| What
a match! |
| This
took place at White Hart Lane, of all places in 1945.
Arsenal were playing Dynamo Moscow when a dense fog
descended on the pitch. The referee refused to abandon
the match because the visiting team had come all the
way from Moscow. The game swiftly reduced to farce!
One Arsenal player was sent off for fighting, but sneaked
back on again in the fog. The Russians substituted a
player, but never sent their player off. Indeed, there
were strong suspicions, that throughout the game, the
Russian side secretly increased from 11 players to 15!
The problem was that no-one could actually see enough
to count them. The final confusion happened when the
Arsenal goalie became disorientated in the fog, ran
into the goal post and knocked himself out. He was replaced
by a member of the crowd. |
| Hungry
Footballers |
| This
record goes to Fernando d'Ercoli playing for Pianta
against Arpax in Italy 1989. When he was given the red
card by the referee, he got so mad that he snatched
the red card from his hand and ate it all! Another display
of temper came from Mike Bagley of Bristol in 1984.
When the referee booked him for swearing, he took the
ref's notebook, ripped out the page with his name on,
and ate that! |
| Worst
Disciplinary Record |
| No
doubt about it, this record goes to Ricky Goddard of
North Warnborough. By 1992, he had been suspended for
five out of his nine years as a footballer. On one occasion,
he was banned for six months when he sneaked into the
ref's changing-room at half time and urinated over all
his clothes. |
| Longest
throw-in |
| 48.17
metres (158 ft 0.4 in) - Michael Lochner at Bexley High
School, Ohio (USA) in June 1998. |
| The
first all seater stadium in England |
| Covenrty
City Highfield Road |
| The
first all seater stadium in Scotland |
| Aberdeen
Pittodrie |
| First
Cantilever |
| The
first cantilever stand was built at Scunthorpe Uniteds
Old Show Ground in 1958, 4 years prior to the one at
Hillsborough. The stand replaced the old East Stand
which was burnt down, it took just over 3 months to
erect in readiness for their first game in the Second
Division. |
| The
biggest single tier stand in Britain |
| The
Kop at Anfield, Liverpool. |
| Number
of completely new grounds, in new locations since 1988
|
| 17
completely new stadiums have been constructed since
1988: Millennium Stadium - Cardiff , Bolton Wanderers,
Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Middlesborough, Millwall,
Northampton Town, Oxford United, Reading, Scunthorpe
United, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Walsall,
Wigan Athletic, Wimbledon, Wycombe Wanderers. |
| First
Stadium in Europe to have floodlights installed |
| Sheffield
United |
| The
highest ground above sea level |
| West
Bromich Albion |
| Other
Interesting General Football Facts |
In
1931 West Bromich Albion became the first club to win
promotion and the FA Cup in the same year.
Oldest football club in the Football League - Notts
County FC which was founded in 1862 |
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