Football facts that you didn’t know

.db. said:
Always wonder why a football mad country like Germany hasn’t had a great Berlin side in living memory.

Hertha had a decent run of getting to their Grand Finals (they had a knock-out tournament to determine their champions) 6 years in a row in the 20s+30s, winning two of them. But Berlin hasn’t had a German champion since 1931.

Hamburger SV alone have won more league titles (6) than all Berlin teams combined (5: Hertha BSC, 2; Viktoria Berlin, 2; SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890, 1).
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Divided city for many years?

Other than that, I have no explanation. Hertha was very small-time, even into the 90s, and there has clearly been a great deal of mismanagement at the club in the last 30 years or so.

Union is based in the east of the city, and only came into its own, after the fall of the Wall.

But the biggest problem - as it is for all German teams - is the monster in the south.
 
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.db. said:
Always wonder why a football mad country like Germany hasn’t had a great Berlin side in living memory.
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England had several winners from places other than London until Chelsea came along.
Italy have had winners from Turin and Milan but none from their capital either.
 
Man-chester copperpot said:
Gary Lineker never received a booking in his entire career
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Neither did R. Charlton. When a ref booked him near the end of his career, the authorities declined to record it. Iirc, he was booked for calling ‘mine’rather than a name as the law requires.
 
.db. said:
Always wonder why a football mad country like Germany hasn’t had a great Berlin side in living memory.

Hertha had a decent run of getting to their Grand Finals (they had a knock-out tournament to determine their champions) 6 years in a row in the 20s+30s, winning two of them. But Berlin hasn’t had a German champion since 1931.

Hamburger SV alone have won more league titles (6) than all Berlin teams combined (5: Hertha BSC, 2; Viktoria Berlin, 2; SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890, 1).
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Germany seems a more sensible in the fact that services and wealth are widely distributed across the country rather than concentrated in one large capital city. I guess there is still some skewing of wealth towards what was West Germany and places like Munich and Frankfurt had a big start over Berlin in terms of development.
 
The two furthest professional football teams in England are Plymouth Argyle (Home Park) and Newcastle United (St James' Park). They are separated by a straight-line flight distance of approximately 334 miles (538 km), with road journeys spanning over 400 miles (655 km) and taking around 7 to 8 hours to drive.

If considering the entire English football pyramid (which includes the National League), Truro City (based in Cornwall) and Gateshead (based in Tyne and Wear) hold the modern record for the longest away day in English football history, involving a 914-mile round trip.
 
There will be 8 pairs of siblings at this years World Cup:

• John Souttar
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• Harry Souttar
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• Derrick Luckassen Brobbey
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• Brian Brobbey
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• Iñaki Williams
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• Nico Williams
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• Guéla Doué
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• Desiré Doué
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• Leandro Bacuna
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• Juninho Bacuna
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• Quinten Timber
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• Jurriën Timber
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• Laros Duarte
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• Deroy Duarte
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• Lucas Hernandez
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• Théo Hernandez
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