what are some weird facts u know about some of the footy stars at the moment.



I know that Rivaldo's teeth are fake, because when he was young his teeth rotted so he had to have fake teeth put in.

man u's conceded goals in the epl are headers....

raul's wifey is hot.

Originally posted by Jedi Mind Trick
raul's wifey is hot.

any pictures?????

Ronaldinho uses Colgate Toothpaste. (H)

becks wearing nike....

eric carrieire loves mushroom collecting.

Football infact, does involve the use of a ball.

And at times, involves the feet.

True Story.

My Grandad played for Motherwell.

Originally posted by fifafanv1
becks wearing nike....
football boots?


uummmm no team has scored a penalty against man utd at old trafford since 1991

dat's a good one..

hmm... epl league winners hav golden badges on their sleeves..?

Mauro Camoranesi played in the Mexican League. :mrpimp:

http://www.cruz-azul.com.mx/fotos/camora03.jpg

man u are the longest club to have not been beaten at OT in CL.... for ????

Viera and Keane have the most red cards in the EPL since its inception...

is beckham really wearing nike, lol just wanna know cuz i would probably end up buying them if it looks good. By the way i hate beckham tho:crazyboy:

Originally posted by fifafanv1
man u are the longest club to have not been beaten at OT in CL.... for ????

Here's one for ya...

Man U were actually relegated in 1974... bet you didn't know did you :rolleyes:

wow that is new

During the 1998 WC qualifiers, Australia was the only side to have won, or drawn every game, and still fail to qualify for the finals in France.

Damn you Iran :f***:

Originally posted by JJ
Here's one for ya...

Man U were actually relegated in 1974... bet you didn't know did you :rolleyes:

You know i did (H)

lol aww i feel so sorry for australia lol but they deserve to be in the world cup tho. But i do think they should go to a playoff round and quit whinning ok you get a easy qualifing round andwhen it comes to playoff you guys choke so dont blame fifa lol

Football is a game played by 22 men and a round ball, and Germany always wins.

Originally posted by Dhruv
Viera and Keane have the most red cards in the EPL since its inception...

Nah Vieira is the king of that now after his send of at OT

Originally posted by PaPaGeorGeo
Nah Vieira is the king of that now after his send of at OT

is he ? i thought he equalled keanes record with that sending off

Originally posted by finger
During the 1998 WC qualifiers, Australia was the only side to have won, or drawn every game, and still fail to qualify for the finals in France.

Damn you Iran :f***: I hate away goals. :f***:

you hate away goals? jeee.... how did you lost to barca? the away goals rule has a purpose..... if chelsea and besiktas was to draw on points after 6 matches of CL with chelsea beating besiktas 3-1 in turkey, chelsea would qualify.... regardless of GD.....

another fact:
wenger is the most reckless manager in the EPL....

He's also the most crafty.

Originally posted by JJ
Here's one for ya...

Man U were actually relegated in 1974... bet you didn't know did you :rolleyes: :hump:

Wenger is the most sly manager in the world and Fergie's nick is called Fungie. Just look at his face after the Vfb's defeat

hmmm...

John Charles never got booked in entire Juve career. NEVER. He was one of Juve's most prolific scorers. He played at Juve from 1957-1962.

105 goals in 168 appearences for Juve - LEGEND.

Was voted the greatest foreign player to grace the Juve jersey ahead of Platini in a poll conducted recently.

Originally posted by IceBlu
John Charles never got booked in entire Juve career. NEVER. He was one of Juve's most prolific scorers. He played at Juve from 1957-1962.

105 goals in 168 appearences for Juve - LEGEND.

Was voted the greatest foreign player to grace the Juve jersey ahead of Platini in a poll conducted recently.
I saw him the other day. :) Still appears in the credits of Italy's 'Match of the Day', apparently.

Dino Zoff is one of the greatest goalkeepers the world has known.he holds the record of 1,142 minutes without conceding a goal.:rockman:

AC Milan has actually won the CL 7 times but they didnt want the one againts Marseille (sp?) counted because Marseille were disqualified for financial reasons..

who, milan or uefa?

who? who what?

AC Milan lost againts Marseille, but Marseille were dq'ed because of financial reasons.. So uefa wanted to give the CL to Milan but Milan didnt want it

Originally posted by DIOUF11
uummmm no team has scored a penalty against man utd at old trafford since 1991

Only in the Premiership though. Juventus and Barcelona are amongst a number of clubs who have won (and scored) penalties at Old Trafford.

India refused to participate in a World Cup after they were refused the right to play bare-footed.

haha.. that last one was funny.. though I myself like to play barefooted :)

i am sure everyone knows this one.......pele scored over 1000 goals,,...

Originally posted by Digitarius
Only in the Premiership though. Juventus and Barcelona are amongst a number of clubs who have won (and scored) penalties at Old Trafford.

