Its football, its soccer, its pretty amazing
1·Football originated generally in its present form in Britain.

2·The world's oldest club formed in 1857 is Sheffield FC (Metro FC was established in 1899, making it one of the oldest clubs in NZ) it was founded by Colonel Nathaniel Cresswick and Major William Priest, two British Army officers

3·Football is the most played and most watched sport on Earth

4·Football is called football in practically every country except America, who call 'Grid Iron' football and football soccer.

5·Famous Football rivalries include the Old Firm (Scotland),Manchester derby,London derbies,Milan derby, Real vs Barcelona, and many more.

6·Some famous Football players: Pele, Maradonna, Charlton, Eusebio, Cruyff, Dalglish, Ronaldo, Beckham, Mattheus.

7·The sport of Association Football (often referred to as soccer or simply football) is the most popular team sport in the world, in both number of spectators and number of active participants.

8·The largest attendance for a Football match ever was 199,854 people -Brazil vs Uruguay in the World Cup at the Maracana Municipal Stadium,Rio de Janeiro, July 1950.

9·In the largest Football tournament ever, no less than 5,098 teams competed in 1999 for the second Bangkok League Seven-a-Side Competition. Over 35,000 players involved!

10·The most goals scored by one player in a single Football match was 16 by Stephan Stanis (France) playing for Racing Club de Lens in December 1942.

11·Based on video evidence, one of the fastest ever scored was in 2.8 seconds by Ricardo Olivera (Uruguay) in December 1998.

12·The international governing body of Football is the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), based inZurich,Switzerland.

13·Diego Maradona was only 16 when he made his debut forArgentina.

14·Football goalies didn't have to wear different coloured shirts from their teammates until 1913.

15·Eusebio scored 46 goals in the European Cup for Benfica.

16·Chris Woods once went 1196 minutes without conceding a goal while at Glasgow Rangers, from between November 26 1986 and January 31 1987.

17·Ryan Giggs' (of Manchester United) dad was a professional Rugby League player.

18·In 1973, the entire Galileeteam spent the night in jail for kicking their opponents during an Israeli League game

19.Footballplayers run an average of six miles during every game.

20. Football is the most popular sport in the world. Over one billion fans watch World Cup Football on television.
21.Every year except for two (1930 and 1950) European Teams have reached every World Cup final.

22. India withdrew from the World Cup in 1950 because they weren’t allowed to play barefoot.

23. Football facts reveal that only the United States and Canada actually call football “soccer.”

24. Over 40 million watched on television as the U.S. Women’s Team won the World Cup in 1999.

25. There are 1000 activity changes in every soccer match.

26.The very first game of basketball was played with a soccer ball.

27. The most World Cups have been won by Brazil--5.

28. A professional soccer player runs 48 kilometers, or 3.9 miles, in an average soccer game.

29 The original World Cup was made of papier-mâché, but it had to be replaced after the heavy rains of the 1950 World Cup.

30. Brazilian soccer legend Pelé was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento. He took the nickname Pelé, a Brazilian Portuguese word meaning “six feet,” due to being born with six toes on each foot.

31. Soccer developed in London’s famed Newgate Prison in the early 1800s. Prisoners who had their hands cut off for crimes of theft came up with a sport that used only the feet. The game spread from there.

32. Soccer was illegal in Mississippi until 1991.

33. From 1994 to 1998, the English Premier League had red, yellow and teal cards. Teal cards were used for possible fouls that were to be reviewed by instant replay.

Some of the facts are false while some are not their.
Our local mathches that end 110 to 99 goals is not their.

Interesting......

88natzy: 4·Football is called football in practically every country except America, who call 'Grid Iron' football and football soccer.


23. Football facts reveal that only the United States and Canada actually call football “soccer.”

why confusing us

Football originated in China

Guykhena: why confusing us

. If don't mean to confuse you, but get it right. America call 'Grid Iron' football and football soccer.
Only the United States and Canada do call football “soccer.”

88natzy: . If don't mean to confuse you, but get it right. America call 'Grid Iron' football and football soccer.
Only the United States and Canada do call football “soccer.”

Football is called football practically in every country except America

Then

Football facts reveal that only the united states and Canada actually call football "soccer"

Except from the 1st quoted you mean 'America' as in the continent 'North America' in which USA and Canada fall under..

No. 22 sha...

Over the weekend I read about a guy who scored 21goals in a match(belgian 7thtier league match) for Congo fc or so.
Diego Maradona is the only player with Two World transfer Records.
and Ashley cole is a distant cousin of Mary J Blige.