The (World Cup) Friday List of Little or No Consequence #172

Freeloaders of the world unite...
28 Entities That Thought It Would Be A Good Idea To Ask Some People Are On The Pitch To Promote Their Products Or Services During The 2010 World Cup For Nothing - No Incentive At All - Despite The Fact That Many Of Them Generate Thousands And Millions Of Dollars In Company Profits Every Year

1. Vauxhall
2. SeaWorld & Busch Gardens
3. Irn Bru
4. Sony Ericsson
5. Johnny Spurling's 'Capello Brick Road' 'record'
6. Budweiser
7. Bwin
8. Nokia
9. SDITH t-shirts
10. Havaianas flip-flops
11. Coral
12. Seminole Casino Coconut Creek
13. Learndirect
14. Coca-Cola
15. NYC Soccer Game Finder
16. Football Fitness
17. Soccer Millionaire
18. Knowyourmoney
19. The Crazy Fool's 'Engerland/A-Team' 'record'
20. UFC 'Undisputed' video game
21. Adidas
22. TheatreSeatStore
23. France 24
24. Fans Coalition FC
25. Rapanui Clothing
26. Mr Green gambling website
27. Get into the Game
28. Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions

...and on that cathartic note, a big thank you to all of you that have made The Friday List of Little Or No Consequence our most popular feature over the last four years. We hope it made you smile. :)

The (World Cup) Friday List of Little or No Consequence #171

Seeing red
The 14 Players That Have So Far Been Sent Off During the 2010 World Cup

1. Nicolás Lodeiro (for Uruguay v France)
2. Abdelkader Ghezzal (for Algeria v Slovenia)
3. Aleksandar Luković (for Serbia v Ghana)
4. Tim Cahill (for Australia v Germany)
5. Itumeleng Khune (for South Africa v Uruguay)
6. Sani Kaita (for Nigeria v Greece)
7. Miroslav Klose (for Germany v Serbia)
8. Harry Kewell (for Australia v Ghana)
9. Kaká (for Brazil v Ivory Coast)
10. Valon Behrami (for Switzerland v Chile)
11. Yoann Gourcuff (for France v South Africa)
12. Antar Yahia (for Algeria v USA)
13. Marco Estrada (for Chile v Spain)
14. Ricardo Costa (for Portugal v Spain)

The (World Cup) Friday List of Little or No Consequence #170

The Coach Approacheth...
32 Slogans Displayed On The Coaches Of The Competing Nations Of The 2010 World Cup

1. Star and crescent with one goal: Victory! (Algeria)
2. Last stop: Glory (Argentina)
3. Dare to Dream, Advance Australia (Australia)
4. The whole of Brazil is in here! (Brazil)
5. The Indomitable Lions are back (Cameroon)
6. Red is the blood of my heart, Chile will be Champion (Chile)
7. Elephants, let's fight for victory! (Côte d'Ivoire)
8. All you need is a Danish team and a dream (Denmark)
9. Playing with Pride and Glory (England)
10. All together for a new dream in blue (France)
11. On the road to get the Cup! (Germany)
12. The hope of Africa (Ghana)
13. Greece is everywhere! (Greece)
14. One Country, One passion, 5 Stars in the heart (Honduras)
15. Italian Azzurro on African sky (Italy)
16. The Samurai spirit never dies! Victory for Japan! (Japan)
17. 1966 again! Victory for DPR of Korea! (Korea DPR)
18. The Shouts of Reds, United Republic of Korea (Korea Republic)
19. It is time for a new champion! (Mexico)
20. Don't fear the big five, fear the Orange eleven (Netherlands)
21. Kickin’ it Kiwi style (New Zealand)
22. Super Eagles super fan united we stand (Nigeria)
23. The Guarani lion roars in South Africa! (Paraguay)
24. One dream, one purpose… Portugal victorious! (Portugal)
25. Play with the heart, lead with a smile! (Serbia)
26. Shake the green field: Go Slovakia! (Slovakia)
27. With eleven brave hearts to the end (Slovenia)
28. One nation, proudly united under one rainbow (South Africa)
29. Hope is my road, victory my destiny (Spain)
30. C'mon Switzerland! (Switzerland)
31. The sun shines upon us. Go Uruguay! (Uruguay)
32. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Victory! (USA)

The (World Cup) Friday List of Little or No Consequence #169

When England didn't add up to much...
The 11 Lowest Totals When Adding Up The Shirt Numbers Of England World Cup Starting XI's Since 1954

