When a footballer needs to prove his fitness to his boss he has to undergo a fitness test. This does not involve the player sitting at a desk in a draughty gym with a desk full of lucky gonks trying to work out the answer to question one.
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The Most Famous Football Match
Arguably the greatest football game that ever took place was never televised. We donִ know everyone who played or scored or how good a game it was but we do know the score.
Most accounts say the game finished 3-2 (although some say it was 2-1) to Germany and it was played on the Western Front between the trenches on Christmas Day 1914 between representatives from the Allies (predominately British) and the Germans. It showed that sport brings people together and can be a force for good.
Sporting Intelligence and Football
Footballers are not traditionally noted for their intelligence. The English midfielder Mark Draper is quoted as saying, Ӊ֤ like to play for an Italian club like Barcelona.ӠHe was sent out on loan to Spanish club Rayo Vallecano but it is not clear whether he ended up in Spain.
Playing football in bad weather
On Tuesday night the Poland v England World Cup qualifier was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. Before the fateful decision was made to postpone the game we witnessed farcical scenes of the referee coming on at various intervals trying to kick a ball on a rain sodden pitch.
7 Footballers who Smoked
In his autobiography The Didi Man: My Love Affair with Liverpool German midfielder Dietmar Hamann revealed that he enjoyed smoking.
After Liverpoolֳ miraculous comeback from 3-0 down against AC Milan in 2005 the German celebrated by smoking a cigarette in the showers with the reds chairman David Moores.
Five Worst Football Tackles
In the early minutes of the England versus San Marino World Cup qualifier the San Marino goalkeeper Simoncini barged in to Theo Walcott. The tackle, if you can call it that, caused outrage amongst the England management and left the Arsenal winger with a chest injury which means he misses the next game against Poland.
Fouling in football
ӗe respect them for the good players that they are, but at the end of the day if you have to kick them, you kick them.ӠKenny Miller, Vancouver Whitecaps and Scotland.
How footballers are playing for longer
The former England and Tottenham Hotspur manager Glenn Hoddle once observed that, when a player gets to 30, so does his body. This is undoubtedly true and these days footballers are able to continue playing at the top level into their mid and late thirties.
Everything About The Football Boot
On the recent televised game between Manchester United and Southampton the Sky TV pundit, and former United defender, Gary Neville said the Saints defender Nathaniel Clyne had, Ӭost his feet.Ԝn
Five Footballers Who Have Triumphed Over Adversity
Thanks to the improvements in medical science we are used to seeing players come back from career threatening injuries. Manchester Unitedֳ Nemadja Vidic is just the latest in a long line of players to return to action following knee ligament damage.