![]() When Gabriel Batistuta scored for Fiorentina against Arsenal in 1999 in the Champions League, it was claimed that the legendary striker could speak Welsh - thanks to his Patagonian roots. That means that there are Welsh speakers in Patagonia, leading to a strange and spectacular urban legend around the fall of Wembley Stadium. Welsh settlers moved to Argentina in the 1800s. The last Wembley scorer (probably) wasn't Welsh-speaking Scholesy was more than capable of hitting that tree - but the story of him challenging Cristiano to a tree-off was a fabrication that seems to have spread across the internet, unfortunately. The closest that we have to that story from a reliable source is Rio Ferdinand claiming, "He'll do ridiculous things in training like say, 'You see that tree over there?' - it'll be 40 yards away - 'I'm going to hit it'". But Ronaldo never came out with those words. He asked me to do the same I kicked about 10 times, but still couldn't hit it, with that accuracy. "He said, 'I'm going to hit it in one shot.' He kicked and hit the tree. After I finished, Scholes took the ball and pointed to a tree which was about 50m from where we were standing. "Once I was showing my skills to Scholes. Read part one of the series: Football’s Believe it or not: 10 most bizarre but true stories."When we were in training, I used to do a lot of tricks which hardly any players at the club could do," Cristiano Ronaldo apparently once said. He was subsequently injured and couldn’t continue which meant he was replaced by reserve player John Fallon. As he went about his pre-match routine, a fan threw the brick in his direction. ![]() Ronnie Simpson of Celtic was hit on the head by a brick as he warmed up for a match against Racing Club of Argentina in 1967. The fan explained he was being bullied which prompted Balotelli to go to the school with the boy and his mother and demand to see the headmaster to sort the incident out. A young fan asked Balotelli for an autograph at training which prompted the Italian to ask why he wasn’t at school. Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli stormed into the office of a headmaster in 2011. Without thinking he naturally answered and an angry referee sent the trainer off which meant he was restricted from the dug out for the rest of the game. Dave Nicholls was treating a player on the pitch when his phone started to ring in his pocket. “Honey! I’m busy!”Ī trainer was sent off in 2005 when he answered his mobile phone in the middle of the pitch. However, it was a caution with a difference because the Chilean was dressed as Captain Hook as the police asked him various questions related to his driving skills. Newcastle United midfielder Clarence Acuna was pulled over by police after attending the club’s Christmas party in 1999. He suggested a way to make the women’s game more popular would be to bring in more feminine clothing such as much tighter shorts. Sepp Blatter, the head of FIFA, didn’t exactly cover himself in glory when he was answering questions about the women’s game in 2004. The gaffer was apparently unhappy with Bonetti’s lack of effort throughout the game and hurled the chicken at the player through his frustration. Grimsby Town manager Brian Laws is alleged to have thrown a plate of chicken wings at Ivano Bonetti in 1996 after the team had lost a match. The coach complained as he struggled to regain authority and control after the joke had been told. The country’s FA decided to punish the players as someone told a joke which caused the whole squad to fall about laughing. The Chile Under-20 squad were fined in 2002 for laughing. He said he watched his first game aged four-years-old and attended over 1,800 home matches in a row making him one of the loyalist supporters the club has ever had. Norman Windram, a lifelong Manchester United fan, claimed in 2002 to have been at every Manchester United match at Old Trafford since 1926. In the process he threw his medical bag to the ground, opened a bottle of chloroform and then collapsed to the ground as he’d knocked himself out. A dose of his own medicineĭuring the 1930 World Cup semifinal between Argentina and the United States, the American trainer sprinted onto the pitch to argue with the referee. ![]() The match descended into a massive brawl which forced the referee to abandon the game before going into each dressing room and showing nine red cards per team. Jose Manuel Barro Escandon went a little bit card crazy in a match involving first division teams Recreativo Linense and Saladillo de Algeciras. Following up on the earlier article – Football’s Believe it or not – I have compiled more of the most bizarre, strange and funny stories from the world of football.
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