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Height of the 1896 FA Cup Trophy in cm
Name: National Football Museum
Location: Manchester
Age: 10
Description:
Height of the 1896 FA Cup Trophy in cm
Name: Steven Barker
Location: London
Age: 41
Description:
England finally join the World Cup party for the 4th World Cup tournement, held in Brazil in 1950. They went out in the first group stage finishing 8th. They beat Chile 2-0 but famously lost 1-0 to the USA and also lost 1-0 to Spain.
Name: Ged Parker
Location: Washington, Tyne and Wear
Age: 58
Description:
The first public appearance of the 50p coin was when Princess Anne passed it to the referee for the toss up at the 1969 FA Cup- Leicester City v Manchester City
Name: George
Location: Manchester
Age: 34
Description:
It's just my doodle! I like the campaign
Name: Alexander Jackson
Location: Sheffield
Age: 29
Description:
The first of 3 FA Cup wins for John Edward Thompson Milburn. 'Wor Jackie' scored both the goals as Newcastle beat Blackpool 2-0.
Name: Sally
Location: Manchester
Age: 28
Description:
Sir Stanley Rous - Secretary of the English FA - was so impressed with the Hungarian national football team at the 1952 Olympics, that he invited them to come and play England the following year. The result? England lost 3-6 in a not so "friendly" game after all.
Name: Jean
Location: Blackpool sur-mer
Age: 29
Description:
1953, Bolton lead 3-1 at Wembley with 20 minutes remaining. Pool need to bring out Seaside flair. The nation is cheering Stanley Matthews on, at 38 will he ever win that medal? Ooh la la, elegant Blackpool find him on the wing, let's play sexy football...let's win 4-3.
Name: robert orr
Location: Manchester
Age: 26
Description:
In 2011, Glasgow rangers won their 54th league title. This is the most any club in the world has won, and to this day remain the most successful club team in the world with 116 titles to their name.
Name: David
Location: Manchester
Age: 49
Description:
Hibernian Football Club , Scotland's football pioneers are the first British entrants in the European Cup. reaching the semi finals.
Name: craig dempsey
Location: salford
Age: 35
Description:
just a little reminder that city weren't formed in 2008...... :)
Name: Ethan
Location: Barnsley
Age: 14
Description:
In Memory Of The 56 Supporters Who Died In The Bradford City Stadium Fire On The 11th Of May 1985.
Name: Jonny
Location: Edinburgh
Age: 32
Description:
Caps for England won by Paul Gascoigne over 10 years. It could have been so many more.
Name: Gayle Rogers
Location: Wales
Age: 43
Description:
'58 the year of the Munich Air Disaster where several National and league (Manchester United and Busby Babes) footballers, sports journalists and coaching staff lost their lives as a result of a plane crash in Munich.
Name: Daniel
Location: Manchester
Age: 20
Description:
The 1958 World Cup is so far the only tournament where all 4 UK nations qualified
Name: Ffion Thomas
Location: London
Age: 22
Description:
There are 59 subject-specific statues of football-related players, managers, owners and founders in the UK. Find out who, what, when, where and why at The Sporting Statues Project, www.sportingstatues.com
Name: Brian Rhodes
Location: United States
Age: Too Old
Description:
Dean Windass (Championship Play-Off Final, Wembley Stadium, May 24th, 2008) The £60 million goal, propels Hull City into the Top Flight for the first time in over a century of trying.
Name: Aidan
Location: Manchester
Age: 20
Description:
1960: The last time a football team represented Great Britain & Northern Ireland at the Olympic games. Great Britain failed to qualify in 1964, 68 & 72 and hasn't taken any part since then. GB & NI will take part in the 2012 games due to it's status as host nation.
Name: Alex
Location: Manchester
Age: 28
Description:
1962. Brazil vs England in the World Cup. Dog stops play. The pitch invader gives Garrincha a classic body swerve. Jimmy Greaves the hero for England, getting on all fours to lure the dog in. Greaves gets wee'd on for his trouble, Garrincha scores twice in a 3-1 win.
Name: ADAM G
Location: DERBY
Age: 23
Description:
The F.A was formed in 1863 making it the oldest national football association in the world.
Name: Nicky Davison
Location: Manchester
Age: 27
Description:
It's not a man, it's Cantona!!! 64 goals for Manchester United!
