Rules of the Game: An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a throw-in taken by a teammate.
Rules of the Game: A free kick awarded to the defending team inside its own goal area can be taken from any point within the goal area.
The mascot for the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina was a boy character named Gauchito.
Liverpool has won more European titles (5) than any other team in England.
American Bert Patenaude scored the first hat trick in World Cup history in a 3-0 victory over Paraguay in 1930.