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31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by stteejax(m): 4:34pm On Sep 04, 2015
1. When Barcelona’s Xavi was 19, he almost signed for Milan. His father gave his “yes” to him but his mother said “if Xavi leaves Barca, I will divorce!”
2. While Zlatan Ibrahimovich’s youth team was 4-0 down, he came in as a substitute and scored 8 goals.
3. Juan Mata is the first player in history(Epl era) to have joined Manchester United from Chelsea.
4. Xherdan Shaqiri has so far won league titles in every year of his professional career !
5. Alex Song has 27 siblings – 17 sisters and 10 brothers.
6. Ryan Giggs is the only Premier League player to score 100 goals without scoring a hat-trick.
7. Cristiano Ronaldo was named after former US President Ronald Reagan.
8. Steven Gerrard has swapped his jersey with more than a hundred players, but never with a Man United player.
9. Ronaldinho first gained media attention when his youth team won 23 – 0. He scored all 23 goals.
10. Chelsea have been relegated more times than they have won the league.
11. The difference in Messi’s age and Ronaldo’s age is 869 days. The same difference between Messi and Ronaldo’s son.
12. Zinedine Zidane was never caught offside in his whole career.
13. Only one GOLD Premier League trophy has been awarded and it was to Arsenal because in 2003/2004 season, they didn’t lose one match.
14. Brazilian legend, Pele, scored 92 hat-tricks, 4goals on 31 occasions, 5 goals on 6 occasions, and 8 goals onan occasion.
15. When Mourinho says you have a bright future, it means you can’t make his team at the present.
16. Cristiano Ronaldo was expelled from school at the age of 14 after throwing a chair at his teacher for mocking his family’s financial status.
17. CR7 has no tattoos because he frequently gives blood and getting a tattoo will render him unable to do so for 6 months.
18. Real Madrid sold 50,000 James Rodriguez jerseys in one day. Juventus sold 0 (zero) Bendtner jersey in one season.
19. In January 2003, Van Gaal was SACKED by Barcelona after leaving them just 3 points above the relegation zone.
20. Louis Van Gaal and David Moyes attended the same Tactical Management School.
21. Arsenal bought Anelka, Overmars, Petit, Henry,Vieira, Fabregas, RVP, Adebayor and Nasri for £42 million. Then sold them for £206 million.
22. Hearts of Oak never lost a game in the Ghana Premier League but they couldn’t clinch the league title. 23.Liverpoolkeeper Simon Mignolet speaks 5 languages and has a degree in politics.
24.Dundee United have played and beaten Barcelona4 times in professional fixtures, giving them a 100% win record.
25.Former Manchester Unitedplayer Alan Smith scored vs Sheffield United in a League One fixture in April 2012. His previous goal in all competitions was against AS Roma in the Champions League in a 7-1 win for Manchester United.
26.There is only one team out of the 4 divisions in England and the 4 divisions in Scotland that have a ‘j’ in their name. It’s Saint Johnstone.
27.Ronaldo (the Brazilian) has never won the Champions League despite playing for 5 teams that did. Zlatan Ibrahimovic has also never won the Champions League.
28.Manuel Neuer stars in the German version of the 2013 Disney/Pixar film’ Monsters University’. He provides the voice for the character Frank McCay.
29.Former Liverpool man Charlie Adam is younger than Cristiano Ronaldo.
30.The first English team to win a European trophy is West Auckland Town FC. They won the Sir Thomas Lipton trophy, one of football’s first European competitions, twice in 1909 and 1911.
31.Only one country has had two cities with two teams reach the semi finals of the European Cup/Champions League.
Scotland – Dundee (with Dundee in 1963 and Dundee United in 1984) and Glasgow (with Celtic in 1967, 1970, 1972 & 1974 and Rangers in 1960).

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Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by MISSNORA(f): 4:39pm On Sep 04, 2015
Buh I dunno anything bout football
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by MsRemarkable(f): 4:40pm On Sep 04, 2015
MISSNORA:
Buh I dunno anything bout football

Me neither! undecided
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by Ahzyz(m): 4:42pm On Sep 04, 2015
Hummmmmm don't believe



Eleyi gidigan oooo
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by MISSNORA(f): 5:05pm On Sep 04, 2015
MsRemarkable:

Me neither! undecided
lol makes us even

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Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by stteejax(m): 5:48pm On Sep 04, 2015
Ahzyz:
Hummmmmm don't believe




Eleyi gidigan oooo
google is alive..
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by stteejax(m): 5:50pm On Sep 04, 2015
MISSNORA:
Buh I dunno anything bout football
u could learn grin
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by michaelmo11(m): 6:03pm On Sep 04, 2015
Strange but true, nnkan be; that of gerard's is kinda funny.

