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  • Ross
    Ross Posts: 4,409
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    The first side to go through an entire Serie A season unbeaten was Perugia in 1978-79..................but they still didn't win the league.

    I'm sure I've heard of something similar in the motor racing world, where a driver won the championship but didn't win a single race that season but was consistently 2nd-4th.
  • 5_12_2004at1752
    5_12_2004at1752 Posts: 102
    soapboxsam said:
    Robert Earnshaw has scored hat tricks in the Premier, champ, League 1, 2 both domestic cups and for Wales. His only one in the Premier League was against us

  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    Sanchez, whose contract runs to 2022, is paid** £412,000-a-week, effectively just for training, since he also gets paid £75,000 for each game he plays


    ** £391k pw + (allegedly) £1.1M annual payment


  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    paulie8290 said:
    Spurs are the only team to have won every game they’ve ever played in their own stadium.
    Crystal Palace have lost Premier League games at more grounds than any other team. 
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,148
    The team that holds the record for the highest number of goals scored in an FA cup final, is Bury.  
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    If you search Wikipedia for "9-11" or "11-9", you're redirected to the page on the September 11th attacks.  If you search for "7-7" it takes you to the page for the London Bombings.  Such are the iconic status of the numbers 9-11 and 7-7.  

    "7-1" takes you straight to the page for the 2014 World Cup match between Brazil and Germany. 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    In 1872, Wanderers FC won the FA Cup.  At the time, the holders of the Cup chose the date and venue of the Final the next season; and the rest of the teams competed for the honour of playing them.  Oxford University made it to the Final in 1873, so Wanderers chose to play them at Fulham on the day of the Boat Race.  Wanderers won. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,304
    Chizz said:
    If you search Wikipedia for "9-11" or "11-9", you're redirected to the page on the September 11th attacks.  If you search for "7-7" it takes you to the page for the London Bombings.  Such are the iconic status of the numbers 9-11 and 7-7.  

    "7-1" takes you straight to the page for the 2014 World Cup match between Brazil and Germany. 
    Bit rubbish that 4-4 doesnt take you to the right page!!
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    Chizz said:
    If you search Wikipedia for "9-11" or "11-9", you're redirected to the page on the September 11th attacks.  If you search for "7-7" it takes you to the page for the London Bombings.  Such are the iconic status of the numbers 9-11 and 7-7.  

    "7-1" takes you straight to the page for the 2014 World Cup match between Brazil and Germany. 
    Our game is very high up the 7-6 results!
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,595
    Ross said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    The first side to go through an entire Serie A season unbeaten was Perugia in 1978-79..................but they still didn't win the league.

    I'm sure I've heard of something similar in the motor racing world, where a driver won the championship but didn't win a single race that season but was consistently 2nd-4th.
    Keke Rosberg won the ‘82 title but only won 1 race all season.
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  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    DaveMehmet said:
    Ross said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    The first side to go through an entire Serie A season unbeaten was Perugia in 1978-79..................but they still didn't win the league.

    I'm sure I've heard of something similar in the motor racing world, where a driver won the championship but didn't win a single race that season but was consistently 2nd-4th.
    Keke Rosberg won the ‘82 title but only won 1 race all season.
    Was that when nobody won more than 2?

    not heard of a driver winning the championship without winning a race though.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,595
    stackitsteve said:
    DaveMehmet said:
    Ross said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    The first side to go through an entire Serie A season unbeaten was Perugia in 1978-79..................but they still didn't win the league.

    I'm sure I've heard of something similar in the motor racing world, where a driver won the championship but didn't win a single race that season but was consistently 2nd-4th.
    Keke Rosberg won the ‘82 title but only won 1 race all season.
    Was that when nobody won more than 2?

    not heard of a driver winning the championship without winning a race though.

    No, no-one's ever done it.
  • Gumbo
    Gumbo Posts: 957
    David Whelan broke this leg in the fa cup final and it has to be mentioned every time Wigan play in the FA cup on tv 
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    North Lower Neil said:
    No Barcelona player had ever been named La Liga Player of the Month until Neymar was in November 2015.
    It's been about since 2013
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
     Plymouth won the 3rd division as champions in 1930 to division 2. It was calculated at that time the players would have to travel 25000 miles in the course of the season.
    Areoplane travel was considered, but the authorities turned down their request as it was considered too dangerous.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,949
    Dazzler21 said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    No Barcelona player had ever been named La Liga Player of the Month until Neymar was in November 2015.
    It's been about since 2013
    Still a fact that doesn't sound true but is.
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    Argyle is in their name as the best players were from the Agyle and Sutherland Highlanders from the local barracks.
  • Ross
    Ross Posts: 4,409
    DaveMehmet said:
    stackitsteve said:
    DaveMehmet said:
    Ross said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    The first side to go through an entire Serie A season unbeaten was Perugia in 1978-79..................but they still didn't win the league.

