Chapter 2 is the scorelines. On 12 September 1885 Arbroath beat Bon Accord 36–0 in the Scottish Cup, with John Petrie scoring 13, while on the same afternoon Dundee Harp beat Aberdeen Rovers 35–0. In Madagascar in 2002, SO l’Emyrne scored 149 goals into their own net against AS Adema in protest at a refereeing decision in an earlier match; their coach was banned for three years. In 2001 Australia beat American Samoa 31–0 in a World Cup qualifier, and Archie Thompson’s 13 goals set an international record; passport problems had left American Samoa with one eligible senior player and three 15-year-olds. At the 2014 World Cup, Germany scored four goals in six minutes against hosts Brazil on the way to a 7–1 win, Brazil’s first competitive home defeat since 1975. And in Istanbul in 2005, Liverpool trailed Milan 3–0 at half-time in the Champions League final, scored three in six minutes and won on penalties. You guess how the 149–0 happened and scratch for the half-time score.
25 Football Stories So Crazy They Sound Made Up is a set of true football stories in seven short chapters, each on its own page. Tap the right side of the screen for the next slide and the left side to go back, hold to pause, and use the button at the end of a chapter for the next one. Three parts are written live by AI and labelled: a read of your answers, the Dugout and a what-if scene. The AI is told not to invent facts and can still make mistakes; if it is busy, a hand-written text appears instead and says so.
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