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14 football facts that look unbelievable!

“Diego Maradona played for Tottenham hotspurs!”Yeah! You read it right!




 Talk about a sport with one of the biggest followers in the world...that's Football!It's time to Discover absolutely unbelievable facts about the round leather game!



1.North Korea has the largest stadium in the world! rungrado may day stadium


  Yeah!That same North Korea!

   North Korea is sure popular for a lot of things but football isn't just one of them. Well,they have the largest stadium in the world and it's called the “RUNGRADO MAY DAY STADIUM".


 Opened on the 1st of May 1989,the 114000 -capacity masterpiece occupies 20.7 hectares of land on Rungra Island, Pyongyang,North Korea.


2. 149-0


149-0 was the scoreline between SO Emyrne ans AS Adema of Madagascar in the Madagascar top flight in the year 2002.

 

The bigger surprise? THEY WERE ALL OWN GOALS!CRAZY RIGHT!?

 

SO EMYRNE were unhappy about a penalty call made against them in their previous game so they decided to protest.The result? 149 goals in their own net!


3.Australia once scored 53 goals in 2 games!


    During the 2002 Korea/Japan FIFA world cup qualifiers, Australia scored 31 goals against American Samoa and 22 against Tonga all in a space of 3 days!


4. A referee was once caught smoking Marijuana!


    A high referee?Nah,not a nice idea.


    So,this happened in 1978 before a football match in Tanzania.The match was postponed.


5. Lewandowski almost signed for Blackburn rovers! Lewandowski


          Wow!


  The just-crowned FIFA best player almost signed for Blackburn rovers.What stopped him?

   A giant cloud made it impossible to fly to England and his transfer got cancelled!


6. Diego Maradona once played for Tottenham hotspurs!


Maradona for Spurs In 1986,Diego Maradona played for Tottenham hotspurs during compatriot Ossie Ardiles' testimonial against Inter Milan.


7. Red card? No problem.Eat it!


   In 1989,while playing a game for Pianta, Fernando d'Ercoli was shown a red card.

   Well,that didn't go down well with him.He got mad, snatched the card and ATE IT!


8.Harry Redknapp VS Fan redkanpp


During Redkanpp's days as Westham United's assistant manager,he heard a fan abusing a striker during a preseason friendly against Oxford city.

    At halftime,he asked the fan to wear the kit and play if he thinks he's better.The fan did as he said,played the second half and scored a goal! Wow!


9.Laszló Kubala played for three different countries officially. Kubala


Born in Budapest to parents of Czech origin,he played for Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Spain.

  Though there are players who also played for three countries,the FC Barcelona legend is the only one recognized by FIFA!


10.The fan who scored a penalty!


  In 2009 a pitch invader scored a penalty against Saturn Moscow during a game that ended 2-1 in favour of Saturn.


11.The 20-months old professional footballer! Brites


   At 20-months old,Bryce Brites was signed by FC racing Boxberg,a Belgian football club.

    This made him the youngest professional in the game!


12.Arsene Wenger is an ASTEROID!


   Yeah the Arsenal legend is an Asteroid!

  Asteroid 33179 Arsene Wenger is an asteroid discovered by Ian Griffin,a Gunner in 1998.He named it after Wenger!


13.Gunner bin Laden 


  Osama bin laden,once the most wanted man on Earth was a massive arsenal fan!

  Reports show that he often watched arsenal games at Highbury in the 90s.After being pronounced a terrorist,Arsenal banned him from entering their stadium!


14.Gary Lineker pooped his pants at the World Cup! lineker


  During a game against Ireland at the 1990 FIFA world cup,English legend,Lineker pooped his pants in the second half of the game.

  In his words:“The ball went down the Irish left hand side and I ran across and tried to block something. I sort of fell to the ground and relaxed for a second and it just went BOOM”!






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