India refused to participate in a World Cup after they were refused the right to play bare-footed.
thanx for correcting me;)

i wasn't allowed either to do triple jump compitition bare-footed, i came 5th, if i did do triple jump barefooted i would have came 3rd:kader: :kader: :kader:

England have not lost when Gerrard has played . . .

MetroStars' record when Clint Mathis scores at least one goal:

22 wins
4 draws
0 losses

(and it's worth mentioning MetroStars are a team that has sucked consistently over the years)

DC United' record when Ben Olsen scores:

14 wins
0 draws
0 losses

Bora Milutinovic is statistically the worst coach in MLS history. He guided the MetroStars to a 7 win, 25 loss season in 1999.

Benfica is the club that lost more international finals

1961 (Peñarol) Intercontinental Cup
1962 (Santos) Intercontinental Cup
1963 (Milan) CL
1965 (Inter) CL
1968 (Man Utd) CL
1983 (Anderlecht) UEFA Cup
1988 (PSV) CL
1990 (Milan) CL

bad record
:(

now a good one

benfica won the 1972 portuguese title without any defeat
30 games 28 wins 2 draws :)

Stan Collymore is the first player to score for five different Premiership clubs - Nottingham Forest, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Leicester City, Bradford City.

Gary Linker did had never been carded in his career.

Originally posted by Digitarius
Stan Collymore is the first player to score for five different Premiership clubs - Nottingham Forest, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Leicester City, Bradford City.

:D hah

Has anyone got any stats on Alan Shearer?

The reason arsenal wear home red and away yellow was because of their disciplinary record..... Its true....

Yawn :rolleyes:

Originally posted by JJ
Yawn :rolleyes:

I agree, we cant have a decent thread without a single person letting there hatred get the better of them.

Come to think of it, thats a fact. :p

Davids, Vieira, Reizeger, Kluivert, Desailly, Maresca and Toldo have all been Milan players!

Lazio could have had a team of Crespo, Vieri, Nedved, Veron, Stam, Nesta and Stankovic if they werent so stupid..

Henry once started a game for Juve and scored a hat-trick..

Rivaldo has actually scored with his 'useless' right foot..

Ronaldo has been to 3 World Cup's despite being only 27..

Kaká was Sao Paulo's most booked player last season despite being an attacking midfielder..

'Rivaldinho' is written on Rivaldo's boots..

Alex Del Piero and Filippo Inzaghi was one of Juve's most successful strikeforce but they hated each other so much one had to be sold to Milan..

Ivan Zamorano once played with the number '1+8' on his back..

Juve wear black and white because they copy Newcastle..

Becks had scored with his "weak" left foot against Chelsea....

Giggs broke his EPL OT duck against Liverpool....

Arsenal could not stop Harry Kewell to score against them in 3 occasions....

PSV Eindhoven owns the player that has the longest name in world football... Jan Vennegoor Of Hesselink... compare that to Stelios Giannakopoulos or Ruud van Nistelrooy....

Deportivo had won back-to-back 'pichichis'....

"Nedved is officially better than Zidane last season," confirmed UEFA....

Bayer Leverkusen is doing better than Barcelona as these two clubs under-achieved last season....

Steven Gerrard, prior to the match was sent off in a reserve derby against Everton. The incident also included Franny Jeffers....

Becks wore an adidas sweatshirt at the Commonwealth games last year....

Lippi and Fergie are very good friends....

Liverpool have a player named Welsh, which would delight JJ.... if he's Welsh....

Maldini started his career as a right back

Shevchenko's first footballing recognition was a top scorer award in a youth cup and he got Ian Rush's boots.. So Ian Rush is his idol

hierro was a striker!!!!!!
Milan Stojanovski for Partizan plays every position.

Christiano Ronaldo was named after US President Ronald Reagan

And Ronaldinho means little Ronaldo

ROFLMAO

In 1740 a football match was held at Kettering in Northamptonshire with 500 men on each side.


geeez hard work for the ref

Argentina striker Bertoni was wearing the number 1 in the 1978 World Cup!

Michael Laudrup of Denmark only once scored in a game Denmark didn't win in a big tournament.

Denmark became 1992 European champions though they failed to qualify. Yugoslavia wasn't alloved to enter so Denmark stepped in.

Originally posted by fifafanv1
man u are the longest club to have not been beaten at OT in CL.... for ????

6 years? I know that Monaco won there in 1997 but that's the last one I can remember

Originally posted by jackie4
Argentina striker Bertoni was wearing the number 1 in the 1978 World Cup!

Actually he didn't. Bertoni wore number 4. Norberto Alonso wore number 1, while their goalkeeper Ubaldo Fillol wore number 5.

