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...that the men's tournament of football at the 2004 Summer Olympics was played by "U-23" (under 23-years-old) player) teams, with up to three over-age players allowed per team? (date unknown)
...that Leyton F.C. had to win a High Court action in order to call itself the oldest football club in London? (date unknown)
...that soccer player Paul Reaney was briefly a car mechanic before signing with Leeds United? (date unknown)
...that Nils Liedholm is the last surviving member of the famous footballing Gre-No-Li trio? (date unknown)
...that England football captain Eddie Hapgood was forced by diplomats to give a Nazi salute before a match with Germany in 1938? (date unknown)
...that Nat Lofthouse was the England football team's highest goalscorer of all-time for eight years? (date unknown)
...that Stan Mortensen scored a hat-trick in the 1953 FA Cup Final at Wembley, becoming the first player ever to do so? (date unknown)
...that Ray Wilson, who was the eldest member of England's victorious 1966 World Cup team, became an undertaker after he retired from football? (date unknown)
...that the England football squad for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico contained two players called Gary Stevens? (date unknown)
...that the French footballer Lucien Laurent scored the first ever World Cup goal, against Mexico in 1930? (date unknown)
...that although England centre forward Geoff Hurst had scored a hat-trick and was therefore entitled to keep the match ball, it was German striker Helmut Haller who took it home after the 1966 World Cup final? (date unknown)
...that Mick Mills was made captain of the England national football team which started the 1982 World Cup because Kevin Keegan was unable to play through injury? (date unknown)
...that former England footballer Mick Channon is now a successful horse trainer? (date unknown)
...that Alan Mullery became the first England association football player to be sent off in a full international match during the 1968 European Championship semi-final against Yugoslavia? (date unknown)
...that Norwegian football commentator Bjørge Lillelien famously taunted Margaret Thatcher after Norway's victory over England in 1981? (date unknown)
...that Chris Woods cost Queens Park Rangers 250,000 pounds from Nottingham Forest in 1979 even though he had never played a League game before his transfer? (date unknown)
...that the German prisoners of war built part of the Stade de Gerland stadium in Lyon, France, after the First World War? (date unknown)
...that the Liga Indonesia is the top football league in Indonesia? (date unknown)
...that although Archibald Leitch was the foremost football stadium architect in the United Kingdom in the early 20th century, only two of his works have been listed for preservation? (date unknown)
...that, before Wayne Rooney made his debut in February 2003, England's youngest ever football player was James F. M. Prinsep, who had held the record for more than 123 years? (date unknown)
...that the first ever golden goal was scored in the Cromwell Cup final at Bramall Lane, Sheffield in 1868, giving Sheffield Wednesday a 1-0 victory? (date unknown)
...that in 1930, the footballer Gerard Keizer played for both Arsenal and Ajax Amsterdam simultaneously, flying between England and the Netherlands to play in matches? (date unknown)
...that César Sampaio is a former Brazilian football player who played offensive midfielder for Palmeiras and the Brazilian national team? (2 December 2005)
...that footballer Alan Taylor scored two goals in the quarter final, two goals in the semi final and two goals in the final of the 1975 FA Cup as his club West Ham United won the competition? (date unknown)
...the Stadion Graz-Liebenau in Austria was renamed after controversy over Arnold Schwarzenegger's decisions in recent death penalty cases in California? (30 December 2005)
...that Dimba was the top goalscorer of the 2003 Brazilian football championship? (29 December 2005)
...that the former English football player Eric Brook is the all-time record goalscorer for Manchester City F.C. with 178 goals? (27 December 2005)
...that a 1906 football match between a team of youngsters from Kraków and the troupe of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show is one of the milestones in the history of football in Poland? (date unknown)
...that Deportivo Táchira Fútbol Club is the Venezuelan soccer club with the most appearances in the Copa Libertadores? (17 January, 2006)
...that the Agony of Doha is a term used by fans of the Japanese national football team to refer to the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification match where Japan lost its World Cup place to South Korea? (16 May 2006)
