Trivial Football

Football is not just what happens during the 90 minutes on the pitch. It's also the culture that surrounds it.

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With his appearance at Euro 2020, Cristiano Ronaldo will be the first player to have appeared at 5 European Championship tournaments.

#CristianoRonaldo #EURO2020

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Norway holds the record for the least amount of goals conceded by a team who has appeared at the Euros with 1 goal conceded.

#EURO2020

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England holds the record of most appearances at the European Championship without ever winning at 9.

#Euro2020 #ThreeLions

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Marcos Alonso and his grandfather, also named Marcos Alonso, is the first grandfather/grandson duo to win the top tier European competition

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Scott Carson remains the only Manchester City player to have won the Champions League

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We strongly recommend the documentary on the life and career of Finland's greatest ever footballer Jari Litmanen, called Kuningas (en: The King).

It follows him through the last chapter of his storied career

You can find it on Vimeo amongst other places.

#Finland #Documentary

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Only three countries have seen a single appearance by a single team in the UEFA Champions League group stage. HJK (Finland, 98/99), Astana (Kazakhstan, 15/16) and Qarabag (Azerbaijan, 17/18).

#uefachampionsleague

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Gianluigi Buffon will be leaving Juventus at the end of the season.

Does this mean retirement? Or does the legend have something left in the tank?

#Juventus #Buffon

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Liam Delap is 11 clear of the next player in the race to be the top goalscorer in Premier League 2. Quite a different skill set from his father.

#ManCity

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A year ago Robert Sánchez played for Rochdale. Now he's in Spain's squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.

That is one hell of a rise.

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Japanese legend and Cambodia manager Keisuke Honda has signed for Neftchi Baku of Azerbaijan.

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"Sunderland 'Til I Die" wasn't the first TV series following @SunderlandAFC .

In 1998, the BBC released the documentary series "Premier Passions", following Sunderland's first season back in the top flight.

#SAFC #SunderlandTogether

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Marco Ballotta is the oldest player in Champions League history, playing his final game for #Lazio in 2007, at the age of 43 years and 252 days.

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Ever wondered what happened to Freddy Adu? The former wonderkid has signed for Swedish tier 3 side Österlen FF.

It feels like just yesterday he had the world at his feet.

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Stuart Ripley played in the Premier League for Blackburn and Southampton, winning the Premier League title in 1995. He was twice capped for England.

In 2007 he graduated with a first-class degree in law and French, and has gone on to practice as a solicitor.

#Rovers #SaintsFC

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@OldSchoolPanini Cole and Yorke is the correct answer

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@EssexWomble @AFCWimbledon Agreed. Which is why I specified Premier League.

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Dean Holdsworth was the only Wimbledon player to score a Premier League hat-trick. He did so against Oldham Athletic at the end of the 1993/94 season.

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Poul Nielsen was the second player ever to reach 50 international goals.

The Danish forward is also the one to have reached 50 international goals the quickest, doing so in just 36 appearances.

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Due to the snow in Madrid, Atletico players couldn't drive their sports cars to training. So Yannick Carrasco borrowed his neighbour's 1980 Fiat Panda.