| Most think football began in England. It was actually invented in China |
History |
| The first rules of football were written in London in 1863 |
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| The oldest competition is the FA Cup. It began in the 1871-1872 season |
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| The first League season was 1888-1889. Preston North End won it |
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| The first international was a 0:0 draw between Scotland and England |
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| The most prolific goalscorer is Josef Bican who scored 1,468 in total |
Player Goals |
| Miroslav Klose has scored most World Cup goals: 16 in 4 tournaments |
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| Jimmy Jones of Glenavon has the record for most goals in a season: 74 |
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| Notts County's Harry Cursham scored the most FA Cup goals: 49 |
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| Archie Thompson scored 13 goals in Australia's 31:0 international win |
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| Derby County won just one match in the 2007-08 season |
Flops |
| Doncaster Rovers lost 34 of their 46 matches in 1997-1998 |
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| In the 1899-1900 season Darwen of Div. 2 lost 18 matches in a row |
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| From 2007-2008 Derby County went 38 matches without a win |
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| In the 1993-1994 season Swindon Town conceded 100 league goals |
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| The penalty spot, and 18 and 6 yard boxes were introduced in 1902 |
Rules |
| Before 1912 goalkeepers could handle the ball anywhere in their half |
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| In the 1994 World Cup games were almost divided into quarters |
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| Before the 1870s there were no referees |
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| The first penalty kick was taken in 1891. It was called the "Kick of Death" |
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| The most goals in a UK match was Arbroath 36:0 Bon Accord |
Match Goals |
| The highest scoring game ever was AS Adema 149:0 SO l'Emyrne |
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| The most goals in an international was Australia 31:0 American Samoa |
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| The highest scoring World Cup match was Switzerland 5:7 Austria |
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| The record FA Cup score is Preston North End 26:0 Hyde |
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| Alf Common was the first player to be transferred for a fee of £1,000 |
Transfers |
| Naymar is currently the most expensive football transfer at £198 million |
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| The first £10,000 player was David Jack from Bolton to Arsenal in 1928 |
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| In 1961 Dennis Law went from Man. City to Torino for £110,000 |
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| The first £1 million transfer was Trevor Francis in 1979 |
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| The most red cards given in a single game is 36 |
Discipline |
| Red and yellow cards were first used in the 1970 World Cup |
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| Gerardo Bedoya holds the record for most red cards in a career with 46 |
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| Everton have received a total of 96 red cards in the Premier League |
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| Gary Lineker received no red or yellow cards throughout his career |
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| In the 2011-2012 season Real Madrid scored 121 goals |
Team Goals |
| Derby scored 20 goals in 2007-08, the fewest in a Premier League season |
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| The worst goal difference in the Premier League is -96. It was Derby again |
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| Peterborough scored 134 league goals in 1960-61 |
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| Man. Utd. have scored over 2,000 Premier League goals |
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| Rogério Ceni was a goalkeeper. He still scored 131 goals in his career |
Records |
| From 1955 to 1960, Real Madrid won European Cups 5 times in a row |
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| 199,854 people attended the 1950 World Cup final |
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| Peter Shilton made 1,390 appearance in his career |
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| Iranian Ali Daeihas scored the most international goals: 109 |
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| Brazil have won the World Cup 5 times. Italy and Germany twice |
Honours |
| Man. Utd. have been English champions 20 times. Liverpool 19 |
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| Arsenal have won the most FA Cups. They have done so 14 times |
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| Real Madrid have won the European Cup or Champions League 13 times |
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| Germany and Spain have both won the European Championship 3 times |
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