In the 1982 World Cup, Ossie Ardiles wore the number 1 shirt.

Originally posted by fifafanv1
man u are the longest club to have not been beaten at OT in CL.... for ???? 03/04/2001 ManU - Bayern 0-1 :mrpimp:

becks wears victoria's underpants to sum up the day at night.true!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he also uses pluckers for his head

9 Years after Newton Heath left there old home In Newton Heath, the current name of the club was not liked at all.

The club then got re-organized.

They changed from White(shirt) and Blue(shorts), to Red(shirt) and White(shorts).

Newton Heath nearly changed name to "Manchester Celtic", but was turned down(thank god).

Saturday 26th April 1902 Newton Heath became "Manchester United"

Arsenal have had 4 different names throughout the clubs history.

Dial Square

Royal Arsenal

Woolwich Arsenal

Arsenal Football Club

Manchester Celtic???

Has a ring to it, even if I say so myself :crazyboy:

everytime an arsenal player does something wrong Arsene doesnt see it, whenever an opposing player does something wrong even if he is 30 yards further away than an incident involving an arsenal player he sees it

Originally posted by Shevchenko-[7]
Juve wear black and white because they copy Newcastle..

You're totally wrong, Juve didn't copy Newcastle at all...

Juve adopted the black and white stripes from Notts County in the early 20th century after playing them. Back then Juve's kit was pink, but the kit had got so faded that they asked their opponents for a set of jerseys...

The official story isn't know and you'll hear many variations on the theme, but the fact of the matter is, Juve adopted the kit from County.

that's right joey, you tell them :D


IT'S JUST LIKE WATCHING JUVE :p

Originally posted by fifafanv1
The reason arsenal wear home red and away yellow was because of their disciplinary record..... Its true....

Lies....

Arsenal wear red because of Forest, look at them in the info on Arsenal.com


"Arsenal's famous red and white strip has a less obvious heritage than the crest.

In 1895 a selection of Nottingham Forest players joined the squad, subsequently bringing their old kit along with them.

Arsenal's economic resources in the 1800's were not as they are today. Therefore working to a tight budget, the Club decided the most inexpensive way of acquiring a strip was to kit out the team in the same colour as the ex-Forest players. So, the very origins of Arsenal's kit were more by accident than design."

Was gonna say that Juve adopted their kits from Notts Co and not Newcastle.

Did Shevchenko play at the Ian Rush Soccer Tournament then, if he won a pair of Rushies boots?

Erm... Man Utd's original colours were Red and White, black was added after feb 6th 1958, as a tribute to those that died in the Munich air disaster.

Clarence Seedorf holds the record for winning the CL the most times with different clubs.

Bill Shanky once played and managed Carlisle United FC b4 he ruled at the Kop

Seedorf won the CL with 6 different clubs, right? Madrid, AC Milan, Ajax . . .

i think u mean 3 unless this is sarcasm

Typo. LOL! Bah, I need some sleep. :crazyboy:

Watford are called the hornets

but they have a moose or something on the badge, what's up with that?! :crazyboy:

Originally posted by shokz
9 Years after Newton Heath left there old home In Newton Heath, the current name of the club was not liked at all.

The club then got re-organized.

They changed from White(shirt) and Blue(shorts), to Red(shirt) and White(shorts).

Newton Heath nearly changed name to "Manchester Celtic", but was turned down(thank god).

Saturday 26th April 1902 Newton Heath became "Manchester United"

Arsenal have had 4 different names throughout the clubs history.

Dial Square

Royal Arsenal

Woolwich Arsenal

Arsenal Football Club

Is it true that Manchester Rangers also had votes?

Originally posted by monkee
Was gonna say that Juve adopted their kits from Notts Co and not Newcastle.

Did Shevchenko play at the Ian Rush Soccer Tournament then, if he won a pair of Rushies boots?

Erm... Man Utd's original colours were Red and White, black was added after feb 6th 1958, as a tribute to those that died in the Munich air disaster.

Clarence Seedorf holds the record for winning the CL the most times with different clubs.

Seedorf won it with Milan, Ajax and Real

And yeap, Sheva played in that tournament.. When he was 12 or 13 I think..

