[Football] Reasonably interesting and pointless football facts

[Doc Lynam]

Cruyff had his own Dutch kit made when Adidas were sponsors! He refused to wear the three black stripes down his sleeves because he said it clashed with his Puma sponsors, so he got the Dutch to make him a top with only 2 stripes!

 

[Is it PotG?]

Eighty percent of injuries that occur in matches are severe enough that players need to miss subsequent games.

 

[N17]

In Gaelic, Pittodrie, the home of Aberdeen roughly translates as s*** heap (‘place of manure’ or ‘hill of dung’ to be polite)

 

[B-right-on]

Eighty percent of injuries that occur in matches are severe enough that players need to miss subsequent games.

Except HaHa's which last until he gets the foul.

 

[N17]

Jimmy Rimmer is the only player to have won European Cup winners’ medals with two different English clubs

 

[southstandandy]

Substitutes were first introduced in English football in the1965/66 season. And only 1 could be used. Imagine that today!

 

[Superphil]

If a team has ever won the FA Cup they are entitled to use triangular shaped corner flags at their home ground.

*this is a myth BTW rather than a pointless fact.

 

[WildWood]

There’s only one club in all English divisions, who’s first 5 letters are all consonants....

 

[Jimmehh]

There’s only one club in all English divisions, who’s first 5 letters are all consonants....

 

[drew]

Maty Ryan was born in Plumpton!!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Vaguely on-topic...

Contrary to the answer given by a contestant on The Chase, the only country in the world to start with the letter Q is not, repeat NOT, Kuwait

 

[Gritt23]

Brighton's League record vs Chelsea is indeed pointless. We've only played them 7 times in the League, and we've lost them all.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

In Gaelic, Pittodrie, the home of Aberdeen roughly translates as s*** heap (‘place of manure’ or ‘hill of dung’ to be polite)

'Smelly heap' (Odrie, as in 'Odour') my taxi driver translated it as, last visit.

 

[schmunk]

'Smelly heap' (Odrie, as in 'Odour') my taxi driver translated it as, last visit.

Ordure

 

[Postman Pat]

Man Utd have had at least one player who came through their academy in their matchday squad since October 1937.

 

[pearl]

Port Vale isn't a place

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Port Vale isn't a place

Neither is Arsenal

 

[bhafc99]

Rochdale have been in the third and fourth tiers of the league since 1921, never climbing higher or dropping lower.


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[Tim Over Whelmed]

Rochdale have been in the third and fourth tiers of the league since 1921, never climbing higher or dropping lower.



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Crikey, just imagine that for a minute!

 

[Lankyseagull]

FC Barcelona are not sponsored by UNICEF. They donate around $1.8m to them each year.