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Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by Winna01(m): 8:04pm On Sep 04, 2015
undecided
MsRemarkable:

Me neither! undecided
MISSNORA:
Buh I dunno anything bout football
then y did u girls comment?

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Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by MsRemarkable(f): 9:32pm On Sep 04, 2015
Winna01:
undecided then y did u girls comment?

Because I have data, my battery is full and I'm a registered member of this forum!

Try not to mention me again! kiss

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Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by Fkforyou(m): 12:33am On Sep 05, 2015
No 18 gat me ROFL.....
No 20 is what we call karma....

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Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by Ahzyz(m): 7:39am On Sep 05, 2015
Hummmmmm you sure
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by Lordave: 12:07pm On Sep 05, 2015
10. Chelsea have been relegated more times than they have won the league.
Yet their lousy fans in Nigeria and all over the world believe they're better than every team in the world even with Jóke 'GapingMouth' Maureenho as their coach.


Sellcee fans una see una life undecided

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Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by Lordave: 12:11pm On Sep 05, 2015
stteejax:
google is alive..
Arrange that work properly and you'll make front page...

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Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by mikron(m): 1:33pm On Sep 05, 2015
Nice work @op

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Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by stteejax(m): 10:00pm On Sep 05, 2015
Lordave:
Arrange that work properly and you'll make front page...
woulda luv 2 if der was tym....+ dey wnt pay #lol..tanks anyways...would try
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by stteejax(m): 10:02pm On Sep 05, 2015
michaelmo11:
Strange but true, nnkan be; that of gerard's is kinda funny.
d guy loathes man u wif passion
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by stteejax(m): 10:03pm On Sep 05, 2015
Winna01:
undecided then y did u girls comment?
grin
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by stteejax(m): 10:05pm On Sep 05, 2015
MsRemarkable:


Because I have data, my battery is full and I'm a registered member of this forum!

Try not to mention me again! kiss
guess e was jst puLlin ur legs...#easy
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by stteejax(m): 10:06pm On Sep 05, 2015
Fkforyou:
No 18 gat me ROFL.....
No 20 is what we call karma....
tru
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by stteejax(m): 10:07pm On Sep 05, 2015
Lordave:
Yet their lousy fans in Nigeria and all over the world believe they're better than every team in the world even with Jóke 'GapingMouth' Maureenho as their coach.


Sellcee fans una see una life undecided
lol..wicked guy

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Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by SCOOPERJEF(m): 10:21pm On Sep 05, 2015
^^^BAD BELLE IS ALLOWED

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Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by kel4soft: 10:46pm On Sep 05, 2015
Former Chelsea defender and Assist Manager left joined Manutd from Chelsea in 1980s. So OP, your no. 2 is wrong.
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by kel4soft: 10:52pm On Sep 05, 2015
Former Chelsea defender and Assist Manager Ray Wilkins left joined Manutd from Chelsea in 1980s. So OP, you might want to edit that no.2
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by stteejax(m): 10:27am On Sep 06, 2015
kel4soft:
Former Chelsea defender and Assist Manager left joined Manutd from Chelsea in 1980s. So OP, your no. 2 is wrong.
since d premier league era..9o's..dah was wah I meant sorry

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Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by stteejax(m): 10:28am On Sep 06, 2015
mikron:
Nice work @op
tanks bro
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by kliq(m): 2:15pm On Sep 06, 2015
Nice one


# 1,2,8,9,10,12,21 and 27 cool
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by stteejax(m): 2:44pm On Sep 06, 2015
kliq:
Nice one


