DO YOU KNOW THAT FRANK LAMPARD IS THE FIRST PLAYER THAT SCORED THE 100TH GOAL IN TWO NOTABLE STADIA USED IN THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE?



Lampard celebrating his 100th goal at The Mestalla

Frank Lampard of Chelsea FC made history when he scored the 100th goal scored at the Estadio Mestalla in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday 28th September 2011 against Valencia CF of Spain in a Group E match in the 2011/2012 season. He also has the honours of converting the 100th goal scored in the competition scored at Stamford Bridge, home of The Blues.

DO YOU KNOW THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUBSIDE IN THE DEFUNCT UEFA CUP WINNERS CUP?



Ronaldo hoisting the trophy in Rotterdam

FC Barcelona of Spain are the most successful club in the competition's history, having won it on four occasions in 1979, 1982, 1989 and the 1997 one against Paris Saint Germain of France with a penalty goal from Ronaldo de Lima at the Feyenoord Stadion, Rotterdam. The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a seasonal association football competition contested between member associations of European football's governing body, who won their respective Domestic cup competitions which was rested in 1999.

DO YOU KNOW THE YOUNGEST ENGLISHMAN TO SCORE A GOAL FOR ARSENAL FC IN THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE?

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain set a new record with his eighth-minute strike as he became the youngest Englishman in Arsenal FC’s history to score in the UEFA Champions League, beating team-mates Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott in the process, as The Gunners defeated Olympiakos 2-1 in an entertaining evening at The Emirates.

DID YOU KNOW THAT CHELSEA WON THE UEFA CUP WINNERS' CUP IN 1971?

Peter Osgood

The late Peter Osgood is one of Chelsea FC's finest player as he was nicknamed Wizard of Oz. In 1971, he was part of the Chelsea FC team that lifted the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, defeating Real Madrid CF 2–1 in a replay at the Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens, after the original tie had finished 1–1, with Osgood scoring Chelsea's goal in that game. In the replay he scored again, the opener, as they went on to win 2–1.

DID YOU KNOW THE MOST FLAMBOYANT MEXICAN GOALKEEPER ALSO PLAYED AS AN ATTACKER?

Jorge Campos, the flamboyant Mexican goalkeeper who had 129 caps started his club career in 1988 in Mexico with Pumas. At that time the club's first-choice goalkeeper was Adolfo Rios but, because Campos desired first-team opportunities, he asked to be used as a striker. He performed notably in his first season, scoring 14 goals and even challenging for the title of top-goalscorer. In the following seasons he earned the position of first-choice goalkeeper and won the 1990-1991 championship with Pumas.

WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MISSING 3 PENALTIES IN AN INTERNATIONAL MATCH?

Former Albaceleste of Argentina and Boca Juniors striker, Martin Palermo aka Loco is in the Guinness Book of World Records for missing three penalties for Argentina in a single international match against Colombia in the Copa América 1999. The first penalty rebounded off the crossbar; the second penalty went over; the third was saved by the Colombian goalkeeper, Miguel Calero.

DID YOU KNOW THE PLAYER THAT SCORED THE FASTEST GOAL IN THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE?

 The fastest UEFA Champions League goal came from the Dutch striker Roy Makaay, who netted for Bayern Munich against Real Madrid in 2007 after 10.2 seconds. He took the record from Gilberto Silva, who scored after 20 seconds for Arsenal FC against PSV Eindhoven in 2002. Third on the list is Alessandro del Piero for Juventus against Manchester United in 1997 and in fourth came from Clarence Seedorf against Schalke 04 in 2005. Alexandre Pato's effort for AC Milan against the reigning champions FC Barcelona on September 13, 2011 came after 23 seconds. Remarkably that only put it fifth among the fastest goals in the competition.

 

DID YOU KNOW THE SERBIAN GOAL MACHINE THAT SCORED MORE LEAGUE GOALS THAN GAMES PLAYED IN THE DUTCH EREDIVISIE?

The Serbian goal machine, Mateja Kežman holds the record as the first player in Dutch Eredivisie championship to score more league goals than games in consecutive seasons. He emerged Dutch Eredivisie League Top Scorer in 3 seasons 2000/2001, 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 in the 4 seasons he spent with PSV Eindhoven with his partnership with Flying Dutchman Arjen Robben. 

