Soccer Trivia and Facts

Soccer Trivia and Facts That? Nothing like a little quiz to test your knowledge of the sport of football. I tell you that football is your favorite sport, but how you really know? Here are some facts and desserts that you may or may not know football. Football generally in its present form in Britain.   ? The oldest club in the world established in 1857 is Sheffield FC   ? Football is the most played and most watched sport on the planet   ? Soccer is called football in practically every country except America, who call 'Grid Iron' football and football soccer.   ? The famous football rivalry Old Firm (Scotland), Manchester derby, London derbies, Milan derby, Real vs Barcelona, and much more.   ? Some famous players: Pele, Maradonna, Charlton, Eusebio, Cruyff, Dalglish, Ronaldo, Beckham, Mattheus.Those are some fragments of football facts and curiosities. How did you know? Well, here are more facts to test your knowledge of football? Association Football (often known simply as football or soccer) is the most popular team in the world, both in number of viewers and the number of active participants.   ? The largest contribution for a football match has never been 199,854 people - c. Uruguay in Brazil the World Cup at the Stadio Comunale maracana, Rio de Janeiro, July 1950.   ? In the largest ever football touament, not less than 5098 teams in 1999 for the second Bangkok League set-a-Side competition. More than 35,000 players!   ? Most goals scored by a player in a single football match was 16 - Stephan Stanis (France) to play Racing Club de Lens in December 1942.   ? On the basis of video evidence, one of the fastest ever scored in 2.8 seconds by Ricardo Oliveira (Uruguay) in December 1998.   ? The body of inteational soccer is the Federation Inteationale de Football Association (FIFA), based in Zurich, Switzerland.   ? Diego Maradona was only 16 when the football has made his debut for Argentina.   ? Goalkeepers football should not wear sweaters of different colors of their team until 1913.   ? Eusebio scored 46 goals in European Cup by Benfica.   ? 1196 Chris Woods once went minutes without conceding a goal, while Rangers, between November 26 1986 and January 31 1987.   ? Ryan Giggs' dad was a professional Rugby.   ? In 1973, the team of all Galilee, he spent the night in jail for beating their opponents during an Israeli League game.Have you've had enough of football facts and curiosity? These are just some of the curiosities of football that are floating around there.Anne Clarke writes numerous articles for websites, gardening, parenting, fashion, sport, and interior decoration. This led to the teaching and gardening. For more articles on football, please visit the Products Football & Info