Name: Ben
Location: London
Age: 31
Description:
65 goals for tiny Lionel Messi in 56 games so far this season. A miracle as the ball never seems to leave his foot for long enough to fly into the goal that many times.
Name: Martin Power
Location: Preston
Age: 26
Description:
The year Blackburn legend Colin "Braveheart" Hendry is born.
Name: England
Location: Manchester
Age: 10
Description:
What happened in 1966?
Name: Joseph Sunkler
Location: Switzerland
Age: 8
Description:
1966 england
Name: Graeme Bandeira
Location: Leeds
Age: 37
Description:
1966 was a great year for English football..... King Eric was born. Long live the King...
Name: Helen Carroll
Location: MANCHESTER
Age: 34
Description:
ERIC CANTONA BORN 1966, THIS ADVERT WAS EVERYWHERE IN THE NINETIES.
Name: Neil Dimmick
Location: Middlesbrough
Age: 26
Description:
30th July 1966, a historic date in the history of English football. The date England defeated the old foe Germany on home soil to win their first, and only FIFA World Cup. Pictured is my artwork of Sir Bobby Moore lifting the now famous Jules Rimet trophy.
Name: Sporting Memories Netowrk
Location: Topcliffe
Age: 44
Description:
£2.3M for the shirt. Winning the world cup - priceless!
Name: Karl Smout
Location: Sheffield
Age: 43
Description:
In 1967 Sheffield United became the first professional British football club to visit Bolivia. The Blades played two games in the capital La Paz losing 3-1 to Club Bolivar & beating Mariscal Santa Cruz by the same score.
Name: Catharine Braithwaite
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 44
Description:
The 1967 FA Cup Final took place at Wembley on 20 May 1967, between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea. It was the competition's first final between two teams from London, and is often dubbed the Cockney Cup Final. Tottenham won 2–1.
Name: MIKE BOYLE
Location: SCOTLAND
Age: 20
Description:
'The Lisbon Lions' - Celtic became the first British club to win the European Cup, beating Inter Milan 2-1 in Lisbon. This was made more impressive by the fact that all members of the team were born within a 30 mile radius of Glasgow.
Name: Rob
Location: Wimbledon
Age: 45
Description:
1967 1st League Cup Final to be held at Wembley Stadium, Queens Park Rangers beat holders West Bromwich Albion 3-2
Name: Sarah and Emily
Location: Manchester
Age: 22
Description:
1968, the last time west bromich Albion won the FA cup, 1-0 against Everton. Geoff Astle scored .
Name: Rob
Location: Wimbledon
Age: 44
Description:
The year Brian Cloughs Derby won Division Two
Name: Steve Barrie
Location: North West
Age: 49
Description:
1970 World Cup - the best ever? Gordon Banks saves from Pele (England v Brazil)
Name: Anthony
Location: Manchester
Age: Old
Description:
World Cup trophy since 1970
Name: Louise
Location: Manchester
Age: 34
Description:
world cup super snooopy sleuth, pickles meets a sticky end in an unfortunate incident involving a cat, a tree and his collar
Name: Jack Daniel
Location: Leeds
Age: 18
Description:
1972 - the year Leeds United won the FA Cup, with the famous quote from the commentator...."Clarke....1-0!"
Name: Sergyo
Location: Lugansk, Ukraine
Age: 42
Description:
A 1972 FC Zarya Lugansk became the champion of the USSR.
Name: Craig Williams
Location: Altrincham
Age: 34
Description:
A tribute to Terry Conroy. ~One of the heroes of Stoke's 1972 League Cup win
Name: Robert Wills
Location: Atherstone
Age: 65
Description:
1972 ---- The year that STOKE CITY won their only major trophy when they triumphed 2-1 over Chelsea in the League Cup final at Wembley
Name: anthony peppiatt
Location: castle donington
Age: 50
Description:
brian clough resigns after the best six seasons in derby county's history
Name: Jon
Location: MCR
Age: 29
Description:
1st January 1974 saw George Best play his final game for Manchester United against QPR. A sad day for George, a sadder day for football. The genius leaves Loftus Rd, pint of the black stuff in hand to help hide the tears
Name: John Gallagher
Location: Lichfield
Age: Timeless
Description:
The original Holte End at Aston Villa Park. The site of numerous FA Cup semi finals, World Cup Games and part of the Rinder-Leitch vision for Villa Park
Name: jacko
Location: manchester
Age: 30 and 1 quarter
Description:
74. The number of times Matt Le Tissier uses the word "certainly" per half of football commentary.
Name: Gary
Location: Salford
Age: 28
Description:
Total amount found on the floor at various football games between the years of 2002 and 2012
Name: Paul M
Location: Denton, Manchester
Age: 45
Description:
1975, the year I became a Man City fan and the mark I got for my Art 'O' level (in my dreams)
Name: Warren
Location: ENGLAND
Age: 19
Description:
76 - The amount of nations that have competed in at least one World Cup.