...that Garry Parker ran the full length of the pitch at Wembley Stadium to score a goal for Nottingham Forest in the final of the Simod Cup against Everton in 1989, which Forest won 4-3? (21 May 2006)
...that Dutch football manager Clemens Westerhof is credited with turning the Nigerian national team into a perennial powerhouse in African football, having guided them to victory in the 1992 African Cup of Nations as well as their first FIFA World Cup participation in 1994? (23 May 2006)
...that the first professional football team, The Zulus, was established in Sheffield, England in 1879? (21 July 2006)
...that the English footballer David Layne scored 58 goals in 81 games for Sheffield Wednesday F.C. before he was jailed for his involvement in the British betting scandal of 1964? (6 August 2006)
...that the Gay Football Supporters Network recently voted Steven Gerrard top of their annual "Lust List" for the second year running? (31 August 2006)
...that Charlie Williams, one of the first black football players in Britain after the Second World War and later Britain's first well-known black comedian, responded to heckling by saying: "If you don't shut up, I'll come and move in next door to you"? (14 September 2006)
...that the rules of Swedish football played in the late 19th century were a mix of association football rules and the rugby football rules because of a misunderstanding? (28 September 2006)
...that Sheffield Wednesday Ladies F.C. were formed at the Star Inn public house in Rotherham in 1971 following a charity match between men and women at the pub?(28 September 2006)
...that Swedish goalkeeper Karl Svensson was given his nickname Rio-Kalle after two heroic matches in the 1950 FIFA World Cup that were actually played in São Paulo and not in Rio de Janeiro? (18 October 2006)
... that English lower-league football team Bristol Rovers once beat the Netherlands national football team 3-2? (12 November 2006)
...that West Ham Stadium in London holds the record for the lowest ever attendance of a football match in The Football League, despite its capacity of 120,000? (6 December 2006)
...that Göteborgs BK, founded in 1875, is the oldest football club in Sweden known by name, also played Swedish football, a local variant? (20 December 2006)
...that the cope given to the Rt. Revd. David Urquhart upon his inauguration as the ninth Bishop of Birmingham in November 2006 featured the emblems of Aston Villa and Birmingham City, the two most prominent football teams of the city? (23 December 2006)
...that Les Taylor only captained Watford in the 1984 FA Cup final because regular captain Wilf Rostron was suspended? (22 January 2007)
...that Torbjörn Nilsson is considered to be one of the greatest Swedish footballers of all time, despite only having played 28 matches for the national team? (7 February 2007)
...that the fourth Nordic Football Championship tournament was started in 1937 but did not end until eleven years later as it was interrupted by the Second World War? (28 February 2007)
...that Harry Kent worked both as a manufacturer of munitions and as a pub landlord whilst managing Watford F.C.? (13 March 2007)
...that Peter Knowles, a popular English football player, voluntarily ended his football career at the age of 24, after becoming a Jehovah's Witness? (19 March 2007)
...that when Archie Goodall scored for Northern Ireland in their 9–1 loss to Scotland, he became the oldest footballer to score an international goal in the 19th century? (2 April 2007)
...that footballer Francis Lee earned his nickname Lee One Pen by setting an English record for the most penalties scored in a single season? (17 April 2007)
...that Uruguayan footballer Víctor Rodríguez Andrade helped found Uruguayan Basketball Federation team 25 de Agosto? (19 April 2007)
...that Pankaj Gupta was one of the earliest Indian sports administrators involved in football, hockey and cricket? (21 April 2007)
...that 1927 Italian football champions Torino F.C. were stripped of their title for match fixing? (21 April 2007)
...that Jacqui Oatley is the first female football commentator in the history of BBC football programme Match of the Day? (24 April 2007)
...that Alex Stevenson is the only footballer to play for both the Republic of Ireland and Rangers F.C.? (25 April 2007)
...that English cricketer and footballer Arthur Milton was the last surviving person to have played Test cricket for the England cricket team and international football for the England football team? (1 May 2007)
...that the football stadium Nya Gamla Ullevi which is under construction in Gothenburg, Sweden, is only the second Swedish top league stadium built since 1966? (8 May 2007)
..that in 2003, aged 70, former English Football League and international soccer referee Pat Partridge took over as linesman in a non-league match he was watching, after the original linesman took over from the injured referee? (18 May 2007)