Originally posted by andrew_cufc
Christiano Ronaldo was named after US President Ronald Reagan

And Ronaldinho means little Ronaldo

yes.
and juninho means little junior
ricardinho little ricardo...

ronaldinho, in the beginning of his career, was called by his name but when the two ronaldo's went to national team, ronaldo (at the time in gremio), was called ronaldinho because he his the younger of the two.
actually the real madrid's ronaldo was called ronaldinho too when he plays at cruzeiro...
actually is very rare a brazilian or a portuguese player be call by his surname like in europe. normally they are called by a nickname (Kaka), by the first name (Ronaldo) or by the name and surname (João Pinto)

Cristiano (not with the "h") ronaldo has is name because his parents didn't agree a name. the mother picked is favourite name "Cristiano" and the father the name of the US president "Ronald" in portuguese "Ronaldo":)

he's full name is Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro

other curiosity nuno gomes (benfica player) use this name because of the former portuguese striker Gomes. he's real name is nuno ribeiro.other portuguese player "maniche" use this nickname inspired in a former danish striker of benfica, michael manniche.he's real name is nuno ribeiro too :D

Originally posted by Ljungberg08
Watford are called the hornets

but they have a moose or something on the badge, what's up with that?! :crazyboy:

Don't know really... but Watford did have a hornet badge up until the mid 70's, so maybe the nickname stuck with them?

Originally posted by Punkt
yes.
and juninho means little junior
ricardinho little ricardo...

ronaldinho, in the beginning of his career, was called by his name but when the two ronaldo's went to national team, ronaldo (at the time in gremio), was called ronaldinho because he his the younger of the two.
actually the real madrid's ronaldo was called ronaldinho too when he plays at cruzeiro...
actually is very rare a brazilian or a portuguese player be call by his surname like in europe. normally they are called by a nickname (Kaka), by the first name (Ronaldo) or by the name and surname (João Pinto)

Cristiano (not with the "h") ronaldo has is name because his parents didn't agree a name. the mother picked is favourite name "Cristiano" and the father the name of the US president "Ronald" in portuguese "Ronaldo":)

he's full name is Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro

other curiosity nuno gomes (benfica player) use this name because of the former portuguese striker Gomes. he's real name is nuno ribeiro.other portuguese player "maniche" use this nickname inspired in a former danish striker of benfica, michael manniche.he's real name is nuno ribeiro too :D

So the "inho" in there name, mean's "little". I get it now?. (H)

Blackburn Rovers are the only Premiership champions to have been relegated...

Yeah right :rolleyes:

Tell us a fact that we don't know... :sleep:

Originally posted by shokz
So the "inho" in there name, mean's "little". I get it now?. (H)

yes. ;)
some players are called by the oposite. big
for example Luisão is big Luis
there are a brazilian player called Ronaldão - big Ronaldo :p

Since The European Cup(Now UCL) started, 9 English Clubs have won.

UEFA Champions League/European Cup
1999 - Manchester United FC
1984 - Liverpool FC
1982 - Aston Villa FC
1981 - Liverpool FC
1980 - Nottingham Forest FC
1979 - Nottingham Forest FC
1978 - Liverpool FC
1977 - Liverpool FC
1968 - Manchester United FC

Since the Cup Winners Cup(Now UEFA Cup) started, 10 English Clubs have won it.

UEFA Cup/Cup Winners Cup
2001 - Liverpool FC
1991 - Manchester United FC
1984 - Tottenham Hotspur FC
1981 - Ipswich Town FC
1976 - Liverpool FC
1973 - Liverpool FC
1972 - Tottenham Hotspur FC
1971 - Leeds United FC
1970 - Arsenal FC
1969 - Newcastle United FC
1968 - Leeds United FC

European Super Cup
2001 - Liverpool FC
1998 - Chelsea FC
1991 - Manchester United FC
1982 - Aston Villa FC
1979 - Nottingham Forest FC
1977 - Liverpool FC

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Since The European Cup(Now UCL) started, 1 Scottish Club has won it.

UEFA Champions League/European Cup
1967 - Glasgow Celtic

European Super Cup
1983 - Aberdeen

Originally posted by Punkt
yes. ;)
some players are called by the oposite. big
for example Luisão is big Luis
there are a brazilian player called Ronaldão - big Ronaldo :p

Cool :rockman:

shokz, how did mu win the uefa super cup in 91?

It's easy to tell you're a Glory Hunter... you don't even know that your "club" won the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup in 1991. :rolleyes:

Fernandez..you know nothing about your own team..

Originally posted by fifafanv1
shokz, how did mu win the uefa super cup in 91?

This Is when things started to look up for Fergie.

1990 - Charity Shield
1990 - The FA Cup
1991 - Cup Winners Cup(Beat FC Barcelona 2-1).
1991 - European Super Cup(Beat Red Star Belgrade 1-0, the away leg was canceled due to political trouble).

Sir Alex also won the Super Cup with Aberdeen as manager in 1983.

http://picsrv.altdc3.va.twimm.net/fif=/manu/img_10_639.fpx&obj=iip,1.0&wid=250&hei=182&rgn=0,0,0,0&cvt=jpeg

Originally posted by JJ
It's easy to tell you're a Glory Hunter... you don't even know that your "club" won the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup in 1991. :rolleyes:

how you expect a two-year-old to know footy at that time.... ?

