Facts About Football #3

The Lists of firsts in football and soccer #2! 

Interesting fact says that the first World Cup match took place on 1930!
The first World Cup match was played on July 13, 1930, between France and Mexico in Montevideo, Uruguay. France won the match 4–1 and Lucien Laurent of France scored the first goal.




Interesting fact says that the first team from Africa to play in World cup was Egypt!
Egypt played only one game in the 1934 tournament and lost 4–2 to Hungary in Naples, Italy. Egypt didn’t play in the final rounds again until 1990, when the country played three matches with a defeat and two ties.

Interesting fact says that the first team from Asia to play in World cup was Indonesia!
The Dutch East Indies (today known as Indonesia) qualified for the World Cup final round in 1938 as the first ever representative from Asia. The team made the long journey to France to play only one match, a 6–0 loss to Hungary in Reins. It is the only World Cup final-round contest in the country’s history.




Interesting fact says that Anatoliy Puzach was the first substitute in world cup!
Substitutions were not alloed in World Cup play until 1970. Viktor Serebryanikov was the first player to be replaced, by Anatoliy Puzach after 45 minutes, who was inserted into the match against Mexico on May 31, 1970, in Mexico City. The contest ended in a scoreless tie.

Interesting fact says that Juan Ignacio Basaguren was the first subsitute to score a goal!
Juan Ignacio Basaguren of Mexico made history on June 7, 1970 against El Salvador by becoming the first substitute to replace a substitute in a World Cup final-round match and the first substitute to score a goal, helping Mexico to a 4–0 victory.


Interesting fact says that Pedro Cea was the first player to score both in Olympics and world cup!
Uruguay’s Pedro Cea was the first player to score in an Olympic final and a World Cup final. In the 1924 Olympic gold-medal match, Cea connected in a 3–0 win over Switzerland. He also had a score in the first World Cup final, as Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2.






Interesting fact says that the first draw in a world cup match was between Brazil and England in 1958!
Scoreless draws have become relatively commonplace in recent World Cup play, but the first one didn’t occur until 1958, the sixth tournament, when England and Brazil battled 90 minutes without a goal in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Interesting fact says that the first live world cup match was telecast in 1954!
The first World Cup telecast was aired on June 16, 1954, when Yugoslavia defeated France 1–0 in Lausanne, Switzerland.


Interesting fact says that the first worlf cup mascot was introduced in 1966!
The first World Cup mascot was World Cup Willie at the 1966 tournament in England. Willie was a lion-like boy.





Interesting fact says that the first womens world cup was held in 1991!
In the final, the United States defeated Norway 2–1 before a capacity crowd of 65,000 at Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou, China. With two minutes remaining in regulation, Michelle Akers- Stahl stole a weak back pass from a Norwegian defender and scored the first goal, which broke a 1–1 tie. The U.S. women were unbeaten in six matches, and Akers-Stahl scored ten goals.




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Facts About Football #2

The Lists of firsts in football and soccer!


Interesting fact says that the first international match was played in 1872!
Eventhough England and Scotland are both part of United Kingdom, the first official international football match was played between them on November 30, 1872. The game ended in a 0–0 draw.


Interesting fact says that the first football match played during the night was in 1878!
The first football and soocer match played under lights was contested on October 14, 1878, from Bramall Lane in Sheffield, England. Floodlights, each projecting the equivalent light of 8,000 candles, were mounted on 30-foot poles, one at each corner of the field. The power was supplied by a pair of Siemens dynamo engines situated behind each goal. The use of lights for soccer matches in England didn’t become widespread until the 1920s.


Interesting fact says that the first radio broadcast of a football match was in 1927!
The first radio broadcast of a football match took place on January 22, 1927, during a game between Arsenal and Sheffield United at Highbury Stadium in London.


Interesting fact says that the first live television broadcast of a football match was in 1938!
Football and Soccer’s first live television broadcast came during England’s FA Cup final in 1938 as Preston defeated Huddersfield 1–0.


Interesting fact says that Nottingham Forest was the first to introduce the modern game!
England’s Nottingham Forest club was, during the 19th century were the first to introduce shin guards, the referee’s whistle, the goalpost crossbar and goal netting.


Interesting fact says that first Olympic football and soccer match was held in 1896!
The first Olympic soccer competition was an unofficial exhibition held in conjunction with the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, in 1896. The match pitted a squad from Denmark against one representing Greece. The result of the match has unfortunately been lost to history.


