Stats – Weird And Wonderful (61-70)

I bloody love a good random football fact. It’s what at least half of my brain space is taken up with on a daily basis. And so for this post I figured I would try to research and discover some of the most unusual facts, stats and stories from the footballing world.

Despite my best efforts to factcheck all these nuggets of information, I cannot guarantee their validity 100%, however if you want to correct me, why not send me a nicely worded tweet. And should you decide to share any of these with your friends down at the pub… remember nobody likes a know-it-all, as I’ve been told many times before.

Enjoy!

1. David Beckham was born 2nd May 1975 in London, at Whipps Cross Hospital. It was his destiny from birth to be quality at set-pieces.

2. Speaking of Beckham, in 1994-1995 he was loaned to Preston North End, where he played alongside now West Ham manager David Moyes.

3. Another player in that side was rock and roll Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth. This is surely where Beckham got inspiration for his long hair style later in his career.

4. During this loan spell, Beckham scored 2 goals in 5 appearances, one of which came directly from a corner, something he would later repeat for LA Galaxy.

5. James Ward-Prowse has the most goals directly from free-kicks in the Premier League, with a huge 13 goals directly from his free-kicks. The 2nd most is former Sunderland man Seb Larsson with 11, and then Cristiano Ronaldo with 9.

6. Ben Foster has played the most Premier League minutes of any player in PL history with an impressive 34,329 (and counting).

7. In 2004/2005 West Bromwich Albion managed to achieve only 34 points in the Premier League, yet still avoided relegation.

8. Between February 2002 and April 2011, Jose Mourinho never lost a home game of football, spanning an impressive 150 games, including his entire first spell at Chelsea, and his time at Inter.

9. In 6 years, Jamie Vardy went from playing non-league football to winning the Premier League.

10. Manchester United have never lost a home League game when leading at half-time, with the record spanning all the way back to 1984.

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