Football facts
Aberdeen were the first team in Britain to have a dug out.
Glasgow Celtic were the first British team to win the European Cup
Liverpool were the third
Aberdeen Dundee, and Glasgow, are the only cities to have won the Premier Title.
Man Utd are the most well supported club in Britain,
Man Utd under Alex Ferguson have only won the League title when Eric Cantona, or Roy Keane was in the squad, that was fact written before they won the title with Fletcher,
Alex Ferguson is the only manager in Britain to have won the Scottish or I mean and English titles,
Feyenoord were the first North European team outside Britain to win a European Cup,
Brazil, have won the most World Cups, and first took this award, of most wins, in 1970,
No English manager has won England's League Title since, Howard Wilkinson, and before him, Howard Kendal, the last non-Howard Englishman was in the early 1980s.
The USA is the second most populous country to have been in the world cup
The last English team to win a Premiership trophy, from outside one of England's most famous cities, was Blackburn, and before that Nottingham,
Linfield are the biggest team, in Northern Ireland,
Barcelona, have won Catalan championshisp, before world war two, when Spanish football was not so united.
The Basque football team, played Wales in 2006, and have played many teams since starting in the late 20th Century, for unofficial internationals.
In 2006 Barry Town, have still won more Welsh League titles than anybody else.
American Football, Rugby Union and League, Soccer, and Aussie Rules all have similar 19thC origins,
A Frenchman founded the World Cup,
Burnley, Huddersfield Town, Portsmouth, Preston North End, Sheffield United, and Wolves are all teams who have won the English Top league, and played in the old Fourth Division,
Altrincham had 13 wins against League clubs when they were non League in 1945-1992,
Coventry went 26 Matches in their series with Aston Villa, 1937-88 without beating them
Upto 1992 Clyde had been relagated over 10 times,
Upto 1992 Peter Shilton had in that era just overtook Tommy Hutchinson to go up to 968 caps, above the 854 of the other guy
Arthur Rowley scored 434 goals for West Brom, Fulham, Leicester, and Shrewsbury in 46-65
Jimmy McGrory holds the Scottish record at 410 goals for Celtic and Clydebank, 1922-38
Trevor Francis was the first Million pound British player bought by Nottiongham Forest off Birmingham, Wille Grocves teh first 100 pounds for Aton Villa off WBA in 1892,
Bayern Munich to 1992 with 20 Trophies were Germany's most sucessful teram, Juventus Italy's with 30, Marseille France's with 18 Ajax the Netherlands' with 34 Real Madrid Spain;'s with 41
Clyde has been relegated 10 times upto 1992, a record in the Scottish League to then
In 1992 Carslile were the most isolated football league team in Britain
Dundee and Dundee United had the closest ground only 200 yards apart
This site was written in early 2007 and late 2006, we have more fascinating facts on our football sites, amazing facts, like a football annual, or book,
At Football Central a Football Internet Almanac / Magazine
Here are some more sites, there are books and articles on the subjects in many internet places, or internet book shops, bookstores, at the bottom, are lists of which were the worst regimes of the past few centuries.
An Index with links to almost all our sites.
http://www.lonympics.co.uk/TRY.htm A site on football and sport, with for instance the cup winners
A quiz on British and World football, on the basis of Multiple choice
The Highland Clearances and it's full terribleness
A site on the Belgian Congo, and how the king of that land killed 10s of millions of Congolese
Why Scottish teams should not join the English League
A Multiple Choice Quiz on Scottish Football
The Teams of the decade of English football, from the 1870s too 2000s
Why the French Revolution was good
The most evil regimes of the 19th Century
The opposite names of 11 football teams
What were the nicest regimes ever
The Best regimes ever in terms of achievers
Worst 17th Century regimes ever
A Conspiracy theory about Scottish Football and World Politics
A site stating what have been the world's largest empires ever
What would happen in a war between these sides
What were the most evil regimes ever
A list stating what were the worst 1990s regimes
What were the worst 16th Century regimes ever
What were the worst 15th Century regimes ever
What were the worst 2000s regimes
Times I have found money on the floor, the nearest thing to the streets being paved with gold
A site stating the 10 largest majority English speaking lands, as their main tongue in the world
A site on space, and the records to do with this subject
A site on a time traveling revolutionary
The world's 10 most powerful countries in 2008
A List of League Football teams in Britain, with a easy way to find cottages added
My Worst regimes of the 20th century essay
My worst regimes of the 20th century stats
Our History Lounge - Where you can peruse many fascinating historical articles.
Worst 70 regimes of the 20th Century
Find a Cottage in Britain or Ireland
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