tall forwards. You will observe that those who played for the mighty Demons are highlighted in green. All responses strictly to me in a PM, please. Updates will be posted irregularly. Any begging for clues will be ignored unless it's clear that none of you can work it out (unlikely). I've spared no expense this time around and can proudly announce that there are three entirely new prizes on offer. First: Diddly-squat Lucifer's Hero Second: 3/4 of 9/10 of SFA Timothy Reddan-A'Blew Third: Bupkis WalkingCivilWar * Why is it a Bonanza? Because it will give you something to Ponderova. (I'll just go back out the same door I came in , shall I?) B: Sam Fisher Tom Stewart Chris Newman H/B: Denis Banks Ben Holland Andy Preston C: Paul Kelly Barry Price Scott Russell H/F: Lenny Hayes Corey McKernan Jordan Lewis F: Hassa Mann Peter Hudson Max King R: Mark Lee Jack Clarke Nathan Jones I/C: Ted Hopkins Scott Cummings James McDonald Peter Wright.