1-
For England’s match vs. Scotland on March 6, 1875 (2-2 tie at London’s Kennington Oval),
each English player wore a different colored shirt.
In
addition England’s goalkeeper William Henry Carr arrived ten minutes late to the field
2-Before
the Cup Winners Cup, first leg match, between Bayern Munich and AS Roma on
March 6, 1985, Bayern striker Dieter Hoeness had toothache and took up to 15
pain-killing tablets.
After
the match he drank many glasses of wine to celebrate (he scored and Bayern won
2-0).
When
he went to the dentist, the tablets and wine in his bloodstream made it
dangerous for him to be given an anesthetic.
So
the tooth was pulled out without any anesthetic.
He
collapsed from the pain and was unconscious for an hour.
Photo
From: Guerin Sportivo, March 13-19, 1985
(Dieter
Hoeness, March 6, 1985, Cup Winners Cup, Bayern Munich 2-AS Roma 0) |
3- Yugoslavian defender Vlado Kasalo joined Nuremberg from Dinamo Zagreb
in the summer of 1989.
During
the 1990/91 season he scored two own goals in two successive matches: March 16,
1991 (Stuttgart 1-Nuremberg 0) and March 23, 1991 (Nuremberg 0-Karlsruhe 0-2).
He
was suspected to have scored the own goals on purpose to pay off gambling debts
to the Yugoslav mafia.
His
players license was revoked by the German federation and he was suspended.
Since
nothing was proven, he was later pardoned and returned to Germany and played
for Mainz.
Photo
From: Fussball Magazin, Issue 11, November 1989
(Vlado
Kasalo)
|
4- In 1978, during the lead up to the World Cup, Argentinean Juan Jose
Lopez was conducting a radio interview with Brazil Manager Claudio Coutinho.
Lopez
told Coutinho that he admired him when he was a teammate of Pele at Santos.
Coutinho
on the air thanked him and informed him that was a different Coutinho.
Photo
From: France Football, Issue 1680, June 20, 1978
(Claudio
Coutinho)
|
5- The Bayern Munich and Dinamo Tblissi matchup during the 1981 Trofeo
Bernabeu (September 2, 1981) in Madrid turned into an ill-tempered affair.
Bayern
Munich’s Paul Breitner was cautioned by the Spanish referee Jose Donato Pes
Perez for arguing. Reinhold Mathy substituted him in the 30th minute
to keep things calm.
When
the referee warned Mathy himself, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Hoeness also
protested and were shown yellow cards as well.
Rummenigge
walked to the touchline to talk to Breitner, at this point the referee gave red
cards to both. The police came to escort an angry Rummenigge off.
Bayern
General manager Uli Honess walked in to persuade the referee to change his
mind. Since nothing happened the entire Bayern squad walked off in protest and
in addition cited fear of safety as a reason for walking off.
According
to the Spanish press, Bayern Munich Manager Pal Csernai wanted the team to
continue to play, but Breitner refused. To the press, this showed Breitner’s
power in running the team over Csernai.
Breitner
and Rummenigge were each fined 1,250 British Pounds.
The
match itself was won 2-1 by Dinamo Tblissi.
Photo
From: Mondial, new series, issue 19, October 1981
(Bayern Munich’s Paul Breitner and Karl-Heinz
Rummenigge) |
Please make labels for your rubrics. Such a big pleasure to read Trivia and Facts, so interesting to see previous numbers of it.
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