# 1,2,8,9,10,12,21 and 27 cool
tanks

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Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by xecuter(m): 2:49pm On Sep 06, 2015
stteejax:
1. When Barcelona’s Xavi was 19, he almost signed for Milan. His father gave his “yes” to him but his mother said “if Xavi leaves Barca, I will divorce!”
2. While Zlatan Ibrahimovich’s youth team was 4-0 down, he came in as a substitute and scored 8 goals.
3. Juan Mata is the first player in history to have joined Manchester United from Chelsea.
4. Xherdan Shaqiri has so far won league titles in every year of his professional career !
5. Alex Song has 27 siblings – 17 sisters and 10 brothers.
6. Ryan Giggs is the only Premier League player to score 100 goals without scoring a hat-trick.
7. Cristiano Ronaldo was named after former US President Ronald Reagan.
8. Steven Gerrard has swapped his jersey with more than a hundred players, but never with a Man United player.
9. Ronaldinho first gained media attention when his youth team won 23 – 0. He scored all 23 goals.
10. Chelsea have been relegated more times than they have won the league.
11. The difference in Messi’s age and Ronaldo’s age is 869 days. The same difference between Messi and Ronaldo’s son.
12. Zinedine Zidane was never caught offside in his whole career.
13. Only one GOLD Premier League trophy has been awarded and it was to Arsenal because in 2003/2004 season, they didn’t lose one match.
14. Brazilian legend, Pele, scored 92 hat-tricks, 4goals on 31 occasions, 5 goals on 6 occasions, and 8 goals onan occasion.
15. When Mourinho says you have a bright future, it means you can’t make his team at the present.
16. Cristiano Ronaldo was expelled from school at the age of 14 after throwing a chair at his teacher for mocking his family’s financial status.
17. CR7 has no tattoos because he frequently gives blood and getting a tattoo will render him unable to do so for 6 months.
18. Real Madrid sold 50,000 James Rodriguez jerseys in one day. Juventus sold 0 (zero) Bendtner jersey in one season.
19. In January 2003, Van Gaal was SACKED by Barcelona after leaving them just 3 points above the relegation zone.
20. Louis Van Gaal and David Moyes attended the same Tactical Management School.
21. Arsenal bought Anelka, Overmars, Petit, Henry,Vieira, Fabregas, RVP, Adebayor and Nasri for £42 million. Then sold them for £206 million.
22. Hearts of Oak never lost a game in the Ghana Premier League but they couldn’t clinch the league title. 23.Liverpoolkeeper Simon Mignolet speaks 5 languages and has a degree in politics.
24.Dundee United have played and beaten Barcelona4 times in professional fixtures, giving them a 100% win record.
25.Former Manchester Unitedplayer Alan Smith scored vs Sheffield United in a League One fixture in April 2012. His previous goal in all competitions was against AS Roma in the Champions League in a 7-1 win for Manchester United.
26.There is only one team out of the 4 divisions in England and the 4 divisions in Scotland that have a ‘j’ in their name. It’s Saint Johnstone.
27.Ronaldo (the Brazilian) has never won the Champions League despite playing for 5 teams that did. Zlatan Ibrahimovic has also never won the Champions League.
28.Manuel Neuer stars in the German version of the 2013 Disney/Pixar film’ Monsters University’. He provides the voice for the character Frank McCay.
29.Former Liverpool man Charlie Adam is younger than Cristiano Ronaldo.
30.The first English team to win a European trophy is West Auckland Town FC. They won the Sir Thomas Lipton trophy, one of football’s first European competitions, twice in 1909 and 1911.
31.Only one country has had two cities with two teams reach the semi finals of the European Cup/Champions League.
Scotland – Dundee (with Dundee in 1963 and Dundee United in 1984) and Glasgow (with Celtic in 1967, 1970, 1972 & 1974 and Rangers in 1960).
. @op may b u forgot...chelsea better man u in terms of head to head meeting in premier league ...add it

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Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by stteejax(m): 7:02pm On Sep 06, 2015
xecuter:
. @op may b u forgot...chelsea better man u in terms of head to head meeting in premier league ...add it
I did not also put Man U has won more premier league trophy dan Chelsea could eva win
Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by kel4soft: 8:55pm On Sep 06, 2015
stteejax:
since d premier league era..9o's..dah was wah I meant sorry

Then edit it. Replace with '-in EPL history'. You might be misinforming your readers if you don't. Thanks.

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Re: 31 Shocking Facts You Never Had About Some Footballers by stteejax(m): 9:08am On Sep 07, 2015
kel4soft:


Then edit it. Replace with '-in EPL history'. You might be misinforming your readers if you don't. Thanks.
thanks

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