I mean even I know money can you buy politcal trouble

You support a team you should know their history too...Shokz does!

i just concentrated on the present season.... besides, have you seen a glory hunter ever taunting another team....? glory hunters dun insult other teams that bad as true man u fans.... heck, i just got my computer in 2001......

Olimpia won the Intercontinental cup in 1979 against Malmoe of Sweden,which was the sub-champion,the champion was Notthingam Forest but they didn't want to play the match because they were too scared


And this is no lie,IT'S TRUE!!

Glory hunters do...Cos they think they know it all....True Man utd fan??
Ever been to old trafford??

you was hoping i live in britain..... but i live in singapore...and i am not that rich..... i might be going there in the future.... after i completed my studies..... and i never miss a single man u match last season....

Well i understand you cant got to Old Trafford then......Just read up a bit on your clubs history..;)

sure thing.... do you know ur club? just kidding....;) adidas must have been distorted to lose sponsorships through liverpool and arsenal....

Arsenal havnt been sponsered by Adidas since 1995

Originally posted by fifafanv1
sure thing.... do you know ur club? just kidding....;) adidas must have been distorted to lose sponsorships through liverpool and arsenal....




I do mate ive supported them for 21 years!!!!!

Originally posted by Jimbob
I do mate ive supported them for 21 years!!!!!

same here...

Originally posted by fifafanv1
i just concentrated on the present season.... besides, have you seen a glory hunter ever taunting another team....? glory hunters dun insult other teams that bad as true man u fans.... heck, i just got my computer in 2001......

btw, true fans read up their club history and study the high and low of their club... glory hunters don't.... :rolleyes: (H)

Originally posted by Amika
same here...


How old are you Amika??? Im 27..

Originally posted by Jimbob
How old are you Amika??? Im 27..

32... still remember the 1986 FA cup final clearly...:p

Yeah me too...Oh glory days!!!!:rockman:

papa, for ur info.... i own adidas's arsenal away shirt with JVC sponsor..... which i got from some1 who got it on e-bay..... i thought i had gotten the cool nike away last season...... liverpool's and arsenal kits might have been different..... kit sponsorships in CL this season....

Group A
Lyon - Umbro
Celtic - Umbro
Anderlecht - adidas
Bayern Munich - adidas

Group B
Arsenal - Nike
Internazionale - Nike
Lokomotiv - Nike
Dynamo Kiev - adidas

Group C
AS Monaco - Puma
AEK Athens - Nike
Deportivo - Joma
PSV Eindhoven - Nike

Group D
Galatasaray - Umbro
Olympiakos - Umbro
Real Sociedad - Astore
Juventus - Nike

Group E
Man Utd - Nike
Rangers - Diadora
Stuttgart - Puma
Panathiakos - adidas

Group F
Real Madrid - adidas
Partizan - Kappa
Marseille - adidas
Porto - Nike

Group G
Chelsea - Umbro
Lazio - Puma
Besiktas - Puma
Sparta Prague - Nike

Group H
Ajax - adidas
AC Milan - adidas
Celta Vigo - Umbro
Club Brugge - adidas

Umbro - 6 clubs
adidas - 9 clubs
Nike - 9 clubs
Astore - 1 club
Joma - 1 club
Puma - 4 clubs
diadora - 1 club
kappa - 1 club

Originally posted by shokz
Since The European Cup(Now UCL) started, 9 English Clubs have won.

UEFA Champions League/European Cup
1999 - Manchester United FC
1984 - Liverpool FC
1982 - Aston Villa FC
1981 - Liverpool FC
1980 - Nottingham Forest FC
1979 - Nottingham Forest FC
1978 - Liverpool FC
1977 - Liverpool FC
1968 - Manchester United FC

Since the Cup Winners Cup(Now UEFA Cup) started, 10 English Clubs have won it.

UEFA Cup/Cup Winners Cup
2001 - Liverpool FC
1991 - Manchester United FC
1984 - Tottenham Hotspur FC
1981 - Ipswich Town FC
1976 - Liverpool FC
1973 - Liverpool FC
1972 - Tottenham Hotspur FC
1971 - Leeds United FC
1970 - Arsenal FC
1969 - Newcastle United FC
1968 - Leeds United FC

European Super Cup
2001 - Liverpool FC
1998 - Chelsea FC
1991 - Manchester United FC
1982 - Aston Villa FC
1979 - Nottingham Forest FC
1977 - Liverpool FC

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Since The European Cup(Now UCL) started, 1 Scottish Club has won it.

UEFA Champions League/European Cup
1967 - Glasgow Celtic

European Super Cup
1983 - Aberdeen



Cool :rockman:

I know what u meant but only 4 English clubs have won the European Cup. They have won it 9 times between them and are only 1 win behind Spain who have 10. You also forgot to add the following Scottish success:

1972 Cup Winners Cup - Rangers
1983 Cup Winners Cup - Aberdeen

and the following English ones.

