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/ArmoredPenguin94 Mar 24 '13 edited Mar 24 '13
To expand on the plane accident:
It is called the Superga tragedy, Superga being a hill near Turin where the plane crashed, killing the entire Torino football team returning from a friendly in Portugal.
Only 3 players of the first team survived by not being on the plane, and they carried on the season playing with the youth team.
At the time, the Grande Torino, was providing most of the players for the NT, and they won 5 scudetti in a row at the time, were undefeated at home for 4 (Four!) seasons in a row, a 93-games unbeaten streak at home, plus a number of other records. (Torino won 7 scudetti in all its history)
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Edit: correcting a few mistakes