Remember when Middlesbrough scored a goal against us that was the most blatant handball ever but the ref thought VAR would sort it when it couldn’t and we just had to play on.
Facts about football that shouldn't be true - but are
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Yup. I’m still pissed off about that. Disgraceful decision.
Didn't someone on here start a rumour about us signing Kaka that got picked up by national media?
I have no idea about that because I didn’t even start following football until 2010 (I’m a bit of a late bloomer), but that’s hilarious if true. Kaká at Milan was a great player, it’s a shame that he became anonymous and basically fell off the face of the earth after he joined Real Madrid.
Carlo managed Everton.
That was after an injury though wasn't it?
Yes. Pretty sure someone did the same with another player and Sky Sports thought it was real. For some reason I'm thinking of Moyes unveiling Tiago at his first press conference like a WWE heel.
The ref that put on a Barcelona kit for a picture during a local newspaper interview shortly before we was supposed to be a linesman in the Barcelona-Arsenal Champions League final.
He actually owned a store that sold sports equipment and popular football kits. So when a reporter from a smaller local paper came to interview him about this mission at his daily job, they thought it would be suited to put on that kit. He did not get to be the ref in that final.
He actually owned a store that sold sports equipment and popular football kits. So when a reporter from a smaller local paper came to interview him about this mission at his daily job, they thought it would be suited to put on that kit. He did not get to be the ref in that final.
Ah. That makes sense.
Injuries but I do recall some magic moments still.
City trying to sign Kaka and then the CEO at the time claiming Milan bottled the transfer
Wolfgang Wolf used to be the manager of Wolfsburg.
It's like if the old Arsenal manager was called Arsene Arse.
It's like if the old Arsenal manager was called Arsene Arse.
After his first season as Real he carried a knee injury into the World Cup in 2010. In preseason it still wasn't right and the doctors were apparently worried it would end his career. He had to have surgery on it, which kept him out for 8 months.
I think he lost his pace after that and was never quite the same player.
Everton signing Li Weifeng by mistake because they thought he was Li Tie.
That qualifier in Monaco between Estonia and Scotland when only Scotland turned up, kicked off, the whistle was blown and they won 3-0 by default from memory.
That qualifier in Monaco between Estonia and Scotland when only Scotland turned up, kicked off, the whistle was blown and they won 3-0 by default from memory.
WC 1994 - started with a missed penalty.
Finished with a missed penalty.
Finished with a missed penalty.
Lazio failed to sign Kostic since they have no "k" in Italian and therefore used the wrong mail address.
*Okay, it's more of an unconfirmed legend.
*Okay, it's more of an unconfirmed legend.
Suarez cheating on his Italian exam so Juventus could sign him.
Odegaard appearing on multiple failed wonderkids lists in his teens, before appearing on several outlets la-liga team of the seaon, for a season he started at 20 years old.
Marca and several others put him on failed wonderkids lists, and Marca and several other put him on La-liga team of the season for the season that started when he was 20 years old. The youngest player in that team of the year.
Marca and several others put him on failed wonderkids lists, and Marca and several other put him on La-liga team of the season for the season that started when he was 20 years old. The youngest player in that team of the year.
Roy Keane played 42 games during the 91-92 season and got 0 yellow/red cards.
Was that before he met Clough?
It was before his met Sir Alex. I don't think Roy Keane was ever sent off til he came to us.
When Clattenberg retired and did a bunch of interviews where he openly admitted he used to deliberately get decisions wrong or referee games with an agenda rather than according to the rules, giving specific examples that could be easily corroborated by his inexplicable, shite refereeing in said games, and there was no investigation into him openly admitting he was a corrupt premier league referee or whether others might be the same, and everyone still thought the idea of referees doing this was ridiculous.
Then when Mike Dean retired and openly admitted in interviews that he deliberately got decisions wrong for reasons like not wanting to upset his mates, and still barely an eyelid got batted, and yet eveyrone is constantly baffled why the officiating is consistently so terrible in the same league where the officials are allowed to just make things up as they go along based on what they want to happen, and then admit it, and then absolutely nothing is done about it. And meanwhile Mike Dean is now employed as a pundit for Sky where he further demonstrates the mentality of Premier League officials by just completely changing his mind about decisions mid sentence to defend his mates.
Then when Mike Dean retired and openly admitted in interviews that he deliberately got decisions wrong for reasons like not wanting to upset his mates, and still barely an eyelid got batted, and yet eveyrone is constantly baffled why the officiating is consistently so terrible in the same league where the officials are allowed to just make things up as they go along based on what they want to happen, and then admit it, and then absolutely nothing is done about it. And meanwhile Mike Dean is now employed as a pundit for Sky where he further demonstrates the mentality of Premier League officials by just completely changing his mind about decisions mid sentence to defend his mates.
Dimitri Payet somehow made an assist every 227min in the league playing for West Ham.
That is a much better ratio than Ozil and David silva.
That is a much better ratio than Ozil and David silva.
David Elleray gave more Red Cards To Roy Keane than he gave to Liverpool, Chelsea and Newcastle combined
He gave an interview recently and told the reporter that he regularly makes his kids listen to this song. He’s just a dad doing dad things.I immediately can hear it
He also scored only 1 goal out of his 150 for united outside the penalty box. Is that true?
Jack Grealish is the same age as Raheem Sterling
Would you believe it
Yes, Charlton away
Barcelona have had 10 different English managers, one of whom, Jack Greenwell is their longest serving manager.
Fulham.
That's the one where he ran into the box. It was definitely Charlton away in the 2005/2006 season.
David Moyes has took United the furthest in the CL since SAF retired.
Good god, we've been shite for so long.
Joint with Solskjaer to be fair.
And we are still chasing some Portuguese flounce?
Just heard it on his Overlap podcast. Suppose Ole is true too but he was only in charge of the Last 16 and QF games unlike Moyes who led that whole campaign.
On that note - the last time we were in a Champions League semi final, Neuer was in goal. For Schalke.
Steve Bruce scored more league goals in his 8 1/2 years for us than Iniesta did in his 16 years for Barcelona.
And I was still in primary school.