#MUST READ# 20 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT SOCCER/FOOTBALL WORLD THAT U NEVER KNEW... (PART I) 1. Soccer developed in London’s famed Newgate Prison in the early 1800s. Prisoners who had their hands cut off for crimes of theft came up with a sport that used only the feet. The game spread from there. 2. There are 32 panels on a traditional soccer ball, one for each country in Europe. 3. Known as “soccer” in the United States, the sport is known as “football” elsewhere. But the game’s original name was actually “basket-ball” because the first goals were overturned wicker baskets. 4. A soccer field is called a “pitch” because every regulation field is pitched — or sloped — 5 degrees upwards from one end to the other. The teams switch sides after each half so each team has to play slightly uphill for half the match. 5. Brazilian soccer legend Pelé was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento. He took the nickname Pelé, a Brazilian Portuguese word meaning “six feet,” due to being born with six toes on each foot. 6. The first American professional soccer league, the USSA, played from 1919 to 1921 and paid its players 35-cents for every goal scored. 7. The original World Cup was made of papier-mâché, but it had to be replaced after the heavy rains of the 1950 World Cup. 8. Soccer balls are slightly oval- shaped. But the checkered board pattern creates an illusion of a perfect sphere. 9. The aerosol spray used by many soccer medical staffs is simply an air freshener designed to lessen the player’s intense smell of sweat, dirt and grass so treatment can be more easily provided. 10. Many 3rd World villages cannot afford a soccer ball, so they play soccer with balls made from rags or disposable diapers. TO BE CONTINUED.......... ¤नाटककार¤
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 04:01:33 +0000
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