1965 Cup Winners Cup - West Ham
1994 CWC - Arsenal
1985 CWC - Everton
1971 CWC - Chelsea
1970 CWC - Man City
1963 CWC - Spurs

and in the Uefa Cup

1972: Spurs who beat Wolves in an all English final


Thats about it I think!

i wonder if flamehawk knows that his beloved wolves lost to spurs in a europa competition....?(H)

Originally posted by fifafanv1
you was hoping i live in britain..... but i live in singapore...and i am not that rich..... i might be going there in the future.... after i completed my studies..... and i never miss a single man u match last season....

A Scum fan living in Singapore... Hmm that sounds like par for the ******* course (H)

Amika hit the nail on the head when he said that true fans read up on their clubs' history and glory hunters, such as yourself, do not. I bet you don't even know when was the first time Man Yoo won the FA Cup without having to pick a book up or something!

And if you're as staunch Man Yoo fan as you say you are, why did you buy an Arsenal shirt on eBay :rolleyes: ?

Originally posted by fifafanv1

"Nedved is officially better than Zidane last season," confirmed UEFA....



Thats more of an opinion:p

Originally posted by JJ
And if you're as staunch Man Yoo fan as you say you are, why did you buy an Arsenal shirt on eBay :rolleyes: ?

got that shirt as a gift....

Gift my arse!!! :rolleyes:

calm down JJ... no need to get angry on some glory hunter... ;)

Originally posted by fifafanv1
got it on e-bay..... i thought i had gotten the cool nike away last season......

ROFL.

Originally posted by fifafanv1
got that shirt as a gift....
Originally posted by JJ
Gift my arse!!! :rolleyes:

Rofl, well said bredda, funniest stuff I've read so far this week.
(H)(Y)

Well he asked for it (H)

Originally posted by shokz
ROFL.




Rofl, well said bredda, funniest stuff I've read so far this week.
(H)(Y)

well... what can i say....:evil:(H)

Originally posted by Amika
well... what can i say....:evil:(H)

You mean :evil: (H)

:D

Originally posted by JJ
You mean :evil: (H)

:D

ah... damn.. i didn't check after i posted it... yape.. you got it right...(H)

A young Ryan Wilson(Whom, after his parents split-up, chosed to adopt his mothers 2nd name, Giggs) supported Manchester City (who famously had the chance to sign him and didn't).

:)

Giggs player for the England youth teams.. ( I bet most of u already know :) )

Yeah but remember, that was the English Schools FA, which he represented because he went to an English school...

oh.. I thought it was the u-16's or something

Argentina striker Bertoni was wearing the number 1 in the 1978 World Cup!

Billy Mercer went through a whole season wearing 2 despite being a goalkeeper for Bristol City.

6 years? I know that Monaco won there in 1997 but that's the last one I can remember

Monaco did NOT win at Old Trafford. They drew 1-1 there (Trezeuget opened the scoring, Solskjær replied) and went through on the two legs on the away goals rule (0-0 at Monaco).
Borussia Dortmund, Fenerbahce and Juventus all won at United in the same season, and interestingly, all by the same scoreline (1-0), in 1996/7.
And since then Bayern Munich and Real Madrid have both won there in the knock-out stages, 1-0 and 3-2 respectively.



No Asian side has won a game in the World Cup between 1970-1990. North Korea famously beat Italy in 1966, whereas Saudi Arabia ended the drought by beating Belgium in 1994, before bowing out against Sweden in the Last 16s.

In the 1978 World Cup, Daniel Bertoni actually wore the number 4 jersey, with Norberto Alonso wearing number 1, even though he was a midfielder. In 1982, Ossie Ardiles wore the number 1 jersey, and in 1986 it was used by Sergio Almirón, who didn't play any part in the tournament.

Argentina's goalie in the 78 and 82 World Cup tournaments, Ubaldo Fillol, wore two different squad numbers that you'd associate with midfielders, being 5 and 7 respectively. In 1990 however the number 1 jersey was worn by Nery Pumpido, who was a goalkeeper!

The reason why Argentina used to have really weird squad number allocations during the World Cup was because they used to arrange them by alphabetical order of the players' surnames.

Which leads me on to the following poser - which current Premiership team did exactly the same method of assigning squad numbers when they were first used in the English league in the 93/94 season?

charlton!

they were the days!....Carl Leaburn Era, as well as chicken legs phil chapple ! :D

Yup that's the one :)

Also last season in the Greek league, Pantelis Kafes wore number 1 for PAOK despite being a midfielder (H)

When he was playing in the Premiership, Georgiou Kinkladze was the highest scrabble score in the league.