...that footballer David Weir scored Manchester City's first ever FA Cup goal? (1 June 2007)
...that Itzik Zohar scored Israel's first international goal in football after gaining full admittance to UEFA? (5 June 2007)
...that the 1902 British Home Championship football tournament was won by Scotland in a replay after the deciding match was marred by the deaths of 25 spectators when a stand collapsed at Ibrox Park? (6 June 2007)
...that footballer George Wynn was Manchester City's leading goalscorer in three consecutive seasons? (8 June 2007)
...that Dutch amateur football club IJsselmeervogels received the Dutch Sports Team of the Year Award in 1975, for reaching the semi-final of the KNVB Cup? (10 June 2007)
...that football players Billy and John McPhail are the only brothers to have both scored hat-tricks for Celtic F.C. against their Old Firm rivals, Rangers F.C.? (21 June 2007)
...that the football song Hampden in the sun celebrates the record scoreline of the 1957 Scottish League Cup final? (28 June 2007)
...that Scottish footballer Billy McPhail launched a legal case claiming that heading heavy leather footballs contributed to him developing Alzheimer's disease? (28 June 2007)
...that money donated in 1905 by the fans at Celtic Park football stadium in Glasgow, Scotland was given to the mother of international Scottish footballer Barney Battles, Jr. while Battles was still in the womb? (1 July 2007)
...that Stoke City F.C. is the second-oldest English football league club, as it was founded in 1863? (6 July 2006)
...that on the same day Arbroath beat Bon Accord 36-0 in the Scottish Cup that 18 miles away in Dundee, Dundee Harp had beaten Aberdeen Rovers 35-0? (19 July 2007)
...that Eddy Brown, an English football player who had originally planned to take Holy Orders, was well known for his goal celebrations as early as the 1950s? (23 July 2007)
...that the famous black-and-white striped shirts of Italian football club Juventus were based on the kit of English Notts County, replacing the club's initial pink and black colours in 1903? (1 August 2007)
...that Russian émigré Jerzy Bulanow captained the Poland national football team through the 1920s and early 1930s? (5 August 2007)
...that the football (soccer) stadium at Tehelné pole, in Bratislava, was the largest in the former Czechoslovakia?(10 August 2007)
...that Tommy Sale scored 282 goals during 14 years at the English Football club Stoke City F.C.? (10 August 2007)
...that Bob McGrory managed the English football team Stoke City for a period of 17 years, having previously played for the club for 14 years? (20 August 2007)
...that the first Italian football (soccer) club, Torino Football and Cricket Club, was founded by Edoardo Bosio (pictured) in 1887? (21 August 2007)
...that Alex Leake was offered a £10 bribe by Manchester City player Billy Meredith to throw the final match of the 1904–1905 season? (29 August 2007)
...that the England national football team is to train on the football pitch of the Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College, as it is the only one identical to one in Russia on which they are due to play in October 2007? (28 September 2007)
...that despite being organised on St. Andrew's Day, the first official international football match did not result in a home win? (28 September 2007)
...that Harry Newbould was the first-ever manager of Derby County F.C.? (29 September 2007)
...that Sam Ormerod was the first manager to gain promotion to the First Division, the highest level of English football, with Manchester City F.C.? (5 October 2007)
...that Wilf Wild was the first Manchester City manager to win the League Championship? (13 October 2007)
...that the Portuguese football champion has been one of S.L. Benfica, F.C. Porto or Sporting Clube de Portugal on 78 out of 86 occasions? (17 October 2007)
...that English football referee Matt Messias once urged a Portsmouth defender not to kick an opposing player during a match against Newcastle United because "the devil was trying to get him sent off"? (23 October 2007)
...that Niek Loohuis is now a Dutch First Division football (soccer) player, despite having been declared unfit and removed from FC Twente's youth academy at age 18? (19 November 2007)
...that football referees in England officiate at eleven different levels according to ability, activity and age? (24 November 2007)
...that football (soccer) player Law Adam of Grasshopper-Club Zürich played for Switzerland against Austria in 1929, but played for his native Netherlands against Switzerland a year later? (1 December 2007)
...that the Galatasaray S.K. has origins from the Ottoman Empire era? (4 December 2007)
...that former Hampshire wicketkeeper Adi Aymes went on to manage football club Fleet Town F.C., and is the current fitness coach of Havant and Waterlooville? (8 December 2007)
