- We will write six short articles in series "Interesting facts about Football
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6 . The World's First Football Club was the English Sheffield Football Club. It was founded in 1857 by Colonel Nathaniel Cresswick and Major William Priest, two British Army officers.
7 . The very first game of basketball was played with a soccer ball.
8 . Football players run an average of 9.65 kms during every game.
9 . Football goalies didn't have to wear different coloured shirts from their teammates until 1913.
10 . Based on video evidence, one of the fastest ever scored was in 2.8 seconds by Ricardo Olivera (Uruguay) in December 1998.