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unusual facts about Kick Off



Dino Dini

According to an article on the GameSpot website, Dini created influential titles such as Kick Off (1989), Player Manager (1990), Dino Dini's Goal (1993), and Dino Dini's Football (1994).


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1895 FA Cup Final

From the kick-off, John Devey, the Villa centre-forward, swung the ball out to his inside-left, Dennis Hodgetts.

1926 FA Cup Final

In the hour before kick-off, the crowd was entertained by the bands of the Royal Engineers and the Chatham Naval Dockyard.

1973 Ohio State vs. Michigan football game

Gil Chapman, Michigan's punt returner returned OSU's ensuing kick-off all the way to the OSU 27-yard line.

1988 New Zealand rugby league season

Prior to kick-off Graham Brazier performed the New Zealand national anthem.

2009 World Club Challenge

When returning the following kick-off as well the Sea Eagles scored again, this time Shane Rodney made a break 25m from his own line and got to the Leeds 40m line before finding L'Estrange in support who in turn popped a pass to Steve Matai who had an easy 20m run to the tryline.

2013–14 Harrisburg Heat season

On August 18, 2013, defender Jason Hotchkin was shot during an altercation at the Spirit Kick-Off Classic XXVII youth soccer tournament in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Ahmed Marzooq

The goal was scored within 32 seconds after kick off against New Radiant on 1999 FA Cup final.

Bozsik Stadion

Before kick off, Lajos Tichy said a few words on behalf of the players, and Chairman Sándor Kiss also gave a speech.

Canadian federal election, 1979

Social Credit attempted to rally the separatist and nationalist vote: Canadian flags were absent at its campaign kick-off rally, and the party's slogan was C'est à notre tour ("It's our turn"), which was reminiscent of the popular separatist anthem Gens du pays that includes the chorus, "C'est votre tour, de vous laisser parler d'amour".

Daniel Frahn

His sixth goal of the season came ten seconds into a home-match against VfB Stuttgart II: seven Leipzig players stormed the Stuttgart half immediately after kick-off; the ball was played back then a long-ball was hit forward to Matthias Morys, who crossed for Frahn to score.

Davide Gualtieri

In the match, which took place in Bologna, Italy, San Marino had the kick-off and the ball was quickly played through the inside-right channel.

Drowned in Sound

DiS have been involved with Summer Sundae festival since 2008, and in 2010 kick off their 10th Anniversary celebrations with a line-up headlined by The Futureheads and Frightened Rabbit.

E Street Radio

E Street Radio celebrated ten years of satellite radio on March 9, 2012 with an exclusive live performance at the Apollo Theatre from Springsteen and the E Street Band to kick off the Wrecking Ball Tour.

Edgar Street

One of the FA Cup traditions of the club was for a group of supporters to dribble a swede before kick-off to the Meadow End and score a goal for good luck.

Jamie Bryson

Bryson is an amateur footballer who, as of 2013, played for Northern Amateur Football League side 1st Bangor Old Boys F.C. In April 2013 his bail conditions were relaxed so that he could play for the club in their evening kick-off matches.

Joe Cuba

In 1966, his band which included timbales, congas, sometimes bongos, bass, vibraphones, and the piano among its musical instruments, scored a "hit" in the United States National Hit Parade List with the song "Bang Bang" - which helped kick off the popularity of the boogaloo.

Josh Cohen

Freedoms owner Billie Jean King introduced Cohen as the new head coach at the Freedoms kick off event “Battle at the Green Valley.”

Light Me Up

Also the music video for "My Medicine" premiered on March 9, 2012; the kick-off of the band's The Medicine Tour.

Live Like We're Dying

Slezak also said that, "the folks at 19 gave Kris the proper budget to kick off his video career – at least we finally know what the company did with the savings gleaned from hiring student filmmakers to helm Blake Lewis and Diana DeGarmo’s tragic first clips".

Mathias Chago

For the sport section of the Croatian daily newspaper Večernji list, Chago gave an interview in which he stated that Samuel Eto'o encouraged him before the kick–off.

North Carolina Science Festival

The first North Carolina Science Festival was held Sept. 11-26, 2010, featuring Bugfest at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences as its kick-off event.

NRL Grand Final

After the pre-game entertainment it is traditional for the NRL trophy to be delivered to the field by an Australian Army helicopter shortly before kick off.

Radio Rats

The album immediately created a stir, in particular with its kick-off single, "ZX Dan", which peaked at no. 2 on Johannesburg-based Radio 5 (now called "5FM").

Roberto Donadoni

On 12 August 2011, two weeks before the new season kick-off, he was surprisingly sacked by chairman Massimo Cellino.

SCAD Museum of Art

Upon its re-opening on Oct. 29, 2011, the museum will kick off exhibitions by renowned contemporary artists Alfredo Jaar, Stephen Antonakos, Liza Lou, Bill Viola, Kendall Buster and Kehinde Wiley.

Social Credit Party of Canada

Social Credit attempted to rally the separatist and nationalist vote: Canadian flags were absent at its campaign kick-off rally, and the party's slogan was C'est à notre tour ("It's our turn"), which was reminiscent of the popular separatist anthem "Gens du pays" that includes the chorus, "C'est à votre tour de vous laisser parler d'amour".

Yaumati Kaifong Association School

Examples: The Yau Tsim Mong No-drug Alliance Kick-Off Ceremony in 14-02-09,Choir-The 8th English Folk Song Contest, The Yau Tsim Mong National Day and East Asian Games Parade in 20 September 2009 and many more.