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The Most Memorable Upsets in Sports History

The Most Memorable Upsets in Sports History

What Are the Most Memorable Upsets in Sports History? Everyone loves a great comeback story or watching the underdog win against all odds. The Sporting Blog lists the top most memorable upsets in sports history - crazy twists that surprised the world! [caption id="" align="alignnone" width=

Gerardo Bedoya: The Most Red Cards in History

Gerardo Bedoya: The Most Red Cards in History

Gerardo Bedoya - ‘The Beast’ Who Saw Red. A Lot. Gerardo Bedoya has the unwanted record of being the player who has been sent off the most times in professional football. The defender/defensive midfielder was sent off 47 times in his 20 year career between 1995 and 2015. The Colombian

The Conqueror - Paul Lambert and the Champions League

The Conqueror - Paul Lambert and the Champions League

Football: Paul Lambert and the 1997 Champions League Final - Borussia Dortmund Vs Juventus The School of Football looks back on one Britain’s more surprising football exports. Paul Lambert was the first ever British player to win the Champions League with a foreign club, doing so in 1997 for Borussia

Sebastian Abreu - The Explorer

Sebastian Abreu - The Explorer

‘El Loco’ - The story of Sebastian Abreu Uruguayan striker Sebastián Abreu nicknamed “El Loco” has a record of playing for the most amount of professional clubs in football history (29). In his 24-year career, he played in 10 different countries between 1995 and 2019. Abreu’s early career and

Football's strangest shirt numbers

Football's strangest shirt numbers

Strange Shirt Numbers in Football History There are some truly bizarre stories surrounding football players and their shirt numbers. These are the stories behind some of footballs most bizarre shirt numbers. We all know of CR7 and R9 and a few others have claimed the number 10 as their own,

The Oldest Players in World Cup History

The Oldest Players in World Cup History

The Top 5 oldest players in World Cup history. Who is the oldest player in World Cup History? Are they all goalkeepers? The School of Football provides a bitesize run down of the 5 oldest footballers to have played in a World Cup. Goalkeepers quite obviously dominate the list, with

Leighton McGivern: the King of amateur football.

Leighton McGivern - A life in football The School of Football digs deep into their creative pockets to bring you the story of Leighton McGivern, a former child prodigy turned amateur, turned pro, turned amateur again. Everyone’s journey in the beautiful game is a different one! The technically gifted striker