Interesting fact says that Soren Lerby played for 2 teams from 2 nations on the same day!
On November 13, 1985, Danish midfielder Soren Lerby became the first player to compete for two different teams in two different countries on the same day. Lerby’s exhausting day began in Dublin, Ireland, as he helped Denmark to a 4–1 win in a World Cup qualifying match against Ireland. Lerby left the match in the 58th minute with Denmark leading 3–1 and took a private jet supplied by his club, Bayern Munich, to West Germany for a third-round cup game in Bachum. Lerby came in as a halftime substitute in a 1–1 draw.


Interesting fact says that soccer match was played in the United States on 1869!
Soccer historians claim the first soccer match between two collegiate teams took place in 1869 between Princeton and Rutgers in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Rutgers won 6–4. College football historians trace the origins of their sport to the exact same contest.


Interesting fact says that Oneida Football Club was the first soccer team established in the United States!
It was founded in 1862 and ceased operation in 1865 after three undefeated seasons in which the team didn’t allow a goal. The players came from Boston high schools. Established by Gerrit Smith Miller, Oneida was also the first soccer club formed outside of England. The matches were played on Boston Common, and, in 1925, the seven surviving members of the team placed a six-foot-high monument on Boston Common in memory of the club.


Interesting fact says that first females to referee a men’s professional match was on 1999!
Referee Wendy Toms and assistants Janie Frampton and Amy Rayner became the first all-women team of officials at a men’s professional match on September 13, 1999. The three officiated a minor-league match in England between the Kidderminster Harriers and Nuneaton Borough.


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Facts About Football #1

Interesting fact says that football and rugby was made hybrid!

In the 1930's, the fascist party of Italy, under Mussolini, so despised British football that they invented an alternative sport for the masses, called volate, which was a hybrid of football and rugby. The new game never got going.

Interesting fact says modern football and soccer ball may have originated from a human head!

While no one knows exactly how the “soccer ball” came into existence, many forms and variations have been documented throughout history. In 1836 Charles Goodyear patented vulcanized rubber. Prior to this, football and soccer balls were dependent on the size and shape of the pig's bladder.

Interesting fact says that there is an ancient artifact depicting football!

An ancient Greek marble relief housed in the national museum of archeology in Athens shows and athlete balancing a football on his thigh as a young boy looks on. This very image is featured on the European cup trophy.

Interesting fact says that first football rule was published in 1863!

Prior to that, there was no standard rules for size of teams or the field. Earliest organized games, usually bitter confrontations between teams from two or three parishes, had football goal posts as far as 5 km (3 miles) apart. It was only by 1801 that it was (somewhat) agreed that football teams should have an equal number of players and that the playing area should be about 91 metres (100 yards). Records show that Eton college drew up the first written rules of football in 1815. (The modern standardized rules are known as the Cambridge rules.)

Interesting fact says that only the United States and Canada actually call soccer “soccer”!

In the 1880s students of Oxford university abbreviated words by adding “er” to the end; for instance, breakfast became “brekkers” and “rugby rules” was referred to as “rugger.” When one student, Charles Wreford Brown, was asked if he’d like to play rugger, he was the first to abbreviate “association rules” (Football Association rules) by answering, “No, soccer.” Brown later became an England international and Football Association vice-president.

Interesting fact says that the first goal scored directly from a corner kick was in 1924!

Cesareo Onzari, who played for Argentina took a corner kick and the ball ended up in the net without anyone else touching it. This type of goal is also referred to as an “Olympic goal” in football. Unfortunately for Uruguay, they lost that game because of such a goal, but they did end up winning the gold in the Olympics.

Interesting fact says that India wanted to play barefoot!

India withdrew from the 1950 World Cup tournament because FIFA would not allow the team to play barefoot? India had already qualified but refused to continue because they wanted to play soccer barefoot!

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It is interesting to note that when James Naismith developed the game of basketball, the first game was played with - a soccer ball!


In 1966 opening match between England and Uruguay was delayed because seven english players had forgotten their identity cards at their hotel. A police motorcyclist was sent to collect them!


Athlectic Bilbao were declared winners of 1904 Copa Del Rey because their opponents in the final, Club Espanol de Madril, showed up on the wrong date!


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