SPOTLIGHT: FOOTBALL'S QUIRKIEST TALES
SPOTLIGHT: FOOTBALL'S QUIRKIEST TALES
LATEST QUIRKY TALES
LATEST QUIRKY TALES
Freak Football Injuries That Happened Off the Field
Freak Football Injuries That Happened Off the Field “AHhhhhhh!!”“OUUCHHHHH!”“Uuerrghhhhhh!”“NOoooooo!” These might sound like the familiar groans of footballers taking a […]
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The Mexican Wave That Isn’t Actually Mexican
The Mexican Wave That Isn’t Actually Mexican When referee Romualdo Arppi Filho blew the final whistle at Estadio Azteca on […]
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The History and Meaning of Football Squad Numbers
The History and Meaning of Football Squad Numbers It’s the summer of 1998. Inter Milan are back for pre-season training, […]
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How Kaizer Chiefs Inspired the Name of a British Rock Band
How Kaizer Chiefs Inspired the Name of a British Rock Band “I Predict A Riot”… The jubilant Leeds United fans […]
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The Stadium Where You Cross a Border to Play
The Stadium Where You Cross a Border to Play Jaques sat in the driver’s seat of his old but reliable […]
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The Physio Who Got KO’d at the World Cup
The Physio Who Got KO’d at the World Cup “You can come on!” shouted the referee toward the bench of […]
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The Christmas Fog That Left a Goalkeeper Alone at Stamford Bridge
The Christmas Fog That Left a Goalkeeper Alone at Stamford Bridge “Bleeding heck,” Sam thought to himself. “We must be […]
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How the Home of the FA Cup Became Winners of the FA Cup
How the Home of the FA Cup Became Winners of the FA Cup 17th May 2025 – The final whistle […]
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The Record That Even Haaland Can’t Break — Yet
The Record That Even Haaland Can’t Break – Yet It’s the 70th minute, 3rd May 2023, and Erling Haaland is […]
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The Mascot QPR Tried to Forget
The Mascot QPR Tried to Forget Imagine this: a human-sized black cat, dressed in the full QPR kit of iconic […]
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The League with No Away Fans
The League with No Away Fans Bang! Bang! Bang! Fireworks explode into the night sky above South Buenos Aires, flashing […]
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Why There’s a Tree on the Nottingham Forest Badge
Why There’s a Tree on the Nottingham Forest Badge “…when you’re designing a badge, you want something which is individual, […]
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How Referee Vanishing Spray Changed Football
How Referee Vanishing Spray Changed Football Tweeeeet! The referee’s whistle pierces the air as he shouts, “Free-kick!” A foul has […]
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The Non-Flying Dutchman Who Soared on the Pitch
The Non-Flying Dutchman Who Soared on the Pitch It’s September 1999, and a car speeds down Italy’s Autostrada A1, the […]
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How Notts County Regained Title as World’s Oldest Professional Club
How Notts County Regained Title as World’s Oldest Professional Club It’s a late afternoon on May 13th, 2023. Notts County […]
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