Self entitlement more like!
Facts about football that shouldn't be true - but are
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Two of the starting CBs in this year's CL-knockout stage could theoretically be grandfather and grandson.
Barnsley not Burnley
“You had to go poncing off to Barnsley “
Which ones?
Pepe and Cubarsi
The most goals a Mourinho side has conceded was with Roma in a 6-1 loss vs Bodø-Glimt
Mkhitaryan and El Shaarawy were both playing and I think that's the only time they have experienced conceding 6 as well.
Mkhitaryan and El Shaarawy were both playing and I think that's the only time they have experienced conceding 6 as well.
Mourinho lost more times against Frank Lampard (3) than Arsene Wenger (2).
He's also lost over double as many games against Chelsea (7) than he has against Arsenal (3).
And I'm being generous here by counting the community shield.
He's also lost over double as many games against Chelsea (7) than he has against Arsenal (3).
And I'm being generous here by counting the community shield.
Came across this incredible fact on Twitter -
With Maurizio Sarri resigning at Lazio, now each of the last 10 Chelsea managers pre-Pochettino - dating back to when Ancelotti left in 2011, will be out of work this summer.
1. Andre Villas Boas - Sacked by Marseille in 2021, not worked since.
2. Roberto Di Matteo - Not managed anyone since Aston Villa in 2016.
3. Rafa Benitez - Sacked by Celta Vigo this past week.
4. Jose Mourinho - Sacked by Roma in January.
5. Guus Hiddink - He's basically retired I think but Google tells me he worked as Australia's assistant manager until September 2022 but has not worked since.
6. Antonio Conte - Not worked since he left Tottenham last season.
7. Maurizio Sarri - As mentioned, just resigned at Lazio.
8. Frank Lampard - Got sacked by Everton last season. Disastrous interim stint at Chelsea after that. Not worked since.
9. Thomas Tuchel - Currently managing Bayern but they've already announced he's leaving at the end of the season.
10. Graham Potter - Not worked since the Chelsea sacking.
The 3 immediately before (well kinda, Guus Hiddink was manager before Carlo) these are all working. Ancelotti looks set to lead Real to a La Liga this season and may yet win the Champions League. Avram Grant is the current manager of Zambia and Luiz Felipe Scolari is managing Athletico Mineiro.
The bell tolls for poor Mauricio, methinks
With Maurizio Sarri resigning at Lazio, now each of the last 10 Chelsea managers pre-Pochettino - dating back to when Ancelotti left in 2011, will be out of work this summer.
1. Andre Villas Boas - Sacked by Marseille in 2021, not worked since.
2. Roberto Di Matteo - Not managed anyone since Aston Villa in 2016.
3. Rafa Benitez - Sacked by Celta Vigo this past week.
4. Jose Mourinho - Sacked by Roma in January.
5. Guus Hiddink - He's basically retired I think but Google tells me he worked as Australia's assistant manager until September 2022 but has not worked since.
6. Antonio Conte - Not worked since he left Tottenham last season.
7. Maurizio Sarri - As mentioned, just resigned at Lazio.
8. Frank Lampard - Got sacked by Everton last season. Disastrous interim stint at Chelsea after that. Not worked since.
9. Thomas Tuchel - Currently managing Bayern but they've already announced he's leaving at the end of the season.
10. Graham Potter - Not worked since the Chelsea sacking.
The 3 immediately before (well kinda, Guus Hiddink was manager before Carlo) these are all working. Ancelotti looks set to lead Real to a La Liga this season and may yet win the Champions League. Avram Grant is the current manager of Zambia and Luiz Felipe Scolari is managing Athletico Mineiro.
The bell tolls for poor Mauricio, methinks
That's incredibleCame across this incredible fact on Twitter -
With Maurizio Sarri resigning at Lazio, now each of the last 10 Chelsea managers pre-Pochettino - dating back to when Ancelotti left in 2011, will be out of work this summer.
1. Andre Villas Boas - Sacked by Marseille in 2021, not worked since.
2. Roberto Di Matteo - Not managed anyone since Aston Villa in 2016.
3. Rafa Benitez - Sacked by Celta Vigo this past week.
4. Jose Mourinho - Sacked by Roma in January.
5. Guus Hiddink - He's basically retired I think but Google tells me he worked as Australia's assistant manager until September 2022 but has not worked since.
6. Antonio Conte - Not worked since he left Tottenham last season.
7. Maurizio Sarri - As mentioned, just resigned at Lazio.
8. Frank Lampard - Got sacked by Everton last season. Disastrous interim stint at Chelsea after that. Not worked since.
9. Thomas Tuchel - Currently managing Bayern but they've already announced he's leaving at the end of the season.
10. Graham Potter - Not worked since the Chelsea sacking.
The 3 immediately before (well kinda, Guus Hiddink was manager before Carlo) these are all working. Ancelotti looks set to lead Real to a La Liga this season and may yet win the Champions League. Avram Grant is the current manager of Zambia and Luiz Felipe Scolari is managing Athletico Mineiro.