Name: J Gallagher
Location: Lichfield
Age: Golden
Description:
The year Aston Villa destroyed the future European Cup Winners Liverpool in 45 minutes of sublime football with a 5-1 beating for Keegan & Co.
Name: DANIEL VEGAS
Location: Manchester
Age: 28
Description:
DREAMING OF THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS PLAYING FOOTBALL OVERLOOKING THE MILLS. JUMPERS FOR GOALPOSTS AND A SMILE IN THE HEART.
Name: Andrew
Location: Bradford
Age: 28
Description:
Peter Beagrie celebrating his goal for Bradford CIty against Wolves on 09/05/99 where a victory would ensure top-flight football for the first time in 77 years
Name: Steve Barrie
Location: Liverpool
Age: 49
Description:
1977 European Cup Final in Rome. Liverpool defeat Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-1 to win their first of five European cups!
Name: Ian Rands
Location: Sheffield
Age: 36
Description:
On 14th October 1878, Bramall Lane hosted the world's first ever floodlit football match between two representative teams picked from the local FA.
Name: rob beatty
Location: wimbledon
Age: 44
Description:
The longest unbeaten League run in English Senior Football is held by AFC Wimbledon who went 78 games unbeaten from 22 Feb 2003 to 4 Dec 2004. This included a complete league season undefeated.
Name: Jamie
Location: Manchester
Age: 17
Description:
1878 Everton FC formed - a founder member of the football league.
Name: SARAH RIMMER
Location: Southport
Age: 47
Description:
1978 THE YEAR SOUTHPORT FC LEFT THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
Name: Davies
Location: Wigan
Age: 36
Description:
ARGENTINA 1978, THE TICKER TAPE WORLD CUP FINAL! MARIO KEMPES SCORES THE WINNER.
Name: Adam
Location: Manchester
Age: 29
Description:
79 points in my opening Fantasy League weekend. Rooney and Aguero. Together. A beautiful cross-Manchester moment. I got a bit teary.
Name: TERRY WALKER
Location: NOTTINGHAM
Age: OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER!
Description:
Trevor Francis signs for Nottingham Froest from Birmingham City in February 1979 for a fee in excess of £1,000,000
Name: Andrew Moore
Location: Leamington Spa
Age: 30ish
Description:
Cantona - love him or loathe him. You had to admire him - mercurial genius.
Name: Steve Smythe
Location: Manchester
Age: 53
Description:
Nottingham Forest beat Swedish Champions Malmo 1-0 in the European Cup Final of 1979. Both managers- Brian Clough and Bobby Houghton - are English. This is still the only time this has happened in Europe's top club final.
Name: WARREN
Location: ENGLAND
Age: 19
Description:
80 - The amount in millions paid for Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid - A record fee
Name: Laurie Pink
Location: Manchester
Age: 32
Description:
Height in inches of Peter Crouch.
Name: Anna Zori
Location: italy
Age: 6
Description:
I love football!!!
Name: NICK
Location: WIGAN
Age: 36
Description:
80 YEARS OLD, 33 SEASONS IN THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND SEVEN IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, NOT BAD FOR LITTLE WIGAN, LETS MAKE IT EIGHT!
Name: Rob Fowler
Location: Cheshire
Age: 30
Description:
Tottenham Hotspur retained the trophy, drawing 1–1 with QPR (I went to FA cup final with my dad)
Name: Paul Hart
Location: Manchester
Age: 37 (yes, really)
Description:
Robbo scoring after 27 seconds against the French in 1982 World Cup. All went downhill from there!
Name: Kirstin Mckechnie
Location: Salford
Age: 24
Description:
Manchester City were relegated despite a four-year spending spree totalling around £5 million
Name: Steve
Location: Huddersfield
Age: 32
Description:
1983: The year that Dario Gradi took charge at Crewe Alexandra F.C and the year that a football genius was born !