DID YOU KNOW THAT RAY WILKINS ONCE SCORED FOR MANCHESTER UNITED IN THE 1983 ENGLISH FA CUP FINAL?

Former Chelsea FC assistant First Team Coach, Ray Wilkins once made 160 appearances and scoring 7 goals between 1979 - 1984 for Manchester United FC as a midfieder. His first season with Manchester United was uneventful, with domestic honours eluded him until the 1983 English FA Cup final against Brighton & Hove Albion at Wembley Stadium before he scored his 5th goal in the match that ended 2-2 which required a 4-0 replay win for the Red Devils to clinch the coveted trophy.



    
                                     

WHERE IS THE ORIGINAL BIRTH PLACE OF FORMER FRENCH LEFT BACK BIXENTE LIZARAZU?

Bixente Lizarazu the dimunitive French left back of Basque descent won 6 Bundesliga championships with Bayern Munich, as well as five German Cups, 1 UEFA Champions League in 2001 and the Intercontinental Cup also in 2001 in two spells. During his second spell with Bayern Munich in 2005 and 2006, Lizarazu wore the shirt number 69. Clarifying that it wasn't a lewd gesture, he said this was because he was born in 1969, his height is 1.69m and he weighed 69 kg.

DID YOU KNOW THE FIRST ITALIAN CLUBSIDE TO BUILD AND OWN THEIR STADIUM?

Juventus Turin is the first Italian club to build and own their stadium. The Juventus Staium is an all-seater association football stadium in the Valette borough of Turin, Piedmont. It was built on the site of Juventus's and Torino's former home, Stadio delle Alpi which cost €100 million. It was opened at the start of the 2011/2012 season and has a capacity of 41,000 spectators.

The new Juventus 41,000 seater stadium

The opening ceremony of the stadium was held on 8 September 2011, with an historical exhibition match against Notts County, the club they share the same jersey colour with since 1903. The game ended 1-1 with goals from Luca Toni  for Juventus and Lee Hughes coming in the second half for County. In return, Notts County have extended an invitation to Juventus for a return match at Meadow Lane in 2012 to celebrate County's 150th anniversary.

DID YOU KNOW WHO EMERGED TOP SCORER IN THE ENGLAND 1966 FIFA WORLD CUP?

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira emerged top scorer in the England 1966 FIFA World Cup finals with 9 goals, (6 of which were scored at Goodison Park) and also receiving the Bronze Ball award in the process. He is commonly known as Eusébio and helped the Portuguese national team reach third place. He won the Ballon d'Or award in 1965 and was runners-up in 1962 and 1966.

DID YOU KNOW THE ASTON VILLA PLAYER THAT SCORED ENGLAND'S WINNING GOAL AGAINST BELGIUM IN THE ITALIA 90 FIFA WORLD CUP?

The quintessential goal scoring midfield player David Platt scored 27 goals in 62 caps for the Three Lions of England, but was given his first cap by the late Bobby Robson in an International Friendly against the Azzuris of Italy in November 1989 when he was still with Aston Villa. He was included in the England squad when Robson named his 22 player-squad for the Italia 90 FIFA World Cup. He however open his scoring account for the Three Lions in the last minute of extra time during the second round match against the  les Diables Rouges (Red Devils ) of Belgium.

DID YOU KNOW THE FIRST PORTUGUESE PLAYER TO PLAY FOR MANCHESTER UNITED FC?

Cristiano Ronaldo became Manchester United FC's first-ever Portuguese player when he signed for £12.24 million after the 2002–03 season from Sportin Lisbon after defeating Manchester United FC 3–1 in the inauguration of the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon for the Euro 2004 UEFA European Championship that was held in Portugal. Ronaldo's performance impressed the Manchester United FC players, who urged Sir Alex Ferguson to sign him.

DID YOU KNOW THE REAL ZARAGOZA PLAYER THAT DENIED ARSENAL FC DEFENDING THEIR UEFA CUP WINNERS CUP TITLE IN 1995?

In the final minute of extra time (timed at 119:16), Real Zaragoza of Spain played Arsenal FC on May 10, 1995 in the final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with the match heading to penalties, a spectacular 40-yard shot from Real Zaragoza's Mohammed Ali Amar aka Nayim cleared Arsenal FC goalkeeper David Seaman, winning the cup for Real Zaragoza and denying the Gunners the defence of their title. Despite Nayim being at least 15 yards inside the Arsenal FC half and not being able to see it on camera, the goal is often incorrectly referred to as a goal from the half-way line.

