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Any Russian guys in the house ?? :D

Lokomotiv is easy - it means 'railway' and thus teams with this name are associated with the train industry (eg Lokomotiv Moscow, Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod - Russia, Lokomotivas Vilnius - Lithuania)

No one seems to know, definitely, how the term 'Arabs' came into existence to Dundee's team. However, the most accepted explanation is as follows: United were desperate to get a cup-tie played in the middle of winter (during the 1960's). This was well before the days of under-soil heating...

That's definetly true .... FoRzA JuVe :strong:

Ok, I've done some research: Udinese was formed in 1896 .... Juve was formed one year later, in 1897 ...

:devil: I knew it would be controversial .. Heheheh .. :wicked: :D

OK, this is one of the most controversial facts about Juve - why is the club called 'The Old Lady' ?? According to my resourses: Juventus are called the old lady because an old lady use to own it. What do u think?? (agree/disagree)

My favourite local derby would be Inter-Milan, specially when Milan win 6-1 ... HeHeHe :devil:, Scotland's derby is also hot .. but unfourtunately we don't get to watch the Scottish matches ..

United means that all the members have decided to 'unite' under the same banner. They are committed to the same cause. They are 'united'. For example, there were a number of clubs playing in Newcastle in the 1880s, including Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End. When East End took over the...

The phrase 'local derby' derives from a traditional game played between two parish teams in the English city of Derby. When the two played each other, it was known as the 'Derby match', and since then games between any two teams from similar areas have been known as 'derby matches' or simply...

Italy -- whose national colors are green, white, and red-- wear blue jerseys due to that being the colour of the Italian monarchs. Those were thrown out after the sacking of the Fascists at which at that time the country, but not the football team, adopted the green-white-red republican...

Thanx man. :touched:

Omar Sivori, Juve's legend, holds jointly with Silvio Piola the record of scoring the most number of goals in a Serie A game. Both scored 6 goals to help their teams win their respective matches. Sivori did that in the 60-61 season against Inter Milan when the game ended 9-1 for the Bianconeri...

i've got my own resources :devil: :D

According to a Finnish study, a top level soccer match should see a total of 1,000 touches of the ball (on average of 350 one-touch passes, 150 two touch, and between 400-500 with more than two touches). Successful top teams need on the average 16-30 attacks and 7-10 shots just to score one...

:D I'll try to find that out ...

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY - were formed in 1867 from a cricket club. The name Wednesday was used because the players were only free to play each Wednesday. (More to come ..)