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March, May and more: footballers scoring in months that match their names

Plus: goalkeepers sent off far from their penalty area, and the fastest spot-kicks ever awarded

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19

Is Neymar the first to bookend his international career with goals at the same venue?

Plus: national team colours that are different from flags; Senegal’s goal difference record setters; and Scotland’s unbeaten 1974 tournament

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8

Which player has scored the highest percentage of their team’s goals at a World Cup?

Plus: World Cup winners with no domestic honours, and why Australia are unofficial world champions

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17

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Which football club has had the fewest sponsor logos on their shirt?

Plus: biggest points deficit before a shock, worst-performing managers that helped win a title and keepers on corners

The Guardian - UK · May 27

What is the biggest football scoreline without anyone grabbing a hat-trick?

Plus: four different players scoring twice, winning a competition after being reinstated and injured physios (revisited)

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22

Who are the greatest footballers never to make an appearance in England?

Plus: scoring past three keepers in one day, highest ratio of European to domestic titles and a dream result

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15

Which team has gone furthest in Europe while being relegated in the same season?

Plus: teams who went out of Europe without losing a game, and rare competitive meetings

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8

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Has a team won the Champions League without beating any league champions?

Plus: top scorers for two clubs in one season; gaps between first goals and season openers and old under-21 players

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025

Players from one nation winning the men’s ‘big five’ leagues in a season

Plus: late-career goalscoring centurions, huge gaps between league title wins and trees on pitches

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2025

Second best: which manager has most titles a step down from top flight?

Plus: league-leading teams taking a nosedive, more statistically average seasons and final-day survival turnarounds

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025

Which football managers have followed legends with instant success?

Plus: footballers who put parenting first, title playoffs in Italy, and relegated Golden Boot winners

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2025

It’s all kicking off! Footballers shown yellow and red cards before games

Plus: more tables as works of art, record numbers of away wins in league matches and 1-11 shirt numbers

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2025

Which football teams have gone longest without conceding a goal in the league?

Plus: short men’s players scoring headers; Young Boys v Old Boys; and failing to go up with great goal differences

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2025

Charlton v China: when football club sides and national teams collide

Plus: more beautiful league tables and the three players you can find in the artwork of Oasis’ debut album

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2025

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The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2025

Georgi Kinkladze at Boca? European stars who played in South America

Plus: lethal shots on target in high-scoring games, no goals of the month, a Botafogo correction and more

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2025

Which football teams have won the league without a shirt sponsor?

Plus: non-football athletes wearing football crests on their kit; and teams who were sponsored by news organisations

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2024

Which football teams have won tournaments they did not qualify for?

Plus: teams who are hard to beat (and lose) to; more losers on open-top bus tours, and the kings of consecutive 0-0 draws

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024

What are the most lopsided derby scorelines in a football season?

Plus: early-season repeats of major finals, more unlikely objects lobbed on the pitch and the first club website

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The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024

Is Bayer Leverkusen’s 40-point increase between seasons a record?

Plus: very early promotions and relegations, and teams with multiple cups but no league titles in their trophy cabinets

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2024

Which football teams have won the most domestic cups in a row?

Plus: winning every domestic honour, the mother of all aggregate league drubbings and more

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2024

Has Xhaka set a record for a new signing by going 47 games unbeaten?

Plus: serial runners-up, long gaps between winning the same competition, terrible penalty shootouts and more

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2024

Has a footballer ever made a marriage proposal during a match?

Plus: managers taking charge of every club they played for and ‘winners’ after the 96th minute that turn out not to be winners

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2024

Football’s biggest points gaps between one position and the next

Plus: muted international goal celebrations, more short multi-divisional stadium-hopping and Greece taking an 1896 beating

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2023

Who are the highest-scoring non-top-scorers in a football season?

Plus: Champions League semi-finalists from cities with the same letter; another great escape and keepers converted

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2023

Places of worship: which football grounds are closest to churches?

Plus: scoring four or more and not being on the winning side (2); and champions who were relegated

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