Why are we waiting...
The 17 Clubs Around The World Who Have Been Waiting The Longest To Win Another Championship Title
Despite Holding The Record For The Most Championship Titles In Their Country
1. Club Colonial, Martinique (18 titles, last one - 1972)
2. Horseed, Somalia (8 titles, last one - 1980)
3.
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In association with...
FIFA's 35 Official World Cup Partners Since 1982
1. Adidas (1998 onwards)
2. Alfa Romeo (1990)
3. Anheuser-Busch / Budweiser (1986, 1990 and 1998 onwards)
4. Avaya (2002 and 2006)
5. Bata (1986)
6. Canon (1982 to 1998)
7. Castrol (2010)
8.
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Vowel please, Carol...
The 15 Clubs Of The Premier League And Football League With The Highest Vowel-To-Consonant Ratios
In Their Name
1. Torquay United (46.2%)
2. Leeds United (45.5%)
3. Bournemouth (45.5%)
4. Liverpool (44.4%)
5. Peterborough United (44.4%)
6.
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Dignified dialogue
8 Actors That Have Narrated Official FIFA World Cup Films
1. Patrick Allen ('The World at Their Feet' 1970)
2. Joss Ackland ('Heading For Glory' 1974)
3. Sean Connery ('G'olé!' 1982)
4. Michael Caine ('Hero' 1986)
5. Edward Woodward ('Soccer Shoot-Out' 1990)
6.
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Back the bid...
The 67 Ambassadors Reccruited By The FA To Promote England's Bid To Host The 2018 World Cup
1. Aaron Mokoena (South Africa)
2. Alan Shearer
3. Alexandre Song (Cameroon)
4. Andrew Cole
5. Ashley Young
6. Brian Deane
7. Bryan Robson
8. Carlos Edwards (Trinidad & Tobago)
9.
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Hang your head in shame...
11 Players That Have Been Sent Off At Wembley Stadium
1. Antonio Rattin (for Argentina v England, 1966 World Cup)
2. Billy Bremner (for Leeds v Liverpool, 1974 Charity Shield)
3. Kevin Keegan (for Liverpool v Leeds, 1974 Charity Shield)
4. Kevin Moran (for Man United v Tottenham, 1985 FA Cup Final)
5.
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Unbeatable England
20 Countries That Have Never Won A Football Match Against England
1. Albania (4 attempts)
2. Bulgaria (8 attempts)
3. Cameroon (4 attempts)
4. Canada (1 attempt)
5. China (1 attempt)
6. Colombia (5 attempts)
7. Ecuador (2 attempts)
8.
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Caught playing with their balls
10 People That Participated In The FA Cup Draws Of The 2006/07 Season
1. Neil Back (former England rugby union player)
2. Roger Black (former Great Britain athlete)
3. Darren Campbell (former Great Britain athlete)
4. Mike Gatting (former England cricketer)
5.
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Unknown territory
The 13 Current Football League Clubs That Have Never Reached The Fourth Round Of The League Cup
1. Accrington Stanley
2. Aldershot
3. Barnet
4. Burton Albion
5. Cheltenham Town
6. Crewe Alexandra
7. Dagenham & Redbridge
8. Hereford United
9.
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Our Friends in the North
The 11 Most Northerly Top Flight Football Teams In The World
1. Tromsø (Norway) 69° 38' 56" N
2. Bodø/Glimt (Norway) 67° 16' 39"N
3. RoPS (Finland) 66° 29' 59" N
4. KR (Iceland) 64° 8' 44" N
5. Þróttur (Iceland) 64° 8' 36" N
6.
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Immaculate Qualifications
15 European Countries That Qualified For The World Cup Finals By Winning All Of Their Qualifying
Matches
1. Austria
1938 (1 match).
2. Czechoslovakia
1934 (2 matches).
3. England
1954 (3 matches); 1950 (3 matches).
4.
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Get back to where you once belonged
17 Premier League Players and The Countries They Should Be Playing For, Based On Their Country Of
Birth
1. Sebastien Bassong (Tottenham and Cameroon France)
2. Nadir Belhadj (Portsmouth and Algeria France)
3. George Boateng (Hull City and Netherlands Ghana)
4.
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The Gentleman's Game
The 10 Principles Of FIFA's Fair Play Programme
1. Play fair
2. Play to win but accept defeat with dignity
3. Observe the laws of the game
4. Respect opponents, team-mates, referees, officials and spectators
5. Promote the interests of football
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Derby County fans - look away now...
15 Derby Matches Played Around The World
1. Basque Derby - Real Sociedad v Athletic Bilbao (Spain)
2. Borussen-Derby - Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Mönchengladbach (Germany)
3. The City Derby - Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory (Australia)
4.
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Maybe not goodbye, but farewell...
15 Quotes From Sir Bobby Robson
Sir Bobby Robson, former manager of Ipswich Town, Newcastle United and England, died today aged 76
after a long battle with cancer. Before a more formal tribute on our part, here are some of Sir
Bobby's many utterances that made us laugh over the years and endeared him to football fans the
world over.
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Stand your ground
23 Football Stadium Stands In England That Are Named After Former Players
1. Billy Wright Stand (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
2. Bobby Moore Stand (West Ham United)
3. Brian Clough Stand (Nottingham Forest)
4. Cliff Bastin Stand (Exeter City)
5. Cyril Knowles Stand (Hartlepool United)
6.
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Wot no 'Special One'?
16 People That Featured In The 2008 Chelsea FC Version Of The Board Game 'Monopoly'
1. Steve Clarke (Old Kent Road)
2. Marcel Desailly (Whitechapel Road)
3. Peter Bonetti (Euston Road)
4. Petr Cech (Pentonville Road)
5. Ashley Cole (Whitehall)
6.
