| Before football referees started using whistles in 1878, they used to rely on waving a handkerchief. |
| Brazil is the only country to have played in every World Cup Football tournament. |
| Liverpool Football Club were formed because their local enemies, Everton, couldn't pay the rent for their stadium. Therefore Liverpool took over at the stadium (Anfield). |
| The world’s oldest football club is Sheffield FC that was formed in 1857. |
| People from almost every country call it “football” except America, who call it ‘Grid Iron’ football and football soccer. |
| The ball’s circumference is 27-28 inches. It is made of leather or rubber. |
| The London Football Association made the first set of rules for soccer in the year 1863. |
| The first full time league was made in 1888. |
| 20 red cards were shown during a 1993 game between Sportivo Ameliano and General Caballero in Paraguay. |
| Goalkeeper Arthur Wharton was the first black professional football player. He was born in Ghana (then Gold Coast) and played for English League team Rotherham United in 1889. |
| In 1950 India withdrew form the World Cup because FIFA refused to let their team play barefoot. |
| In 1954 Turkey knocked out Spain from during a World Cup qualifier by drawing straws. Blindfolded Italian boy Luigi Franco Gemma picked the straws to decide the winner. |
| In 1957 with only 30 minutes remaining, Charlton Athletic game back from a 5-1 deficit to defeat Huddersfield Town 7-6. |
| In 1996 George Weah paid for his teammates uniforms and expenses so that Liberia could enter the African Nations Cup. |
| In 1997 Nigerian international Celestine Babayaro broke his leg while celebrating a goal in his Chelsea debut during a preseason game. |
| In the 1938 World Cup semifinal, Guiseppe Meazza of Italy's shorts fell down as he was taking a penalty shot. He held his shorts up and calmly scored past Brazil's Valter. |
| In the 1970s legendary coaches Jock Stein and Brian Clough both had 44 day stints at Leeds United. |
| Jean Langenus of Belgium wore a suit jacket, golfing plus fours and a red striped tie when he refereed the 1930 World Cup final. |
| Luigi Riva once broke the arm of a spectator with one of his powerful shots. |
| Non flying Dutchman Dennis Bergkamp's fear of flying caused him to miss many international and European games for Arsenal. |
| Sir Alex Ferguson was fired by St. Mirren in 1978 for swearing at a lady. |
| Sir Stanley Matthews never received a booking in his 33 year long career. |
| Under Herbert Chapman, The Arsenal changed their name to simply Arsenal in order to appear at the top of the alphabetical list of old Division One clubs. |
| The first televised game was an Arsenal practice match at the Highbury ground in 1937. |