Stats that make you go ... ooooooohhhh

[Gritt23]

I'll kick off with;

Heskey needs one more International goal to draw level with goalkeepers Rene Higuita and Jose Chilavert, who retired with 8 International goals each.

 

[Stoo82]

ooooooohhhh!

 

[The Large One]

Wales and Northern Ireland got further in the World Cup in 1958 than England and Scotland.

 

[Trufflehound]

If you laid all the vuvuzelas at this World Cup end to end, then ran over them all with a steamroller...

...it would be an improvement.

 

[Trigger]

The host nation has NEVER lost their first game... Oooooohhhhh.

 

[Arthritic Toe]

There are more people alive today than have ever died.

I like that one.

















- its false by the way.

 

[Icy Gull]

Gary Lineker didn't get a single booking in a 12 year career

 

[Trufflehound]

Gary Lineker didn't get a single booking in a 12 year career

He was booked by the BBC.

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

Not since '66 have England done better than Germany in the World Cup

 

[Icy Gull]

England have never beaten the USA in the World Cup ( I am struggling to be 100% certain on this though)

 

[Simster]

No team has EVER won the World Cup on African soil.

 

[Stoo82]

The host nation has NEVER lost their first game... Oooooohhhhh.

France 1998?

 

[Simster]

France 1998?

Don't think so. They lost in 2002 though.

 

[The Large One]

France 1998?

France won their opening match.

But it was on the third day of the tournament.

 

[Stoo82]

Don't think so. They lost in 2002 though.

I've just had a look and they did get nine points.

Must have been 2002. Against Senagal? 1-0?

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Germany have never lost a game in which Bastien Schweinsteigger has scored.

21 games and counting...

.

 

[Acker79]

France 1998?

France won all three of their group games that year, so, no. (Their first game was a 3-0 victory over South Africa)

 

[Trigger]

Mwepu Ilunga was the greatest player ever to feature in a World Cup.

 

[strings]

Germany have never lost a game in which Bastien Schweinsteigger has scored.

21 games and counting...

.

England have never won a game in which Fabio Capello has scored.

FACT.

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

Crouch's England stats of 21 goals in 38 appearances always makes me go oooohhh and hoooowwww?