Hello there Gentle Readers, Euro 2016 is just around the corner and today Robert started football training with Riga United so here are my facts about the beautiful game.
1. A player was sent off 2 seconds into a game because when the referees whistle blew he said, "F@ck me, that was loud."
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jan/07/1
2. In 2013, Christiano Ronaldo opened a museum to himself.
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http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/25394091
3. The first televised football match was a friendly between the Arsenal A and B teams in 1937.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/funny_old_game/2260280.stm
4. The word "Soccer" comes from the term "Association Football."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_%28word%29
5. FIFA has more members than the United Nations.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_country_codes
6. In 1969, El Salvador and Honduras started a war, because of a football match.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/feb/21/theknowledge.sport
7. Italian football fans are known as "Tifosi". This means 'carriers of typhoid' because their fanaticism is like a fever.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tifosi
8. The 5 year civil war was bought to an end partly through the intervention of footballer Didier Drogba.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/07/ivorycoast200707
9. Brazilian International Ronaldihno's sponsorship deal with Coke was cancelled when he was spotted drinking Pepsi.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/07/ronaldinho-has-pepsi-loses-coca-cola-deal/1#.VwlGhnaRLla
10. The largest victory in a football match was 149-0.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS_Adema_149%E2%80%930_SO_l%27Emyrne
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