The length of a soccer match is a full ninety minutes, of 45 minutes each.But there will be extra time added for injury.
Pele was born October 23, 1940 in Tres Coracoes, Brazil.
Willie "Fattie" Foulke weighed in at almost 330 lbs. or 150 kg and was 6 ft 4 in. He was the first goalkeeper for Chelsea FC, and was famous for arguing and abusing refs and opposing players
271 tries scored and 194 conversions successfully made
Michael Owen has played for three teams in the e.P.L. They are Liverpool, Newcastle united and now Manchester United.
"I think it was Ronald De Boer after he left Barcelona." Not the case - both Ronald and Frank played for Rangers, not Celtic. No Dutch players have played for both - Rangers were linked with ex-Celt Pierre Van Hooijdonk when Dick Advocaat was in charge, Celtic were linked with Giovanni Van Bronckhorst before he left Arsenal. Neither came about.
Pele is called the best soccer player in the
world.
The that team won the League Cup in 1966 was West Bromwich Albion.
Italy have currently only won one European championship and that was in 1968. The closest they have got to winning one since was when they came second in the year 2000.
His salary from 2009 to 2010 is $19.5 million.
He played for Antigua in qualifiers for the 1978 World Cup.
From Apollo By the Numbers (see related links for URL)
"Before reentering the LM, the CDR dropped a golf ball onto the surface. Using the head of a "6-iron" attached to the handle of the contingency sample collector, he attempted to strike the ball but struck mostly soil and barely moved the ball. The second swing sent the ball a few feet to the right. He dropped a second ball which he hit into a crater about 50 feet away."
The best football club in the world is F.C. Barcelona!!!!
Out of the 20 teams, only 5 are currently managed by English managers. Those are:
Sam Allardyce: Blackburn Rovers
Steve Bruce: Sunderland
Roy Hodgson: Liverpool
Ian Holloway: Blackpool
Harry Redknapp: Tottenham
Other than that, there are 4 Scottish managers, 2 Welsh and 1 from Northern Ireland.
The Netherlands received the most yellow cards in the 2010 FIFA World Cup at 22. Four teams tied for having the most red cards: Algeria, Australia, Brazil, and Uruguay. Each received 2 red cards.
Back in 1946 the BBC televised live the second half of Barnet's game against Wealdstone from Underhill - the first televised broadcast.
There have been 19 world cups. The first was in 1930 in Uruguay and it was then held every 4 years since then.
BUT: There wasn't a tournament held in 1942 or 1946 because of World War 2.
Jelavic, Naismith. Davis, Maloney, fortune , Danny fox, arteta, Caldwell, Adams, cueller, Hutton... Any others anyone????
Countries bidding to host 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup:
Countries bidding to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup only: