[b][/b]30 interesting facts about one of the most loved sports in the world.
1. Football originated in China around 476 B.C.
2. Football is the most played and most watched
sport on earth.
3. Football is the most popular sport in the world.
Over one billion fans watch World Cup Football on
television.
4. The largest Football tournament saw no less than
5,098 teams. They competed in 1999 for the second
Bangkok League Seven-a-Side Competition. Over
35,000 players participated.
5. The maximum number of goals scored by one
player in a single Football match was 16. It was
scored by Stephan Stanis (France) playing for Racing Club de Lens in December 1942.
6. Based on video evidence, one of the fastest ever
scored was in 2.8 seconds by Ricardo Olivera
(Uruguay) in December 1998.
7. Football goalies didn't have to wear different
coloured shirts from their teammates until 1913.
8. Football players run an average of 9.65 kms
during every game.
9. The very first game of basketball was played with
a soccer ball.
10. The World's First Football Club was the English
Sheffield Football Club. It was founded in 1857 by
Colonel Nathaniel Cresswick and Major William
Priest, two British Army officers.
11. European Teams have reached every World Cup
final, except for the finals of 1930 and 1950.
12. The highest scoring game was clocked 149-0.
Stade Olympique de L’emyrne, a team from
Madagascar scored their own goals. They did it as a
form of protest for the unfair decision by referee in
the previous game.
13. Ronaldinho came into limelight when scored 23
goals in a 23-0 game when he was only
14. Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian born Chelsea
player injured his legs while celebrating his debut
goal in a pre-season match, while Luigi Riva broke a
spectator’s arm with his powerful shot.
15. The first black football player was Arthur
Wharton in the 1800s.
16. Pele was the first to call football “the beautiful
game”.
17. Only Americans and Canadians call football
“soccer”.
18. England came up with the word “soccer”. It’s a
shortened version of “Association Football” that was
changed to “Assoc Football”. This was changed to
“Soccer”. In 19th century England, it was popular to
add the “-er” sound to shortened words.
19. In 1964, a referee’s call during a football match
in Peru caused a riot that killed over 300 people.
20. In 1998, lightening killed an entire football
team. The catastrophe occurred in Congo during a
match between the villages of Bena Tshadi and
nearby Basangana.
21. ASEC Abidjan of Cote d’Ivoire was unbeaten for
108 games between 1989 and 1994.
22. The Portuguese boast of scoring the world's
greatest goals to game ratio of 1.77. The team has
found the net an incredible 331 times in just 187
games for Sporting Lisbon between 1937 and 1949
(compared to Messi's 0.82 for Barcelona).
23. Worldwide, there are 27 professional football
clubs that take a Beatles song as their nickname -
Villarreal in Spain being the most famous (the Yellow Submarines).
24. Neil Armstrong originally wanted to take a
football to the moon - but NASA deemed it to be un-
American.
25. The ball used in professional football has
remained exactly the same size and shape for 120
years - 28inches in circumference.
26. More than 80% of the world’s footballs are
manufactured in Pakistan.
27. The first live coverage of a football match was
shown on television in 1937. It was a practice match Arsenal played at Highbury stadium.
28. A total of 20 red cards were shown in a match
played between Sportivo Ameliano and General
Caballero in Paraguay.
29. In 1978, Manchester United manager, Sir Alex
Ferguson was fired for swearing at a lady.
30. Ryan Giggs' (of Manchester United) dad was a
professional Rugby League player.

Thank me later 30 interesting facts about one of the most loved sports in the world.
1. Football originated in China around 476 B.C.
2. Football is the most played and most watched
sport on earth.
3. Football is the most popular sport in the world.
Over one billion fans watch World Cup Football on
television.
4. The largest Football tournament saw no less than
5,098 teams. They competed in 1999 for the second
Bangkok League Seven-a-Side Competition. Over
35,000 players participated.
5. The maximum number of goals scored by one
player in a single Football match was 16. It was
scored by Stephan Stanis (France) playing for Racing Club de Lens in December 1942.
6. Based on video evidence, one of the fastest ever
scored was in 2.8 seconds by Ricardo Olivera
(Uruguay) in December 1998.
7. Football goalies didn't have to wear different
coloured shirts from their teammates until 1913.
8. Football players run an average of 9.65 kms
during every game.
9. The very first game of basketball was played with
a soccer ball.
10. The World's First Football Club was the English
Sheffield Football Club. It was founded in 1857 by
Colonel Nathaniel Cresswick and Major William
Priest, two British Army officers.
11. European Teams have reached every World Cup
final, except for the finals of 1930 and 1950.
12. The highest scoring game was clocked 149-0.
Stade Olympique de L’emyrne, a team from
Madagascar scored their own goals. They did it as a
form of protest for the unfair decision by referee in
the previous game.
13. Ronaldinho came into limelight when scored 23
goals in a 23-0 game when he was only
14. Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian born Chelsea
player injured his legs while celebrating his debut
goal in a pre-season match, while Luigi Riva broke a
spectator’s arm with his powerful shot.
15. The first black football player was Arthur
Wharton in the 1800s.
16. Pele was the first to call football “the beautiful
game”.
17. Only Americans and Canadians call football
“soccer”.
18. England came up with the word “soccer”. It’s a
shortened version of “Association Football” that was
changed to “Assoc Football”. This was changed to
“Soccer”. In 19th century England, it was popular to
add the “-er” sound to shortened words.
19. In 1964, a referee’s call during a football match
in Peru caused a riot that killed over 300 people.
20. In 1998, lightening killed an entire football
team. The catastrophe occurred in Congo during a
match between the villages of Bena Tshadi and
nearby Basangana.
21. ASEC Abidjan of Cote d’Ivoire was unbeaten for
108 games between 1989 and 1994.
22. The Portuguese boast of scoring the world's
greatest goals to game ratio of 1.77. The team has
found the net an incredible 331 times in just 187
games for Sporting Lisbon between 1937 and 1949
(compared to Messi's 0.82 for Barcelona).
23. Worldwide, there are 27 professional football
clubs that take a Beatles song as their nickname -
Villarreal in Spain being the most famous (the Yellow Submarines).
24. Neil Armstrong originally wanted to take a
football to the moon - but NASA deemed it to be un-
American.
25. The ball used in professional football has
remained exactly the same size and shape for 120
years - 28inches in circumference.
26. More than 80% of the world’s footballs are
manufactured in Pakistan.
27. The first live coverage of a football match was
shown on television in 1937. It was a practice match Arsenal played at Highbury stadium.
28. A total of 20 red cards were shown in a match
played between Sportivo Ameliano and General
Caballero in Paraguay.
29. In 1978, Manchester United manager, Sir Alex
Ferguson was fired for swearing at a lady.
30. Ryan Giggs' (of Manchester United) dad was a
professional Rugby League player.

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