...that English football referee Gary Willard once had to be given a police safety escort off the pitch after sending off three home team players in a single game? (14 December 2007)
...that the Hungarian politician and Nazi collaborator Andor Jaross was also president of the football (soccer) club Ferencvárosi TC? (21 December 2007)
...that footballer Roy Cheetham was the first Manchester City player to be used as a substitute? (29 December 2007)
...that a steam-powered portable engine drove the dynamo for the first floodlit football match in the UK in 1878? (7 January 2008)
...that football (soccer) midfielder Evan Berger was nominated for an informal Australia Day award by his local council for representing Australia in the national under-20 team? (10 January 2008)
...that Tommy Fleming was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005, one of five soccer players unanimously selected to represent overlooked players from before the 1950s? (16 January 2008)
...that football manager Yvon Pouliquen led two clubs to victory in the French Cup Final and relegation from the top division in consecutive seasons? (18 January 2008)
...that Tommy Johnson holds the record for the most goals scored by a Manchester City player in a single season? (18 January 2008)
...that Frank Loughran played for the Socceroos at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, scoring a goal in the first game his adopted country of Australia ever played in Olympic soccer? (22 January 2008)
...that footballer John Hewitt scored the fastest recorded goal in Scottish Cup history, timed at 9.6 seconds? (26 January 2008)
...that Mretebi Tbilisi was the first openly professional football club to be founded in the Soviet Union? (31 January 2008)
...that Association Footballer Billy Mosforth was a leading exponent of the screw shot, which allows players to bend the ball's trajectory? (1 February 2008)
...that Billy Mercer became caretaker assistant manager of Sheffield Wednesday in October 2006, having previously played for rivals Sheffield United? (9 February 2008)
...that John Percival, when headmaster of Rugby School, gained the nickname "Percival of the knees" because he was concerned about "impurity" and insisted that boys secure their football shorts below the knee with elastic? (12 February 2008)
...that Cullen Football Club played on a golf course when they were first formed in 1890? (12 February 2008)
...that the rivalry between Leeds United and Manchester United football clubs has its roots in the 15th century English civil war, the Wars of the Roses? (14 February 2008)
...that William Bambridge, the father of England Football international Charles Bambridge was a member of the Te Waimate mission, New Zealand who became official photographer to Queen Victoria? (15 February 2008)
...that the England national football team has only had fifteen managers since the position was made a full-time post in 1946? (19 February 2008)
...that former England under-21 goalkeeper Lee Grant has been described by Owls manager Brian Laws as "probably the most outstanding keeper" in the Championship? (20 February 2008)
...that Ellyse Perry played both cricket and soccer for Australia at the age of sixteen? (20 February 2008)
...that the Premier League's proposal to play some matches outside England has been condemned by the Football Supporters' Federation as "outrageous desecration of the national game"? (21 February 2008)
...that in 1916, footballer Bob Benson volunteered to replace an absent Arsenal team-mate just before a game, only to collapse and die during the match? (23 February 2008)
...that Bradford City Football Club blamed their FA Cup exit in the 1919–20 season on a pre-game trip to Fry's chocolate works? (25 February 2008)
...that the 1976 Football League Cup win made Tony Book the first to so as both a player and manager? (29 February 2008)
...that Stockport County physio Rodger Wylde formed a rock group with player Tom Bennett whilst treating his broken leg? (3 March 2008)
...that former Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday footballer Brian Hornsby trekked to Machu Picchu with musician Tony Hadley in aid of Action Medical Research? (4 March 2008)
...that former football player and manager Alan Brown quit Huddersfield Town and became a policeman for two and a half years before rejoining the club? (8 March 2008)
...that Scottish footballer Kevin Bremner scored for five different teams in the Football League during the 1982–83 season? (8 March 2008)
...that after retiring, former Premier League footballer Adrian Whitbread worked in four different clubs as assistant coach for Martin Allen? (15 March 2008)
...that footballer Henry Martin scored on his début against Liverpool and again the next day against their neighbours Everton? (2 April 2008)
