Football from A to Z

Football is one of the most popular sports. It has been a way of entertainment, job, passion and even a way of living for millions of people.

Frenchman founded the World Cup

arcelona, have won Catalan championshisp, before world war two, when Spanish football was not so united.

oventry went 26 Matches in their series with Aston Villa, 1937-88 without beating them

undee and Dundee United had the closest ground only 200 yards apart

nglish Football League, formed in 1888, is generally accepted to be the first officially organised league competition in the world.

A Cup’s first Final was played in England in 1872 between Royal Engineers and Wanderers in front of 2,000 spectators. Wanderers ran out 1-0 winners

lasgow Celtic were the first British team to win the European Cup

oward Wilkinson was the last English manager who won England's League Title

n 1992 with the influx of megabucks from BSkyB (now called Sky TV), the top teams broke away to form their own league called the FA Premier League.

immy McGrory holds the Scottish record at 410 goals for Celtic and Clydebank, 1922-38

ahn is the only goalkeeper in the history of FIFA World to have won the Golden Ball trophy

ittle trinkets and scarves were the only sport memorabilia and team representation items until in 1977 were replaced by shirts.

adagascan team Stade Olympique L'Emryne scored 149 own goals against champions AS Adema in 2002. They repeatedly scored own goals in protest of a refereeing decision in their previous game

ovember 1872-the first international football match was played between Scotland and England in Glasgow, Scotland in front of 4,000 spectators

ut of the 18 world cups, South America and European countries have won 9 titles each. No other continent has produced a world champion.

reston North End were the very first winners of the Football League Championship

uiniou has a record for most refereed matches (8) in the FIFA World Cup

onaldo, a Brazilian football player, has made the record for World Cup career goals – 15 goals

heffield Football Club -- Sheffield FC -- founded in England in 1857, is recognised by both the English FA and FIFA as being the oldest, continuously documented football club in the world still playing Association Football.

wenty red cards were shown during a 1993 game between Sportivo Ameliano and General Caballero in Paraguay.

we Seeler of West Germany and Pele of Brazil are the only two players to have scored in four consecutive finals tournaments in 1958, 1962, 1966 & 1970

iktor Serebryanikov was substituted by Anatoli Puzach in 1970 Mexico World Cup- this was the first official substitution

orld Cup’s first hat-trick was scored by Bert Patenaude of United States in a match against Paraguay in the 1930

anthi football club was renamed in 1991 in Scoda Xanthi football club because Scoda, a popular producer of vehicles, bought it

ashin Award was first awarded for best goal keeper in 1994

aire, Greece, East Indies, Canada, China, Trinidad and Tobago are the six countries that has never scored a goal in the World Cup

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