Only three teams have won the FA Cup without conceding a single goal during the entire competition. Don't expect to see any footage though. The Wanderers, who won it in 1873, Preston North End in 1889, and Bury in 1903.
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.
Andrew Watson was the world's first black international player. Born in British Guiana, he was a celebrity in the Victorian era, winning three caps for Scotland in the 1880s. He also became the first non-white player to feature in the FA Cup.
The first World Cup was held in the South American country of Uruguay back in 1930. Thirteen nations took part in the event which saw four European teams make a 15 day boat ride only for three to get knocked out in the 1st round. Uruguay would go on to become world champions, beating Argentina 4-2 in the final.
William Shakespeare refered to football in many of his plays. For example, in King Lear Kent insults Oswald by calling him a ‘base football player’. In Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare writes: 'Am I so round with you as you with me, that like a football you do spurn me thus? You spurn me hence, and he will spurn me hither if I last in this service you must case me in leather.'
The largest known win in professional football was 36-0 when Arbroath beat Bon Accord in a Scottish Cup match in 1885. More recently, Australia beat American Samoa 31-0 in a 2002 World Cup qualifying match on April 11, 2001. Archie Thompson scored 13 individual goals, an international record.
The Football Association was established in October, 1863. The first meeting took place at the Freeman's Tavern in London. The clubs represented at the meeting included Barnes, Blackheath, Perceval House, Kensington School, the War Office, Crystal Palace, Forest, the Crusaders and No Names of Kilburn.