DID YOU KNOW WHICH ITALIAN STRIKER SCORED A DEBUT HAT-TRICK FOR MIDDLESBROUGH?

Fabrizio Ravanelli known as the "White Feather" in recognition of his prematurely whitened hair, started and finished his playing career in his local town team Perugia Calcio in Italy. He scored a hat-trick for Bryan Robson's Middlesbrough on his debut against Liverpool FC on the opening day of the 1996–97 English Premier League (EPL) season. Ravanelli's signature celebration when scoring a goal was pulling his shirt over his head and running around the field.

DID YOU KNOW THE FIRST FOREIGN PLAYER TO WIN THE GERMAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR?

Brazilian goal poacher Aílton Gonçalves da Silva popularly known as Aílton was selected in 2004 as the first foreigner to win the prestigious  Fußballer des Jahres (German Footballer of the Year) award after emerging top goalscorer in the German Bundesliga with 28 goals in the 2003/2004 season while playing for Werder Bremen who won the double.

DO YOU KNOW WHY VICTOR AGALI WORE THE NUMBER 22 JERSEY WHEN HE WAS AT SCHALKE 04?

Nigeria’s Victor Okechukwu Agali opted for jersey number 22 when he joined German Bundesliga side Schalke 04 because he made 22 appearances each season for former club Hansa Rostock in three consecutive years.

DID YOU KNOW THE MOST CAPPED PLAYER FOR COLOMBIA SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM?

Between 1985 and 1998 Carlos Valderrama Palacio represented the la Tricolor of Colombia in 111 full internationals and scored 11 times, making him the most capped player in the country's history with his unique passing skills. He was the most famous football player in Colombia in the team that had greats like René Higuita, Faustino Asprilla, Freddy Rincón, Adolfo Valencia, Leonel Álvarez, Óscar Córdoba, Andrés Escobar and others that performed wonders in the Italia 90 and USA 94 FIFA World Cup tournaments.

DID YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS GIL RODE ON WHEN ATLETICO MADRID WON THE SPANISH PRIMERA LIGA?

Jesus Gil, the late maverick president of Atletico Madrid went through 39 managers in 17 years as well as 141 new signings with his first signing being 21-year-old Portuguese winger Paulo Futre . He bizarrely rode round the city of Madrid on an elephant after Atletico Madrid won the double in the 1995/1996 season under the management of Radomir Antic, a Serbian with players like José Luis Caminero, Kiko Narváez, Jose Molina and Diego Simeone.

DID YOU KNOW IF NANI SCORED IN HIS 100 LEAGUE MATCHES FOR MANCHESTER UNITED?

Nani aiming for the skies for Man Utd

On Sunday September 18th 2011 at Old Trafford, Portuguese star Nani played in his 100th English Premier League (EPL) game for Manchester United and scored his 19th EPL goal against Chelsea FC, which is exactly the same number as  scored in his first 100 league games for the club. However, there is a big difference in assists, as Ronaldo produced 12 and Nani has now produced 34.

DID YOU KNOW THE FIRST SPANISH PRIMERA LIGA CLUB TO WIN FOUR STRAIGHT MATCHES AFTER GAINING PROMOTION FROM THE SPANISH SEGUNDA LIGA?

Real Betis Balompie became the first Spanish Primera Liga clubside to win its first four games after gaining promotion from the Spanish Segunda Liga. This feat was achieved on Thursday September 22, 2011 when they defeated Real Zaragoza 4 - 3 at home which saw Roque Santa Cruz scoring a brace and two penalties from Salvador Lopez Sevilla and Beñat.  

WHICH EPL CLUBSIDE WAS THE FIRST TO FIELD A TEAM WITHOUT A SINGLE BRITISH PLAYER?

In December 26, 1999, Chelsea FC managed by Gianluca Vialli made history in a English Premier League (EPL) match away against Southampton at The Dell – it was the first time an English league side had fielded a starting eleven without a single British player.  Their line up include Ed De Goey (Dutch), Dan Petrescu (Romanian), Emerson Thome (Brazilian), Frank Leboeuf (French), Celestine Babayaro (Nigerian), Albert Ferrer (Spanaird), Didier Deschamps (French), Gustavo Poyet (Uruguay), Roberto Di Matteo (Italian), Gabriele Ambrosetti (Italian) and Torre Andre Flo (Norwegian).

