The World's Oldest Footballer


His name is Tercio Mariano de Rezende or usually people call him Tercao. As Guinness World Records had stated in 2007, he is the world's oldest footballer. At his age 87, he was retired from soccer and ended his career in Goiandira Esporte Clube, a local club in Brazil.




ROGER MILLA
28th June 1994 in Stanford Stadium, this Cameroon nationality striker made a record in his own name as the oldest footballer that played in World Cup. He was recorded in his age 42 years and 39 days old when he played for his country in the match between Cameroon against Russia. It was unique that in this match, he also scored a goal that made him become the oldest footballer that scored a goal in World Cup.



BILLY MEREDITH
He played for Wales when his country met England in 15th March 1920 in Highbury Stadium, he was listed as the oldest footballer who played in international level. His age at that time was 45 years and 229 days old.






JOHN RYAN
Before the end of the 2002-03 season of Conference Division in England, Doncaster Rovers Chairman, John Ryan was unexpectedly listed as a substitution in the match against Hereford United and he also entered into the game in last minute at the match. Although, he didn't touch the ball in this game, he succeeded to record his name as the oldest footballer that played in English Premier League. His age at that moment was 52 years and 11 months old.
Ryan beated old record, 52 years and 4 months, that was listed with the name Neil McBain, the manager of New Brighton who was forced to play because their only goalkeeper was injured when having a match with Hartlepool United in third division in 1947.

source : Tabloid Soccer (2007)
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The History of Old Trafford















Old Trafford is the ultimate football stadium. Given the nickname ‘The Theatre of Dreams’ by Sir Bobby Charlton, it has played host to some of the best players, teams and football contests for almost 100 years. Before Wembley Stadium was built (23 April 1923), Old Trafford was a place to hold many big matchs, including the final of FA Cup. Moreover, in 1939, the match between Wolverhampton and Grimsby had reached 76.962 people. This total itself was a capacity record for this massive stadium.

It became Manchester United’s home in 1910, but suffered extensive damage when it was bombed by Germany during World War II in 11 March 1941. The Red Devils relocated to Manchester City’s Maine Road stadium until the rebuilding of Old Trafford was completed in 1949.

The stadium, the largest club ground in Britain, is one of the finest in the world. An incredible 1,705,696 fans watched United play at Old Trafford in season 2005/06. Since work on the expansion of the stadium’s North-west and North-east quadrants was completed in summer 2006, Old Trafford’s capacity has reached in excess of 76,000, making it one of the most atmospheric and historic stadiums in the world.

Moreover, Manchester United has a big plan to renovate this stadium's capacity to 96,000 and it will become bigger than the Wembley Stadium. For Manchester United, Old Trafford is a part of their symbol of honor. So, from the beginning Red Devils always tries to build the stadium as good and big as possible.
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