Football Wonders That You Don’t Know
The 15 Secrets About Football that Any Fan Should Know
The wonders of football abound; it is one of the oldest sports known to mankind. Records dating back more than 2000 years have been found in China.
Greece, Rome, and parts of Central America also claimed that they had started this sport. With such a long history, it is only natural that there are a lot of interesting football wonders that any soccer fan would like to know about.
1. Football is not Round :
The form of the earth has been the subject of innumerable debates, but did you know that your favorite game ‘football’ has never been played with a spherical ball? Although a football is truly oval, the crossing horizontal and vertical lines give the impression that it is perfectly round.
2. It’s Beyond ‘Football’ and ‘Soccer’ :
While Americans and the rest of the world are fighting over Soccer and Football, most people are unaware that the game was originally known as “Basket-ball” due to its first accidental goal, which occurred around wicker baskets.
There is currently another subject to bring up in the conversation. I’m sure that after this secret, you’ll look up “What is the real name of Football”? Well, it’s 100% true.
3. Ball Evolution :
Soccer balls were made using sewn clothes and stuffing them with rubbish in China. And while Pakistan today produces 80% of the world’s foot-balls, soccer balls in Europe during the middle ages were manufactured from the Pigs’ bladders.
4. Do you know how many toes Pelé has?
Even though Pelé’s play was unparalleled in football history, he also had an intriguing secret associated with his name, Pelé.
Above all, his original name was ‘Edson Arantes do Nascimento’ and he adopted a ground name ‘Pelé’ which means “Six Feet”, because of having six toes on each foot.
5. It was Amazing, The first USSA Payroll !
I have a question for you: when was the first American professional soccer league played?
Well, the match took place between 1919 and 1921, and each goal scored earned the players approximately 35 cents from the association.
6. Youngest Professional Football player in the world :
As many know that football is a unique business that generates a lot of money, and this has caused strange things to happen. Such as signing a Child who is just one year and eight months old to play professionally player in a Belgian sports club.
7. Longest football match in recorded history :
Any level of competitive football can be extremely challenging, especially if you play for long periods.
The longest match was the showdown between English clubs Stockport County and Doncaster Rovers at Edgeley Park on March 30, 1946. The duration of the match was an astonishing three hours 23 minutes. The world record has stood for over half a century.
8. Every Soccer Ground is a ‘Pitch’ :
It’s awkward, startling, and shocking but true. Just like cricket, football is a game to be played on an upside-down pitch.
The reason why teams switch sides after each half is that every soccer pitch is angled 5 degrees upward from every end. Football is such a brilliant game that was carefully created to captivate sports fans.
9. The lightning that killed the team :
A tragic football accident occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on October 23, 1998. During a severe thunderstorm in Kasai at the start of the match, strong lightning struck the ground, killing 11 players instantly and seriously injuring 30 people.
10. 23 goals in a single match for Ronaldinho :
At the age of 13, the Brazilian Ronaldinho Gaucho, one of the game’s biggest names, scored 23 goals in one match, leading to his team winning 23 goals to zero. From that moment on, the player continued to improve and develop.
11. Injuries during a goal celebration :
A goal is regarded as the game’s most thrilling event. Surprisingly, many players get injured while celebrating this event. Statistics show that one out of every 20 injuries occurs as a result of an error in celebration.
12. The First World Cup Was A Paper-Craft :
How? It is crazy that they tried to manipulate the players by applauding their performance with a manufactured World Cup. Bloody crap! The first world cup was made of pieces of paper. But fortunately, in 1950 football world championship’s precipitation forced its removal.
13. Oldest Football Club In The World :
The oldest professional football club in the world is Sheffield F.C , which was established in 1857. The club is currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One South East.
14. The First Basketball Game Played With Soccer Ball :
Another crazy football fact is that the first basketball game played on 21 December 1891, was played with a Foot-ball.
The game is tested by 18 students at the International Young Men’s Christian Association Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Two teams of nine players each compete against each other, to throw a soccer ball into a peach basket attached to a balcony 10 feet above the floor.
15. Pablo Escobar and Colombia football :
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria needs no introduction. (“Pablo Escobar was a drug lord and narcoterrorist from Columbia, for those who may not be acquainted”). The individual is thought to be the richest criminal in recorded history.
Because of the Columbia national team, he is the subject of our discussion. Escobar enjoyed football despite being a criminal. In fact, he donated a large portion of his wealth to build football fields and support clubs in all of the nation’s impoverished areas.
The world is currently enjoying players like Falcao, Rodriguez, Cuadrado, Bacca, Martinez, and Zuniga among others, as a result of his investment.
The famous drug lord was so rich, To avoid being handed over to the US, he volunteered to settle Colombia’s foreign debt.
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