Gianfranco Zola and a blues teammate celebrating

DID YOU KNOW THE FIRST PLAYER TO BE BOOKED IN THE FINAL OF THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE?

Roberto Boninsegna of Inter Milan was the first person to be yellow carded in a UEFA Champions Cup final on the 31^st May 1972. Boninsegna scored the Azzuris of Italy's only goal (though at the time it was an important equaliser) in the Mexico 1970 FIFA World Cup final against the Selecao of Brazil, which Italy ultimately lost 4–1 to arguably the Greatest Team that ever played soccer. Remarkably, Jens Lehman formerly of Arsenal FC was the first player to be sent off with a red card in the final match against Ronaldinho's FC Barcelona during the 2005 edition in Paris.

DID YOU KNOW WHO EMERGED TOP SCORER IN THE UEFA EURO 84?

No single player has, nor is ever likely to, repeat the impact that attacking midfielder Michel Platini had on Euro'84. The Juventus FC fantasista scored an incredible 9 goals, including two hat-tricks, and was to France in 1984 what Diego Maradona was to Argentina at the FIFA World Cup two years later. Playing in front of the Luis Fernandez, Jean Tigana, Alain Giresse triangle, Platini broke forward to create havoc for defences. He scored the 119th minute winner in the classic 3-2 semi final victory over Portugal, and also broke the deadlock with a free kick in the 2-0 final success against Spain. Simply the best passer in the history of the game. He scored 41 goals in 72 caps for the Les Bleus of France. He is the only player to be voted Ballon d’or European Footballer of the Year 3 times in a row from 1983 – 1985. He is currently the President of UEFA.

DO YOU KNOW THE LAST SPANAIRD THAT WON THE BALLON D'OR AWARD?

In the last 50 years, no Spanish player has won the Ballon d’or for the European Football Player of the Year organised by France Football magazine and the FIFA World Player Award which have been merged and rechristened the FIFA Ballon d'or Awards in 2010. The last man to achieve this feat was Luis Suárez Miramontes of FC Barcelona in 1960.

DID YOU KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT SURROUNDS THE TRANSFER OF ROBERTO BAGGIO FROM FIORENTINA TO JUVENTUS FC?

Baggio posing with Ballon d'or

 After his spectacular showing at the Italia 90 FIFA World Cup, Roberto Baggio Il Divin Codino (The Divine Ponytail), was sold to Juventus F.C. from Fiorentina for a then record fee of £8 million amid outcry from Fiorentina fans which led to full scale riots on the streets of Florence and 50 people were injured. Baggio replied to his fans saying: "I was compelled to accept the transfer". In the match he played for Juventus against Fiorentina in 1990, he refused to take a penalty; and when substituted, he picked up a Florence Scarf kissed it and threw it into the field for the fans. He claimed: " Deep in my heart i am always purple" the colour of Florence.

                                                                                                                                                                          

 

DID YOU KNOW THE CLUBSIDE THAT HAD THE YOUNGEST SQUAD THAT EVER WON THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE?

Ajax had the youngest side ever to win the UEFA Champions Cup/League. Their fantastic squad of 1995 sprinkled with gifted youngsters and veterans like Edwin van der Sar, Danny Blind, Frank de Boer, Patrick Kluivert, Edgar Davids, Frank Rijkaard, Nwankwo Kanu, Finidi George, etc. had an average age of only 24 years old.

DID YOU KNOW WHEN BAYERN MUNICH WON THEIR FIRST GERMAN BUNDESLIGA TITLE?

Bayern Munich won their first German Fußball-Bundesliga title in 1969 with youngsters Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller and Sepp Maier making a name for themselves in domestic football for the first time. So far, they have won 21 league titles as at 2007/08 season.

DID YOU KNOW THAT STAN COLLYMORE SCORED THE WINNER IN THIS EPIC 7 GOALS THRILLER AT ANFIELD?

