Women's Football Was Banned for Fifty Years

On Boxing Day 1920, Dick, Kerr Ladies drew 53,000 spectators to Goodison Park with thousands more locked outside. Less than a year later the English FA banned women from using its grounds entirely. The ban stood until 1971.

The World Cup That Had No Final

The 1950 tournament was decided by a final group stage rather than a knockout final. It happened to end with Uruguay beating hosts Brazil at the Maracanã in front of a crowd estimated near 200,000 — still the largest ever to watch a football match.