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Football facts that don't sound true (but are)

Inspired by the Aguero not being a PotY conversation, what other facts do you know that sound like they shouldn't be true but are?

I'll start with a couple.

Jens Lehmann went a whole season in the Champions League without conceding a goal, and got all the way to the final.

Sergio Ramos has scored more goals than Andres Iniesta.
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  • Neville Neville.


    (His name. Not the accusations)
  • edited April 2019
    For many years (certainly up until the 1990’s), Aldershot Towns playing surface was the biggest in the country.....the pitch markings itself were not the biggest, hence it wasn’t the biggest pitch, but the grass area on which the pitch stood was the biggest.
    Not a lot of people know that!
    It may still be for all I know.
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  • No Barcelona player had ever been named La Liga Player of the Month until Neymar was in November 2015.
  • Giuseppe Bergomi played in four World Cups but did not appear in a single WC qualifier
  • No Barcelona player had ever been named La Liga Player of the Month until Neymar was in November 2015.
    Wtf
  • No Barcelona player had ever been named La Liga Player of the Month until Neymar was in November 2015.
    That one surely has to be wrong unless they only started doing Player of the Month in 2015...
  • Just looked it up, the award started September 2013 so perhaps not as amazing as it first sounds.

    Although even going 2 years without Messi winning 1 month is probably a surprise.
  • Despite Brazil and (West) Germany being the two most successful countries in the World Cup, the 2002 final was the first time the teams had met in the competition.  
  • Denmark won 1992 Euros despite failing to qualify. 
  • Charlton reached the FA cup final in 1946 despite losing to Fulham in a 3rd round tie that season
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  • Sylvester Stallone was the goalkeeper who Bobby Moore last scored against.
    (Escape to Victory)
  • Karlan Grant is the youngest player to score in all the below
    Prem
    Championship
    League 1
    League 2
    FA Cup
    Carabao Cup
    Football League Trophy

    Is he Kanu in disguise?
  • Charlton once averaged 40,000 + home attendance
  • There are only 11 teams remaining out of the 92, who have not played at the new Wembley
  • A single refereeing decision once led to the deaths of over 300 people. 

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Nacional_disaster
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