1. The biggest football crowd recorded was 199,954 at the 1950 World Cup final \u2013 Brazil vs Uruguay.<\/p>\n
2. \tFirst televised football match on BBC featured Arsenal vs Arsenal Reserves.<\/p>\n
3. \tFootball players run an average of 6 miles during every game.<\/p>\n
4. \tThe largest football made from artificial leather measures 8m (26ft 3in) in diameter and was made in Mexico in 2006.<\/p>\n
5.\tThe tallest player in the Euro\u2019s 2016 was Costel Pantilimon from Romania, measuring 2.03 m tall! That\u2019s taller that the deep end of a swimming pool.<\/p>\n
6. \tPele was the youngest ever World Cup winner, picking up the gold in 1958 at just 17 years 249 days.<\/p>\n
7. \tChelsea legend Gianfranco Zola is the only player to be sent off in a World Cup final\u2026..on his birthday. The Italian received a red in their second round victory against Nigeria on his 28th Birthday.<\/p>\n
8. \tStefan Schwarz had the most bizarre clause inserted in his player contract. When signing for Sunderland in 1999, the Swede was banned from travelling into space!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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