1. In 2006 Marius Cioara was sold by romanian club UT Arad to Regal Hornia for 15 kilograms of sausage meat. But left after a day as his new team mates took the piss out of him relentlessly for it.
2. Hartlepool United FC is nicknamed the "monkey-hangers" after a supposed incedent where locals lynched a monkey
3. Barcelona fans are called "culés" because in an old Barcelona stadium some people seated on the walls so when people drove by they could see the asses of the fans watching the game. Culo = ass in Spanish. Since Catalan seems like a mixing of French and Spanish, it makes sense that they are called Culés
4. The Italian football club Juventus F.C. derived its famous black-and-white striped kits from Notts County. Juventus have played in black and white striped shirts, with white shorts, sometimes black shorts since 1903. Originally, they played in pink shirts with a black tie, which only occurred due to the wrong shirts being sent to them. Juventus asked one of their team members, Englishman John Savage, if he had any contacts in England who could supply new shirts in a colour that would better withstand the elements. He had a friend who lived in Nottingham, who being a Notts County supporter, shipped out the black and white striped shirts to Turin.
5. The season after winning their first mls cup in 06 the Houston Dynamo started the 07 season very poorly earning 7 points from their first 8 games. After this point they went on a run winning their next 5 and only giving up 3 goals in the next 10 games including holding their opponents to a mls record 726 scoreless streak.
What did they attribute the turn around to? Playing Justin Timberlakes Sexy Back in the locker room before each match.
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