...that the four youngest players for England's football team are Wayne Rooney, Theo Walcott, James Prinsep and Thurston Rostron? (9 April 2008)
...that at 15 years and 156 days, Albert Geldard became the youngest player to appear in The Football League in 1929? (25 April 2008}
...that Julian Sturgis, the novelist, poet, librettist and lyricist was the first American to play for the winning team in an English FA Cup Final in 1873? (28 April 2008)
...that in Claude Ashton's only international appearance for the English national football team, he captained the squad? (5 May 2008)
... that English football full back Alfred Bower was the last amateur player to captain the English national team in 1927? (7 May 2008)
... that Bradford City footballers Geoff Smith and George Mulholland each played more than 200 consecutive appearances for the club during the 1950s? (7 May 2008)
... that Albert Kidd scored two goals in the last 10 minutes of the 1985-86 Scottish football season to deny Hearts the championship, despite having not scored in the whole season until then? (10 May 2008)
... that association footballers Jimmy Willis and Steve Finnan are the only players to have scored in the top five divisions of English league football? (13 May 2008)

... that Sam Cowan is the only footballer to have represented Manchester City in three FA Cup finals? (14 May 2008)
... that brothers and England football defenders Arthur Melmoth Walters and Percy Melmoth Walters were known as "Morning" and "Afternoon" in allusion to their initials? (16 May 2008)
... that the game between FC Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich on 23 April 1945 in the Gauliga Bayern, ending 3–2, was the last official football game played in Nazi Germany? (20 May 2008)
... that Len Boyd, captain of Birmingham City F.C. in the 1950s, once played four games with a fractured leg? (24 May 2008)
... that Aston Villa's Bob Chatt scored an FA Cup Final goal 30 seconds after kick-off? (25 May 2008)
... that the Webster ruling is a legal precedent clarified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2008, which extends to professional footballers in Europe the same contractual freedom of movement as workers in other industries? (30 May 2008)
... that the Gibraltar Football Association had their UEFA membership application blocked by Spain due to their claim on the territory? (30 May 2008)
... that Georgian footballer Georgi Kiknadze won five consecutive league championships with Dinamo Tbilisi? (31 May 2008)
... that Poole Stadium, a former football ground now used for greyhound racing and speedway, was the venue for the 2004 Speedway World Cup final? (31 May 2008)
... that twin brothers David and Peter Jackson played together for seven clubs in English football? (1 June 2008)
... that goalkeeper Bob Roberts was the first West Bromwich Albion player to win an international cap? (4 June 2008)
... that the Eimsbütteler TV, a German football club, failed to advance in the national championship finals in 1934 and 1935 despite beating the later champion, FC Schalke 04, in both years? (6 June 2008)
... that in the 1996 football match between England and Scotland, Uri Geller claimed that he caused Scotland's Gary McAllister to miss a penalty by the power of his mind? (7 June 2008)
... in 1885, Jimmy Forrest was the first professional footballer to appear for the England national football team? (8 June 2008)
... that when Hibernian F.C. applied to join the Scottish Football Association, the SFA told them that the SFA were catering for Scotsmen, not Irishmen? (9 June 2008)
... that amateur footballer Lee Todd is in the Guinness Book of World Records for the quickest sending off in a match, playing for just two seconds? (10 June 2008)
... that the Franconian derby between 1. FC Nuremberg and SpVgg Greuther Fürth is the most played football match in Germany with over 250 games between the two sides? (19 June 2008)
... that Fred Forman scored two goals in England's 13–2 win over Ireland in 1899—the highest-scoring match involving England in international football history? (23 June 2008)
... that with the inception of the Gauliga Ostmark in 1938, clubs from outside of Vienna were for the first time permitted to take part in Austria's premier football division? (28 June 2008)
... that Welsh footballer Roy Clarke played in three different divisions of the Football League in three consecutive matches? (30 June 2008)
... that Bert Freeman was the top scorer in the English Football League in three seasons before 1914? (1 July 2008)
... that Jimmy Speirs won the Military Medal while serving with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, six years after his goal helped Bradford City win the 1911 FA Cup Final? (4 July 2008)
