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Football chant "OLE-OLE-OLE" comes from Spain,

where the word "OLE" were shouted at a bullfight or

flamenco dancing. There it came through the

transformation of the word "Allah", which is

pronounced by Arabian prayers, who invaded

Spain in the 8th century.

During a football match in Brazil wind blew a group

of paratroopers on the football field. One of the paratroopers

fell on the goalkeeper at the moment when he prepared to

seize the ball. As a result, the ball was in the goalposts

and despite the protests of the aggrieved team, the referee

scored the goal explaining the appearance of paratroopers,

"intervention of a higher power".

Футбол официально запрещен в шести странах, включая Афганистан, Кампучию и Гренландию. Интересно, что футбол разрешен для игры в штате Юта, США, только при условии, что поле расположено не ближе, чем в 1.5 миле от церкви. Для бейсбола, гольфа и американского футбола это расстояние — 0.5 мили.

Football is officially banned in six countries, including Afghanistan, Cambodia and Greenland. It is interesting that the football is allowed to play in Utah, USA, provided that the field is located no closer than 1.5 mile from the Church. For baseball, Golf and American football this distance is 0.5 miles.

It is a common knowledge, that the British – are ardent football fans, who thrilled about their soccer clubs, and for the sake of which are ready for more. But it turns out that the annual damage to private and public property caused by English football fans is estimated at forty million pounds.

On 3 November 1969 in the UK held a "most undisciplined match" in the history of football. Team "Tonghaikou youth club" (Surrey) and "Howe do" (Hants) so rude fought for local Cup that the referee had to punish all 22 players, including one sent to the hospital, and even the judge on the line.

The longest football match was played from 1 to 3 August 1981 between two Irish team of football club "Callingparty" in Kerry. The winner was only revealed via... 65 hours 1 minute.

In the British Isles fog is a common phenomenon. Once, the fog thickened so that the players would spend hours looking for the ball, partners, rivals. At some point the judge thought that on the field too many players. First, he ran to the bench and saw that they were empty. The referee immediately stopped the game. As it turned out, on the field there were thirty players.

In the Polish city of Bydgoszcz took a curious match, attracted many spectators. Reporters from local Newspapers met with the team fully staffed by representatives of one family — sons Mason Osinskogo. Although 11 boys aged 15 to 28 years lost, the audience warmly welcomed the "Creator" of the team.

During the friendly football matches in the Italian town of Asti frontline local team of Maschio without hitting the ball, dug in the ground. So much so that he seriously injured his leg. When experts examined the soil, they found the skeleton proved valuable historical gem. Maschio received a cash prize and an icon for "craving for archaeological research".

Brazilian football defender Pinheiro called the record for goals... in his own goalposts. Only in one season he scored his team's 10 goals. Pinheiro was transferred to the attack. In the first match, "record" again managed to hit his own goalposts. When the player turned 25 years old teammates gave him a compass on which was engraved: "Remember, the enemy on the other side".