Pickles, had indeed discovered the missing Jules Rimet trophy.(1966)
Check out some facts:
• Madrid paid their players incentive to beat Barcelona in 1972, which helped Madrid to win Liga.
• The World Cup Westminster Central Hall, on the afternoon of Sunday 20 March, just four months before the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England was scheduled to kick-off. But found by a dog call pickles. (Mission possible)
• Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho first gained media attention after he scored every goal in a 23-0 game at age 13. And featured in the first Youtube video to break one million views.
• Didier Drogba ordered a cease fire when their was a cross fire between regional government in southern Ivory Coast.
• A bolt of lightning killed an entire soccer team during a game in 1998!
• Barbados once had to score a goal on themselves in order to win a soccer match in 1994. They did that when loosing 2-1 in other to score in extra time golden goal rule and it worked.
• Kids in a Thai village wanted to play soccer. They didn’t have a place to practice, so they built a floating wooden pitch themselves! (Played on water)
• In 1964 a referee’s call during a soccer match in Peru caused a riot that killed over 300 people!
• A soccer player can run 10 km in one game! That’s more than 6 miles!
In 2007, AC Milan’s Gennaro Gattuso ran an estimated 10 km in one game against Manchester United.
• Football goalies didn’t have to wear different coloured shirts from their teammates until 1913.
• Eusebio scored 46 goals in the European Cup for Benfica.
• Ryan Giggs’ (of Manchester United) dad was a professional Rugby League player.
• In 1973, the entire Galilee team spent the night in jail for kicking their opponents during an Israeli League game
• Football players run an average of six miles during every game.
Football is the most popular sport in the world. Over one billion fans watch World Cup Football on television.
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