Football curiosities. For some, they are just a side effect because of all the charms that the "most important side thing in the world" brings on the field, but some details should be known. Blicsport.rs has prepared ten interesting things that will brighten your day and enrich your knowledge about this sport.
Savings
The white dot as a sign for the place from which the penalty is taken was introduced as a saving measure. In the last decade of the 19th century, a long line was drawn, from car to car, parallel to the goal line, so the white dot was introduced as a measure of more reasonable use of lime.
Pioneers
The first football club was founded in 1857. Two British officers, Colonel Nathaniel Krswick and Major William Priest, are credited with founding Sheffield FC. He celebrates his birthday on October 24, and is currently an eight-league player.
Barefoot
India withdrew from the World Cup in 1950, although it secured a place, because its players were not allowed to play without shoes.
Regan as inspiration
Cristiano Ronaldo's last name is not Ronaldo at all. That "Ronaldo" is only a part of his name, which reads Cristiano Ronaldo do Santos Aveiro in its entirety. And that Mr. Aveiro, the star of Portuguese football and Real Madrid, got the name Ronaldo because his father liked Ronald Reagan very much, who was bringing his first presidential term at the head of the USA to an end at the time of the birth of little Christian (1985).
Moving, then birth
The famous Liverpool football club was created "by accident". Everton played at "Anfield" for eight years, and then they quarreled with the boss and the owner of the famous stadium, so they moved to Goodison Park. And that owner, John Holding, decided that his stadium "doesn't boil" empty, so he founded the Liverpool football club.
About moving, a reminder
If it would be difficult for Everton to agree to host "Anfield" now, we should know that we also had performances on "hateful pitches". This refers to the Red Star, which, waiting for the construction of Marakana (completed in 1963), played its most important matches at the Partizan stadium, which was put into operation in 1949.
Record
Speaking of Maracana, let's mention the real one, the Brazilian one. Since 1950, she has held the record for the number of spectators at a football match. There were 199,854 of them in the World Cup final against Uruguay. There were about as many dissatisfied in the end, as Uruguay won the title with a 2-1 victory after a turnaround in the second half.
Giggs captain of England
If the famous Manchester United player goes down in history as one of the best footballers who have never played in the World Cup, then his loyalty to Wales will be remembered forever. But, as a young man, he was even the captain of England, a selection of high school students.
New era
Talking about a Manchester United player is talking about someone from a club full of trophies. But did you know that United had fewer trophies than Aston Villa - before Alex Ferguson arrived at the club? Villa already had 21 of them at that time, and United 14. Fergie himself, since 1986, when he arrived at the "dream theater", brought another 38.
Villa, for the end
We could end this interesting story with Aston Villa. Why not, we have a very interesting reason: In the game that was played in 1976, and which ended with the result 2: 2, all the goals in that draw with Leicester were scored by the Aston Villa player Chris Nicole.