1-The First time
that a Scottish Player, who was born in England, captained Scotland was on May
28th, 1977. Bruce Rioch skippered his nation vs. Wales (May 28,
1977, Home Championship, Wales 0-Scotland 0)
He was born in
Aldershot.
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Photo
From: Panini World Cup 1978
(Bruce
Rioch)
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2- The first
time that a Soviet player joined a West German club was on August 2, 1989. Alexander Borodjiuik Joined Schalke in the second Division
from Dynamo Moscow.
Just over a week
later, On August 10th, Igor Belanov became the first ever-Soviet
player to join the Bundesliga, when he signed for Borussia Moenchengladbach.
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Photo
From: kicker_WM-Sonderheft_1990
(Alexander Borodjiuik)
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Photo
From: Onze, Issue 151, July 1988
(Igor
Belanov and Adri van Tiggelen, June 25, 198, European Championship, Holland
2-USSR 0)
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3-The first time
that a British goalkeeper was sold for over £1million was in the summer of 1989, when Nigel Martyn joined Crystal
Palace from Bristol Rovers.
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Photo
From: Panini World Cup 1998
(Nigel
Martyn)
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4-The first time that a player received a yellow card in the
World Cup was on May 31, 1970, when USSR’s Evgeny Lovchev was booked in the
inaugural match of the Tournamant (May 31, 1970, World Cup, Mexico 0-USSR 0)
5- The first time that the Republic of Ireland National team
traveled by air was for a friendly vs. Portugal at Lisbon (June 16, 1946, Portugal
3-Republic of Ireland 1)
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Photo
from: Football Association of Ireland, 75 Years, Author Peter Byrne, 1996
(Republic
of Ireland squad, June 16, 1946, Portugal 3- Republic of Ireland 1)
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