Who's scored the most goals in the history of football? (and, no, it's not Pele) Who is the dirtiest player in Champions League history? What do Harry Kane and North Korea have in common? And which creature is the most common Premier League mascot? The Match of the Day magazine Footy Facts & Stats book is bursting with thousands - literally thousands - of brilliant facts and amazing stats from the world of football. It contains everything you need to know about the game's biggest legends, the most iconic moments and the greatest tournaments. Get ready for a trivia overload from the Premier League, Champions League, Football League, the biggest and best leagues from around the world, the WSL, the FA Cup, World Cup, European Championships and much, much more. Discover all the fantastic facts about your biggest heroes, the biggest clubs and the biggest icons ever to have played the beautiful game. Dive into the amazing world of football's incredible record-breakers - we're talking big money transfers, net-busting strikers and red-card collecting hardmen. Oh, and learn how to say 'football' in every language! This, from the Match of the Day magazine team, is the ultimate guide to the wonderful - and sometimes wacky - world of football trivia!

Discover over a thousand jaw-dropping stats and crazy facts from the makers of the UK's best football magazine! Match! Incredible Stats and Facts is packed full of brilliant facts, stats, lists and records from fastest goals to top scorers and most red cards to tallest stars in the Premier League. Includes amazing player facts, bonkers football injuries, biggest transfer fees, fantastic footie legends, trophy trivia, stunning stadiums, incredible strange-but-true revelations, all the firsts, and the fastest, tallest, boldest facts about the Champions League, the Premier League, the FA Cup, the UEFA European Championship and the World Cup. For example, did you know . . . *Former Tottenham Hotspur captain Ledley King holds the record for the quickest Premier League goal. He scored ten seconds after kick-off in a match against Bradford in the 2000/01 season. *Brazilian legend, Pelé, scored ninety-two hat-tricks, four goals on thirty-one occasions, five goals six times, and once bagged eight goals in a game! *Sergio Batista (1986) and Gennaro Gattuso (2006) are apparently the only two players to have won the World Cup while sporting a full beard. Discover more footy fun in this awesome series, with MATCH! Joke Book, MATCH! Football Puzzles, MATCH! Build Your Own Club and MATCH! England Football Heroes.

A comprehensive look at football history with statistics through the 2001-2002 season. Includes a who's who of players and coaches, summaries of the greatest games, statistical leaders and award winners, and more.

The only soccer fact book you will ever need from the makers of Match! the UK's best soccer magazine.Discover over a thousand jaw-dropping records and crazy facts from the makers of the UK's best football magazine!The Match! Football Records Book is packed full of brilliant records, facts and stats about all your favourite players and teams. From fastest goals to top scorers and most red cards to tallest stars in the Premier League, this book includes amazing player facts, bonkers football injuries, biggest transfer fees, fantastic footie legends, trophy trivia, stunning stadiums, incredible strange-but-true revelations, all the firsts, and the fastest, tallest, boldest facts about the Champions League, the Premier League, the FA Cup, the UEFA European Championship and the World Cup.For example, did you know...:Ronaldinho first hit the headlines when his youth team won 23-0 - and he scored all the goals!India pulled out of the 1950 World Cup because FIFA refused to let them play barefoot.And Fernando Torres started his career as a goalkeeper and later switched to become a striker!

BBC Television's Match of the Day has broadcast more than 1500 football matches since it began in 1964. For this book, John Motson has assembled an historical record of the programme, with facts, feats and photographs, and statistics of every match screened in its 30 seasons of football coverage.