Found out last night that James Trafford is taller than Donnaruma
Facts about football that shouldn't be true - but are
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Man City suffered their biggest xG defeat. Ever today.
Michael Carrick was the manager for the opposing team. Seems pretty reasonable to me.
Bayern Munich have an average of 4 goals per game halfway through the season
Apparently… I haven’t done the maths.
Mendy has saved 3 Panenka penalties, all from the current topscorer of the league/cup he saved in also.
Not sure where the third is from. But Aguero and yesterday's final are two of them.
Not sure where the third is from. But Aguero and yesterday's final are two of them.
Man City last night lost 3-1 on a pitch made out of the same material as the majority of their fan base.
Shite is a decent fertiliser after all.
cnut?
internet bots?
Paid actors?
Skin?
fictional?
Only three managers have won the English top-flight league title for Manchester United. Sir Matt, Sir Alex and Ernest .
We’ve had nine managers since we last beat Arsenal away in the league (per recent TOTD podcast)
Since June, Donnarumma has conceded 10 goals against Norwegian teams.
Ah yes, Jim Varney in Ernest wins the League. Great film, although not as good as Slam Dunk Ernest.
Surely this isn't accurate?
We last beat them at the Emirates in the league in December 2017 - the famous De Gea game where he pulled off 25-odd saves. Lingard scored a brace and we won 3-1, with Pogba getting sent off late on.
Jose was the manager of that game, and since then, we've had:
Ole
Carrick
Ragnick
ETH
RVN
Amorim
Fletcher
Carrick (?)
Even if you count Carrick's two short spells separately, that still comes to only eight, unless I'm forgetting someone...
(Side note: I'm still pissed about that Garnacho offside goal in 2023. We should've won that game 2-1, and instead ended up losing 3-1)
You missed Jose
I think they were counting Jose (as other poster said) on basis he was manager AFTER that game. And yes, they said two Carricks.
7, 8 or 9. It’s a lot?
And ends this weekend.
Just seen this, hard to even get your head around
At least one player who played in the English top-flight under Sir Bobby Robson has made a top-flight appearance in every single season from 1957-58 up to the current season in 2025-26.
At least one player who played in the English top-flight under Sir Bobby Robson has made a top-flight appearance in every single season from 1957-58 up to the current season in 2025-26.
Came to post this one, sounds ridiculous at first, but it's people with long careers doing the heavy lifting. Milner still going strong will be the last one I think.
Milner is the answer for both them seasons
Impressive, seems the Class of 92 all avoided that year. Either slightly older or younger.
Him still playing is just mind boggling.
I remember seeing him play in 2002.
That's two years after I left primary school.
Since then I've been through secondary school, college, university, met my wife, married my wife, lived in a flat for 5 years, bought a house, had two children, and this weekend I'll put match of the day on and he is STILL PLAYING.
My favourite bit of football trivia is Eidur Gudjohnsen made his international debut by coming as a sub and replacing his dad Arnor.
All 3 of his sons are footballers too, one plays for Blackburn, one in Norway and one in Sweden.
Also liked the fact some Chelsea fans nicknamed Glen Johnson as Bad Johnson when they had Eidur in the team as well.
Sunderland are the only unbeaten side at home in the Premier League this season.
There is an 11-point gap from first to last place in the Polish league, with more than half of the season played among 18 teams.
The bottom team has won 5 games, only two fewer than the current leaders.
The bottom team has won 5 games, only two fewer than the current leaders.
That table is mad. The bottom team has scored 3 goals more than first also
and we thought the pl was tight
I went to see England play Iceland in the early 00s and there were about 5 Gudjohnsens in the squad.
Similarly in the 1937-38 1st division Man City were relegated (equal on points with the bottom team) while scoring the most goals in the league while also being the defending league champions
Bodø had to win against City and Atletico away to stay in the Champions League. And they did.
Estimated yearly Salary budget: £7–8 million GBP
Norwich city estimated yearly salary budget: 23million GBP
Sheffield Wednesday: £7–8 million GBP
Estimated yearly Salary budget: £7–8 million GBP
Norwich city estimated yearly salary budget: 23million GBP
Sheffield Wednesday: £7–8 million GBP
Hans Jorg Butt scored 3 goals vs Juventus for three different clubs, despite being a goalkeeper and never playing for an Italian club
Wow