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[Football] Reasonably interesting and pointless football facts
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Taybha
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The PSI of a modern day match football has to be between 8.3 to 15.6 , as you all know , but do you know what the average PSI was for laced leather match footballs used to be ?
theboybilly
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The 1st substitute was Charlton's Keith Peacock in a match v Bolton when he replaced goalkeeper Mike Rose
Pevenseagull
Anti-greed coalition
- Jul 20, 2003
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Manchester City is an anagram of, ' Synthetic Cream '
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smillie's garden
Am I evil?
- Aug 11, 2003
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Well "London bathing behavior" is an anagram of Brighton and Hove Albion, which is reasonably interesting given the history of our fair city.
KZNSeagull
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Newcastle are away to Arsenal on monday. This will be Newcastle's 15th away monday night fixture in a row. (according to Dan whatsit on the BBC anyway).
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Mark Crossley is the only goalkeeper to have saved a Matt Le Tissier penalty.
Although usually optional, if a goalkeeper is wearing a short sleeved shirt, he is then obliged to wear gloves.
Although usually optional, if a goalkeeper is wearing a short sleeved shirt, he is then obliged to wear gloves.
Whitechapel
Famous Last Words
Noel Whelan, is the only player to appear on October 31st in a Premier League game (a 0-1 defeat for Coventry against Arsenal in 1998) whose name contains every letter in 'Halloween'.
jonnyrovers
mostly tinpot
George Stephenson and Edmund Cartwright of Millers Utd put their combined tally of eleven goals past Socialist Rovers keeper Robert Owen in the 1799 Philanthropy Cup, breaking several long held records. Ball boy 'Little' Tommy Tickle (9), at the end of his 28 hour shift down the pit, was hit in the head by the 39 shots that didn't make the target. His father 'Big' Tommy Tickle was docked a month's wages.
Pinkie Brown
I'll look after the skirt
Crossley once played a Premier League game for Nottingham Forest on a Saturday & for a team in the North Derbyshire Sunday League on the Sunday. On the orders of Brian Clough who's other son Simon was the manager! The Sunday League club were fined fifty quid for playing a ringer.
jevs
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In 1975, West Ham became the last team to win the FA cup with an all English team
In 1980, West ham became the last British team to win the FA cup (10 English plus Ray Stewart from Scotland)
In 1980, West Ham became the last team to present to win the FA cup from outside the top flight
In 1980, West ham became the last British team to win the FA cup (10 English plus Ray Stewart from Scotland)
In 1980, West Ham became the last team to present to win the FA cup from outside the top flight
The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
Swindon Town is the only league football club in England or Scotland that doesn't contain any letters that appear in the word mackerel.
Norman Potting
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Scunthorpe United is an anagram of the released from bondage, upmarket version of Reader’s Wives.
Jam The Man
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And his son was Gavin Peacock, once of Chelsea.