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Rudi Glöckner

• ... that Rudi Glöckner (pictured) had to be escorted off the pitch by 16 police officers after a 1976 football match?
• ... that Toluca FC recently won its first international title in 23 years?
• ... that the Vaticanese football team Rappresentativa OPBG played their first derby match against a team of nursing students?
• ... that the surname of a Trinidadian football assistant referee caught the attention of the British press during a 2022 match?
• ... that Ahmed Al-Kaf is the only Arab referee to officiate three AFC Champions League finals?
• ... that Pakistani football manufacturers make around 70 percent of the world's footballs?
• ... that Atanasie Protopopesco was the only man on Romania's 1924 Olympic football team not to hail from Austria-Hungary?
• ... that members of Stop The Game campaigned against a planned UEFA Nations League fixture between Ireland and Israel by throwing tennis balls onto the pitch?
• ... that Lazăr Sfera ripped through Don Welsh's shorts during a 1939 football match?

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