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Let me hit you with a fact because everyone loves facts and that’s a fact. It’s about football by the way.
Since fifa introduced the ‘FIFA World Rankings’ ,in 1992, only Spain, in 2010, have won the World Cup while being ranked first.
This fact is not necessarily the 24 carrot gold bullet needed to cause some damage in the pub, it’s more of a moral moaning, if you can call it that, at consumerism and brand appeal…
” Čech’s use of the scrum cap, produced by sports performance company Canterbury, caused initial friction with Chelsea’s apparel manufacturer Adidas, which were not pleased by a Chelsea player apparently advertising for another company. The controversy quickly blew over when the competitor’s logo was removed”
Well at least he wasn’t wearing the scrum cap to protect himself from a potentially life threatening blow to the head - it was only a fashion statement…oh wait?!
Anyway, not to worry, Adidas do their own now.
You got it, it’s fact of the Day time. But before we get in to it, I’m going to start with another fact: ‘This player was the first Norwegian to win an FA cup (1991)’
“Tottenham goalkeeper Erik Thorstvedt became the first Premier League substitute when he replaced Ian Walker in the first Premiership season in 1992″
Yesterdays giant killers Crawley Town, of the Blue Square Premier, humbled Championship side Derby 2-1 at their home ground just outside London. Crawley itself is retentively a new club, the town was only created after the second World War…anyway, here is a fact.
The FA cup can be important for small clubs: On their run there home gate has doubled to 1,200 and continues to increase while the club has made current total revenue of £273,000.
I suggest they double there money with a cheeky visit to Casino Topez… Or you could even make some money to build your own club, you’ve got to start somewhere!
It’s the results of the Ballon D’or tonight with Barcelona trio Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta battling it out for the most prestigious individual footballing prize. Fact time then…
Michael Owen was the last British footballer to win the Ballon D’or (European footballer of the year. He achieved this in 2001.
“Since Fifa introduced a 23-player shortlist for the World Player of the Year award in 2004, there have been at least three English players nominated every year…this year we had no English players on the short-list ” – Oh dear England!
As its FA cup weekend, a fact about the worlds oldest football competition seems appropriate…
Manchester United’s Eric Cantona was the first foreign player to captain a winning Cup Final team (1996). Since then Sami Hyypia is the only other foreign player to repeat this feat. He achieved this in 2001 when Liverpool beat Arsenal 2-1.
Seeing as Liverpool are in dire straits again, I thought I would bring up a fact concerning their biggest problem. Money.
Since 1992, United have ten Premiership titles and have an average net spend of £11,799,118 per season. Since 1992, Liverpool have zero Premiership titles and have an average net spend of £11,908,529
Source: therepublikofmancunia.com
With Roy close to the sack, I thought I would dig up a fact…(come on, it kind of rhymes)
‘Mr. Hodgson is a well travelled man. He has managed 16 different clubs in 8 different countries (including three national sides: Finland, UAE and Switzerland) In addition, he also speaks 5 different languages, these include; English, Norwegian, Swedish, German, and Italian, as well as some Danish, French and Finnish.’
A fact of the day for Wednesday about Nigel De Jong. I’ve borrowed this one from Inside futbol …
‘Not only did he give Xabi Alonso a nasty kick in the chest at the WC, but he has also broken Hatem Ben Arfa leg and fractured Stuart Holden’s for good measure. In the past he has also has also caused injury to Yuto Nagatomo, Shunsuke Nakamura, Angelo Palombo, and Martin Jørgensen through reckless challenges. As a result, Netherlands coach, Bert van Marwijk has dropped the player from the squad.’
Another New Years resolution of ITS is to keep up our daily and weekly features. So here is one fresh from Opta sports @optajoe – follow them on twitter
‘Blackpool’s match against Birmingham tonight will be the first time the tangerines have played at home (Bloomfeild Road) in 45 days.’
The song that’s played during the ‘coming up’ section of Match of the Day is: Favorite Colour by Canadian rockers Tokyo Police Club. Have a look!
Birmingham Goalkeeper, Ben Foster used to work as a chef in Lemington Spa Warwickshire
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