ITT: Bits of trivia from the RSSSF.com website

The biggest "yoyo" team in football are Haladás of Hungary, who've been promoted to or relegated from the Hungarian top flight 25 times since in the past 72 years:

up: 13: 1936, 1939, 1942, 1945, 1962, 1966, 1973, 1981, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003
down: 12: 1937, 1941, 1943, 1960, 1963, 1972, 1979, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004

They ceased operations in 2004.

On 10/9/1998, in qualifiers for the Women's Oceaniac Championship, New Zealand beat Samoa, whilst Australia beat Western Samoa, by exactly the same score: 21-0.

4- 3-2001 Willenhall Town 57-0 Burton Brewers

Needed half time bollocking from N Warnock

How is there even enough time to score 57 goals?

Worst converstion rates in international penalty shootouts:

5. England
4. Malawi
3. Russia
2. Holland
1. Madagascar

How is there even enough time to score 57 goals?

-- That mong guy that's shit, Monday, March 31, 2008 12:53 PM (31 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

You remember the hack on Sensible Soccer on the Mega Drive, where you just ran in a diagonal line from kickoff?

Worst converstion rates in international penalty shootouts:

5. Portugal
4. Martinique
3. Saudi Arabia
2. Ethiopia
1. Angola

wow Holland still worse than England? what a charmed life we lead

BEST converstion rates in international penalty shootouts:

5. Portugal
4. Martinique
3. Saudi Arabia
2. Ethiopia
1. Angola

-- Dom Passantino, Monday, March 31, 2008 12:54 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

You've got to get possession back to do the diagonal run though!

They probably scored at least a couple of them by finding that bit on the right side of the area in Fifa Soccer that it always go in from

Wait I thought Germany had missed like one penalty ever

Germany's conversion rate only 71%

Madagascar's star player is Nantes reserve team striker Faneva Imà Andriantsima.

Any info on how Eric Djemba-Djemba's getting on these days?

Angola's is Porto's Mantorras. His nickname derives from the fact that, as a child, he has suffered slight accidental burns. He was then known as "Man torras", from the Angolan expression "Mano Torras", which means "Toasted brother".

Any info on how Eric Djemba-Djemba's getting on these days?

-- That mong guy that's shit, Monday, March 31, 2008 1:04 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Eric "Bankrupt despite earning just shy over £1 million a year basic" Djemba-Djemba?

Arriving in England, Djemba-Djemba was a complete unknown to many fans and pundits alike. He wasted no time in establishing his ultra-aggressive style during his debut against Arsenal in the Community Shield, leaving an impression - literally - on Arsenal's Sol Campbell with a typically rambunctious challenge which Arsène Wenger called "obscene".

In 18 months at Old Trafford, Djemba-Djemba found it difficult to maintain a period of sustained form, despite his obvious talent and supreme skill, and he was eventually unable to establish himself as a player capable of filling captain Roy Keane's shoes. It did not help Djemba-Djemba's cause that United were in a period of transition and he was constantly being rotated in and out of the team with a number of other potential suitors to Keane's midfield mantle, as coach Sir Alex Ferguson searched for a worthy successor to his captain.

Djemba-Djemba was sold to Aston Villa in the January 2005 transfer window for a fee of £0.01. However, the move did little to restore the player's reputation as he found it difficult to move ahead of Gavin McCann and Steven Davis in Villa's midfield pecking order, due to their footballing brilliance.

We've got a comedian

I bet you miss the days of O'Leary, when you signed some wacky players. As opposed to O'Neill where you sign nobody.

W-ww-w--w-w-wwayyyne Routledge

Moustapha Saliphou's pretty wacky

SALIFOU

Kinda want O'Leary back in the Premiership really. I think he could be the man to bring the glory days back to White Hart Lane.