10 – Liverpool have won the most League Cup titles (10), with 24 different sides lifting the trophy before.
Overall, 36 teams have featured in the final of the competition, with Newcastle United in 2024-25 acting as the most recent side to win the title for the first time.
🔽 Thread.
3 - Bukayo Saka in 2026 became the first @England player on record (since 1966) to both score 3 goals and provide 3 assists at an edition of a major tournament (World Cup/EURO).
Trebles.
19 - Djed Spence made 19 tackles at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the most by an England defender in a single World Cup since Ashley Cole in 2002 (25).
Challenge.
2:14 - Declan Rice has scored England's earliest goal in a competitive fixture since Luke Shaw netted inside two minutes in the EURO 2020 final against Italy.
Matters.
2 - Declan Rice is the first England player to record two assists from corners at the same FIFA World Cup tournament since David Beckham in 2002.
Whip.
6 - Declan Rice is the sixth England 🏴 player to both score and assist in a single World Cup match:
Roger Hunt (v Mexico 1966)
Joe Cole (v Sweden 2002)
Raheem Sterling (v Iran 2022)
Jude Bellingham (v Panama 2026)
Harry Kane (v Mexico 2026)
🆕Declan Rice (v France 2026)
Prestige.
7 - Jude Bellingham’s seven goals are the outright most ever by an England player at a single FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship tournament.
Heroic.
5/5 - Jude Bellingham is the second substitute in FIFA World Cup history to attempt 5+ dribbles in a match and complete them all, along with Argentina's Claudio Caniggia vs Cameroon in 1990.
Mazy.
3 - Bukayo Saka is the second @England player to score a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup knockout stage match after Sir Geoff Hurst in the 1966 final.
Delightful.
2 - England have won each of their last two FIFA World Cup matches during which they've conceded the opening goal of the game, after winning just one of their prior 23 matches in the competition when conceding first.
Mentality.
80% - @England have won 16 of their 20 matches under Thomas Tuchel across all competitions, giving him the best win rate of any manager to take charge of more than 10 matches with a single European nation.
Standards.
5 - Jude Bellingham has scored more goals than any other midfielder at the 2026 FIFA World Cup (5 - 0 penalties).
Only Gary Lineker (6 in 1986) has ever netted more non-penalty goals in a major tournament for England (WC/Euro).
Inspired.
23 - Aged 23y 12d, Jude Bellingham is the second-youngest player to score 2+ goals in successive FIFA World Cup knockout stage games behind only Pelé in 1958 (17y 249d).
Talisman.