Weird footballing facts

Joey Barton left school with 10 GCSE's, which at the time put him in the top 5% of the country.

Malouda is the player of the season statistically.

After Bela Guttman won the European Cup twice with Benfica, they kicked him out unjustedly. He put a curse on them that they would never win another European Cup. They've lost five finals since then.

Frank Lampard has one of the Highest IQ's in the Premier League.

luke. wrote:Malouda is the player of the season statistically.

Proof, thanks.

The Scottish Cup tie between Falkirk and Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 1979 was postponed no fewer than 29 times because of bad weather.

arsenalap11 wrote:

luke. wrote:Malouda is the player of the season statistically.

Proof, thanks.

http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/hawksbee-and-jacobs/blog/2011-05-21/daniel-finkelstein-premier-league-player-season-florent-malouda

Adz wrote:Frank Lampard has one of the Highest IQ's in the Premier League.

He has the highest .
He also had the highest IQ of all the players in the 2010 WC.

Jayx1012 wrote:Joey Barton left school with 10 GCSE's, which at the time put him in the top 5% of the country.

What's weird with that?

The Sampdoria team and 200 players walked 20 miles to a mountain sanctuary near Genoa in 1969 to thank the Madonna for helping them stave off relegation.

Italian legend Paolo Maldini has a collection of 17 runners-up medals - probably the biggest in the game. It includes three Champions League finals, three Intercontinental/World Club Cups, two Coppa Italias, three Supercoppas, a UEFA Super Cup final, a World Cup, A European Championship and three league titles.

Liverpool aren't in the Champions League.

Nottingham Forest of the npower Championship; England's 2nd tier of football, have won the European Cup more times than Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, Man City, Roma, Valencia, Rangers, Atletico Madrid, Lyon, Fiorentina, Bayer Leverkusen, Galatassary and Fenerbache put together.

Contrary to popular belief, Darren Bent is not actually a homosexual.

An experiment at Manchester United showed that Beckham ran an average 8.8 miles per game - more than any other player in the team.

Forest wrote:Nottingham Forest of the npower Championship; England's 2nd tier of football, have won the European Cup more times than Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, Man City, Roma, Valencia, Rangers, Atletico Madrid, Lyon, Fiorentina, Bayer Leverkusen, Galatassary and Fenerbache put together.

Why would you mention Leverkusen? They have only ever won two trophies in the history of their club -- the German Cup once, and the UEFA Cup once.

Bela Lugosi starred in Plan 9 from Outer Space from beyond the grave.

Oh wait

In 1949, A Czech team (name escapes me) got relegated whilst the same team's reserves (who were in the same exact league) came 2nd.

Hull City are the only team in English football that have no letters you can colour in.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest footballer of all time.

Australia's mens NT hired a witch doctor some years ago to curse their opponents but never paid the witchdoctor for her services and were thus cursed themselves.

fluffy_kittens wrote:Australia's mens NT hired a witch doctor some years ago to curse their opponents but never paid the witchdoctor for her services and were thus cursed themselves.

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Scuba Steve wrote:

Forest wrote:Nottingham Forest of the npower Championship; England's 2nd tier of football, have won the European Cup more times than Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, Man City, Roma, Valencia, Rangers, Atletico Madrid, Lyon, Fiorentina, Bayer Leverkusen, Galatassary and Fenerbache put together.

Why would you mention Leverkusen? They have only ever won two trophies in the history of their club -- the German Cup once, and the UEFA Cup once.

Oh right I just typed into Google big clubs that haven't won the European Cup and seen them mentioned on one site

Southampton have won more silverware than Arsenal in the last 6 years.

A manager of a team in Swaziland once poured mongoose blood onto his home teams pitch for good luck. His team then went on to win 2-0 in that game.