On 3 April 1996, Newcastle United managed by Kevin Keegan lost 4-3 at Anfield Road to Liverpool FC in one of the more thrilling games played in the English Premier League (EPL). The lead changed four times, Newcastle United were ahead 3-2 with 22 minutes to go, but were confounded by a 90th-minute Stan Collymore coup de grace. Newcastle United had great players like Faustino Asprilla, David Ginola, Les Ferdinand, Alan Shearer, Rob Lee and Peter Beardsley while Liverpool had greats like David James, Steve McManaman, Robbie Fowler, Jason McAteer and John Barnes in the twilight of his career.

DID YOU KNOW THE ONLY ENGLISH BORN PLAYER TO FEATURE IN LIVERPOOL FC STARTING 11 IN THE 1986 ENGLISH FA CUP FINAL?



Gary Linekar of Everton FC outclasses Mark Lawrenson

Mark Lawrenson was the only English born player in Liverpool F.C.'s starting line-up in the 1986 English FA Cup final played at the prestigious Wembley Stadium. It ended with the Reds defeating neighbours Everton F.C. 3-1 in the first and still the only English FA Cup final Merseyside derby that had Gary Linekar opening scoring. He played a total of 241 games and scored 11 goals for the Merseyside outfit from 1981 - 1988.

DID YOU WHEN MANCHESTER UNITED EQUAL THEIR CLUB RECORD OF CONSECUTIVE HOME WINS IN THE LEAGUE?



Manchester United's Luis Nani, Ashley Young, Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez and Wayne Rooney celebrating one of the goals that sank Chelsea

 On Super Sunday 18th September 2011, Manchester United F.C. equal their club record of 18 consecutive home league wins when they defeated rivals Chelsea F.C. 3 - 1 with goals from Chris Smalling, Nani and Wayne Rooney - and it's the first time they have done it at Old Trafford. The record was actually set 107 years ago when they played at Bank Street in Clayton; a ground less than half a mile from Manchester City's current ground.

DID YOU KNOW THE GERMAN COACH WHO WON THE BUNDESLIGA AFTER BEING PROMOTED AT FIRST ATTEMPT?

Otto Rehhagel brought fallen German clubside giant F.C. Kaiserslautern from the second division in the 1996/1997 season and turned them into Fußball-Bundesliga champions the next season. The first time that a promoted side had won the championship at the first attempt.

DID YOU KNOW THE FIRST ITALIAN SERIE A PLAYER THAT CLAIMED THE MATCH BALL FOR SCORING AN HAT-TRICK?

Edinson "El Matador" Cavani, the Uruguayan international striker who scored 26 league goals for SSC Napoli in the 2010/2011 season, became the first Italian Serie A player to claim the match ball for scoring a hat-trick in a week 2 match of the 2011/2012 season against defending champion A.C. Milan at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples – a long-standing tradition in Britain but recently introduced in Italy.

The El-Mataor

DID YOU KNOW WHO STRUCK A FREEKICK GOAL THAT HIT THE WOODWORK THRICE?

Marcos Assunção, the Brazilian freekick bomber who was playing for Spanish side Real Betis Balompie hit a hat-trick of sort on his debut as a Verdiblanco. Against Deportivo La Corona in a Spanish Primera Liga at the Estadio Riazor in August 2002, he scored a spectacular 40-yard freekick with his weaker left foot which proceeded to strike the woodwork in no less than three occasions, The match ended 4-2 in favour of the Andalusians.

IS GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB MANAGER IN ITALIAN FOOTBALL?

Giovanni Trapattoni aka Trap is one of the most successful Italian club manager of all time. In 8 years from 1978 - 1986, he guided the Old Lady of Turin Juventus F.C. to the Toyota Intercontinental Cup (now FIFA World Club Cup), UEFA Champions Cup (now UEFA Champions League), UEFA Cup Winners Cup and UEFA Cup (all now merged as the UEFA Europa League), UEFA Super Cup, 7 Italian Serie A calcios and 2 Coppa Italia. He recently claim he turn down an offer to rejoin the club to stay put as Manager of the Republic of Ireland.

DID YOU KNOW WHEN THE 3 POINTS RULE WAS ADOPTED IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE?

The English FA adopted 3 points for a win rule in 1981 for the English League. FIFA meanwhile waited almost one and a half decades later before they saw the light at the USA 94 FIFA World Cup.

DID YOU KNOW GERD MULLER WAS THE FIERCEST STRIKER IN THE WORLD IN THE 1970's?

