New Posts For Thread: World Cup trivia threadhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31903349/world-cup-trivia-threadPast or present, stats, facts or a bit of trivia, feel free to post your own.Since odds were first listed in 1966, the eventual champion that had the longest odds to win the World Cup was Italy at 18/1.Essam El-Hadary (Egypt) was the oldest player evAndreas Brehme is the only player to score penalties with his left foot and his right foot , 1986 and 1990https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31903349/world-cup-trivia-thread?post_id=565414779#565414779Andreas Brehme is the only player to score penalties with his left foot and his right foot , 1986 and 1990Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:02:11 -0500I posted this so many times in the past it is not news.All the goals in the 1986 final in Mexico City (3-2 Argentina v West Germany) were scored by players wearing odd numbered shirts (Brown 5, Valdano 9, Burruchaga 7, Rummenigge 11, Voller 17)Alessahttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31903349/world-cup-trivia-thread?post_id=565414517#565414517I posted this so many times in the past it is not news.All the goals in the 1986 final in Mexico City (3-2 Argentina v West Germany) were scored by players wearing odd numbered shirts (Brown 5, Valdano 9, Burruchaga 7, Rummenigge 11, Voller 17)AlessaMon, 08 Jun 2026 07:24:43 -0500Susquehanna you are a star.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31903349/world-cup-trivia-thread?post_id=565414501#565414501Susquehanna you are a star.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:05:47 -0500England's preparations for 1950 World cup... Before flying to Brazil, the FA had deemed it too costly to leave early for the players to acclimatise to the high temperatures and humidity of South America. A kick-about in an empty Wembley Stadium was fhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31903349/world-cup-trivia-thread?post_id=565412977#565412977England's preparations for 1950 World cup... Before flying to Brazil, the FA had deemed it too costly to leave early for the players to acclimatise to the high temperatures and humidity of South America. A kick-about in an empty Wembley Stadium was fSun, 07 Jun 2026 08:21:11 -0500Scotland fans were going to travel to Argentina on submarine ,to win World Cup with legendary Scottish bookmaker Jim Tait in 1978, unfortunately neither happened.Still beat Hollland though and Archie Gemmil scored one of greatest World Cup goals everhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31903349/world-cup-trivia-thread?post_id=565412935#565412935Scotland fans were going to travel to Argentina on submarine ,to win World Cup with legendary Scottish bookmaker Jim Tait in 1978, unfortunately neither happened.Still beat Hollland though and Archie Gemmil scored one of greatest World Cup goals everSun, 07 Jun 2026 08:02:38 -0500yeah, must have been a simple admin error, Ancelotti has also been corrected, original date was his first game, now it's his actual appointment date, the rest all correct as well.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31903349/world-cup-trivia-thread?post_id=565412405#565412405yeah, must have been a simple admin error, Ancelotti has also been corrected, original date was his first game, now it's his actual appointment date, the rest all correct as well.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 01:55:36 -0500Susquehanna,Noticed that you'd been posting photos recently on the thread I use myself over on the Labs Chat Forum.Hope you don't mind me raising it but something caught my eye this morning on your latest one, namely the Mauricio Pochettino's 'Hired'https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31903349/world-cup-trivia-thread?post_id=565412377#565412377Susquehanna,Noticed that you'd been posting photos recently on the thread I use myself over on the Labs Chat Forum.Hope you don't mind me raising it but something caught my eye this morning on your latest one, namely the Mauricio Pochettino's 'Hired'Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:55:54 -0500Carlo Ancelotti was Italy's assistant manager at the World Cup in 1994 in which they reached the final, I didn't actually know this til I heard it today. They lost to Brazil, and of course 32 years later he's managing Brazil.https://www.reddit.com/r/https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31903349/world-cup-trivia-thread?post_id=565412235#565412235Carlo Ancelotti was Italy's assistant manager at the World Cup in 1994 in which they reached the final, I didn't actually know this til I heard it today. They lost to Brazil, and of course 32 years later he's managing Brazil.https://www.reddit.com/r/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:07:26 -0500I noticed that BBC Scotland have sent an Irish Rugby player to the States to cover Scotland's campaign. Great use of tv license fee payers' money there. Mind you, he's more coherent than some of the actual football pundits, tbf.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31903349/world-cup-trivia-thread?post_id=565411843#565411843I noticed that BBC Scotland have sent an Irish Rugby player to the States to cover Scotland's campaign. Great use of tv license fee payers' money there. Mind you, he's more coherent than some of the actual football pundits, tbf.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:41:39 -0500the old elland Rd also used to have lots of space behind goal between fans and the pitch,those semi circle/arc shapes at goodion were iconic ,should have kept them because that fenced in away end btm tier behind goal was the worst viewing terrace ehttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31903349/world-cup-trivia-thread?post_id=565410369#565410369the old elland Rd also used to have lots of space behind goal between fans and the pitch,those semi circle/arc shapes at goodion were iconic ,should have kept them because that fenced in away end btm tier behind goal was the worst viewing terrace eSat, 06 Jun 2026 09:31:02 -0500