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What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Omicron007(op): 11:15pm On Oct 11, 2023

Undoubtedly, football is the most popular sport around the world.
From the thrills of the FIFA World Tournaments to the engagements generated by the Football Leagues, the round-leather game is second to none.

However, a lot of facts and statistics have been generated from analyzing and dissecting the game.

Some facts are listed below.

Since the inception of the modernized English Premier League in 1992, no English Manager has won the league.

Enzo Fernandez of Argentina won the World Cup before playing a single World Cup Qualifier game

Bobby Zamora and Obafemi Martins are the only players to score penalties with both feet in the history of the Premier League.

Lionel Messi scored 91 goals in a natural year and assisted 24 times.

Kevin Debruyne has won the PFA Player of the twice but he has never won the Player of the Month.

Please let's contribute to this thread. Add your own fact in the comments section.

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by wittywriter: 11:35pm On Oct 11, 2023*

Olivier Giroud was on the pitch of play for 90mins and never had a single contact with the ball been played .

Zonefree:
False.

True...stop showing ignorance online...DYOR.

Wittyness

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Zonefree(m): 12:31am On Oct 12, 2023

- Thomas Sweswe is the only player to complete 90 minutes without touching the ball, but end up as Man of the Match.

- Eric Bailly‘s of Man U once shoot a ball that went outside the stadium.

- Sergio Ramos collected 26 yellow cards in 38 matches.

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Zonefree(m): 12:39am On Oct 12, 2023

wittywriter:
Olivier Giroud was on the pitch of play for 90mins and never had a single contact with the ball been played .

Wittyness

False.

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Amotolongbo(f): 5:48am On Oct 12, 2023*

Philipp Lahm went 13months without conceding a foul.

United has 100% record against Barcelona in European games, winning all the 4 matches. The United is not in Manchester but Dundee 😀

Kingsley Coman has never not won the league. He has been playing football professionally for 12years and has been winning the league consecutively playing for three different clubs since he broke into the PSG senior team. He switched from PSG to Juventus and now in Bayern Munich.

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by ThierryJay: 7:36am On Oct 12, 2023

AC Milan striker, Olivier Giroud, was voted Goalkeeper of the week in Serie A after deputizing for his team's regular G.K who got a red card.

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by mayor1814: 7:49am On Oct 12, 2023

Ronaldo de Lima was so great in his playing days that it was difficult to believe that he never won the champions league.

Great Kanu Nwankwo of Nigeria never scored in all the Africa nations cup and world cups he featured in.

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Omicron007(op): 9:05am On Oct 12, 2023

Zonefree:
- Thomas Sweswe is the only player to complete 90 minutes without touching the ball, but end up as Man of the Match.

- Eric Bailly‘s of Man U once shoot a ball that went outside the stadium.

- Sergio Ramos collected 26 yellow cards in 38 matches.

Damn!
Weird stuff

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Omicron007(op): 9:06am On Oct 12, 2023

Amotolongbo:
Philipp Lahm went 13months without conceding a foul.

Great!

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Omicron007(op): 9:07am On Oct 12, 2023

nlfpmod...help me shoot to front page.

Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Amotolongbo(f): 11:17am On Oct 12, 2023

Omicron007:
Great!

👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 updated

Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Kyase(m): 11:19am On Oct 12, 2023

Amotolongbo:
Philipp Lahm went 13months without conceding a foul.

United has 100% record against Barcelona in European games, winning all the 4 matches. The United is not in Manchester but Dundee 😀

Kingsley Coman has never not won the league. He has been playing football professionally for 12years and has been winning the league consecutively playing for three different clubs since he broke into the PSG senior team. He switched from PSG to Juventus and now in Bayern Munich.

😏😏

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Amotolongbo(f): 11:23am On Oct 12, 2023

Kyase:
😏😏

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Kyase(m): 11:35am On Oct 12, 2023

Amotolongbo:
🧐🧐

Edit that part

Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by RachLaw: 11:54am On Oct 12, 2023

Do you know that failed football odd of 1.01 has sent people to village than 2.0 odds... grin

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Amotolongbo(f): 12:00pm On Oct 12, 2023

Kyase:
Edit that part

Why?

Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Kyase(m): 12:05pm On Oct 12, 2023

Amotolongbo:
Why?

You know why

Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Omicron007(op): 1:59pm On Oct 12, 2023

nlfpmod

Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by JasonNOTStatham: 8:38pm On Oct 12, 2023

Napoli - spezia, spezia won without a shot on target.
Man city won bournemouth as they didnt make any attempt.
Fcsb lost a 2-1 lead after 90+4.
Fc Copenhagen has the longest streak of not conceding more than 1 in european competition.
Bodoe Glimt was the first club to humilate a Jose Mo. Side in Europe.
Shamrock Rovers didn't cause any foul vs Arsenal.
Man united drew Sevilla 2-2 without a Sevilla player on the scoresheet.

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by jubrilcastle(m): 9:31pm On Oct 12, 2023

JasonNOTStatham:
Napoli - spezia, spezia won without a shot on target.
Man city won bournemouth as they didnt make any attempt.
Fcsb lost a 2-1 lead after 90+4.
Fc Copenhagen has the longest streak of not conceding more than 1 in european competition.
Bodoe Glimt was the first club to humilate a Jose Mo. Side in Europe.
Shamrock Rovers didn't cause any foul vs Arsenal.
Man united drew Sevilla 2-2 without a Sevilla player on the scoresheet.

Are these facts or Vawulence?

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Omicron007(op): 8:37am On Oct 13, 2023

nlfpmod....

Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by victory36(m): 3:28pm On Oct 13, 2023

Psg only plays at night grin

Cristiano Ronaldo has more goals than games for real Madrid
Both Messi and Ronaldo won their first international trophy not more than two years after the death of the greatest players of their national teams ( maradona and eusebio)

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Lukuluku69(m): 4:55pm On Jul 08, 2025

wittywriter:
Olivier Giroud was on the pitch of play for 90mins and never had a single contact with the ball been played .

True...stop showing ignorance online...DYOR.

Wittyness

I think it was the fact that he did not have a shot on Target throughout the Tournament?

For someone leading the attack, I think that's weird.

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by EmmyMaestro(m): 4:56pm On Jul 08, 2025

Nigeria vs India

99 - 0

Not enough original content
Please take a moment to write a quality post with at least 40 characters.
This will make the forum more interesting for everyone.

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by phr0nesis(m): 4:56pm On Jul 08, 2025

wittywriter:
Olivier Giroud was on the pitch of play for 90mins and never had a single contact with the ball been played .

This is a big lie. It's not possible to play 90 mins without touching the ball, except the person is a cripple

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by fabolouz1(m): 4:58pm On Jul 08, 2025

Arsenal would not lift the epl trophy in the next ten years .

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Chuksyno(m): 4:59pm On Jul 08, 2025

The highest-scoring game overall was a 1966 game between the Washington Redskins and New York Giants, which produced a combined 113 points with a score of 72–41.

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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by AndroBlaze: 4:59pm On Jul 08, 2025

Omicron007:
Bobby Zamora and Obafemi Martins are the only players to score penalties with both feet in the history of the Premier League.

Please let's contribute to this thread. Add your own fact in the comments section.

This can't still be true? (That's if it was true before ooo)