Here's a thread to post any football trivia / little known facts that you may have.

The first English team not to have their stadium in their home town was Grimsby Town.

the first and only british club to win european cup with 11 players from that country is celtic.

In the 2006/06 season Arsenal and France striker scored 27 goals in the premiership - 1 more than Sunderland FC who scored 26 that season.



Oh here's another fact: It's a good thing Chelsea are sponsored by Samsung as Ashley Cole feels warm and comfortable there.

Only one player has won the Premier League (since '92) with two different clubs.

Only one player won the Champions League with three different teams.

Who is it?

I can only think of Deco who won it with Porto and Barca, but that's only two .

Eventhough it's not a quiz, this should cover it: he won it in '95, '98 and '03.

Clarence Seedorf....lol Dutch.

that would be henning berg

With Blackburn and Man Utd.

Bert Trautman played the last 15mins of the 1956 FA Cup Final with a broken neck.

Stamford Bridge was the home for the FA Cup Final for three years prior to Wembley's first Final.

During the war, arsenal used white hart lane stadium on a regular basis because highbury was used as a base for airraids.

The India national team withdrew the 1950 world cup because they weren't allowed to play on their bare feet...

^ Hahaha!!

Manchester United played their home matches at Maine Road during the Second World War because Old Trafford was bombed by German bombers. It was also where United had their 3 highest crowd appearances which were all over 81000. One of which saw United defeat Yeovil Town 8 - 0 in an FA Cup 5th Round match.

Why can't this thread be a quiz? It would be so much more active.

Grimsby Town are on a 7-game losing streak.

^ I think I could have guessed that.

Arsenal havent lost a game at emirates since it opened.

Arsenal scored in every game of the 2001-2002 season.

me and manuel Alimunia have the same birthday

I remember I used to be proud that I had the same birthday as Nicolas Anelka.

I share my birthday with none other than Denis Irwin. And Muzzy Izzet.

I share my birthday with Elizabeth Hurley.

.. oh, yeah football.

Fact: Arsenal > the Spurs.

at 25 goals, matt le tissier holds the record of goals in one prem season for a midfielder.

I'm sorry, but I thought Frank Lampard has that record since last year. But maybe that's only since the introduction of the Premier League.

how many goals did he score last year?

Well, not 25. But it was all over the media, that he broke that record. fe, here

matt le tissier scored 25 in one season in the prem NOT all competitions..that is the record for a midfielder.

I don't think it's a big deal, but since Lampard is my hero, I'll reply one more time: this is what I get from the piecxe:

I always thought Le Tissier was a striker.

Manchester United have won the epl more than anyother team.

Chorley have never won the Premiership.

But 'first division titles'?

if we are talking top flight titles then obv that would be liverpool, but united re creeping up on em

oh and underbelly, i must have misread the article.

another fact: Emirates > every other stadium.

um im inclined to disagree!!!

old trafford pisses on all others!!!

Except the Emirates.

Old Trafford was rated by English football fans as the most prefered stadium to watch a game of football.

ManUtd have won the most number of FA Cups which stands at 12. 5 alone by Sir Alex Ferguson.

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i bet you that vote was before emirates existed, and is therefore void.

i though you were saying they had won 12.5 FA cups at first, . Including 2005?

I'd like to visit Bernabeu some time. I think that's a real candidate for most beautiful stadium in Europe.

I really like the Munich Stadium, very snazzy.

yeah, both beautiful stadiums.
Im only claiming emirates is the best in England, well... UK

Emirates is one of the nice modern stadiums. Usually, I'm not a big fan of these supermodern stadiums, but the Emirates worked out fine.

Of the UK, I don't know, Celtic Park is up there too.

The Millenium Stadium is brilliant. I've been there. Beautiful...

I've heard that many EPL players prefered Old Trafford as to any other stadium (including Emirates) due to the fact that it is so big and the atmosphere is incomparable.

They probably fear the Bridge most, because it's impossible to win there

Even if it's not fairly.

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its only been there 2 mins, give it a chance!

at emirites they have made a highbury time capsule, which includes memorabilia such as a replica of the clock end clock, David Rocastles shirt, pictures of all the players and managers, and a piece of highbury turf