Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Man of the match


Most Man of the Match awards by league, since 2009/10: 

Ligue 1 - Zlatan (42) 
Serie A - Alejandro Gomez (38) 
Bundesliga - Marco Reus (48) 
Premier League - Eden Hazard (62) 
La Liga - Lionel Messi (222)

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Saturday, March 20, 2021

Torres




For 10 days in 2013, Fernando Torres was the holder of the World Cup, European Championships, Champions League and Europa League

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

Rossi


Paolo Rossi is the only male player in history to have won the World Cup, WC Golden Ball, WC Golden Boot and Ballon d'Or in the same year.

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Clean sheets




Gianluigi Buffon is the first goalkeeper to keep a Champions League clean sheet in four different decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s)

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Wednesday, December 09, 2020

Gilmour




Billy Gilmour was man of the match in his Premier League, FA Cup & Champions League debut matches.

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Tuesday, December 08, 2020

Hair colour cancels match


A women's university football match in China had to be called off after players were told they were not allowed to have dyed hair, state media report.

The women's teams of Fuzhou and Jimei universities were due to meet for a college league game in the south-eastern Fujian province at the weekend.

Team members from both sides bought black hair dye to correct the problem.

But one Fuzhou player's hair was deemed "not black enough" and the side had to forfeit for having only six players.

Before the match, "multiple players… were rejected from the match for violating a rule which requires that all players do not dye or curl their hair", the national Global Times reports.

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Thursday, September 03, 2020

Beckham


David Beckham was born at Whipps Cross hospital

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Friday, August 21, 2020

Heaviest trophy




At 33lbs, The UEFA Europa League Trophy is the heaviest of all UEFA silverware.

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Thursday, July 30, 2020

1966 and all that




54 years ago today

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Friday, July 24, 2020

Swansea


Swansea City needed a five-goal swing to secure the final Championship play-off spot:

Nottingham Forest 1-4 Stoke
Reading 1-4 Swansea


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Sunday, July 05, 2020

Man City


‪Man City are now closer to the bottom half of the table (22 pts) than they are to the top of the table (23 pts). 

They’re second. ‬

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Saturday, July 04, 2020

30 years ago today






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Thursday, March 26, 2020

The last league still standing






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Monday, March 16, 2020

Red cards






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Saturday, February 01, 2020

League leader


Liverpool end today 22 points clear of second place in the Premier League table ... the biggest lead any league-leader has ever had at the end of a day in English top-flight history.

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Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Premier League table of the decade


Man City - 812pts
Man United - 741pts
Chelsea - 734pts
Liverpool - 705pts
Arsenal - 700pts
Spurs - 699pts
Everton - 560pts
West Ham - 403pts

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Tuesday, December 17, 2019

MLS expansion fees





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Saturday, November 30, 2019

Boufal’s toe




Southampton midfielder Sofiane Boufal suffered a toe injury - running into a kitchen table.


Boufal is a doubt for Saturday's crucial home game with bottom club Watford.


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Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Gibraltar’s leading goalscorer




Lee Casciaro is Gibraltar’s all-time leading goalscorer. He’s scored 3.

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Saturday, September 21, 2019

Deulofeu heat map




Gerald Deulofeu completed 13 out of 14 passes against Manchester City. 


8 of those were from kick-offs after City goals


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Sunday, August 25, 2019

VAR takeaway




VAR was introduced to Greece for the first time this weekend and the cameras caught them getting a takeaway delivered during one of the games. 


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Saturday, August 24, 2019

Grealish consecutive losses



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Mourinho


Jose Mourinho on who can win the Premiership : "Four teams. Man City, Tottenham, Liverpool and Man City's B team.”

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Saturday, July 13, 2019

Peter Crouch retires




When asked “what would you be if you weren’t a footballer?” Crouch replied “a virgin.”


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Thursday, June 20, 2019

VAR




Venezuela have conceded 5 goals so far at the Copa America. VAR ruled out all of them.


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Thursday, May 23, 2019

2018/19 Premiership payments






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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Happy Birthday George Best






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Sunday, May 19, 2019

La Liga season stats






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Sunday, May 12, 2019

Liverpool celebration cake






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Monday, April 29, 2019

On this day 1996





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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Champagne


The winners of this year’s FA Cup will not be awarded a case of champagne out of respect for players’ religious beliefs.

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Monday, February 18, 2019

Goals against the top 6 Premiership teams


Aguero (52)

Vardy (33)

Van Persie (31)

Cristiano (28)

Kane (23)

Messi (22)


Messi has never played in the Premier League



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Sunday, February 17, 2019

The Forbes top 5 highest-paid players per year in the world


Lionel Messi: £65m

Neymar: £56m

Cristiano Ronaldo: £47m

Gareth Bale: £21.7m

Aaron Ramsey: £20.8m


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Wednesday, February 06, 2019

OTD 1988






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Premiership average attendances this season


Man Utd

74,503


Arsenal

59,907


West Ham

57,398


Man City

54,113


Spurs

54,030


Liverpool 

52,781


Newcastle 

50,948


Chelsea

40,509



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Saturday, February 02, 2019

Burnley fans welcome Crouch






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Monday, January 28, 2019

Academy graduates


League goals scored by academy graduates this season:


Man Utd: 20 

Arsenal: 3 

Chelsea: 3 

Liverpool: 1 

Man City: 0


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Monday, January 21, 2019

Milner red card





James Milner was sent off against Crystal Palace this weekend by Jon Moss, his former Primary school teacher and football coach.

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Monday, December 31, 2018

Happy Neuer






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Thursday, December 27, 2018

Oldest managers



Crystal Palace vs Cardiff City


The first time two managers aged over 70 years old have faced each other in a Premier League fixture (Roy Hodgson and Neil Warnock)


A combined age of 141 years and 164 days.


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Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Christmas truce





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Saturday, December 22, 2018

Liverpool top at xmas


Only two teams in the last 10 years have been top of the Premier League at Christmas failed to win the title:


2008/09: Liverpool

2013/14: Liverpool


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Saturday, December 15, 2018

Short on the top, Messi on the back






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Sunday, December 09, 2018

Messi free kicks




Lionel Messi has scored 10 free kick goals in 2018 ... more than any entire team in Europe’s top 5 leagues.


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Tuesday, December 04, 2018

Modric clean sweep




Luka Modrić is the first player in history to be awarded the World Cup Golden Ball, UEFA Men's Player, FIFA Best Men's Player and Ballon d'Or in the same year.


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Sunday, November 18, 2018

England comeback




England’s 2-1 win against Croatia was the FIRST-EVER time in 601 competitive games that they won a game when trailing in the last 15 mins.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

‪Top EPL clubs in each U.S. state ‬






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Saturday, September 29, 2018

Batshuayi




Michy Batshuayi is now officially the first player this century to score a goal in the:


• Premier League

• Ligue 1

• Bundesliga

• La Liga



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Thursday, September 27, 2018

Kante’s rise






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Friday, August 31, 2018

Monaco’s training complex






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