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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Ten Cricketers Who Never Got Their Name On The Honours Board At Lords


1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Brian Lara
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Shane Warne
5. Curtly Ambrose
6. Mike Gatting
7. Javed Miandad
8. Muttiah Muralitharan
9. Michael Atherton
10. Clive Lloyd

Friday, July 08, 2011

Average Pop Song Length By Decade*


1. 2010's: 4'26"
2. 1990's: 4'14"
3. 2000's: 4'10"
4. 1980's: 4'08"
5. 1970's: 3'55"
6. 1960's: 2'59"
7. 1940's: 2'41"
8. 1950's: 2'36"

*Courtesy of The Billboard Experiment

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

The First All-Foreign Starting XI in the Premier League


1. Ed de Goey (NETHERLANDS)
2. Dan Petrescu (ROMANIA)
3. Emerson Thome (BRAZIL)
4. Frank Leboeuf (FRANCE)
5. Celestine Babayaro (NIGERIA)
6. Albert Ferrer (SPAIN)
7. Didier Deschamps (FRANCE)
8. Gustavo Poyet (URUGUAY)
9. Roberto Di Matteo (ITALY)
10. Gabriele Ambrosetti (ITALY)
11. Tore Andre Flo (NORWAY)

(Southampton v CHELSEA, 26 December, 1999)

The Last All-English Starting XI in the Premier League


1. Michael Oakes
2. Steve Watson
3. Gareth Southgate
4. Ricardo Scimeca
5. Alan Wright
6. Paul Merson
7. Ian Taylor
8. Simon Grayson
9. Lee Hendrie
10. Dion Dublin
11. Julian Joachim

(ASTON VILLA v Coventry, 27 February 1999)