Football

Fascinating Football Facts

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First Football Club

The modern football game started in Britain in 1846. The players made some rules and they had referees to make sure the players did not break th rules. The first football club, Sheffield Football Club, started in 1885

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The modern football game started

• in Britain in 1996

• in England in 1846

• in Britain in 1566

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The first football club was called

• Sherwood Football Club

• Sherington Football Club

• Sheffield Football Club

Can Women play football?

Women's football is popular. In Britain in 1991 there were 450 women's football clubs. Each week, thousands of women go to watch football, too.

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In Britain in 1991, there were

• 550 women's football clubs

• 450 women's football clubs

• 405 women's football clubs

It's a record!

A football player in Norway, called Tore Hansen, kicked a ball in the air for four hours! He bounced the ball on his feet, his knees, his shoulders and his head. The ball did not touch the ground!

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Tare Hansen kicked a ball in the air

• for three hours

• for four hours

• for five hours

Youngest and Oldest

In 1942, Cameron Buchanan played a football game for Wolverhampton Wanderers in Britain. He was fourteen years old! In 1965, Stanley Matthews played his last game for Stoke City. He was fifty years old!

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The youngest player to play for Wolverhampton was

• fourteen years old.

• sixteen years old

• eighteen years old

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At fifty years old, Matthews played his last game for

• Wolverhampton Wonderers

• Stanley Matthews

• Stoke City

Fog stopped play

In 1937, the referee stopped a football match because it was too foggy. The players left the football pitch and got dressed. They could not find their goalkeeper. A policeman looked for him and found him. He was still standing in the goal. He asked where everyone was and why it was so quiet!

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Who stopped the game in 1937?

• They couldn't find their goalkeeper

• Everyone had gone home.

• It was too foggy.

A tall story

Albert Iremonger played for Notts County in 1900. He was two metres tall! When the players made him angry, he sat on the ball and did not let them play with it!

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How tall was Albert Iremonger?

• He was 180cms tall.

• His height was two metres.

• He was one and a half metres tall.

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What did Irenmonger do when the players made him angry?

• He started waving his arms about.

• He ran away with the ball.

• He sat on the ball.

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