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TIMS FOOTBALL FACTS
1. The longest football club name in the world is:
Nooit opgeven altijd doorgan, Aangenaam door vermaak en nuttig door ontspanning,
Combinatie Breda. More commonly known as Dutch Eerste Divisie side NAC Breda.
The full name of NAC Breda translates to: Never give up always keep going pleasant
through entertainment and useful through relaxation combination Breda.
2. Norwich finished third in the 1992/1993 Premier League season, but had a goal difference
of -4 after 42 games.
3. Barcelona won just 1 La Liga title between 1960 and 1985.
4. Scotland have two cities (Glasgow and Dundee) that have two teams that have managed
to reach at least one European Cup / Champions League semi-final – more than any other
European country.
5. Robbie Keane is the highest scoring international footballer in the world that is still
playing. With 67 goals in 143 appearances for Republic of Ireland.
6. While she was managing director at Birmingham City, Karren Brady sold her husband
Paul Peschisolido to Stoke for £400k in 1994. They got married a year later.
7. The highest ever attendance at Old Trafford is 76,962. For an FA Cup semi-final. Between
Wolves and Grimsby Town in March 1939.
8. Manchester United’s highest home attendance is 83,260 for a match at Maine Road, in
January 1948, against Arsenal. Whilst Old Trafford was being rebuilt.
9. Birmingham City were the first English club to play in Europe (1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs
Cup on 15 May 1956). And the first to reach a European final (the 1960 Fairs Cup final).
10. SPFL side St. Johnstone are the only professional team in Britain with a “J” in their name.