In 1996, a firm of Isle of Wight undertakers, William Hall of Newchurch, were offering coffins in the colours of the deceased favourite football teams. Punters were dying to take advantage of the offer.
In 1997, former Walsall captain Peter Hart announced that he was returning to the town, as the vicar of the local St Mary's Church.
The Rev Keith Sinclair, was annoyed at the staging of a league match between nearby Aston Villa and Chelsea, on a Sunday morning in March 1999, suggesting that it would affect attendance at his Sunday service. So he had the church bells rung all through the televised game.
Luton Town's first game at Kenilworth Road in 1905 was known as "The Green Game. The Hatters met Plymouth Argyle who played in green, the referee's surname was Green and the match was sponsored by a local brewer named Green.
Forfar Athletic's ground is the furthest "league" ground away from a railway station in Britain, both Arbroath and Dundee's stations are 14 miles away. Forfar's ground is known as Station Park. Once known as Angus FC, the original club dispersed and their reserves reformed as the Loons, Forfar Athletic.
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