The bell tolls for poor Mauricio, methinks
Hans-Jörg Butt, a goalkeeper, scored three Champions League goals in his career. For three different clubs (Hamburg, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich). All three were scored against Juventus.
Antony has only scored with his right foot this season.
30% of Antony's goals for united have come with his right foot.
Antony has scored for United against Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool and Barcelona.
Antony.
30% of Antony's goals for united have come with his right foot.
Antony has scored for United against Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool and Barcelona.
Antony.
Big game player
In the last 10 fixtures between United and Liverpool at Old Trafford, Liverpool have scored 21 goals.
In the last 10 fixtures between them at Anfield, United have scored 2.
In the last 10 fixtures between them at Anfield, United have scored 2.
Jesus, that’s really bad.
how many goals have the respective home teams scored in these fixtures?
Quite even actually, we've scored 15 at OT and Liverpool 16 at Anfield.
When Everton got top 4 in 2005, they did so having a negative goal difference and scoring the same amount of goals as Southampton who finished bottom.
Get out of here, that can't be true!
If he did a step over in each of those scoreless 50 UCL games he'd be rated even more in the eyes of some people and bot
In 1937/1938, Man City were champions. And got relegated with a positive goal difference and were the top scorers in the division.
Funny thing is this could happen again very soon.
Six months of 26-year-old Garrinchas's life of the pitch in 1959, between his two World Cup wins:
-Ran over his father while drunk driving, father survived.
-Wife gave birth to the fifth of their 8 daughters.
-One of his mistresses publicly announced that she was pregnant with his child.
-Went on tour with his club Botofogi to Sweden and made at least one Swedish girl pregnant. Grandson is now a semi-pro footballer.
-Father died at 49 of alcohol-related cirrhosis which had led to liver cancer
Much earlier in his life, he lost his virginity to a goat, and the person to reveal that story to the public was himself.
-Ran over his father while drunk driving, father survived.
-Wife gave birth to the fifth of their 8 daughters.
-One of his mistresses publicly announced that she was pregnant with his child.
-Went on tour with his club Botofogi to Sweden and made at least one Swedish girl pregnant. Grandson is now a semi-pro footballer.
-Father died at 49 of alcohol-related cirrhosis which had led to liver cancer
Much earlier in his life, he lost his virginity to a goat, and the person to reveal that story to the public was himself.
Is the goat story true or an urban legend? The only sources I can find are The Sun or the Daily Star and.. well, they are The Sun and the Daily Star.
Garrincha himself said it to the author of his biography. I read it in the early 2000s in that book.
I hope Messi was old enough
great thread
The 05-06 team who got dumped out of the CL in a group with Lille, Benfica and Villareal got 4 points less than the 07-08 European double winning team.
When the premier league started MUFC had 7 league titles and Everton had 9
The surprise is that we've scored 2 there, such is the bizarre way we go to pieces there.
I still remember an Arsenal fan pointing out it was 11 titles each between us and them at sixth form.
However, we went 12-11 in my last year of school 98/99
Chelsea's first title win under Mourinho was only their 2nd in their history.
That's another mad sounding one.
Even pre money City had 2 by the time their money came in.
That's another mad sounding one.
Even pre money City had 2 by the time their money came in.
Ffs, i already shared that.Yeah, they absolutely are. I've checked 3 and all of them are wrong
I mean, thread says "facts". @RedStarUnited middle finger emoji for you.
Scored great penalty against Schalke
Bastian Schweinsteiger is the first, and so far only, German to have ever made an appearance for Manchester United. Marcel Sabitzer is the first, and so far, only Austrian to have ever made an appearance for Manchester United. They are therefore the only two players so far from a majority German-speaking country to have played for Manchester United.
(PS: I do know that German keeper Ron-Robert Zieler was on our books before I started following football; however, he never played for our first team. Similarly, a Finnish player has never played for our first team either, although we had a Finnish guy on our books in the 2005-06 season.)
(PS: I do know that German keeper Ron-Robert Zieler was on our books before I started following football; however, he never played for our first team. Similarly, a Finnish player has never played for our first team either, although we had a Finnish guy on our books in the 2005-06 season.)
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Not sure if the maths stack up on that one mate.
Cubarsi is 17 and Pepe is 41. Pepe would have had to become a father at 12 and his son likewise for Pepe to have a 17 year old grandson.
You read my other responses?Ffs, i already shared that.
I mean, thread says "facts". @RedStarUnited middle finger emoji for you.
Isnt Quinton Fortune the only South African to play for us as well and Mark Bosnich the only Australian
I’m pretty sure that is the case. Odion Ighalo is the only Nigerian and Mame Biram Diouf is the only Senegalese.
Saidy Janko?
Born and grew up in Switzerland (majority German speaking). played in the infamous 4-0 defeat to MK Dons in the League Cup. He represents The Gambia now, but was playing for Switzerland U21s while at United.
Didnt he end up joining Celtic?
It's so interesting that when you play for city nobody cares. Except city fans of course. If Haaland was playing for any other team he would be making headlines, but you play for city and you might as well play in South Africa.