Originally posted by Digitarius
When he was playing in the Premiership, Georgiou Kinkladze was the highest scrabble score in the league.

Didn't he play for Shítty?. :confused:

This one even amazes me!

At the time of Celtic's 7-1 win over Rangers in the 1957 Scottish League Cup final, the record winners of the trophy were East Fife!

Originally posted by shokz
Didn't he play for Shítty?. :confused:

No, he played for Man City... and he had a spell at Derby as well :crazyboy:

In the 1974 and/or 1978 (I can't remember the exact details) the Netherlands strip was made by Adidas and all the strips had the customary 3 stripes that is Adidas' trademark. Except Johan Cruyffs who got to wear one with 2 stripes cause he endorsed Puma.

And in the early part of the 20th century (1920s I think) Falkirk held the world record for the biggest transfer paid when they bought Syd Puddefoot from West Ham for £5,000.

Originally posted by JJ
No, he played for Man City... and he had a spell at Derby as well :crazyboy:

Man Shítty I meant. :)

I hope I am not repeating.

Socrates, the Brazilian captain of the great non World Cup winning '82 team is a medical doctor.

and this is a guess from memory.
Paul Breitner is the most accurate penalty taker ever in European league and International football.
I don't have any facts, I just remember someone said this at home in an argument.
And Breitner had perhaps the greatest 5year stretch in football where he won the German Championship 72-74, and Laliga 75-76. During those years he also won what is now the Champions League and the World Cup.
Maybe there is someone better, like I said this is just the talk I get from football arguments at home.

Originally posted by antithesis


Socrates, the Brazilian captain of the great non World Cup winning '82 team is a medical doctor.



My coach told me about him. Said that he was a good penalty kick taker.

Originally posted by TottiNZidaneR#1
My coach told me about him. Said that he was a good penalty kick taker.


I might be wrong but I think he is the inventor of the stand and kick penalty.
Now that you mention his skill at penalties, I think it may be him and not Breitner who has the record for consecutive penalties.

Someone with info..........let me know the truth.

Originally posted by antithesis
I might be wrong but I think he is the inventor of the stand and kick penalty.
Now that you mention his skill at penalties, I think it may be him and not Breitner who has the record for consecutive penalties.

Someone with info..........let me know the truth.
Well all know is that he was good at it cuz at penalty practice my coach was telling me about how he could shoot very good and acceratly. He said that Socrates did not even how to run or walk up just toke the kick from the stand still spot.

Originally posted by antithesis
I might be wrong but I think he is the inventor of the stand and kick penalty.
Now that you mention his skill at penalties, I think it may be him and not Breitner who has the record for consecutive penalties.

Someone with info..........let me know the truth.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates_(football_player)

so far this is all i have found of him.

http://www.edirectory.co.uk/pf/pages/moreinfoa.asp?pidenc=ICCCFIQ_+Socrates+T+Shirt&companyid=880

here is a pic of the guy. Guess he is the guy were are talking about.

there is a public phone behind one of the goals in Maracana in Brazil, and supposely all the best goals have been scored in that goal

Not sure if its like that though :$

haha.. why the hell is there a phone behind the goal? any Brazillian can confirm this?

so they can tell their moms they scored

Im sure about the phone thing cause Ive seen a celebration that a player goes to the phone and acts like he is calling a friend a telling him about the goal he had just scored :crazyboy:

Lusito Monti played in world cups for 2 different countries, Argentina and Italy, I think.

Originally posted by antithesis
I might be wrong but I think he is the inventor of the stand and kick penalty.
Now that you mention his skill at penalties, I think it may be him and not Breitner who has the record for consecutive penalties.

Someone with info..........let me know the truth.

not sure about consecutive penalties, but Matt le Tissier took 50 in his whole career, and scored 49.

the most succesful ratio in english history, not sure about abroad though.

Originally posted by rlks_theory
[B]kev phillips started his career as a left back.. at age 21.. long live king kev!

he started as right back @ southampton, but was released by manager Chris Nicholl when he was 16 (1989) for being too short!

then went upfront for non-league side Nuneaton Borough (correct me if i'm wrong!) then went too watford in 1994, sunderland in 1997 and he's now gone full circle and is back @ southampton.

Originally posted by chris_gibson69
not sure about consecutive penalties, but Matt le Tissier took 50 in his whole career, and scored 49.

the most succesful ratio in english history, not sure about abroad though.

forgot about Le Tissier. Surely the best ever in league football.
Just a couple months ago, I saw him take a cross legged penalty for skysports.

Originally posted by antithesis
forgot about Le Tissier. Surely the best ever in league football.
Just a couple months ago, I saw him take a cross legged penalty for skysports.

