I once saw Seaman being interviewed and he was asked if he got the p!ss taken out of him in school because of his name. He replied "No, because I was the hardest lad in the school".
Facts about football that shouldn't be true - but are
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Messi didn't score at the 2010 World cup
There must be a pun or joke in there somewhere about seaman and being hard but I'm just not getting to it. Someone finish me off for me please.
I never knew that Bayern Munich had a fellow Dutchman, player-manager-president Willem "the Cannon" Hesselink, who played such an important role in the history of my club.
Sunderland players have scored 8 goals so far at this world cup, only Real Madrid and PSG players have scored more
There was no official 'final' at the 1950 world cup. There were 4 groups and each group winner went into a final group where they played a round robin. The winner of this group was declared the champions. It just happened that Uruguay and Brazil played each other in their last group game, with both still in with a chance of topping the group.
41 year old Ronaldo with his first ever goal in the knockout stage at the World Cup
Brazil had 34% possession vs Norway.
The least amount of possession Brazil has ever had in a World Cup match.
The least amount of possession Brazil has ever had in a World Cup match.
Was over 50 Million viewers for USA v Belgium that made it the most-watched non US sporting event on US Television in 32 years
For context, interest the event 32 years ago was in the 1994 Winter Olympics which was juiced by the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding drama
For context, interest the event 32 years ago was in the 1994 Winter Olympics which was juiced by the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding drama
How is US vs Belgium a non US sporting event
Kermit the frog has more world cup final appearances than Cristiano Ronaldo.
The World Cup final halftime was 27 minutes long.
An event that wasn't one of their most sporting favourites Basketball,Hockey and NFL.How is US vs Belgium a non US sporting event
This is the first season since 1888 where there has been no top flight team in the English league with a name beginning with W.
Famous teams include:
Famous teams include:
- West Bromwich Albion
- Wolverhampton Wanderers
- West Ham United
- Watford
- Wimbledon
- Wigan Athletic
Louis van Gaal at 75 looks to be a genuine consideration for a 4th stint at the Dutch NT
Bournemouth‘s Marco Rose is currently the 12th longest serving Manager in the Premier League - he is yet to manage his team in a game.
Should we just accept he'll never retire
Here was the goals per minutes played in the 2006/2007 season
| J. O'shea Manchester United | 431' | 1723' | 4 |
| P. Scholes Manchester United | 433' | 2595' | 6 |
| S. Gerrard Liverpool | 440' | 3079' | 7 |
| A. Shevchenko Chelsea | 452' | 1808' | 4 |