There can’t be a much better start to pre-season than winning a match 27-0, which is exactly what Bayern Munich did this week against the unfortunate Rottach-Egern, who play in Germany’s ninth tier. Just imagine the damage if Thomas Tuchel’s side had secured their summer target Harry Kane. (In truth, there probably is a better start to a pre-season, and that’s to play a friendly that provides an actual challenge – Bayern beat the same opposition 23-0 in 2019 …)
Though it might seem unlikely that a match that had a scoreline of 18-0 at half-time – and in which three players eventually scored five goals each – is nowhere near the heaviest defeat of all time, there have been plenty of lopsided scorelines throughout football history. Here we take a look at some of the more surprising, excruciating and scandalous.