He is a legend, glad he's got some TV time being a pundit for Sky Sports Gillete Soccer Saturday. :) :rockman:

pele the best footballer of all the time.....it is not an opinion;)

Socrates, the Brazilian captain of the great non World Cup winning '82 team is a medical doctor.

And Hugo Sanchez, ex-Mexican striker, is a qualified dentist. Arjan de Zeeuw, of Portsmouth, also has medical qualifications, whilst plenty more players has degrees.
Gudni Bergsson retired from football (Bolton Wanderers) to become a lawyer.

Originally posted by wat3rf0x
Lusito Monti played in world cups for 2 different countries, Argentina and Italy, I think.

Correct.

Originally posted by antithesis
forgot about Le Tissier. Surely the best ever in league football.
Just a couple months ago, I saw him take a cross legged penalty for skysports.

lol, he does half time stuff @ st. mary's as well where he backheels them, chips 'em, left foot... right foot. an amazing penalty taker!

heres a fact:

Toluca just won the CONCACAF Champions Cup!!

:rockman: :rockman:

"U.S.-born players age 21 or younger have scored 13.4 percent of all MLS goals—five times the percentage during the 2000 season, and far higher than even the 8.8 percent figure from last season."

Brasil's first WC qualifying loss was in 93
The space between Ronaldo's teeth is 1.789 centimeters..

Eidur Gudjonson came on as a substitute for his father , for Iceland.

Originally posted by shokz
A young Ryan Wilson(Whom, after his parents split-up, chosed to adopt his mothers 2nd name, Giggs) supported Manchester City (who famously had the chance to sign him and didn't).

:)

I read about that a while back. Aren't we lucky Citeh didn't sign him? (H)

Originally posted by ffc1876
In the 1974 and/or 1978 (I can't remember the exact details) the Netherlands strip was made by Adidas and all the strips had the customary 3 stripes that is Adidas' trademark. Except Johan Cruyffs who got to wear one with 2 stripes cause he endorsed Puma.

It was 1974. He actually nearly missed the World Cup because of his sponsorship deal with Puma. I bought a magazine while I was in Mexico that talked about sponsorship deals that exist in the football world today and that little tid-bit about Cryuff was in there. Very interesting.

Here's a pic:
http://www.plcane.clara.net/football/images/cruyff1.gif

Originally posted by WilliamFAlmeida
The space between Ronaldo's teeth is 1.789 centimeters..

Hahahaha, good stuff. :D :D :crazyboy:

There are other players who have played for two countries in a World Cup. Robert Prosinecki, for example, represented both Yugoslavia (before it broke up) and Croatia. Incidentally, he scored for both countries in the World Cup as well.

Guessing again:

Lineker has never been booked in his career.
Silva has never been booked for Arsenal in the league, and I recall just one booking he might have received in Europe. That's phenomenal in modern football.

I can't remember seeing Ronaldo booked either, but I am sure it has occured

if im not mistaken.. Raul too has very few cards.. Only one? Nah.. I donno..

Back in 1962 Ríkharður Jónsson scored for Iceland against Ireland in The European Cup. He was Iceland's captain and coach. He is the only coach to have scored in this competiton. 36 years later his grandson Ríkharður Daðason scored against France when Iceland drew them.

At the first World Cup championship in Uruguay, 1930, the soccer balls were actually monkey skulls wrapped in paper and leather.

sami hyypia hasn't been booked too many times either. and he's a defender, too. :)

anti: gilberto doesn't, and can't tackle. that's why he doesnt get booked. :P

Wrexham had one of us named Daniel Bennett...

Originally posted by Rob
At the first World Cup championship in Uruguay, 1930, the soccer balls were actually monkey skulls wrapped in paper and leather.

Where the hell did you hear that?

In the final, they used an Argentine ball in the first half and a Uruguyan ball in the second half.

Originally posted by Rob
At the first World Cup championship in Uruguay, 1930, the soccer balls were actually monkey skulls wrapped in paper and leather.



WHAT THE HELL?:gavin: :gavin: :gavin: :gavin: :gavin: :gavin:

You are more likely to be struck by lightning than you are to see Emile Heskey score.

Originally posted by Rob
At the first World Cup championship in Uruguay, 1930, the soccer balls were actually monkey skulls wrapped in paper and leather. :rolleyes: It was a joke. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by antithesis
Guessing again:

Lineker has never been booked in his career.
Silva has never been booked for Arsenal in the league, and I recall just one booking he might have received in Europe. That's phenomenal in modern football.

I can't remember seeing Ronaldo booked either, but I am sure it has occured

I think the Lineker one has been mentioned already.

Ronaldo has been SENT OFF before, when he clashed with Roberto Ayala in the Milan derby.

Julian Dicks might have a fearsome reputation, but I seem to recall a season when he didn't get booked - not even once.