Football Facts

by Yeezus Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:32 pm

Despite playing for the French national team, Lille Midfielder Rio Antonio Mavuba has no true nationality. Reason being, he was born at sea

A 2nd Division Romanian club sold midfielder Ion Radu to another Romanian 2nd Division club for 500kg of pork.

There are only two football teams in the Isles of Scilly – The Gunners and the Wanderers. They play each other every week in the league, the only break being when they meet in the Cup.

A Tanzanian soccer match was postponed in 1978 after the referee was arrested on the pitch and accused of smoking marijuana just before the kick-off.

In 1987, a Peruvian 1st division side was thrown out of the national cup competition at the semi-final stage when it was discovered that their first choice eleven was made up entirely of eels and sting-rays.

In 1975 an international match between Chile & Uruguay was abandoned after 19 players were sent off.

Ryan Giggs's real surname is Wilson and he's part African. His dad, Danny Wilson, is a half-Welsh, half-Sierra Leonean rugby professional who used to play for Wales. Giggs took his mother's maiden name when his parents split up.

Tottenham’s Allan Nielsen was the proudest man alive after the birth of his daughter. Then the baby poked him in the eye, forcing him to sit out the club’s next match on the sidelines!

The ironing board falls over. The Liverpool goalie dashes over to catch it. Michael Stensgaard was forced into temporary retirement with the resultant shoulder injury

In 17 years of pro football, Raul has never been sent off.

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by Yeezus Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:36 pm

Heskey world cup goals:

= Messi
= Kaka
>Rooney

by Yeezus Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:41 pm

Ronaldinho at 13 years of age, once scored all the goals in a 23 - 0 thrashing of another team.

A nike ad of Ronaldinho dribbling the ball in 2005 was the first youtube video to reach the 1,000,000 view mark.

by Die Borussen Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:54 pm

zidane has never been offside, not sure though

by pewpew Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:56 pm

Cronaldo has never forgotten hair gel in an official game.

by Onyx Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:28 pm

Raúl never sent off. :bow:

Mavuba no nationality. hmm

by Pedram Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:10 pm

Danny7 wrote:
In 1975 an international match between Chile & Uruguay was abandoned after 19 players were sent off.

by the xcx Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:35 pm

A Manchester City fan was banned in 1995 from bringing dead chickens into City's Maine Road ground. He used to celebrate City goals by swinging the birds around his head.

Stopping off en route to Iceland , the Albanian national team were thrown out of England in 1990 after going on a shopping spree at Heathrow. They had thought "duty free" meant help yourself.

Italian referee Marcello Donadini was taken to hospital in 1973 after being bitten in the back by a player who didn't agree with a descison.

The Scottish Cup tie between Falkirk and Inverness Thistle in 1979 was postponed no fewer than 29 times because of bad weather.

A Tanzanian soccer match was postponed in 1978 after the referee was arrested on the pitch and accused of smoking marijuana just before the kick-off.

Fans at Gillingham were subjected to celery searches in 1996. a craze had started for waving sticks of celery while chanting an obscene song. So anyone caught in possession of the vegetable was threatened with a life ban.