Name: Steve Smythe
Location: Manchester
Age: 53
Description:
Northern Irish goalkeeping legend Pat Jennings becomes the first player in English football to make 1,000 appearances in senior football, keeping a clean sheet for Arsenal v WBA in February 1983
Name: Sarah Beighton
Location: Derby
Age: 23
Description:
My Love of DCFC! The sun always shiens at Pride Park when DerbY wIn!
Name: Steve Smythe
Location: Manchester
Age: 53
Description:
Bryan Robson scores three in a November 1984 World Cup qualifier v. Turkey in Istanbul. He is the first England skipper for 75 years to score a hat-trick. England win the game 8-0 leading to a stream of tabloid puns around 'stuffing.'.
Name: gareth
Location: Salford
Age: 26
Description:
Goals conceded by Paul Robinson for Leeds United in one season.
Name: Rob Hunt
Location: Greenmount
Age: 37
Description:
In 1985 referee Peter Willis sent off Kevin Moran at Wembley making him the first player to be sent of in an FA cup final. Although Man United beat Everton, thanks to Norman Whitesides wonder goal in extra time, Kevin only received his medal days later in the post!
Name: Steve Smythe
Location: Manchester
Age: 53
Description:
Stoke City set an unwanted first division record in 1984/85 by scoring only 24 goals in 42 games. They finished bottom of the table.
Name: matthew key
Location: Switzerland
Age: 35
Description:
1986 The Hand Of God.
Name: Tosh Warwick
Location: Huddersfield
Age: 27
Description:
A (poorly drawn) depiction of Steve Gibson outside the Ayresome Park Gates in 1986 having saved Middlesbrough from extinction. Gibson got his reward as Chairman when lifted on the shoulders of the players after our League Cup triumph in 2004.
Name: Harvey Gallimore
Location: Manchester
Age: 8
Description:
Sir Alex Ferguson began his remarkable journey at Manchester United to become the most successful manager in British football history!
Name: Steve Smythe
Location: Manchester
Age: 53
Description:
1986 and a team from behind the Iron Curtain are European Champions for the first time. Romanian Army club Steaua Bucharest beat Terry Venables' Barcelona 2-0 in a penalty shoot out in Seville - five penalties were missed i
Name: Adam Priestley
Location: Burnley
Age: 27
Description:
1987 - Founder members of the Football League Burnley FC had to win on the last day of the season to avoid relegation to the Conference. They managed to beat Orient 2-1 in a game that has gone down in history as "The Orient Game".
Name: Steve Smythe
Location: Manchester
Age: 53
Description:
Last game of the 86-87 season in Division Four . Ginger the police dog forgets his training and bites Torquay defender Jim McNichol. In the five minutes injury time added on for this, The Gulls score to draw 2-2 with Crewe and avoid the drop on goal difference.
Name: Saz
Location: Manchester
Age: 34
Description:
That penalty save by Dave Beasant in 1988.
Name: Alan
Location: Torquay
Age: 60
Description:
1888 first league hat-trick for Bolton Wanderers by David Weir
Name: Sam Rowlands
Location: Chesterfield
Age: 26
Description:
88 — minute in which Roberto Baggio scored against Nigeria in the second round of the World Cup to help Italy stave off elimination. Baggio went on to score the winner in extra time to help the Italians move on to the next round.
Name: Adam Harwood
Location: London
Age: 27
Description:
Dave Beasant saves John Aldridge's penalty at the '88 cup final to seal one of the greatest cup shocks of all time in Wimbledon's favour. Drawing was never my strong point.
Name: rob
Location: wimbledon
Age: 21 at the time
Description:
The words uttered by John Motson after the final whistle of the 1988 FA Cup final will live long in the memory of every football fan: “…and the Crazy Gang have beaten the Culture Club”.
Name: Allan Smith
Location: London
Age: 12
Description:
Marco Van Basten's Wonder volley v Russia in Euro 1988
Name: Jon
Location: MCR
Age: Nearly 30
Description:
Wes Craven's 89 'Til I Die - Terry Butcher is left bloodied and scarred after a World Cup Qualifier match against Sweden. Will it be enough to see England through?
