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

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  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 31,485
    Since winning the Championship play-off final with Southampton back in 2024, Russell Martin has only won 3 of his last 28 league games across two years with three different clubs.

  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 43,858
    Myles Lewis-Skelly today became the first Englishman to start for Arsenal in each of their first four top flight games since Tony Adams did 40 years ago 
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,343
    Addick Addict said:
    Myles Lewis-Skelly today became the first Englishman to start for Arsenal in each of their first four top flight games since Tony Adams did 40 years ago 
    I think it was “as a teenager”
  • addickson
    addickson Posts: 925
    Last week, Ali Oman lined up against Diomande of Real Madrid, tomorrow he will line up for Dumbarton against Forfar
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 2,874
    Charlton scored a goal once.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 43,858
    edited October 3
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Anthony Gordon has 10 goals in 9 champions league games this season.

    In his last 54 Premier league games, he has 9 goals.
    Gordon has 10 goals or assists in his last 11 international matches. Think the phrase "streak player" was made for him. 

    Edit: Make that 11 in 11
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 2,874
    Addick Addict said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Anthony Gordon has 10 goals in 9 champions league games this season.

    In his last 54 Premier league games, he has 9 goals.
    Gordon has 10 goals or assists in his last 11 international matches. Think the phrase "streak player" was made for him. 

    Edit: Make that 11 in 11
    He strikes me as one of those players that play better for  England than their clubs.
    Like Darius Vassel, Danny Welbeck and Crouchie.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 24,345
    CaptainRobbo said:
    Addick Addict said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Anthony Gordon has 10 goals in 9 champions league games this season.

    In his last 54 Premier league games, he has 9 goals.
    Gordon has 10 goals or assists in his last 11 international matches. Think the phrase "streak player" was made for him. 

    Edit: Make that 11 in 11
    He strikes me as one of those players that play better for  England than their clubs.
    Like Darius Vassel, Danny Welbeck and Crouchie.
    He's started very well at Barcelona tbf.
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 2,874
    North Lower Neil said:
    CaptainRobbo said:
    Addick Addict said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Anthony Gordon has 10 goals in 9 champions league games this season.

    In his last 54 Premier league games, he has 9 goals.
    Gordon has 10 goals or assists in his last 11 international matches. Think the phrase "streak player" was made for him. 

    Edit: Make that 11 in 11
    He strikes me as one of those players that play better for  England than their clubs.
    Like Darius Vassel, Danny Welbeck and Crouchie.
    He's started very well at Barcelona tbf.
    I only follow the Championship 😉
  • addickson
    addickson Posts: 925
    addickson said:
    Last week, Ali Oman lined up against Diomande of Real Madrid, tomorrow he will line up for Dumbarton against Forfar
    Sorry for quoting myself but I got the above fact from pie 'n Bovril ( a Scottish football forum) and someone then raised if there had ever been a Dumbarton player who had previously played against Real Madrid players and turns out there has in 1931 and perhaps the coincidence thread would be more apt because he was my best pal's grandad

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  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 16,920
    guinnessaddick said:
    Katie Taylor, world champion boxer won 11 caps for the ROI women’s team scoring 6 goals.
    I think there’s Welsh woman player who was a boxer, or a boxer who was in the women’s team, one or the other.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 16,920
    addickson said:
    addickson said:
    Last week, Ali Oman lined up against Diomande of Real Madrid, tomorrow he will line up for Dumbarton against Forfar
    Sorry for quoting myself but I got the above fact from pie 'n Bovril ( a Scottish football forum) and someone then raised if there had ever been a Dumbarton player who had previously played against Real Madrid players and turns out there has in 1931 and perhaps the coincidence thread would be more apt because he was my best pal's grandad
    You’ve got a friend?
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 24,599
    edited October 4
    AddicksAddict said:
    guinnessaddick said:
    Katie Taylor, world champion boxer won 11 caps for the ROI women’s team scoring 6 goals.
    I think there’s Welsh woman player who was a boxer, or a boxer who was in the women’s team, one or the other.

