Plus: domestic duopolies, when kick-ins replaced throw-ins and the last striped team to win the English top flight
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“Marc Guiu became Chelsea’s youngest-ever Champions League goalscorer against Ajax, only to have the record snatched away from him by Estêvão 30 minutes later. What other examples of rapidly lost records are there in the world of football? What’s the record for the shortest-held record?” asks Matt Prior.
Given the predilection of those involved in football to flaunt their wad, transfer records are fertile ground for this kind of question. The first example that comes to mind is in the summer of 1995, when the British transfer record was broken twice. First Arsenal paid £7.5m for Inter’s Dennis Bergkamp; 15 days later, Liverpool bought Stan Collymore from Nottingham Forest for £8.5m.
£515,000 David Mills (Middlesbrough to West Brom, January)
£1m Trevor Francis (Birmingham to Nottm Forest, February)
£1.45m Steve Daley (Wolves to Man City, September)
£1.5m Andy Gray (Aston Villa to Wolves, September)
£900,000 Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave to Chelsea, January)
£1m Olivia Smith (Liverpool to Arsenal, July)
£1.1m Lizbeth Ovalle (Tigres to Orlando Pride, August)
£1.43m Grace Geyoro (PSG to London City Lionesses, September)
Continue reading…Plus: domestic duopolies, when kick-ins replaced throw-ins and the last striped team to win the English top flightMail us with your questions and answers“Marc Guiu became Chelsea’s youngest-ever Champions League goalscorer against Ajax, only to have the record snatched away from him by Estêvão 30 minutes later. What other examples of rapidly lost records are there in the world of football? What’s the record for the shortest-held record?” asks Matt Prior.Given the predilection of those involved in football to flaunt their wad, transfer records are fertile ground for this kind of question. The first example that comes to mind is in the summer of 1995, when the British transfer record was broken twice. First Arsenal paid £7.5m for Inter’s Dennis Bergkamp; 15 days later, Liverpool bought Stan Collymore from Nottingham Forest for £8.5m.£515,000 David Mills (Middlesbrough to West Brom, January)£1m Trevor Francis (Birmingham to Nottm Forest, February)£1.45m Steve Daley (Wolves to Man City, September)£1.5m Andy Gray (Aston Villa to Wolves, September)£900,000 Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave to Chelsea, January)£1m Olivia Smith (Liverpool to Arsenal, July)£1.1m Lizbeth Ovalle (Tigres to Orlando Pride, August)£1.43m Grace Geyoro (PSG to London City Lionesses, September) Continue reading…