... that Hibernian Park hosted the first football international match played in Edinburgh, Scotland? (6 July 2008)
... that, at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) tall, Teddy Davison was considered the smallest goalkeeper to play for the England national football team? (9 July 2008)
... that English footballer Tom Holford played professionally until he was 46, making him the sixth oldest player to have appeared in a Football League match? (11 July 2008)
... that the football game between Offenburger FV and the SC Freiburg on 28 March 1920 lasted for over three hours? (22 July 2008)
... that Eastbourne Borough is the fifth football club for which Jean-Michel Sigere and Simon Wormull have played together? (20 August 2008)
... that following Neil Dewar’s transfer from the club, a Manchester United director was forced to resign due to his daughter eloping with the player? (21 August 2008)
... that England's Tom Brittleton is the oldest footballer ever to play a competitive match for Sheffield Wednesday? (23 August 2008)
... that mathematician Harald Bohr, brother of Niels Bohr, won a silver medal in football at the 1908 Summer Olympics? (26 August 2008)
... that when 15-year-old Jordon Mutch was first selected to play for Birmingham City F.C., he had to be withdrawn only hours before the match because of child protection regulations? (2 September 2008)
... that the 2008 Congo football riots were sparked by accusations of witchcraft? (21 September 2008)
... that Brazilian footballer Bobô won the 1988 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A before playing three games for the Brazil national team in 1989? (22 September 2008)
... that goalkeeper Peter Litchfield donated the man of the match award from his Football League debut to motor neurone disease in memory of former teammate Mel Holden? (22 September 2008)
... that Curtis Woodhouse was a professional boxer whilst still playing professional football for Rushden & Diamonds? (23 September 2008)
... that victory in the 1904 FA Cup Final gave Manchester City F.C. their first major honour? (25 September 2008)
... that Jack Hillman was responsible for the earliest recorded case of match fixing in football? (26 September 2008)
... that new Manchester City F.C. chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak was also the man who negotiated the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix's inclusion in the 2009 Formula One season? (26 September 2008)

... that English footballer Fred Geary scored the first goal at the opening of Everton's new Goodison Park stadium in August 1892? (26 September 2008)
... that Reuben Noble-Lazarus became the youngest footballer in the Football League when he came on as a substitute in Barnsley's 3–0 defeat to Ipswich Town in 2008? (7 October 2008)
...that English footballer Glen Thomas came close to losing an eye in 1996 when he stumbled into a tree during a training session and was hit in the face by a branch? (10 October 2008)
.. that South African Jean-Michel d'Avray played football in England and Holland before becoming the last ever National Soccer League Coach of the Year in Australia? (12 October 2008)
... that during the World War II, English footballer Jimmy Boswell served in the same army unit as four other future Gillingham F.C. players? (14 October 2008)
... that footballer Peter Stringfellow suffered a dramatic decline in form, which ultimately ended his professional career, after being involved in a car crash in which a team-mate died? (15 October 2008)
... that Norwegian football goalkeeper Jon Knudsen made his national team debut one month before turning 34? (22 October 2008)
... that Joe Wilson scored West Bromwich Albion's first goal in The Football League? (24 October 2008}
... that Manchester United gave Stockport County a freezer full of ice cream in exchange for the transfer of footballer Hugh McLenahan in May 1927? (1 November 2008)
... that Franz Burgmeier became the first Liechtensteiner to play football in England after being signed on the advice of a club chairman's twelve-year-old grandson? (9 November 2008)
... that, though there is no evidence for it, Louis Rocca is credited with having coined the name Manchester United? (11 November 2008)
... that before becoming a full-time professional footballer at the age of 21, Mike Bickle worked as a milkman? (12 November 2008)

... that the football rivalry between ASV Herzogenaurach and FC Herzogenaurach can be traced back to the rivalry between the clubs' sponsors, Adidas and Puma? (14 November 2008)
... that football player Michael Liddle made his international debut for Republic of Ireland under-19s although he was born in London, England? (20 November 2008)
... that footballer Tommy Magee is the only West Bromwich Albion player to have won both a League Championship medal and an FA Cup winners' medal with the club? (25 November 2008)
