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Interesting Facts About Football You Didn't Know About (PART 3) ASEC Abidjan of Cote d’Ivoire was unbeaten for 108 games between 1989 and 1994. The Portuguese boast of scoring the world's greatest goals to game ratio of 1.77. The team has found the net an incredible 331 times in just 187 games for Sporting Lisbon between 1937 and 1949 (compared to Messi's 0.82 for Barcelona). Worldwide, there are 27 professional football clubs that take a Beatles song as their nickname - Villarreal in Spain being the most famous (the Yellow Submarines). Neil Armstrong originally wanted to take a football to the moon - but NASA deemed it to be un-American. The ball used in professional football has remained exactly the same size and shape for 120 years - 28inches in circumference. More than 80% of the world’s footballs are manufactured in Pakistan. The first live coverage of a football match was shown on television in 1937. It was a practice match Arsenal played at Highbury stadium. A total of 20 red cards were shown in a match played between Sportivo Ameliano and General Caballero in Paraguay. In 1978, Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson was fired for swearing at a lady. Ryan Giggs' (of Manchester United) dad was a professional Rugby League player.