1. 66 (v Romania in 1970 - Banks; Newton; Cooper; Mullery; Labone; Moore; Lee; Ball; B. Charlton; Hurst; Peters)*
2. 66 (v Soviet Union in 1958 - McDonald; Howe; Banks; Clamp; Wright; Slater; Douglas; Robson; Kevan Haynes; Finney)*
3. 66 (v Belgium in 1954 - Merrick; Staniforth; Byrne; Wright; Owen; Dickinson; Matthews; Broadis; Lofthouse; Taylor; Finney)*
4. 72 (v Portugal in 2006)
5. 75 (v Morocco in 1986)
6. 75 (v Portugal in 1986)
7. 76 (v Austria in 1958)
8. 76 (v Brazil in 1958)
9. 77 (v West Germany in 1970)
10. 77 (v Soviet Union (play-off) in 1958)

* These are the only three occasions in the World Cup since 1954 where England's starting XI have worn shirts numbered 1 to 11.

The (World Cup) Friday List of Little or No Consequence #168

Record starts
12 Songs That Were Top Of The UK Singles Charts On The Day Previous World Cup Finals Began

1. Good Luck Charm by Elvis Presley (1962)
2. Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks (1966)
3. Back Home by the England World Cup Squad (1970)
4. Sugar Baby Love by The Rubettes (1974)
5. Rivers of Babylon by Boney M (1978)
6. Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant (1982)
7. The Chicken Song by Spitting Image (1986)
8. Killer by Adamski (1990)
9. Love Is All Around by Wet Wet Wet (1994)
10. C'est La Vie by B*Witched (1998)
11. Just A Little by Liberty X (2002)
12. Axel F by Crazy Frog (2006)

The (World Cup) Friday List of Little or No Consequence #167

Lots of silly balls
The 15 Players Appearing At The 2010 World Cup With The Most Syllables In Their Names

1. Antonio Rukavina (Serbia)
2. Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (Ghana)
3. Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Japan)
4. Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Japan)
5. Guy Roland Ndy Assembe (Cameroon)
6. Fabio Quagliarella (Italy)
7. Antonio Di Natale (Italy)
8. Julio Cesar Caceres (Paraguay)
9. Julio Cesar de Leon (Honduras)
10. Reneilwe Letsholonyane (South Africa)
11. Mauricio Victorino (Uruguay)
12. Maximilliano Pereira (Uruguay) *
13. Egidio Arevalo Rios (Uruguay) *
14. Maximilliano Rodriguez (Argentina) *
15. Sokrates Papastathopoulos (Greece) *

(All players shown have eight syllables in their name except those marked with an asterisk who have nine. And before you ask, the above names are 'popular names' - that is to say middle names were not considered unless it forms a part of a player's 'popular name'.)

The (World Cup) Friday List of Little or No Consequence #166

Regular refs
The Only 8 Men To Have Refereed At Three World Cup Finals

1. Jean Langenus (Belgium, 1930–1938)
2. Ivan Eklind (Sweden, 1934–1950)
3. Benjamin Griffiths (Wales, 1950–1958)
4. Arthur Ellis (England, 1950–1958)
5. Juan Gardeazábal (Spain, 1958–1966)
6. Jamal Al Sharif (Syria, 1986–1994)
7. Joël Quiniou (France, 1986–1994)
8. Ali Mohamed Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates, 1994–2002)

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #165

Final Destination
The 10 Stadia That Have Hosted The European Cup/Champions League Final Most Often

1. Wembley Stadium, London - 5 times (1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1992)
2. Heysel Stadium, Brussels - 4 times (1958, 1966, 1974, 1985)
3. Stadio Olimpico, Rome - 4 times (1977, 1984, 1996, 2009)
4. Hampden Park, Glasgow - 3 times (1960, 1976, 2002)
5. Olympiastadion, Munich - 3 times (1979, 1993, 1997)
6. Olympic Stadium, Athens - 3 times (1983, 1994, 2007)
7. Parc Des Princes, Paris - 3 times (1956, 1975, 1981)
8. Prater Stadium, Vienna - 3 times (1964, 1987, 1990)
9. San Siro, Milan - 3 times (1965, 1970, 2001)
10. Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid - 3 times (1957, 1969, 1980)

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #164

Tighter than a gnat's chuff...
The Five Closest Finishes In English Top-Flight History

1. 1923-24
Huddersfield Town won the First Division title ahead of Cardiff City with a better goal average of 0.024. Both teams finished level on points and had the goal difference system been used, they’d have been level on that too. Under the goals scored system, Cardiff would have won the title by a single goal.

