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‘Happy’ Jack Hillman was the most crooked keeper to represent England. He offered Nottingham Forest players £2 each (£150 in today’s money) to “take it easy”. Hillman’s “I was only joking” defense didn’t convince and he was banned.

#hillman #goalkeeper #burnley #nottinghamforest

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Matthias Sindelar was an Austrian footballer. He refused to play for Germany after Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany. On 23 January 1939 Sindelar was found dead at the apartment in Vienna.

#matthiassindelar #sindelar #austria #austriavienna #germany #anschluss #vienna #murder

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Valencia supporters didn't come much bigger than Vicente Navarro Aparicio. Following his passing, in 2019 Valencia decided to immortalize Aparicio by casting a statue of their fan in the very Mestalla seat he spent so many years.

#valencia #aparicio #spain #laliga #mestalla

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At the beginning of December 2020, Stephanie Frappart stepped out to take charge of Juventus' match against Dynamo Kyiv, she became the first woman to referee a men's Champions League game.

#stephaniefrappart #frappart #referee #france #juventus #dynamokyiv #championsleague

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On 17 January 2021 Lionel Messi was sent off for first ever time in his FC Barcelona career as Ronald Koeman's side was beaten 3-2 by Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup final.

#lionelmessi #messi #barcelona #ronaldkoeman #koeman #athleticbilbao #spanishsupercup #spain

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In January 2021, former Real Madrid striker David Barral has become the first footballer to be transferred for BITCOIN.

#realmadrid #striker #davidbarral #barral #bitcoin #segundab #duxinternacionaldemadrid #spain #intermadrid #cryptocurrency

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When Bolton demanded a £13,000 in 1928 for striker David Jack, Arsenal boss Herbert Chapman invited a Bolton delegation to London and instructed the barman that “my gin and tonic will contain no gin”. Finally, they sold their star for a £10,890.

#bolton #jack #arsenal #chapman

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On 2012, Tiago Rech was the only Santa Cruz fan. In December 2020, Santa Cruz won the State Championship and qualified for the Brazilian Cup with Tiago Rech as the President of the club.

#tiagorech #rech #santacruz #gremio #braziliancup #brazil #president

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Remi Gaillard gained attention in the French media after performing a well-documented series of pranks, including a famous appearance disguised as a Lorient football player in the 2002 Coupe de France final match.

#remigaillard #gaillard #france #prank #lorient #coupedefrance

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AC Milan were so worried about the ill health of Pope John Paul II that they cancelled their highly anticipated clash with Juventus FC in April 2005.

#acmilan #milan #pope #johnpaulII #juventus #italy

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On 13 September 2020, an amateur German team SG Ripdorf/Molzen II lost a match 37-0 after they socially distanced from their opponents due to concerns about the coronavirus.

#germany #coronavirus #covid19 #sgripdorfmolzenii #svholdenstedtii #saxonys3kreisklasseleague

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The Copa del Rey 1904 was the second staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish cup competition and was played in Madrid. It was notable for the fact that Athletic Bilbao won the trophy without playing a game.

#copadelrey #spain #madrid #athleticbilbao #bilbao

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In 1999, Chilavert became the first goalkeeper known to score a hat-trick in the history of professional football, while playing for Argentine side Velez against Ferro Carril Oeste, scoring all goals through penalties.

#chilavert #paraguay #velez #argentina #ferrocarriloeste

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Former Newcastle United star Jetro Willems has confessed to smuggling drugs as a child. Willems was just nine when he smuggled drugs from Curacao to the Netherlands to start raising money for his family.

#newcastle #jetrowillems #willems #drugs #curacao #netherlands

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After Romanian Arges Pitesti's goalkeeper Bogdan Vintila had conceded a soft goal, coach Florin Halagian stopped the team bus on the way home. Vintila was ordered to get off the bus and ended up walking 10 miles.

#argespitesti #bogdanvintila #vintila #florinhalagian #halagian

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In 2020, Bruno Fernandes became the first footballer in the English top-flight to be named Player of the Month four times in a single calendar year.

#brunofernandes #fernandes #england #premierleague #playerofthemonth #portugal #oldtrafford #manchesterunited #mu #manutd

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic gifts AC Milan teammates a PlayStation 5 on launch day. Fans have reacted to the gesture and coined the term 'Zanta Claus' just over a month way from Christmas.

#ibrahimovic #zlatan #acmilan #milan #playstation #playstation5 #rossoneri #zantaclaus #christmas

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The "Battle of the Buffet" (Pizzagate), is a name of the match between Man Utd and Arsenal, in 2004. In the tunnel after the match a slice of pizza was thrown at Sir Alex Ferguson by Fabregas.

#battleofthebuffet #pizzagate #manutd #arsenal #oldtrafford #ferguson #fabregas

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Christian Vieri has recalled an encounter between Taribo West and Marcello Lippi. “Lippi told us the line-up,” Vieri said. “West stood up and said: ‘God told me that I have to play!’ “Lippi replied: ‘He didn’t say mention it to me.”

#intermilan #inter #vieri #west #lippi #italy

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In 1989, Rojas was in goal for Chile's against Brazil. Rojas was carried off the field. The match was unfinished. Video evidence later showed that Rojas head injury was discovered to have been self-inflicted. Rojas was banned for life.

#rojas #chile #brazil #fifaworldcup #ban