Discover the stories of some of soccer's most iconic moments, from the heart-warming story of a player whose dying daughter asked him to leave the cancer ward to play in a European final, to the hilarious tale of a national team almost getting arrested for misunderstanding a word in English.

Introduction --1. When things spill over -- The soccer war -- A headbutt to honour his sister -- More red cards than players on the pitch -- Drawing blood at the Maracana -- 2. FootLOL tales -- The smell of disaster -- The psychic octopus -- Lying about your grandmother's death... Twice! -- That's just Scilly - the world's smallest soccer league -- Have a dig! -- Absolutely dental! -- Not too Xavi a dream -- A flying header -- Making a dog's dinner out of it -- Triple word sore -- 3. Superhuman stories -- The scorpion kick -- A pain in the neck -- The Kaiser -- Sportsmanship gone too far? -- The wonderkid that never was -- The Lionesses -- 4. When it's just plain bizarre -- The strangest match in modern history -- A 5-month-long game -- When the players couldn't see each other -- The worst soccer transfer of all time -- The most legend-dairy soccer transfer of all time -- Brotherly rivalry -- The angel with bent legs -- "I can give you a hand" - literally -- Rohypnol on the pitch -- Lasagne-gate -- Pizza-gate -- Red carded for being helpful -- The striker and the stolen necklace -- Free or duty free? Albanian team in hot water -- Luis Suárez's third bite of the cherry -- Yellow card, red card, hand gun -- The game of three halves -- Pickles the dog and the missing World Cup -- The goal that was "like a UFO landing" -- A very public World Cup poo -- Big shoes to fill -- Ali Dia - soccer's biggest fraudster -- Austria's very own Oliver Beerhoff -- From spectator to striker in the blink of an eye -- 5. Superstitions -- The bald Buddha -- Playing with no defenders to upkeep a superstition -- Shinpad superstitions -- 6. Feet feats -- A truly golden goal -- The most disastrous debut! -- The Lisbon Lions -- Villan's villain four goal fest -- Soccer's greatest fairytale -- The hand of God -- The most disliked underdog -- The greatest three leaf clover -- Liverpool's last gasp goal glut -- The Busby Babes - rising from the ashes -- Winning a tournament they didn't qualify for -- Brazil's greatest humiliation -- "Agüeroooooooooo..." -- The greatest cup run in the world -- The greatest striking partnership ever -- The greatest defending partnership ever -- 7. Unlucky, son! -- Ghana, take some time to recover from that one! -- Seeing black... then red! -- The Champions League that "slipped" away -- The ball is in orbit -- The world's worst tackle -- Missing more beautifully than others score -- 8. It's all politics -- The most politically charged game ever -- The known dictator story -- The less known and more obvious dictator story -- 9. The heart wrenchers -- Dead for 5 minutes -- Shot because of an own goal -- The game of their lives -- 10. The record breakers -- Zombie footballers? The world's longest match -- Extra... Extra... Extra time! -- Blink and you'll miss it -- Sardine spectator record - most fans in a stadium -- Where did THAT one come from? -- Giants of the game -- FFS! Red card at the speed of light... -- The greatest goal gulf of all time -- Bury me in my boots - I'll never hang them up! -- Most penalty misses in one game -- Red card for the ref -- The longest penalty shoot-out ever -- Temporary manager - shortest time on the job -- The Invincibles -- Top international goal scorer - Ronaldo -- Net-buster extraordinaire - Messi -- A quick favour -- References.