2. 1988-89
Arsenal won the First Division title Arsenal having scored 8 goals more than Liverpool. Both teams finished level on points and goal difference, so the title was decided on goals scored instead.

3. 1952-53
Arsenal won the First Division title ahead of Preston North End with a better goal average of 0.099. Both teams finished level on points and under the goal difference system, Arsenal would have won the title by 8 goals.

4. 1949-50
Portsmouth won the First Division title ahead of Wolves with a better goal average of 0.396. Both teams finished level on points and under the goal difference system, Portsmouth would have won the title by 9 clear goals.

5. 1964-65
Man United won the First Division title ahead of Leeds United with a better goal average of 0.686. Both teams finished level on points and under the goal difference system, Man United would have won the title by 19 clear goals.

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #163

The important ones...
13 World Cup Finals 'Milestone' Goals

1. 1st = Lucient Laurent (for France v Mexico, 1930)
2. 100th = Angelo Schiavio (for Italy v USA, 1934)
3. 200th = Harry Andersson (for Sweden v Cuba, 1938)
4. 300th = Chico (for Brazil v Spain, 1950)
5. 400th = Max Morlock (for West Germany v Turkey, 1954)
6. 500th = Bobby Collins (for Scotland v Paraguay, 1958)
7. 600th = Dražan Jerković (for Yugoslavia v Uruguay, 1962)
8. 700th = Pak Seung-Zin (for North Korea v Chile, 1966)
9. 800th = Gerd Muller (for West Germany v Bulgaria, 1970)
10. 900th = Héctor Yazalde (for Argentina v Haiti, 1974)
11. 1,000th = Rob Rensenbrink (for Netherlands v Scotland, 1978)
12. 1,500th = Claudio Caniggia (for Argentina v Nigeria, 1994)
13. 2,000th = Marcus Allbäck (for Sweden v England, 2006)

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #162

You'll win nothing with kids...
The 12 Youngest Managers And Coaches In The Premier League And Football League
(as at April 30 2010)

1. Eddie Howe, Bournemouth (aged 32, born November 29 1977)
2. Terry Skiverton, Yeovil Town (aged 34, born June 26 1975)
3. Roberto Martínez , Wigan Athletic (aged 36, born July 13 1973)
4. Chris Sutton, Lincoln City (aged 37, born March 10 1973)
5. Paul Tisdale, Exeter City (aged 37, born January 14 1973)
6. Lee Clark, Huddersfield Town (aged 37, born October 26 1972)
7. Andy Scott, Brentford (aged 37, born August 2 1972)
8. Paul Trollope, Bristol Rovers (aged 37, born June 3 1972)
9. Malky Mackay, Watford (aged 38, born February 19 1972)
10. Darren Ferguson, Preston North End (aged 38, born February 9 1973)
11. Roy Keane, Ipswich Town (aged 38, born August 10 1971)
12. Paul Peschisolido, Burton Albion (aged 38, born May 25 1971)

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #161

Make mine a Coke...
5 World Footballers Who Think That Stripping To The Waist And Daubing Themselves In Day-Glo Body Paint To Advertise Pepsi Will Enhance Their Credibility

1. Didier Drogba



2. Thierry Henry



3. Fernando Torres



4. Lionel Messi



5. Frank Lampard



(Images shown in no particular order of masculinity.)

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #160

Grounds for sharing
25 Instances Of European Football Clubs Sharing A Stadium

1. SK Sturm Graz and Grazer AK (UPC-Arena, Austria)
2. Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge (Jan Breydel Stadium, Belgium)
3. FC Inter and Turun Palloseura (Veritas Stadion, Finland)
4. Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich (Allianz Arena, Germany)
5. AEK Athens and Panathinaikos (Olympic Stadium, Greece)
6. Galway United and Mervue United (Terryland Park, Ireland)
7. Milan and Inter (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza 'San Siro', Italy)
8. Roma and Lazio (Stadio Olimpico, Italy)
9. Chievo and Verona (Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Italy)
10. Genoa and Sampdoria (Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Italy)
11. Juventus and Torino (Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Italy)
12. Atalanta and AlbinoLeffe (Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Italy)
13. Lyn and Skeid (Bislett Stadion, Norway)
14. Louletano DC and SC Farense (Estádio Algarve, Portugal)
15. Torpedo Moscow and Spartak Moscow (Luzhniki Stadium, Russia)
16. Dynamo Moscow and CSKA Moscow (Dynamo Stadium, Russia)
17. FC Ljubljana and NK Interblock (ZSD Ljubljana, Slovenia)
18. Hércules CF and Alicante CF (José Rico Pérez, Spain)
19. IFK Norrköping and IK Sleipner (Idrottsparken, Sweden)
20. IFK Göteborg, GAIS and Örgryte IS (Gamla Ullevi, Sweden)
21. IF Elfsborg and Norrby IF (Borås Arena, Sweden)
22. Halmstads BK and IS Halmia (Örjans vall, Sweden)
23. FC Zürich and Grasshopper-Club Zürich (Letzigrund, Switzerland)
24. Altay and Göztepe (İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu, Turkey)
25. Dynamo Kyiv and Arsenal Kyiv (Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Ukraine)

