Weird football facts that sound false but are actually true, (a thread)
Let’s start - Did you know that Sir Alex Ferguson’s first girlfriend was TAA’s Granny

Rio Patricio Finished 12th in the 2016 balon d’or

AS ADEMA won a THB Champions League match against SO l'Emyrne by the score of 149–0 on 31 October 2002. SOE scored 149 own goals in protest of a refereeing decision.

Neymar Almost signed for West Ham Back In 2010

Back in 2015, Nigel Pearson Fought a pack of wild dogs trying to rip his throat out, and won

@ShaneLong7 scored a goal with his penis last season vs Aston Villa, he really was the cock of the walk. (I’m sorry I had to)

Garrincha lost his virginity at age 14 to a goat........ killed his mother-in-law in a car crash...... then died of drink

Norwich Finished 3rd in the 92/93 premier league season. But with a -4 goal difference

While she was managing director at Birmingham City, Karren Brady sold her husband Paul Peschisolido to Stoke for £400k in 1994. They got married a year later.

Birmingham City were the first English club to play in Europe (1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup on 15 May 1956). And the first to reach a European final (the 1960 Fairs Cup final).

SPFL side St. Johnstone are the only professional team in Britain with a “J” in their name.

Dundee united have a 100% record against Barcelona. The Scottish side have won all four games against the Catalan giants.

Southend United have a 100% win record against Man Utd.

Jermaine Pennant is the only Englishman to have played in a Champions League Final (for Liverpool v AC Milan), but never play for England.

In 2009, Bolivia beat Argentina and Leo Messi 6-1. The altitude in La Paz helped!

Denmark won the 1992 European Championship after failing to qualify. Yugoslavia was disqualified and the Danish team was announced that they were allowed to participate only 10 days before the start of the tournament.

Real Madrid played against their B team in the 1980 Copa Del Rey final. Madrid’s first team won 6-1. The match was staged at The Bernabeu. Massive shock.

The first British player to win the Champions League (after it was rebranded in 1992) was Paul Lambert in 1997 with Borussia Dortmund.

Mathieu Flamini has never lost a Premier League game at the Emirates.

Celtic legend Henrik Larsson’s first and last goals at Celtic Park were both AGAINST Celtic (first was an own goal, his last was for Barcelona against Celtic).

Roberto Soldado is the only Spanish player with more than one hat-trick in the Champions League since the format change in 1992.

John Terry has scored more league goals than Andres Iniesta.

No Barcelona player had ever been named La Liga player of the month until Neymar was in November 2015.

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