... that the German company Jako threatened to sue the Football Association of Ireland when referee Anthony Buttimer refused to allow Sligo Rovers to wear their kit in a League of Ireland match? (29 November 2008)
... that that 1. FC Nuremberg reached every final of the Bavarian under 19 football championship from 1967 to 1994? (2 December 2008)
... that Ian Chapman was the first former pupil of The Football Association's School of Excellence to play in The Football League? (6 December 2008)
... that after retiring as a footballer, Mike Trusson worked as the marketing manager for a football-themed restaurant in London? (6 December 2008)
... that footballer Johnny Warsap was signed by Gillingham F.C. after he played against the club for a team representing the Royal Berkshire Regiment? (7 December 2008)
... that the Scotch Professors, a group of 19th-century Scottish footballers, are credited with inventing the passing style of the modern game and spreading the sport globally? (23 December 2008)
... that in 1937, Harry Osman was the last footballer to score a goal on Christmas Day at Southampton's The Dell stadium? (25 December 2008)
... that Walter Galbraith selected an Accrington Stanley team of eleven Scots for an English Football League match? (1 January 2009)
... that footballer Abe Hartley used to place a rolled-up cigarette behind his ear prior to kick-off and then smoke it in the changing room at half-time? (2 January 2009)
... that Willie McCartney was listed by the Sunday Herald newspaper as the 22nd greatest Scottish football manager of all time, even though he never won a major trophy? (7 January 2009)
... that German football manager Horst Buhtz led both Dortmund and Nuremberg to the Bundesliga promotion playoffs, but was dismissed each time before the matches took place? (14 January 2009)
... that the Brazilian team at the 1958 World Cup had not assigned squad numbers in advance, and a 17-year old Pelé was randomly assigned the number 10, which he wore for the rest of his career? (15 January 2009)
... that Scottish footballer Jim Baxter once taunted opponents in an international match by playing keepie uppie during the game, and that he described his style as "treating the ball like a woman"? (15 January 2009)
... that Bishop Auckland F.C. was the only football club to win the FA Amateur Cup in three consecutive seasons? (17 January 2009)
... that goalkeeper Jack Wheeler and his five defenders set a Football League record in the 1952–53 season by all playing in every league game for Huddersfield Town? (17 January 2009)
... that from 1936 to 1998, the Germany national football team had just five managers, each of whom won a major trophy, with Helmut Schön (1964–1978) winning two? (18 January 2009)
... that the television series Use It or Lose It documented the return of former association footballers Niall Quinn and Ronnie Whelan to their respective youth teams? (3 February 2009)
... that in 1946, Welsh international footballer Bert Turner became the first player to score for both sides in an FA Cup Final? (3 February 2009)
... that Derek Forster became the youngest Sunderland footballer to have made a first team appearance when he was 15 years 185 days old? (4 February 2009)
... that Bert Shelley made 448 appearances for Southampton Football Club between 17 January 1920 and 16 April 1932, a club record that was broken by Tommy Traynor in 1966? (9 February 2009)
... that Christ Bongo was one of only three Congolese footballers to score in final qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Cup? (14 February 2009)
... that in 1945, footballer Doug McGibbon scored six goals in one match, one of which was timed at under five seconds from the second half kick-off? (18 February 2009)
... that the career of association football player Mark Maley was ended after he was accidentally shot in the eye by teammate John Oster with an air gun? (23 February 2009)

... that former professional footballer Charlie Sillett was one of two Royal Navy gunners killed when the Norwegian steamship SS Corvus was sunk by a torpedo launched from the German U-boat U-1018? (4 March 2009)
... that James Allan scored 12 goals in one match, when Sunderland beat Castletown 23–0 in an exhibition football game? (14 March 2009)
... that when footballer Morten Knutsen left Odd Grenland due to persistent injury problems, he joined FK Arendal, only to immediately sustain another injury? (21 March 2009)
... that the Antelope Ground, Southampton was the first home of both Hampshire County Cricket Club and of Southampton Football Club? (24 March 2009)
... that when Bobby Folds joined Gillingham F.C. in 1966, he became the club's first ever apprentice-professional footballer? (27 March 2009)