Gerd Muller aka Der Bomber was the most dominant striker in the world in the 1970's racking up huge record numbers such as 365 goals in 427 German Bundesliga matches and an awesome 68 goals in 62 internationals. He was the top domestic scorer on 7 occasions and was the all time top scorer in the FIFA World Cup until June 27, 2006 with 14 goals. Brazilian forward Ronaldo de Lima scored his 15th goal against the Black Stars of Ghana in Germany 2006 FIFA World Cup which broke Muller's tally. It was equalled by his countryman, Miroslav Klose in South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup.

DO YOU KNOW THAT AFTER 13 YEARS OF RETIRING FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL FOR SPAIN, ANDONI ZUBIZARRETA IS STILL THE MOST CAPPED PLAYER FOR THE LA FURIA ROJA?

Zubizarreta in action for Spain

Andoni Zubizarreta, the legendary Spanish and F.C. Barcelona goalkeeper is still the most capped player for the La Furia Roja with 127 which started on 23rd of January 1985, in a 3–1 friendly victory over Finland. It ended on the 24th of June, 1998 in their last France 98 FIFA World Cup Group D game against the Лъвовете (The Lions) of Bulgaria in Lens after an infamous blunder in his first match against the Super Eagles of Nigeria that led to a shock defeat. He is now the Director of Football at FC Barcelona.

    

                                 

                                                                                                                               

WHICH TWO PLAYERS HAVE SCORED UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GOALS FOR FOUR OR MORE CLUBSIDES?



Hernan Crespo

Fernando Morientes and Hernan Crespo are the only players to have scored for 4 or more teams in the UEFA Champions League. Morientes has scored for Real Madrid CF, AS Monaco, Liverpool FC and Valencia CF while Crespo has scored UEFA Champions League goals for FC Parma, SS Lazio, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Chelsea FC. 

Fernando Morientes

DID YOU KNOW THAT GABRIEL HEINZE IS NOT ARGENTINE BY PARENTAGE?

Gabriel Heinze of Argentina has a German father and Italian mother, but was born in Patagonia in Southern region of the Republic of Argentina, where he made eight appearances in 1996/97 season at Newell's Old Boys before moving to Spain to sign for Real Valladolid in a long spell in Europe.

DID YOU KNOW WHEN STEPHEN KESHI MADE HIS DEBUT FOR THE SUPER EAGLES?

Stephen Keshi

Former Super Eagles skipper, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi fondly called The Big Boss made his debut for the then Green Eagles of Nigeria as a substitute for Christian Chukwu in a Espana 82 FIFA World Cup qualifier against the Desert Warriors of Algeria in 1981 which ended in a 0-2 home defeat at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

DID YOU KNOW WHEN LIONEL MESSI MADE HIS DEBUT AND SCORED HIS FIRST GOAL FOR F.C. BARCELONA?

The great Lionel Messi made his senior team debut for F.C. Barcelona in a Spanish Primera Liga match with with bitter Catalonian neighbours R.C.D. Espanyol on 16 October, 2004. He however scored his debut goal seven months later in the match against Albacete on May 1st 2005.

DO YOU KNOW THAT WAYNE ROONEY HAS SCORED TWO HAT-TRICKS IN TWO SUCCESSIVE EPL MATCHES?

Wayne Rooney of Manchester United Football Club follows Les Ferdinand, Ian Wright and Didier Drogba in becoming only the fourth player in the English Premier League (EPL) history to achieve a second hat-trick in successive EPL matches after his treble against Arsenal FC on Sunday 28th August 2011 and Bolton Wanderers on Saturday 10th September, 2011 at the Reebok Stadium.

DID YOU KNOW THE NIGERIAN COACH THAT WON BACK-TO-BACK NIGERIAN LEAGUE TITLES?

Godwin Koko Uwua in the first ever "Super Four" format to determine the winner of the Nigerian Professional League now rebranded as the Nigerian Premier League (NPL) by the Nigerian Football Association (NFA) now the (Nigerian Football Federation NFF), led unfancied team Lobi Stars of Makurdi to win the 1999 title teams like Julius Berger Football Club of Lagos (now Bridge Boys) and Wikki Tourist of Bauchi in the process. He also won the league title with Enyimba of Aba with the same format in 2001 beating clubsides like Gombe United, Enugu Rangers and NPA of Warri all at the National Stadium Surulere, Lagos.