Steve Bruce was a mainstay defender for Man United under Ferguson, over 400 games in 8 years. Never got a cap for England despite being very English old school style of defender.
Erling Halaand has 195 goals at the age of 23, more than Messi or Ronaldo at the same age… to match either for goal tally he’ll need to score over 38 a season for 15 years to match Messi and just over 35 a season for 15 years to match Ronaldo.
That’s * insane.
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No so much a weird fact just weird, I read the other day that someone threw a guitar on the pitch at I think a São Paulo game years ago, bottles, batteries, coins etc I get but throwing a guitar on the pitch, now that is weird
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My favourite was a decapitated pig head thrown at Figo when he went to Madrid though. That’s some planning ahead anger. Beats the scooter only because you just see a pigs face poking threw the grass and its weird:56:
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I found the reference to it but it was Argentina
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Former Barcelona hero Luis Figo returned to Camp Nou as a Real Madrid player, by the time he prepared to take a late corner, emotions had risen to the point where people in the stands were throwing things at him, including plastic bottles, cans, and lighters. Someone even threw the head of a piglet and one of a rooster.
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Even if he’s full of *, which he’s not that kinda guy to be, I’d choose to believe that because its funny as * regardless. Heard a few stories about Broony as a youngster before he was captain and wish I could have had a night out with him at that age:56:
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Random one I like is Vidic is the only player to win the PL with a surname made of Roman numerals.
Dundee Utd have a 100% record against Barca.
Paolo Maldini captained AC Milan to a CL final win on English soil exactly 40 years after his da done the same.Liam Scales and jake10 like this. -
Did you see the photo of Broony sat on a pavement wasted/pished after a night out in Edinburgh? It was when delia was boss.
I babysat for George McCluskey when he moved to dirty Leeds United and he got me tickets for their games, after one game I went out boozing with George and Peter Lorimer, by 9pm I was wasted and girlfriend had to take me home, I was 19, just down from Glasgow and I could swally, but they two drank me under the pool table and carried on when I leftLiam Scales likes this. -
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Is the Maldini one to the same day, 40 years later?Doogs. likes this. -
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Did a quick Google and this one seems mental
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Off the top of my head this one so might be out a bit but I’m sure Larsson only won to PotM’s in Scotland. -
Fernando Torres was captain of Atletico Madrid in the same team as Simeone
St Johnstone is the only team in Britain with a J in it
Also absolutely love this one, I made a thread on here about it a while back when I found out:
The man credited with being the “inventor of rap”, Gil-Scott Heron, is the son of the first ever black man to play for Celtic
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