... that footballer Bob Wilson was the last player to captain the original Accrington Stanley club in a professional match? (30 March 2009)

... that footballer Chic Brodie's professional career ended when he collided with a dog on the playing field? (31 March 2009)
... that Mick Rathbone, now Everton F.C.'s head of sports medicine, was once simultaneously player, physiotherapist and assistant manager of Halifax Town A.F.C.? (2 April 2009)
... that Brian Statham shares his name with an England international cricketer and was himself a talented schoolboy cricketer, but opted to pursue a career in professional football? (4 April 2009)
... that in 1863, Blackheath Proprietary School was one of the founder members of the Football Association? (5 April 2009)
... that in 1980, Eamonn Collins became the youngest player to appear in a professional football match in England, when he played for Blackpool at the age of 14 years and 323 days? (5 April 2009)
... that former professional footballer Don Rossiter served as mayor of Rochester, Kent, during the 1980s? (6 April 2009)
... that ex-professional footballer Julian Hails has a BSc honours degree in mathematical studies and became a mathematics teacher? (6 April 2009)
... that Ritchie Hanlon became manager of St Albans City F.C. at the age of 29, three months after he retired as a player? (8 April 2009)
... that when Ted Hough was signed by Southampton Football Club, his "transfer fee" was a round of 52 pints of beer? (8 April 2009)

... that the only Football League match in which Billy Jervis played was abandoned due to fading daylight after his team turned up late? (11 April 2009)
... that the Essex derby football match did not take place for 15 years? (12 April 2009)
... that Archie Roe, who scored South Shields F.C.'s first ever goal in The Football League, was then signed by the team he had scored it against? (3 May 2009)
... that footballer Bud Houghton was born in Madras to an Anglo-Indian family who migrated to England in 1947 when India gained independence from British rule? (17 May 2009)
... that Gillingham Football Club's supporters donated £2,500 in an attempt to fund a month's extension to loanee defender Mick Bodley's contract? (26 May 2009)
... that in the penalty shootout during the London Senior Cup final 2009, Serge Makofo was the only player to score for Croydon Athletic? (25 July 2009)

[edit] Did you know? from Portal:Association football

The following are undated DYK's that appeared on Portal:Association football prior to the re-format in December 2007. The portal now automatically displays the last five entries in the section above.

...that India withdrew from the 1950 World Cup because their team was not allowed to play barefoot?
...that the first player to score a hat-trick during the final of a World Cup was Geoff Hurst in England's 4-2 win against Germany in the 1966 World Cup? Two of his goals scored within 120 minutes are controversial, though.
...that Frenchman Just Fontaine set a world record for goals scored in the finals of a World Cup with 13 in the 1958 tournament, with a hat-trick against Paraguay and four against Germany?
...that the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland was the first time that the tournament was televised worldwide?
...that the German brothers Fritz and Ottmar Walter shared four goals between themselves in the team's 6-1 defeat of Austria in the 1954 World Cup which the Germans eventually won, too?
...that the Dutch East Indies were the first Asian representatives in the World Cup, qualifying for the 1938 tournament?
...that Uruguay declined to defend their title in the 1934 FIFA World Cup in Italy, as a protest against the meagre European participation in the previous competition held in Uruguay in 1930 during the Great depression?
...that France beat Mexico 4-1 in the first ever World Cup match, with Frenchman Lucien Laurent scoring the first ever goal?
...that Canada striker Christine Sinclair was named one of the 25 most influential people in Canadian sports before she turned 20?
...that Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen of Denmark was the first player to score ten goals in an international match, doing so against France in the 1908 Summer Olympics?
...that Barbados scored an own goal on purpose in order to move ahead of Grenada in the 1994 Caribbean Cup?
...that Malmö FF was degraded from Allsvenskan the 1933-34 season since their nemesis IFK Malmö had reported the club for paying their players, which was against rules at that time?
...that numbers were worn on the back of football shirts for the first time on August 25, 1928?
...that the first corner kick was taken in the 1870s?
...the first ever football tournament was the Youdan Cup in 1867. The final took place at Bramall Lane and was won by Hallam F.C..

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