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #159

Hot shots
The 14 highest goal tallies for a single season by teams in England's top flight since World War II

1. 115 (Tottenham, 1960/61 (finished 1st))
2. 111 (Tottenham, 1962/63 (finished 2nd))
3. 110 (Wolves, 1958/59 (finished 1st))
4. 106 (Wolves, 1959/60 (finished 2nd))
5. 104 (Man City, 1957/58 (finished 5th))
6. 104 (Tottenham, 1956/57 (finished 2nd))
7. 103 (Wolves, 1960/61 (finished 3rd))
8. 103 (Man United, 1958/59 (finished 2nd))
9. 103 (Wolves, 1957/58 (finished 1st))
10. 103 (Man United, 1956/57 (finished 1st))
11. 102 (Burnley, 1960/61 (finished 4th))
12. 102 (Man United, 1959/60 (finished 7th))
13. 101 (Burnley, 1961/62 (finished 2nd))
14. 100 (Preston, 1957/58 (finished 2nd))

The highest number of goals scored in the Premier League is 97 by Man United in 1999/2000 (finished 1st). Chelsea have this season scored 84 goals with five games left to be played.

The (Good) Friday List of Little or No Consequence #158

A sign of things to come...?
Eight Iconic Managers And Their Record After Ten Games Played

1. Jose Mourinho at Chelsea: W8 D2 L0
2. Bill Shankly at Liverpool: W6 D1 L3
3. Bobby Robson at Ipswich Town: W5 D4 L1
4. Arsene Wenger at Arsenal: W5 D3 L2
5. Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United: W4 D3 L3
6. Bill Nicholson at Tottenham Hotspur: W3 D1 L6
7. Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest: W2 D5 L3
8. Don Revie at Leeds United: W2 D3 L5

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #157

Few and far between
The 9 Players Who Scored During The Premier League's Lowest Scoring Weekend Of November 24th/25th 2001

1. Les Ferdinand (for Tottenham v West Ham)
2. Thierry Henry (2 goals for Arsenal v Man United)
3. Emile Heskey (for Liverpool v Sunderland)
4. Hassan Kachloul (for Aston Villa v Leeds)
5. Freddie Ljungberg (for Arsenal v Man United)
6. Marian Pahars (for Southampton v Charlton)
7. Paul Scholes (for Man United v Arsenal)
8. Alan Shearer (for Newcastle v Derby)
9. Alan Smith (for Leeds v Aston Villa)

The weekend of November 24th and 25th saw only ten goals scored in the Premier League. The results were as follows:

Bolton 0 Fulham 0; Chelsea 0 Blackburn 0; Leicester 0 Everton 0; Newcastle 1 Derby 0; Southampton 1 Charlton 0; West Ham 0 Tottenham 1; Arsenal 3 Man United 1; Leeds 1 Aston Villa 1; Liverpool 1 Sunderland 0; Middlesbrough 0 Ipswich 0.

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #156

"Well they don't come much better than that..."
The 36 Winners Of The BBC's 'Goal Of The Season' Competition

