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The Scottish Ryder Cup captains (pre-2010) by the proportion of points they obtained in each Ryder Cup they were captain for
Sports people that look like vegetables
- Iain Dowie - Potato
- Gavin Henson - Carrot
- Andy Murray - Spring Onion
- Wayne Rooney - Cauliflower/Cabbage/lettuce
- Rebecca Adlington - Turnip
The teams in UEFA European Cup Qualifying Group G by the percentage of all births in 2006that were to women under the age of 20 (UNECE figures except where stated)
Reasons I dislike Levi jeans
- The stitching on the back pockets
- Putting the size on the brand patch at the back so everyone can see it.
- None of the cuts they offer match my legs
- I imagine them to be the jeans that Jeremy Clarkson wears
- They are the jeans of choice for people who want to buy label jeans but don't want to put any effort into buying jeans.
The times Arsenal have been runners up in the Premier League by the number of points they finished behind the eventual champions
Pre-season predictions for the winners of the 2010/11 English football leagues
- Premier League - Chelsea
- Championship - Queens Park Rangers
- League One - Huddersfield Town
- League Two - Rotherham
- Blue Square Premier - Luton Town
The 5 best players at the 2010 World Cup that I had heard of before it started
- Villa
- Xavi
- Schweinsteiger
- Forlan
- Sneijder
The 5 best players at the 2010 World Cup that I had not heard of before it started
- Ozil
- Mueller
- Ponce
- Honda
- Lucio
My top 5 managers at the 2010 World Cup (in order)
List by Sharon
- Joachim Low (Germany)
- Paul Le Guen (Cameroon)
- Sven Goran Eriksson (Ivory Coast)
- Fabio Capello (England)
- Diego Maradona (Argentina)
Things England fans almost invariably hate after England are knocked out of the World Cup
- The England player that missed the penalty
- The England player that got sent off
- The opposition player that got the England player sent off
- The referee that sent the England player off
- The England manager
The best named players at the World Cup
- Waldo Ponce (Chile)
- Macbeth Sibaya (South Africa)
- Shane Smeltz (New Zealand)
- Georgie Welcome (Honduras)
- Danny Shittu (Nigeria)
Teams that have qualified from the group stages of the World Cup every time they have been involved in it
- Ukraine
- Ghana
- Cuba
- West Germany
- Denmark
Other than 1966, the only teams England have ever beaten in the knock-out stages of the World Cup as a proportion of their population compared to England's population (shown as the red line)
Teams that have never qualified from the group stages of the World Cup but have a chance to do so in 2010 (predicted before the tournament)
- Algeria
- Greece
- Ivory Coast
- Serbia
- Slovenia
My pre-tournament predictions of teams that might make the quarter final but won't win the tournament
List by: Neil
- Serbia
- Ghana
- England
- Holland
- Mexico
The Top 5 Worst World Cup kits
- Slovenia (away) 2010
- Mexico (goalkeeper) 1994
- Mexico (goalkeeper) 1998
- West Germany (away) 1986
- Scotland (away) 1990
Technological advances to improve the World Cup (onfield)
List by: Neil
- Sensors on boots and shin pads to determine accurately if contact is made with an opponent.
- All players must wear elbow length gloves with sensors to determine hand balls.
- Swear Box: offending players must run to the touchline to get some money from their kit bag and then run to the other side of the pitch to deposit before being allowed to continue.
- A Star-trek style handheld medical diagnostic tool to instantly validate on-field injuries.
- Electrodes that give attacking players a small but noticeable electric shock every time they drift offside.
Technological Advances to improve the World Cup (off field)
List by: Neil
- Acoustic filtering system to automatically adjust John Motson's voice from becoming over excited and squeaky
- Ref-Cam: see the action from the referee’s point-of-view.
- On screen real time flame trail when ball is shot at goal
- Hawkeye reviews of free-kicks and blocked shots.
- Half-time team talks using listsof5things.com to discuss 5 areas of team improvement or 5 players most likely to get subbed.
Memorable England World Cup Goals (in my lifetime)
List by: Neil
- Beckham v Argentina 2002
- Platt v Belgium 1990
- Owen v Argentina 1998
- Linekar v Germany 1990
- Crouch v Trinidad & Tobago 2006
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