Unusual/Notable stuff from around the football world.

The end of Argentina/Morocco yesterday, essentially the start of the Olympics, certainly belongs here: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/ar...s-invade-pitch

San Marino have doubled the number of wins they have recorded in their senior history tonight - beating Liechtenstein 1-0 in the Nations League, the exact same score against the exact same opposition as their only other win back in 2004.

That was a friendly though; this one is the Nations League and is their first ever competitive win. The San Marino fan Twitter account is going mental.

The celebrations!

There'll be sore heads in the morning!

It must fairly suck for Liechtenstein though. The one highlight of their season, ruined.

What a headline this is...

Romanian third-tier side punished for fielding ineligible player who 'they claimed couldn't identify himself because he was deaf mute and illiterate' - as they are forced to forfeit match and given six-point deduction

Sunderland West End v Yarm & Eaglescliffe in the Northern League Division Two at the weekend.

Sunderland West End 5-2 up into injury time.

Yarm & Eaglescliffe ended up winning 6-5.

Certainly up there with the more unusual antics of mascots...

Lazio fire far-right eagle mascot handler over his social media penis posts

Fair to say he's known for being on the, eh, hard right...

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/a...s/clydxyv94k8o

Quote:

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A Bulgarian top-flight team has apologised for holding a minute's silence for a former player, only to discover he is still alive...

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I dont know why but this made me laugh a lot.

'The situation was not pleasant, but in the end we have to be positive.'

Poured himself a brandy and seems happy to be facing into extra time!

Surprisingly not a unique issue - Ndaye Mulamba, one of Zaire's 1974 World Cup squad, had a minute's silence held for him at the 1998 African Cup of Nations, after he had apparently and very specifically died in a diamond mining accident in Angola. He lived another 20 years and used the occasion to try raise awareness of the way the World Cup squad in general had been mistreated in the meantime. Probably other examples too.

I don't know if they're less likely to happen now (because there's so much quick information) or more likely to happen now (because there's so much quick disinformation...)