Name: Ellie Barrie
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 15
Description:
1990 Gazza's tears as England are beaten by West Germany in the world cup semi final 1990.
Name: Chris Collier Mbe Obe
Location: wakefield
Age: 50
Description:
only one united
Name: jeni
Location: plymouth in my chair
Age: 58
Description:
a piece for the long suffering girls
Name: Nick Davies
Location: Wigan
Age: 36
Description:
Pavarotti sings the Italia 90 theme song, hairs on the back of your neck time!
Name: Emma & Stewart Parsons
Location: Carnforth
Age: 42 (blimey)
Description:
Happy 90th Birthday to Tom Finney, Preston North End and England's finest winger.
Name: Paul B
Location: Manchester
Age: 33 n a bit
Description:
1991; first FA Cup Semi Final to be played at Wembley. A Gazza inspired 3-1 victory for Spurs over their arch rvials Arsenal!
Name: Jeffrey Janssen
Location: Wanssum
Age: 22
Description:
John Sheridan scoring in the 91 League Cup Final against Man U Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 0 Manchester United
Name: Steve Smythe
Location: Manchester
Age: 53
Description:
Paul Gasgoine of Spurs becomes the first man to be sent off in a live televised league game on New Year's Day, 1991. Gazza saw a straight red for dissent and Manchester United took advantage to win 2-1 at White Hart Lane.
Name: Stephen Key
Location: Acklington, Northumberland
Age: 38
Description:
92 is the mins it took Arsenal to get the second goal they needed to win the league at Anfield in May 1989. I remember struggling to watch as it was also my last day at school and we bunked off and got drunk on my mates parents drinks cabinet before I watched the game!
Name: Tom
Location: Daaaahn Saaahhhf
Age: young enough
Description:
Last ever Division 1 champions, a title nobody can take away!
Name: Steve Smythe
Location: Manchester
Age: 53
Description:
Celtic win the Scottish F.A. Cup for the first time by defeating top cup side Queens Park 5-1, in 1892, in a replayed game. Celtic won the first game 1-0; however both sides protested about crowd encroachment onto the pitch and first game was ruled to be a freindly.
Name: Alex Blackburne
Location: Hull
Age: 21
Description:
Bobby Moore, 1941-1993. Put simply, the greatest defender, and the greatest captain, England has ever seen.
Name: Steve Smythe
Location: Manchester
Age: 53
Description:
The F.A. Cup Final comes up North for the first time in 1893. Wolves beat Everton 1-0 at Fallowfield athletics stadium, Manchester, in front of a record 45,000 fans. Unofficial figures are around 60,000.
Name: Chris Payne
Location: Manchesteer
Age: 35
Description:
The '94 World Cup opening ceremony. Diana Ross takes a penalty, misses the target completely, resulting in the goalposts *hilariously* falling apart. Largely symbolic of a disappointing tournament, which culminated in Roberto Baggio copying Ross's penalty in the Final.
Name: Nicky Davison
Location: Manchester
Age: 27
Description:
Bebeto's goal celebration for Brazil vs Holland in the 94 World Cup in USA after his wife had a baby.
Name: jacko
Location: manchester
Age: 30 and 1 quarter
Description:
Maradona celebrates at USA '94, shortly before being sent home for failing a drugs test.
Name: Lexie
Location: liverpool
Age: 10
Description:
The results of the premier league 1994 Blackburn Rovers = 1st Manchester united = 2nd Nottingham forest = 3rd Liverpool = 4th Leeds united = 5th All teams in the top 5 were red+white or Blue+ white
Name: Tosh Warwick
Location: Huddersfield
Age: 27
Description:
Eric Cantona's Kung-Fu kick attack at Selhurst Park
Name: NICK DAVIES
Location: WIGAN
Age: 36
Description:
SEPTEMBER 1995 - RENE HIGUITA'S SCORPION KICK AT WEMBLEY , DID I REALLY SEE THAT?
Name: Jen Murphy
Location: Liverpool
Age: 25
Description:
Cup Final 1995- Last time Everton won the FA Cup can we have a repeat 17 years later COYB!!!!
Name: Gareth Roberts
Location: Manchester
Age: 28
Description:
Eric Cantona's infamous 'kung-fu kick' on a Crystal Palace fan at Selhurst Park in 1995. The moment of madness earned the frenchman an 8 month ban.