1. Ernie Hunt (for Coventry City v Everton, 1970–71)
2. Ronnie Radford (for Hereford United v Newcastle United, 1971–72)
3. Peter Osgood (for Chelsea v Arsenal, 1972–73)
4. Alan Mullery (for Fulham v Leicester City, 1973–74)
5. Mickey Walsh (for Blackpool v Sunderland, 1974–75)
6. Gerry Francis (for Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool, 1975–76)
7. Terry McDermott (for Liverpool v Everton, 1976–77)
8. Archie Gemmill (for Nottingham Forest v Arsenal, 1977–78)
9. Ray Kennedy (for Liverpool v Derby County, 1978–79)
10. Justin Fashanu (for Norwich City v Liverpool, 1979–80)
11. Tony Morley (for Aston Villa v Everton, 1980–81)
12. Cyrille Regis (for West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City, 1981–82)
13. Kenny Dalglish (for Scotland v Belgium, 1982–83)
14. Danny Wallace (for Southampton v Liverpool, 1983–84)
15. Graeme Sharp (for Everton v Liverpool, 1984–85)
16. Bryan Robson (for England v Israel, 1985–86)
17. Keith Houchen (for Coventry City v Tottenham Hotspur, 1986–87)
18. John Aldridge (for Liverpool v Nottingham Forest, 1987–88)
19. John Aldridge (for Liverpool v Everton, 1988–89)
20. Ian Wright (for Crystal Palace v Manchester United, 1989–90)
21. Paul Gascoigne (for Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal, 1990–91)
22. Mickey Thomas (for Wrexham v Arsenal, 1991–92)
23. Dalian Atkinson (for Aston Villa v Wimbledon, 1992–93)
24. Rod Wallace (for Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur, 1993–94)
25. Matthew Le Tissier (for Southampton v Blackburn Rovers, 1994–95)
26. Tony Yeboah (for Leeds United v Wimbledon, 1995–96)
27. Trevor Sinclair (for Queens Park Rangers v Barnsley, 1996–97)
28. Dennis Bergkamp (for Arsenal v Leicester City, 1997–98)
29. Ryan Giggs (for Manchester United v Arsenal, 1998–99)
30. Paolo Di Canio (for West Ham United v Wimbledon, 1999–00)
31. Shaun Bartlett (for Charlton Athletic v Leicester City, 2000–01)
32. Wayne Rooney (for Manchester United v Middlesbrough, 2004–05)
33. Steven Gerrard (for Liverpool v West Ham United, 2005–06)
34. Wayne Rooney (for Manchester United v Bolton Wanderers, 2006–07)
35. Emmanuel Adebayor (for Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur, 2007–08)
36. Glen Johnson (for Portsmouth v Hull City, 2008–09)

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #155

Licenced to Skill
23 People That Have Earned A UEFA Pro Licence For Coaching

1. Tony Adams
2. Sam Allardyce
3. Phil Brown
4. George Burley
5. Iain Dowie
6. Dario Gradi
7. Mark Hughes
8. Chris Hughton
9. Joe Jordan
10. Roy Keane
11. Brian Laws
12. Sammy Lee
13. Mick McCarthy
14. Steve McClaren
15. Mark McGhee
16. Gary Megson
17. Tony Mowbray
18. Alan Pardew
19. Stuart Pearce
20. Bryan Robson
21. Gareth Southgate
22. Peter Withe
23. Nigel Worthington

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #154

Pass the Brasso...
The 34 Competitions Won By Sir Alex Ferguson While In Charge Of Manchester United Since 1986

1. FA Cup 1989-90
2. Charity Shield 1990
3. UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 1990-91
4. UEFA Super Cup 1991
5. League Cup 1991-92
6. Premier League 1992-93
7. Charity Shield 1993
8. Premier League 1993-94
9. FA Cup 1993-94
10. Charity Shield 1994
11. Premier League 1995-96
12. FA Cup 1995-96
13. Charity Shield 1996
14. Premier League 1996-97
15. Charity Shield 1997
16. Premier League 1998-99
17. FA Cup 1998-99
18. UEFA Champions League 1998-99
19. FIFA Intercontinental Cup 1999
20. Premier League 1999-2000
21. Premier League 2000-01
22. Premier League 2002-03
23. Charity Shield 2003
24. FA Cup 2003-04
25. League Cup 2005-06
26. Premier League 2006-07
27. Community Shield 2007
28. Premier League 2007-08
29. UEFA Champions League 2007-08
30. FIFA World Club Cup 2008
31. Community Shield 2008
32. League Cup 2008-09
33. Premier League 2008-09
34. League Cup 2009-10

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #153

CurioUSly named
14 Defunct American Soccer Teams With Interesting Or Amusing Names

1. Bethlehem Hungarian
2. Bricklayers and Masons FC
3. Chattanooga Express
4. El Paso/Juarez Gamecocks
5. Hawaii Tsunami
6. Holley Carburetor FC
7. Indiana Flooring
8. New Brunswick Hungarian Americans
9. Ohio Xoggz
10. Permian Basin Shooting Stars
11. Philadelphia Ukrainians
12. San Diego Top Guns
13. San Jose Frogs
14. Syracuse Salty Dogs