Legendary player: Archie Hunter- they hired a train just for him

Archie Hunter, Aston Villa
In 1887 The Aston Villa captain Archie Hunter scored against West Bromwich on Kennington Oval, a match which Aston Villa won 2-0. It was the first Fa cup final that Aston Villa won, but they have won 7 finals. Archie Hunter was a legend on Villa Park, when he could not attend an awayday match because of his job and could not travel with the other players, Aston Villa rented a train just to transport Archie Hunter to the match.

The first FA cup where players had numbers on the back

1933 Everton player Dixie Dean scored the final goal in Fa cup final to 2-0 against Manchester City
In the 1933 FA cup final where the first FA cup where players had numbers on the back. The Everton team with numbers 1 to 11, and Manchester city with 22 to 12(The goalkeeper from Manchester city Len Langford had number 22 on his back). Everton won the match 2-0.

Soccer sports first "million-pound man"

In February 1979 Trevor Francis became the soccer sports first "million-pound man". The legendary Nottingham Forest manager, Brian Clough had to pay a fee of 999999 British pound to transfer Francis from Birmingham to Nottingham Forest, but that amount was without taxes.The purchase of Francis, made Brian Clough and Nottingham Forest European cup winners, when Trevor Francis headed a goal into the net against Swedish Malmo FF 3 months later.

Fastest goal in Fifa world cup ever

On the 16th June 1982 Bryan Robson scored after only 27 seconds against France in Bilbao, This was exactly 44 years since the Swedish player Arne Nyberg scored after 30 seconds against Hungary in Paris 1938, Bernard Lacombe scored in 1978 against Italy after only 31 seconds.

1986 Fifa World Cup Hungary team 2


1986 Fifa World Cup Hungary team

Attendance by numbers:
Honved 5
Videoton 2
Ujpesti Dozsa 2
Raba Eto 2
Pecs
Zalaegerszeg
Tatabanya
Austria Wien
AEK Athenai

1986 Fifa World Cup England team 2


1986 Fifa World Cup England team

Attendance by numbers
Everton 3
Manchester utd 2
Southampton 2
Tottenham 2
Everton
Ipswich
Queens park ranger
Arsenal
MilanChelsea

1986 Fifa World Cup Scotland team 2


1986 Fifa World Cup Scotland team

Club attendances by numbers:
Aberdeen 3
Celtic 2
Dundee utd 2
Liverpool 2
Sampdoria
Rangers
Hibernian
Barcelona
West Ham
Chelsea
Manchester utd

1986 Fifa World Cup Poland team 2


1986 Fifa World Cup Poland team

Club attendance by numbers
Gornik Zabrze 5
Legia Warszawa 3
Widzew Lodz 3
Cremonese
Pogon Szczecin
Lech Poznan
Roma
GKS Katowice
Porto

1986 Fifa World Cup Italy team 2


1986 Fifa World Cup Italy team

Club atttendance
Inter 5
Roma 3
Juventus 3
Sampdoria
Napoli
Verona
Milan
Fiorentina

1986 Fifa World Cup Spain team 2


1986 Fifa World Cup Spain team

Club attendance
Real Madrid 5
Barcelona 4
Atletico Madrid 3
Athletic Bilbao 2
Real Zaragoza
Real Betis

1986 Fifa World cup Portugal team 2


1986 Fifa World cup Portugal team

Club attendance by numbers 

Sporting 6

Porto 5

Benfica 4

Boavista

1986 Fifa World cup France team 2


1986 Fifa World cup France team

Club attendance by player numbers
Paris Saint-Germain 3
Nantes 3
Bordeaux 3
Monaco 2
Auxerre
Juventus
Toulouse
Racing Club Paris
Sochaux

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