MCFC was founded in 1880. English Premier League titles: 3 Last time MCFC won the league championship: 1968 (44 years ago) Alex Ferguson called MCFC their “noisy neighbours” Fergie said on the final day: “Everybody expected City to win, but they did it against 10 men for half an hour and with five extra minutes ...
This list of the top 20 all time Goalscorers in the English Premier League is between 1992 to the end May 2011. 1 Alan Shearer 260 2 Andrew Cole 187 3 Thierry Henry 174 4 Robbie Fowler 163 5 Les Ferdinand 149 6 Michael Owen 149 7 Teddy Sheringham 147 8 Frank Lampard 139 9 ...
Have you often heard or read the word “diving” in soccer? It simply means a player easily falling after being slightly touched by another player during a football game. Some would just fall without a touch. Cheating players do it to get a chance to score through a penalty or freekick. Others do it so ...
Brace means “two”. It is used when a football player scored two goals in a single game. So when you read a match result article of a football game or heard a football commentator mentioned the word “brace”, it simply means the footballer contributed “two goals” for his team. Visit Soccerly for more soccer news ...
Even to ardent FC Barcelona fans, Paulino Alcantara is virtually unknown. He was the first Filipino and Asian ever to play professional football in Europe. He played for Barcelona, and became the only player to ever score 357 goals in 357 games. No other players from Camp Nou had come close to the half Filipino’s ...
Kicking a soccer ball is the most basic skill in football, but it is both difficult and the easiest to learn. It is difficult if kicking stronger and longer balls, easy if just for shorter distance. Things needed: You should have a soccer ball and a shoe. If you have football shoes, the better. Running ...