Part 1: Football's most bizarre incidents
Bahrain versus Togo
Last week a match was scheduled to take place between Bahrain and Togo. The AFC representatives went on to beat the African side by a score line of three goals to nil. However following the conclusion of the match it was found out that, the team posing to
be the Togo team was in fact a team of imposters. A BFA spokesperson told the press: “The very bad game of the 'Togolese' players surprised us, but then to discover that we had been dealing with a fake team was incredible.” Throughout the match the Togo team
played like a bunch of amateurs. The Togo sports minister soon after claimed that he had never been informed of the game, despite the match being organized through the proper channels like it should have been. The match was later referred to as a waste of
time by the Bahrain coach.
Karl Power
Quite possibly England's most popular prankster is Karl Power. In the past the player has gone on to joining Tim Henman during a Wimbledon match, walk on to the batting crease during countless cricket matches, his favourite time to do so being during the
Ashes. However he also managed to make his fair share of appearances on the football pitches as well. His most popular one being when he took the field in a Manchester United team jersey before the teams Champions League match with Bayern Munich and then went
on have his picture taken with the team during the pre-match session.
The 1958 World Cup that never was
A documentary made in Sweden in 2002, went on to claim that the 1958 World Cup that took place in Sweden, never really did take place, but was in fact a hoax. According to the documentary makers: 'The reason given for the hoax World Cup was that the tournament
was to serve as a Cold War exercise so the Americans could gauge the effect of television propaganda and utilise it.'
However it was later proven that the documentary was in fact the actual hoax and was used to prove that, people would believe almost anything to believe in historical denial, specifically the ones related to the holocaust era. The fact that celebrities like
Lennart Johansoon and former Swedish team internationals featured in the film, made it all the more believable, despite it being fake.
Ali Dia
One of the funniest moments in the Premier Leagues history took place in 1996. Southampton's manager, Grame Souness apparently received a call from George Weah, who recommended the team sign his cousin Ali Dia. It was later proved that it was in fact a friend
of the players who had made the call, while pretending to be the player. However Dia was sill signed by the side, but showed some of the worst performances seen on the pitch, the player later substituted himself out of the game and was never see playing in
the Premier League ever again.
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