A whole load of weird stuff about Premier League football we guarantee* you've never heard before (*guarantee not legally binding)



You probably know about the Premier League's highest goalscorers and the teams with the most titles.

What you (almost certainly) DON'T know is which players have scored penalties withboth feet, which goalkeeper has five assists or which player has nearly as many Premier League medals as appearances.

Read on and you soon will.

Our top tip after reading this list - get a group of football fans together and ask them to identify the players/teams/managers in some of the facts. Watching them struggle to answer your baffling questions will give you hours of fun…

23. Terry Connor (former Wolves boss) is the only manager to take charge of more than 10 Premier League games and not win a single one.

Terry Connor of Wolves looks on during the Barclays Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester City at Molineux on April 22, 2012

22. In 1997/98, Andy Roberts played 37 games in the Premier League and four of them came against Arsenal (two for Palace, two for Wimbledon).

Jordi Cruyff of Manchester United is challenged by Andy Roberts of Wimbledon
Remember Andy Roberts? No, us neither

21. Iago Aspas took more corners (often badly) than he had shots in the Premier League.

Iago Aspas
Iago Aspas: king of corner-taking
20. Richard Wright has played a combined 12 Premier League games for Arsenal (12) and Man City (0)… and has two title medals.

Richard Wright: two-time Premier League champion

19. Nuri Sahin (formerly at Liverpool) has played the most Premier League games of any player to be substituted off in all of their PL appearances (7).

Nuri Sahin
Nuri Sahin: another belting Brendan Rodgers buy

18. Peter Crouch has scored more headed goals (47) than 15 of the teams who have played in the Premier League.


Crouchie being Crouchie

17. Wes Morgan (2015/16), John Terry (2014/15) and Gary Pallister (1992/93) are the only outfield players to play every minute of the season for a Premier League title-winning side.

John Terry celebrates with the Premier league trophy after Chelsea won the title with an 8-0 victory over Wigan at Stamford Bridge on May 9, 2010
How times change…

16. In 2014/15, Leicester City spent longer at the bottom of the table without being relegated than any side in Premier League history (140 days).


"And then Claudio come!"
15. In 2014/15, George Boyd became the fourth player to play for two relegated teams in the same Premier League campaign (others were Mark Robins in 94/95, Steve Kabba in 06/07 and David Nugent in 09/10).


George Boyd playing for Burnley against Hull - who he also played for last season

14. Newcastle United won 34 points from losing positions in 2001/02; the most by a team in a single Premier League season. It was also the same number of points that they wonin total when relegated seven years later.

Alan Shearer: Newcastle United v Everton, 2002–03
Newcastle in 2002: a LOT better than Newcastle in 2016

13. David (x14) & James (x11) were the most common first names in the Premier League in 2010/11 - yet it was the first season in which David James did not appear.


Make sense?
12. The only person born before 1960 to score a Premier League hat-trick is Gordan Strachan.

Gordon Strachan and Gary Speed
The current Scotland boss being little back in his title-winning days at Leeds

11. Only three players born after the Premier League began (August 1992) have scored Premier League hat-tricks: Raheem Sterling, Harry Kane and Romelu Lukaku.


Kane bags the match ball after his hat-trick at Bournemouth
10. Darius Vassell scored in 46 different Premier League games - and didn't lose any of them (still a record).

Darius Vassell

Read more: http://www.istylmagazine.com/news/sports/23-crazy-premier-league-facts-you-didnt-know/

wooow! Impressive!!!




Richard Wright has two premier league medals having not featured at all for City??

I thought you required some number of games before you can get a medal? Atleast 9 appearances or so.