Unbelievable Football facts 6

England came up with the word soccer. It’s a shortened version of “Association Football” which got changed to “Assoc Football” which then got changed to “Soccer”. In 19th century England, it was popular to add the “-er” sound to shortened words.

Arsene Wenger has an asteroid named after him called 33179 Arsénewenger.

AC Milan was actually founded as a cricket team.

The first black and white jersey that Juventus wore was a Notts County kit that was brought in by an importer. It has become a tradition since then.

Gary and Phil Neville’s father is called Neville Neville.

Between 2001 and 2003, Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf were sponsored by Toten Hosen, one the biggest rock bands in Germany.