Britannia Stadium (Narrowest pitch in the League)

So as we look to the new season, Stoke have won their appeal to keep their pitch narrow after an number of clubs complained to the league about this but what are the differences between everyones pitches? Here is a table to show this…

So what does this tell us? Well, to start with City have the biggest pitch aswell as the biggest bank balance, lets see if they can use it to their advantage this year? United have a large pitch as you would expect but Hardworking  Blackburn are abit of a suprise in 3rd, dont be suprised if Big Sam gets that changed for the new season. Everton still have the widest pitch and Chelsea and Liverpool are still further down the table, most likely because they dont have to much room the play with. New boys Burnley will prob look to follow Stokes success from last year by making the most of a very narrow pitch. It will be interesting to see if there any effect on new boys Wolves this season as they boast one of the larger pitches in the league. Both Fulham and Portsmouth have larger pitches than Liverpool, i bet you wouldnt have thought that from watching the games on TV!!

Norman Whiteside- Youngest player to appear in World Cup Finals

Most World Cup Wins-
Brazil have won the World Cup a record five times, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002.

Most European Cup Wins (including Champions League)-
The most European Champions wins is nine by Real Madrid (Spain), in 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1997–98, 1999–2000 and 2002.

Most European Cup Winners Cups- (Ended in 1999)
This was won a record four times by Barcelona (in 1979, 1982, 1989, and 1997).

Most Ever League Championships-
Glasgow Rangers hold the record of winning the most ever League Championships with 52 League Titles

Largest Football Attendance-
The largest recorded crowd for a football match was 199,854. The match was Brazil v. Uruguay in the World Cup final in 1950. This was held at the Maracanã Municipal Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 16, 1950.

Longest Unbeaten run Europe-
Steaua Bucaresti of Romania hold the record for the longest unbeaten run in Europe. From June 1986 to September 1989 Steaua went an amazing 104 matches unbeaten

Oldest Player In A World Cup Match-
The oldest to have played in a world cup match is Albert Roger Milla for Cameroon against Russia on 28 June 1994, at the time Milla was aged 42yr 39days. He also scored making him the oldest scorer in the finals

Youngest Player In A World Cup Match-
The youngest footballer to feature in a World Cup finals match is Norman Whiteside, who was 17 years, 41 days old when he played for Northern Ireland against Yugoslavia on June 17, 1982

Gunnar Nordhal

When asked who is AC Milan’s all time leading goalscorer, most people will start to list many famous names that have worn the famous shirt of the Rossoneri, however when you take a look at the history books there is one name that stands out. Gunnar Nordhal, the Sweedish footballing legend spent 8 seasons with AC Milan and is their all time top scorer. The prolific Sweed bagged 210 league goals in 8 seasons, finishing leading league goal scorer in 5 of them. He is still the second-highest Serie A goalscorer of all time also with 225 goals in 291 matches.

A closer inspection of the history books would suggest that Gunnar Nordhal is one of the most dangerous strikers that Europe has ever seen. Surely a player with this sort of goal record would be worth £100 Million in todays money!!!