6 facts about football around the world

1. Kenny Sansom in England's 3-1 win against France in Bilbao, Spain on 16th June 1982 was the first Arsenal player to appear for England in a FIFA World Cup Finals match.

2. Laurent Blanc, Jordi Cruyff, Mark Hughes, Henrik Larsson and Gerard Pique are the five players that have appeared for both Manchester United and Barcelona.

3. Héctor Raúl Cúper with Mallorca (ECWC 1999) & Valencia (Champions League 2000 & 2001)
and Arsène Wenger with AS Monaco (ECWC 1992) & Arsenal (UEFA Cup 2000 & Champions League 2006)
were the two managers have lost all three major European club competition Finals they've participated in.

4. Les Ferdinand (149 goals) and Emile Heskey (111 goals to date) were the two players have scored over 100 Premier League goals without ever scoring a penalty.

5. Brian McClair and Darren Fletcher (both 4 with Man United), Darren Ferguson (1 with Man United) and Colin Hendry (1 with Blackburn Rovers) were the four Scottish players have won English Premier League medals.

6. Aston Villa's Billy Walker in a 7-1 First Division win against Bradford City, 12th November 1921 was the first player to score a hat-trick of penalties in an English Top Flight League match.