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First World Cup
Held in Uruguay and only 7 teams participated. The tournament lasted 17 days. In the final game Uruguay bet Argentina 4-2 -
Sheffield Wednesday Betting Scandal
Players of Sheffield Wednesday (Tony Kay, David Layne, and Peter Swan) took part in the biggest betting scandal to hit english football -
Pele kicked out of World Cup
Pele went into this competition far from fit. In the 1st game he received some coarse challenges. He missed the 2nd game due to injury and returned to the final group game without fully recovering -
The Soccer War
It was a four day war. The war was fought between central American neighbors El Salvador and Honduras following the World Cup qualifier. They were already in a dispute over political matters -
Ibrox Disaster
The Celtic had an 89th minute lead in January's Old firm game. then Colin Stein scored a last minute equalizer. Barriers on stairway 13 crashed and caused a massive pile-up resulting in 66 deaths and 200 injuries. -
Moscow Stadium Diaster
Fatalities occurred when fans tried to return after previously leaving the game and a late goal was scored. Police officers pushed the fans down a narrow staircase. There was believed a total of 340 deaths, although Moscow officials claimed only 61 people had died and that the police did not push anyone. -
Cantona Kung-fu Kick
Cantona leaped at a palace fan who yelled insults at him. He attacked the fan by kicking him in the chest. He was then jailed, sentenced with 120 hours of community service and was banned from playing soccer for 8 months. -
FIFA Presidential Election
Sepp Blatter was challenged for presidency by Lennart Johansson (UEFA boss). -
Match Fixing-Robert Hoyzer
German referee (Robert Hoyzer) was jailed for illegally fixing matches. -
U.S. Women's Team Files Wage-discrimination
The U.S. Women's national team generated nearly $20 million more than the men's team this past year. Despite this, the women are paid only a quarter of what the men are.
