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Football matches are played over two 45-minute halves, making 90 minutes in total. But the number 45 wasn't chosen because of science.
In the early days of football, there was no standard match length. That changed on 31 March 1866, when the Football Association and Sheffield agreed on a compromise: Sheffield wanted a two-hour match, the FA wanted something shorter, so they settled on two halves of 45 minutes.
The format worked so well that it became the global standard and has remained unchanged for over 150 years.
But why?
Because, ladies and gentlemen...
It's been 45 days since Arsenal won the Premier League title.