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FOOTBALL
HISTORY ....INDEX
A few stories from the rich
and varied history of football.
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Formation
of the Football League in 1888 |
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Eric
Cantona launches a Kung Fu kick at a supporter in 1995 |
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Arsenal's
record defeat against Loughborough in 1896 |
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Arsenal
are undefeated in a record 49 League games |
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Arsenal
score in a record 55 consecutive League matches |
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Chelsea's
record 86 consecutive unbeaten home League games |
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Should
Girls Play Footer? What they thought of that in 1921 |
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A
goalscoring record held by Chesterfield for over 70 years |
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1974 sees
Sunday football start in the Football League |
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Dixie
Dean scores 60 League goals for Everton in 1927/28 |
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Leeds City were
expelled from the Football League in 1919 |
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So why
did Nottingham Forest beat Leicester 12-0? |
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Nottingham
Forest have a 42 match unbeaten League run |
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Peterborough
United go 171 matches without a 0-0 draw |
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The
history of the Watney Cup |
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The match
of 3 halves - Sunderland v Derby in 1894 |
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Swindon
Town break the rules in the 1980s |
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England v
Young England became the FA Cup 3rd place match |
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'DID YOU KNOW'
....INDEX
Football has a million
and one stories and just as many facts and figures. Here are a few of them
- the record-breaking, unusual and bizarre.
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Abandoned matches |
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Clubs
scoring 10 or more in Cup and Friendly matches |
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Famous footballing
injuries |
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Clubs scoring 10 or
more in a League match |
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Penalties and Penalty
Shoot-outs |
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Centuries of League goals
scored in a season |
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Centuries of League
goals conceded in a season |
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Hat-tricks |
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It's never over until
the fat lady sings... |
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This and That |
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Debuts |
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The FA Cup |
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Whoops... |
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Goals and their
goalscorers |
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Referees |
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Christmas Day
football |
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Record goals
scored in one
day |
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Those were the
days... |
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Football Memorabilia |
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Crime &
Punishment |
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Football in the Media |
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Football and Cricket |
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Pitches, and what they have
had to put up with |
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The Football Programme
Miscellany |
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Postponed Matches |
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Floodlights |
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More This and That |
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Own goals |
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Points deductions,
demotions and expulsions |
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Historical,
interesting and unusual photos of football grounds |
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Photos of players,
managers and fans through the ages |
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Photos of team
groups over the years |
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Pen Pictures |
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FOOTBALL & SPORTS AWARDS
....INDEX |
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Football Writers' Association
Footballer
of the Year |
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Professional Footballers Association
Player
of the Year |
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France Football
European
Footballer of the Year |
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FIFA
Best
Men's Player |
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The
Alan Hardaker Trophy League Cup 'Man of the Match'
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BBC
Sports
Personality of the Year |
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BBC
Sports
Personality of the Year Team Award |
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BBC
Overseas
Sports Personality of the Year Award |
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COLEMANBALLS.....INDEX
Colemanballs:
The art of letting the words come out before the brain is engaged, made
famous by David Coleman but with very able
disciples in Kevin Keegan, Bobby Robson, Ron Atkinson, Terry Venables....in
fact it seems endemic
amongst the football fraternity.
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General Football
& David Coleman himself |
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General Football & 'Keeganballs' |
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General Football
&
What Did Footballers Learn at Skool? |
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General Football & Bobby Robson |
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General Football
& Other Sports |
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General Football & The Anatomy of a Footballer |
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General Football
& Some 'literal' sayings! |
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General Football
& Murray Walker |
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General Football
& Goals and the simple things |
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General Football
& Cricket |
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General Football
& More Other Sports |
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General Football
& The Real World |
