[HPforGrownups] Quidditch timeline Flint?

[Susan Hall]

No: HPFGUIDX 19392

I've just written a legal article on HP in which I reached the conclusion
that the Quidditch cup final can't be in any other year than 1994.  This was
my reasoning :

The date of the murder of Voldermort's relatives, and the investigation of
Frank Bryce is described in GoF as "50 years before" the contemporary events
described in the remainder of the book.  FB has just returned from the war,
but because of his stiff leg it appears he was invalided out:   it is
probable that the war is still continuing.  He is 77 in the year of his
murder by Voldemort.  This year is probably 1994. There is no particular
reason why the Quidditch World Cup should take place in the same year as the
soccer World Cup except that it is a better joke if it does, but noticeably
(and very unusually)  England, Wales and Scotland failed to make it to the
finals of the soccer world cup in 1994 ( which is reflected in the
corresponding Quidditch fortunes of the three teams ; Goblet of Fire p59),
whereas both Ireland and Bulgaria, the Quidditch finalists, were also on
sparkling form in the World Cup tournament, with Hristo [Victor? anyone
speak Bulgarian out there?]  Stoitchkov of Bulgaria the joint highest goal
scorer in  the tournament.  Wild popular enthusiasm characterised the
success of the Irish team.  More evidence as to the date appears from
Chamber of Secrets, in which the 500th anniversary of Nearly Headless Nick's
death on 31 October 1492 is celebrated. Chamber of Secrets is definitely 2
years before Goblet of Fire.

Susan