    AA, the amazing Lauren Price had 52 caps for the Welsh women's football team, was a world champion kick boxer and won the middleweight boxing Gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
    You would think both Katie Taylor and Lauren Price would play football as Strikers !
  • Lewis Coaches
    Lewis Coaches Posts: 5,646
    A Charlton player scored the first ever goal in a European knock out cup game , whilst playing along side one of his Charlton colleagues.

    I know how can that be true, but true it is.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 8,829
    Lewis Coaches said:
    A Charlton player scored the first ever goal in a European knock out cup game , whilst playing along side one of his Charlton colleagues.

    I know how can that be true, but true it is.
    Ok. Cool.
    Wanna tell us who it was then? 🤪
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 38,008
    Lewis Coaches said:
    A Charlton player scored the first ever goal in a European knock out cup game , whilst playing along side one of his Charlton colleagues.

    I know how can that be true, but true it is.
    Well i'm confused.

    The first-ever European knockout club football match was played on 4 September 1955 between Sporting Lisbon and FK Partizan.

    Result: 3–3 

    First Goal: João Martins (Sporting CP, 14th minute)

  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 8,829
    Lewis Coaches said:
    A Charlton player scored the first ever goal in a European knock out cup game , whilst playing along side one of his Charlton colleagues.

    I know how can that be true, but true it is.
    It seems there isn’t any more detail on this then. 
    So should we just assume it’s bollocks?
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 24,345

  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 8,187
    Not fact checked…


  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 38,008
    Hector Bellerin created the same amount of big chances (4) in one game for Arsenal v Stoke in the 15/16 season as Florian Wirtz has created in 39 games for Liverpool.

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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 43,858
    edited October 18
    Ross County, who our former player, Richard Chin, plays for, have scored 102 goals so far this season. 
  • CharltonKerry
    CharltonKerry Posts: 3,123
    Addick Addict said:
    Ross County, who our former player, Richard Chin, plays for, have scored 102 goals so far this season. 
    And that fact coincidentally was stated on page 102.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 43,858
    CharltonKerry said:
    Addick Addict said:
    Ross County, who our former player, Richard Chin, plays for, have scored 102 goals so far this season. 
    And that fact coincidentally was stated on page 102.
    Very good spot!
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 7,664
    Harry Kane has scored 102 goals in just 100 Bundesliga appearances.
  • CharltonKerry
    CharltonKerry Posts: 3,123
    edited October 18
    SporadicAddick said:
    Harry Kane has scored 102 goals in just 100 Bundesliga appearances.
      And that fact coincidentally was stated on page 102.😀😀
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 7,664
    CharltonKerry said:
    SporadicAddick said:
    Harry Kane has scored 102 goals in just 100 Bundesliga appearances.
      And that fact coincidentally was stated on page 102.😀😀
    Just you wait until we get to page 103..



    (goes to internet and types in “ tell me something that has happened 103 times in football”)
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 7,664
    Crystal Palace and Brighton claim to have played 103 derby games, despite it not reaching the basic definition of a derby.
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 7,664
    Damn - premature…
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 28,253
    Addick Addict said:
    Ross County, who our former player, Richard Chin, plays for, have scored 102 goals so far this season. 
    That cannot be true 

    maybe this year? 
  • Dave Rudd
    Dave Rudd Posts: 3,130
    Lewis Coaches said:
    A Charlton player scored the first ever goal in a European knock out cup game , whilst playing along side one of his Charlton colleagues.

    I know how can that be true, but true it is.

    This will be the 1955 game in Switzerland where a London XI beat a Basel XI by 5-0.

    The first goal was scored by Eddie Firmani who lined up alongside Billy Kiernan.  Three of the goals were scored by Arsenal's Cliff Holton, who went on to play for us in the 1960s.

    London XI - Wikipedia

    And, no.  I wasn't there.

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