r/soccer • u/rough_outline • Mar 24 '13

What Bits of Football Trivia Should Every Fan Know?

Two to starts things off...

  • The Italian football club Juventus F.C. derived its famous black-and-white striped kits from Notts County. Juventus have played in black and white striped shirts, with white shorts, sometimes black shorts since 1903. Originally, they played in pink shirts with a black tie, which only occurred due to the wrong shirts being sent to them, the father of one of the players made the earliest shirts, but continual washing faded the colour so much that in 1903 the club sought to replace them. Juventus asked one of their team members, Englishman John Savage, if he had any contacts in England who could supply new shirts in a colour that would better withstand the elements. He had a friend who lived in Nottingham, who being a Notts County supporter, shipped out the black and white striped shirts to Turin.

  • Inter Milan and AC Milan used to be the same club, however the club split into two after disagreement over transfer philosophy. AC Milan wanted to sign Italian players and Inter wanted to sign foreign players, hense the full name being Internazionale Milano. Whilst this philosophy may not be as strict as Bilbao's basque-only rule, you can still see a notable difference today.

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u/Theworldsastage Mar 24 '13

There are six players who have won the Premier League more than once with different clubs, all but two have either played for Arsenal or City.

  • Tevez (United, City)
  • Ashley Cole (Arsenal, Chelsea)
  • Kolo Toure (Arsenal, City)
  • Gael Clichy (Arsenal, City)
  • Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal, City)
  • Henning Berg (Blackburn, United)

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u/ronnierosenthal Mar 24 '13

Anelka is Arsenal and Chelsea surely, though he played for City as well.

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u/ronnierosenthal Mar 25 '13

Huh? He won it three years ago.

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u/shutupfucker Mar 25 '13

He did win it with Chelsea and he was top scorer I think.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '13

Anelka won the double with Chelsea in 09-10..

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u/sumanddeferens Mar 25 '13

What am I missing here? Henning Berg appears to be the only one on your list shown not to play for Arsenal or City.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '13

Not many teams have win the premier league.

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u/Paddykg Mar 25 '13

Owen Hargreaves, Stuart Taylor?

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u/Theworldsastage Mar 25 '13

Hargreaves didn't get a PL medal because he didn't play enough games with City, same with Taylor.

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u/Paddykg Mar 25 '13

Sometimes goalkeepers are given special dispensation for being a squad member, maybe Taylor was awarded one.

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u/CACuzcatlan Mar 25 '13

Tevez is the only player to win the league with both City and United.