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LOAD "football"...
17 Computer Games Endorsed By Famous Players
1. Brian Clough's Football Fortunes (ZX Spectrum/C64, 1987)
2. Diego (Amiga, 1992)
3. Emlyn Hughes International Soccer (ZX Spectrum/C64, 1989)
4. Franco Baresi's World Cup Kick Off (Amiga, 1992)
5. Gary Lineker's Hot Shot (C64, 1989)
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Poor ex-samples
19 Players That Failed Drugs Tests
1. Frank de Boer
Former Dutch international defender. Tested positive for nandrolone while playing for Barcelona in
1994. Joined Rangers in 2004.
2. Lee Bowyer
Formerly of Leeds, Newcastle and West Ham. Tested positive for cannabis in 1995 and banned for
several months.
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Missing in action
14 Penalties Missed By England Players In The Last Fifty Years
(not including penalty shoot-outs)
1. Bobby Charlton (v Scotland, 1960)
2. Alan Ball (v Finland, 1966)
3. Francis Lee (v Wales, 1969)
4. Allan Clarke (v Malta, 1971)
5. Kevin Keegan (v Switzerland, 1975)
6.
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Finals Scores
29 World Cup Matches That Took Place On June 19th In Years Gone By
1. Brazil 4 Sweden 2 (Third Place Play-Off, 1938)
2. Italy 4 Hungary 2 (Final, 1938)
3. Brazil 1 Yugoslavia 1 (a.e.t, First Round, 1954)
4. France 3 Mexico 2 (First Round, 1954)
5. Uruguay 7 Scotland 0 (First Round, 1954)
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Best of three?
15 Matches Whose Outcome Was Decided By The Toss Of A Coin
1. FC Zurich 4 Galatasaray 4 (on agg.)
Won by FC Zurich, European Cup First Round, 1963/64
2. Racing Strasbourg 2 Barcelona 2 (on agg.)
Won by Racing Strasbourg, Fairs Cup Second Round, 1964/65
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Life goes on...
11 Countries That Continue To Play League Football During The UK Summer
1. Brazil
2. China
3. Finland
4. Iceland
5. Ireland
6. Japan
7. Norway
8. Russia
9. South Korea
10. Sweden
11. USA
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During the war...
5 Football League War Cup Finals That Were Staged As A Replacement For The FA Cup Final During
World War II
1. West Ham United 1 Blackburn Rovers 0 (at Wembley), 1939-40
2. Preston North End 2 Arsenal 1 (replay at Ewood Park after 1-1 draw at Wembley), 1940-41
3.
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Supreme drop-outs
The 16 Teams That Have Been Relegated From England's Top Flight Most Often In The Last Fifty
Seasons
1. Leicester City (7 times)
2. Sunderland (7 times)
3. Birmingham City (6 times)
4. Crystal Palace (6 times)
5. Manchester City (5 times)
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Dependable to the end...?
23 Players That Haven't Missed A Premier League Game For Their Club So Far This Season
1. Gareth Barry (Aston Villa)
2. Brad Friedel (Aston Villa)
3. Kevin Davies (Bolton)
4. Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton)
5. Fabrice Muamba (Bolton)
6. Jlloyd Samuel (Bolton)
7.
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The All England Club
16 Occasions When Two English Teams Played Each Other In European Competition
1. Tottenham v Man United
European Cup Winners Cup First Round, 1963-64 (agg 3-4)
2. Man United v Everton
Fairs Cup Third Round, 1964-65 (agg 3-2)
3. Newcastle v Southampton
Fairs Cup Third Round, 1969-70 (agg 1-1 *)
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Rampant Commercialism
19 Football Clubs Whose Names Incorporate Those Of Companies And Other Organisations
1. Airbus UK - Wales
2. Air India - India
3. Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Germany
4. Cable & Wireless Pointe Michel - Dominica
5. Camell Laird - England
6. Carl Zeiss Jena - Germany
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Change for the better
12 Early Rule Changes That Transformed The Sport Of Football
1. The offiside rule as we know it today was implemented - 1873
2. Teams forced to change ends at half-time - 1874
3. Introduction of the crossbar (rather than a piece of tape) - 1875
4. Match length set at 90 minutes - 1877
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The Last 'Team GB'
The 11 Players That Made Up The Last Great Britain Team Ever To Take To A Field
1. John Swannell (Hendon)
2. Paul Fuschillo (Wycombe)
3. Bill Currie (Albion)
4. Ted Powell (Wycombe) (captain)
5. Derek Gamblin (Leatherhead)
6. John Payne (Enfield)
7.
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Stars of FC Hollywood
The 14 Players That Make Up The Bayern Munich Hall Of Fame
...to commemorate Bayern Munich being founded on this day in 1900.
1. Klaus Augenthaler
2. Franz Beckenbauer
3. Paul Breitner
4. Steffen Effenburg
5. Giovane Elber
6. Dieter Hoeness
7.
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Chants in a million
10 Songs From The Terraces We Find Rather Amusing
1. Sung to the tune of '10 Green Bottles':
# There were 10 Alsatians walking down the street,
10 Alsatians walking down the street,
And if Ji-Sung Park fancied one to eat
There'd be 9 Alsatians walking down the street.
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The 100 Club
10 Clubs From Around The World Celebrating Their 100th Anniversary in 2009
We hope you enjoy this 100th Friday List. Apologies for the very late launch - this was due to
numerous factors, some of which were beyond our control.
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Just a note to let you know that despite our most fervent efforts, the 100th Friday List of Little
or No Consequence will now be published tomorrow (Saturday).
Please accept our wholehearted apologies for this. The video has been taking rather longer to put
together than we'd hoped, but with any luck it'll be completed and ready for you within the next 24
hours or so.
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