Attention: Please take a moment to consider our terms and conditions before posting.

Football facts that don't sound true (but are)

1…4647495152…93

Comments

  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    guinnessaddick said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    We had the joint top scorer in the FA Cup.



    Not true.
    It is to an extent... You get the Golden Boot at the World Cup or Euros for the goals you scored in the competition. 

    Not during the Qualifying rounds. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    Not sure how true this one is, and may have heard it wrong. 

    David Johnson is the only person to score in both legs of a Play-Off Semi-Final, which I think he did for Nottingham Forest.

    Well he was the only one

    As Brennan Johnson has just done exactly the same for Nottingham Forest - And happens to be David's son. 
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited May 2022
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Not sure how true this one is, and may have heard it wrong. 

    David Johnson is the only person to score in both legs of a Play-Off Semi-Final, which I think he did for Nottingham Forest.

    Well he was the only one

    As Brennan Johnson has just done exactly the same for Nottingham Forest - And happens to be David's son. 
    You slightly misheard - David Johnson is the only player to score for Forest in both legs of a play off semi final (ironically it was also against Sheffield United)  
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    ricky_otto said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Not sure how true this one is, and may have heard it wrong. 

    David Johnson is the only person to score in both legs of a Play-Off Semi-Final, which I think he did for Nottingham Forest.

    Well he was the only one

    As Brennan Johnson has just done exactly the same for Nottingham Forest - And happens to be David's son. 
    You slightly misheard - David Johnson is the only player to score for Forest in both legs of a play off semi final (ironically it was also against Sheffield United)  
    Cheers, I'm not surprised that I misheard. 

    Still a fun fact now though :) 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    Hadn't realised he was David Johnson's son - common surname I guess so didn't think much of it.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    North Lower Neil said:
    Hadn't realised he was David Johnson's son - common surname I guess so didn't think much of it.
    I hadn't either. I remember hoping Ipswich wouldn't go up so we could sign David Johnson. It was a good thing we didn't, he never made the step up to the Prem.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Going massively off topic but there was a story at the time that Charlton, Sunderland and Ipswich all got their second choices out of Mendonca, Philips and Johnson that summer.  I think all of them are quite happy they did.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,026
    Sunderland have won a play off final!
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    Arsenal only drew 3 games in the league all season.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    Despite all the feelings that City had blown the title at 2-0 down (including mine), Liverpool were not top at any stage yesterday.
  • Sponsored links:



  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    The last time Real Madrid lost in the Champions League Final was 41-years ago

    In 1981 they faced Liverpool... in Paris, and lost 1-0
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,883
    ForeverAddickted said:
    The last time Real Madrid lost in the Champions League Final was 41-years ago

    In 1981 they faced Liverpool... in Paris, and lost 1-0
    The fact that doesn't sound true but is, is that 1981 was now 41 years ago!!!!
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    Todds_right_hook said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    The last time Real Madrid lost in the Champions League Final was 41-years ago

    In 1981 they faced Liverpool... in Paris, and lost 1-0
    The fact that doesn't sound true but is, is that 1981 was now 41 years ago!!!!
    Yeah horrible given I was born two years later :(
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,883
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Todds_right_hook said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    The last time Real Madrid lost in the Champions League Final was 41-years ago

    In 1981 they faced Liverpool... in Paris, and lost 1-0
    The fact that doesn't sound true but is, is that 1981 was now 41 years ago!!!!
    Yeah horrible given I was born two years later :(
    3 years the other way 😞
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Don Carlo has won the "Cup with big ears" in the 80s, 90s, 00s 10s and 20s.
  • SouthLondonisRed
    SouthLondonisRed Posts: 569
    Liverpool have been in three finals this season and scored ZERO goals in all three.! 
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,149
    SouthLondonisRed said:
    Liverpool have been in three finals this season and scored ZERO goals in all three.! 
    330 mins plus injury time !!!
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    oohaahmortimer said:
    SouthLondonisRed said:
    Liverpool have been in three finals this season and scored ZERO goals in all three.! 
    330 mins plus injury time !!!

  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    The last team to beat Real Madrid in a European final was Aberdeen.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,790
    Pukki was the only Norwich player last season to score in more than one of their 38 PL games. I wonder how many times just one player has done that in a season?
  • Sponsored links:



  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    Addick Addict said:
    Pukki was the only Norwich player last season to score in more than one of their 38 PL games. I wonder how many times just one player has done that in a season?
    That's an absolutely crazy stat.  

    How you can you go through a season and manage that?!  
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,790
    North Lower Neil said:
    Addick Addict said:
    Pukki was the only Norwich player last season to score in more than one of their 38 PL games. I wonder how many times just one player has done that in a season?
    That's an absolutely crazy stat.  

    How you can you go through a season and manage that?!  
    It is quite unbelievable. Sargent was the only other player who scored more than once but his two goals came in the same game against Watford. Pukki scored 11, another eight players scored just once and there were two own goals making 23 goals in total.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    Since 1988 the Republic of Ireland have qualified for three World Cups and three Euros but they haven't included a single player from their domestic league in a squad for a major tournament.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    James Milner names Lee Bowyer as one of his boyhood idols .. must make ol Lee feel very old  :)
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
  • WelshAddick
    WelshAddick Posts: 1,321
    stackitsteve said:
    I don’t quite get this. It doesn’t make sense to me. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    edited June 2022
    WelshAddick said:
    stackitsteve said:
    I don’t quite get this. It doesn’t make sense to me. 
    Darwin and Sydney are state Capitals in Australia

    If Darwin Nunez plays for Liverpool, he'll be the first player for them with that sort of connection since Sydney Smith
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,855
    WelshAddick said:
    stackitsteve said:
    I don’t quite get this. It doesn’t make sense to me. 
    yeah everybody knows Darwin is in the Northern Territory which is not a state 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    edited June 2022
    MrOneLung said:
    WelshAddick said:
    stackitsteve said:
    I don’t quite get this. It doesn’t make sense to me. 
    yeah everybody knows Darwin is in the Northern Territory which is not a state 
    Darwin is the Capital of the region: Northern Territory

    Bit like how Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, yet not the United Kingdom
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,855
    ForeverAddickted said:
    MrOneLung said:
    WelshAddick said:
    stackitsteve said:
    I don’t quite get this. It doesn’t make sense to me. 
    yeah everybody knows Darwin is in the Northern Territory which is not a state 
    Darwin is the Capital of the region: Northern Territory

    Bit like how Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, yet not the United Kingdom
    But it says state capital and it is not a state. So he won’t be the first state capital since Sydney 

Categories

“Marketplace”