Name: Jimmy Poptart
Location: Manchester
Age: 24
Description:
1995 - Kinkladze signs for City and instantly becomes the 7 year old me's favourite player.
Name: Gavin Sharp
Location: Rotherham, Yorkshire
Age: 37
Description:
The 96 Liverpool fans who lost their Lives at the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. "You'll never walk alone..."
Name: Paul Sawyer
Location: Nuneaton
Age: 34
Description:
I was 18, I worked in a Video shop, I had no money, no girlfriend... Then along came the Summer of '96....
Name: Nick Bradshaw
Location: Manchester
Age: 23 and 9 months
Description:
Gazza scores wonder goal versus Scotland in Euro 96 as England reach semi finals only to lose to Germany on penalties
Name: Kevin
Location: Manchester
Age: 51
Description:
Composer Dmitri Shostakovich was a qualified football referee, and fan of Zenit Leningrad (now St Petersburg). His opus 96, written in 1954, became the theme of the 1980 Olympics.
Name: Jim
Location: Liverpool
Age: 40
Description:
96 Liverpool supporters went to a football match and never came back. April 15th 1989. Hillsborough, Sheffield. #JFT96
Name: Rob F
Location: Liverpool
Age: 35
Description:
Hillsborough flame.
Name: charlotte
Location: connahs quay
Age: 29
Description:
96 - the number of loved ones we lost. James Robert Hennessy, my wonderful dad, taken from me when I was 6 years old. Justice for ALL.........We only want the truth. We only want closure. Charlotte Hennessy xxxx
Name: Danny
Location: Lancashire
Age: 20
Description:
There have been 97 straight red cards given in the World Cup finals.
Name: Mrs H
Location: Manchester
Age: 35
Description:
The Kick!! Becks sending off.
Name: Alex
Location: Chorlton
Age: 35
Description:
Declared my love for Jenny and swore that if England won the world cup we would get married. Needless to say we didn't get married and soon after split up
Name: Matt Wilkinson
Location: Manchester
Age: 39
Description:
Manchester United become the first English Club to complete the treble with a 93rd minute goal in the Champions League Final from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Name: Becki White
Location: Telford
Age: 19
Description:
99 - the amount of goals scored by Reading FC in their record breaking '106' season, when they were promoted to the premier league in 2005/06 season.
Name: Joseph Sunkler
Location: Switzerland
Age: 8
Description:
1899 The year Barcelona was formed
Name: Mr and Mrs Gordon
Location: Morecambe
Age: 28
Description:
1999 the year ole gunnar solskjaer got the winning goal in the champions league final :o)
Name: Will Yates
Location: Ashton under Lyne
Age: 32
Description:
"And Solskjaer has won it!!.".The year Man United won the treble.
Name: Alex Gallimore
Location: Manchester
Age: 40
Description:
Pre-2005 home & away Man United follower. When football was the people's game!
Name: Andy Bowes
Location: Manchester
Age: 57
Description:
1999 An Unprecidented Treble in english football for Manchester United. FA Cup Winners, Champions of England and Champions of Europe. Three games in 10 days decided the outcome for all these trophies.
Name: Branko Ocvirk
Location: Slovenia
Age: 20
Description:
Beckham... into Sheringham... and Solskjaer has won it!
Name: Johnny
Location: London
Age: Feel 99
Description:
The Nigerian Osa Guobadia's nickname is 'Ice Cream'. He plays for the Macedonian club FK Vardar. Everyone loves a 99! Not all players earn a great deal of 'lolly'.
Name: Steve Smythe
Location: Manchester
Age: 53
Description:
Billy Wright of Wolves becomes the first player in the world to achieve 100 international caps when he captains England v Scotland on 11 April 1959. He won 105 in total..
Name: Dave
Location: Wilmslow
Age: 32
Description:
100 years ago Sunderland won the first division beating Aston Villa by 4 points with 54
Name: Geek
Location: Cheshire
Age: 30-something
Description:
Football geekery...the length of a pitch must be between 100 yards (90m) and 130 yards (120m) and the width not less than 50 yards (45m) and not more than 100 yards (90m).
Name: Adam
Location: Bury
Age: Old enough to be interested in stats.
Description:
Of the 22 players to score 100 goals or more in the Premier League, 15 are English. There are 2 French players, 1 Welsh, 1 Irish, 1 Dutch, and 1 each from Trinidad & Tobago and the Ivory Coast.
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