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Football facts that don't sound true (but are)
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Hmmm. Not convinced by that one.guinnessaddick said:
NeinNorth Lower Neil said:
What?!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'
Surely it's just to mark out the ten yards from the penalty spot?0 -
Definitely Ten yards not Nine.guinnessaddick said:
NeinNorth Lower Neil said:
What?!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'
Surely it's just to mark out the ten yards from the penalty spot?8 -
Big William said:
They finished runner-up six seasons running from 1921-7, when only the champions went up. Talk about groundhog day!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.
Did that not happen to England also in the 1982 world cup.0 -
Whooosh!Penfolds Perm said:
Definitely Ten yards not Nine.guinnessaddick said:
NeinNorth Lower Neil said:
What?!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'
Surely it's just to mark out the ten yards from the penalty spot?1 -
Premiership winning keeper Kasper Schmeichel let in seven goals at The Valley in the 2007-8 season.3
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Cheers for clarifying that!!!SoundAsa£ said:
Whooosh!Penfolds Perm said:
Definitely Ten yards not Nine.guinnessaddick said:
NeinNorth Lower Neil said:
What?!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'
Surely it's just to mark out the ten yards from the penalty spot?0 -
Kings Park forerunners for Stirling Albion hosted Cheetah racing at their ground
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SheffieldRed said:
Kings Park forerunners for Stirling Albion hosted Cheetah racing at their ground
I played on Stirling Albion's old ground Annfield in the mid 80's..In the day it belonged to the council and you could hire the pitch, facilities, floodlights for £11 an hour. It had an artificial pitch. We used to play inter department games there.
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No. I think people would have noticed if England had finished as runners-up in the 1982 World Cup. Six times running.Chippycafc said:Big William said:
They finished runner-up six seasons running from 1921-7, when only the champions went up. Talk about groundhog day!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.
Did that not happen to England also in the 1982 world cup.7 -
Young Fish Costa Fortune3
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Isaak Hayik has set the world record by playing as a goalkeeper in a professional football match in Israel.
The record is the fact that Isaak is 74 years old ! This game took place yesterday and despite conceding 5 goals in a 5-1 defeat, he kept the score down with some good saves.
His 29 year old girlfriend said she wasn't surprised he lasted the full 90 minutes.
Must be something in the Oranges.0 -
"When quoting goes wrong..."Chippycafc said:Big William said:
They finished runner-up six seasons running from 1921-7, when only the champions went up. Talk about groundhog day!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.
Did that not happen to England also in the 1982 world cup.
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Bobby Charlton made his Manchester United debut at just 17, he scored two goals, fittingly against Charlton.
*this fact comes to you courtesy of Marcus Speller and The Football Ramble*1 -
Weston-Super-Mare have never been relegated
https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/apr/07/mare-of-season-weston-relegation
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If they swapped first names, they'd be Mark Modric and Luka Viduka. True story.North Lower Neil said:Mark Viduka and Luka Modric are cousins.20 -
Mark Noble has been West Ham's longest serving player for over 10 years. At the age of 21 he was their longest serving player.5
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Steve Walford has the hat trick of being selected for the worse XI for Spurs, Arsenal and West Ham, he only made sub for Norwich and West Brom his other club said no comment.0
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Juve have only won the European Cup/Champion's League twice.1
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Runners up more times than any other team I believe. 7 times if memory serves.North Lower Neil said:Juve have only won the European Cup/Champion's League twice.0 -
If Fabian Bartez swapped over the first initials of his name, he’d be called Babian Fartez.6
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But we are fourth in the list when you search for 7-6.ForeverAddickted said:
Bit rubbish that 4-4 doesnt take you to the right page!!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.0 -
Same with when you search 8-2 it comes up with Man Utd v Arsenal.AddicksAddict said:
But we are fourth in the list when you search for 7-6.ForeverAddickted said:
Bit rubbish that 4-4 doesnt take you to the right page!!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.
it also comes up with 6
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Barcelona have not made it past the 1/4's of the CL 4 out of the last five years.
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Messi has not scored an away goal in CL knockout stages since 2016 (Arsenal).0
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DisagreeRiviera said:Messi has not scored an away goal in CL since 2016 (Arsenal).
He scored twice at Spurs and once at PSV2 -
Ex-Manchester United player David Beckham and ex-Manchester United Manager David Moyes were team-mates.1
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stackitsteve said:Bobby Charlton made his Manchester United debut at just 17, he scored two goals, fittingly against Charlton.
*this fact comes to you courtesy of Marcus Speller and The Football Ramble*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUDNYNXGKEg
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Its been over 1 month since the last time there was a draw in the Premier League! (madness!)4
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How many seasons have they played in top flight since that last win though?stackitsteve said:
We are unbeaten away from home in premier league since 20074
