The most red cards in one football match is 20 – Interesting Football Facts

  • The most red cards dished out in one Foot-Ball game – according to the Guinness Book of Records – was an astonishing 20.”The incident occurred in league match between Sportivo Ameliano and General Caballero in Paraguay.”
  • In 1950 India withdrew from the World Cup because FIFA refused to let their team play barefoot.
  • Sir Stanley Matthews never received a booking in his 33 year long career.
  • The first FA Cup final was played in England in 1872 between Royal Engineers and Wanderers in front of 2,000 spectators.
  • The first international football match was played between Scotland and England in Glasgow, Scotland on 30th November 1872, in front of 4,000 spectators.
  • In 1998 English referee Martin Sylvester sent himself off after punching a player during a game in the Andover and District Sunday League.
  • The credit of being the youngest World Cup Football player goes to Mario Mendez from Uruguay. He was of 16 years 1 month and 5days old when he played his first match in World Cup of 1954.
  • Before Wayne Rooney made his debut in February 2003, England’s youngest ever football player was James F. M. Prinsep, who had held the record for more than 123 years.


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