Portal:English football/Did you know
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- ...that the England national football team has only had fifteen managers (Glenn Hoddle pictured) since the position was made a full-time post in 1946?
- ...that the first ever golden goal was scored in the Cromwell Cup final at Bramall Lane, Sheffield in 1868, giving Sheffield Wednesday a 1-0 victory?
- ...that the England national football team trained on the football pitch of the Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College, as it is the only one identical to the one in Russia on which they played in October 2007?
- ...that Harry Newbould was the first-ever manager of Derby County F.C.?
- ...that the 1976 Football League Cup win made Tony Book the first to so as both a player and manager?