    I'm sure I've heard of something similar in the motor racing world, where a driver won the championship but didn't win a single race that season but was consistently 2nd-4th.
    Keke Rosberg won the ‘82 title but only won 1 race all season.
    Was that when nobody won more than 2?

    not heard of a driver winning the championship without winning a race though.

    No, no-one's ever done it.
    It wasn’t F1, was a smaller championship.
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,839
    Redrobo said:
     Plymouth won the 3rd division as champions in 1930 to division 2. It was calculated at that time the players would have to travel 25000 miles in the course of the season.
    Areoplane travel was considered, but the authorities turned down their request as it was considered too dangerous.
    They finished runner-up six seasons running from 1921-7, when only the champions went up. Talk about groundhog day!
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,458
    New Zealand were the only unbeaten nation in the 2010 World Cup, despite not making it past the group stage.
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  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    The D on the edge on the box was originally introduced as a tribute to Kaiser Willem who was the first foreign dignitary to attend the FA cup final in 1901.

    The D stands for 'Deutschland' 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,949
    smudge7946 said:
    The D on the edge on the box was originally introduced as a tribute to Kaiser Willem who was the first foreign dignitary to attend the FA cup final in 1901.

    The D stands for 'Deutschland' 
    What?!

    Surely it's just to mark out the ten yards from the penalty spot?
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,615
    North Lower Neil said:
    smudge7946 said:
    The D on the edge on the box was originally introduced as a tribute to Kaiser Willem who was the first foreign dignitary to attend the FA cup final in 1901.

    The D stands for 'Deutschland' 
    What?!

    Surely it's just to mark out the ten yards from the penalty spot?
    Nein 
  • Danepak
    Danepak Posts: 1,628
    13 Nov 1985
    Soren Lerby played the first half of the World Cup qualifier in Dublin (Ireland v Denmark).
    Substituted at half time.
    Rushed to the airport and caught a plane to Germany, as Bayern Munich played away to Bochum in the German cup.
    Due to a traffic jam on the way from the airport, he had to run the last couple of miles to the ground and got there in time to get on the pitch for the start of the 2nd half. 
  • MillwallFan
    MillwallFan Posts: 3,347
    edited April 2019
    North Lower Neil said:
    The highest attendance for a match at Old Trafford was for Grimsby v Wolves.
    Man Uniteds record attendance was at.... Maine Road. 

    *Just seen this one was already done 
  • MillwallFan
    MillwallFan Posts: 3,347
    Alvin Martin once scored a hatrick against three different keepers for west ham v Newcastle 
  • MillwallFan
    MillwallFan Posts: 3,347
    Millwall FC once won Family club of the year. 
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Millwall FC are the only team to play in an FA Cup final and not have a shot, either on or off target. 
  • MillwallFan
    MillwallFan Posts: 3,347
    Riviera said:
    Millwall FC are the only team to play in an FA Cup final and not have a shot, either on or off target. 
    That’s probably true but how could it be proven? I mean, the FA Cup goes back a very long time, probably well before they statisticians noted how many shots on or off target a team had. 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,008
    Danepak said:
    13 Nov 1985
    Soren Lerby played the first half of the World Cup qualifier in Dublin (Ireland v Denmark).
    Substituted at half time.
    Rushed to the airport and caught a plane to Germany, as Bayern Munich played away to Bochum in the German cup.
    Due to a traffic jam on the way from the airport, he had to run the last couple of miles to the ground and got there in time to get on the pitch for the start of the 2nd half. 
    Amazed that Bayern wouldn't have enough other players to beat Bochum so had to insist he flew back for half a game.

    Then i also read that 2 years later Bayern insisted Mark Hughes do it too. He played for Wales in Prague in the afternoon, then flew to Germany to play the second half for Bayern in an evening match.

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