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unusual facts about Runners



1896–97 Thames Ironworks F.C. season

"The Irons" had not yet played London Welsh and as a result, and probably thanks also to Arnold Hills' presidency of the league and Francis Payne's drafting of the rules, Thames Ironworks F.C. were awarded two wins by default and finished the revised league as runners up.

1923–24 Cardiff City F.C. season

In a goalless draw for most of the game, Cardiff were awarded a penalty and leading scorer Len Davies stepped up to take it, but missed and the game resulted in a goalless draw meaning Cardiff wouldn't win the title and would instead finish as runners-up.

1991–92 Football League First Division

The previous season’s runners-up Liverpool slipped to 6th in their first full season under the management of Graeme Souness.

1996 Arab Super Cup

It is unclear why Al-Riyadh took part in the competition as they weren't represented as either champions or runners up of the Arab Club Champions Cup or Arab Cup Winners' Cup.

2010–11 Primera Divisió

Encamp, who finished last season in 7th place, and 3rd place Segona Divisió club Extremenya played a two-legged relegation play-off (normally, the runners-up of the Segona Divisió would participate, but as promotion-ineligible Lusitanos B finished in that spot, the playoff spot was given to the 3rd place club).

2011 African Cross Country Championships

The Kenyan team's jubilant celebrations led to the entire squad of 30 runners and officials missing their flight for Nairobi, scheduled later that day at Cape Town International Airport.

Antony Sweeney

This made him one of the front-runners for both Hartlepool's Fans' and Players' Player of the Year, but he missed out to Joel Porter and Adam Boyd respectively.

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's team cross country

Of the 10 nations that sent cross country runners, 6 had at least 3 runners (Austria, France, Germany, and South Africa were the four that did not; they have only one runner each).

Chang Woe-Ryong

Chang Woe-Ryong started his career as an amateur footballer for Yonsei University and was deemed good enough to represent his country in the 1980 AFC Asian Cup where he was part of the team that came runners-up to Kuwait.

Cheshunt F.C.

They finished runners-up in their second season under the management of Terry Medwin, the former Welsh international, and were promoted to Division One, also winning the Herts Charity Shield.

Colorado Relay

The majority of teams have 10 runners and 2 volunteers plus other support staff (Minimum 5/maximum 12 runners per team) who make their way from Georgetown to Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado with each team member running a certain number of "legs" determined by their teammates (each averages approximately 6 miles).

Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race

The first civilian competitor to leave London was Anne Alcock the niece of Sir John Alcock, she was followed by a number of other runners including Stirling Moss, Mary Rand and Sheila Scott, who used her own private aircraft.

Danny Valencia

In 2010, Valencia hit .394 with runners in scoring position.

Derek Ibbotson

In 1957 the press had eulogised him at every opportunity - after Cardiff they were seeking an explanation as to why our runners had been unsuccessful and missed the obvious answer that they were up against runners like Elliott and Murray Halberg.

Derry and District League

The League also sends youth teams to the Foyle Cup and in 2005 the under-16 team finished runners up in the competition, losing out to Ferencvaros.

Donald Ford

His only honours were runners-up medals: for the League in 1964–65, for the 1967–68 Scottish Cup and the 1970–71 Texaco Cup.

El Factor X

The winner of season one was Julio César Meza from solo-singers-aged-25+ category; the runners-up were Enygma (group made up of Ricardo García, Manuel Peña, Germán ‘Tito’ Núñez and Iván Peña) from vocal groups category and in third place was the controversial reggaeton-singer Farina (full name Pao Paucar Franco) from the solo-singers-aged-25-and-over category, famous for her quote Yo soy Farina! (from Spanish: I am Farina)

Elijah Lagat

However, later in the year the director of the Kenyan Amateur Athletics Association, David Okeyo, replaced the three runners who had initially made the team (Lagat, Tanui and Japhet Kosgei) with three other Kenyans Ondoro Osoro, Erick Wainaina and Kenneth Cheruiyot.

George R. Gardiner

Among his notable runners was St. Vincent who raced in the U.S. and who in 1955 set or equaled four course records, including a North American and World record, and was voted that year's American Champion Male Turf Horse.

Grand Shaftesbury Run

Each course takes the runners through the estate property, following trails through the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs.

Gregory Mangin

In 1931 Mangin, partnering with compatriot Berkeley Bell, were runners-up in the doubles final of the U.S. National Championships, played in Brookline, MA, losing in straight sets to compatriots John Van Ryn and Wilmer Allison.

Huw Richards

Neath were a rising force in Welsh rugby in the 1980s, finishing as runners up in the 1984 Welsh Cup final against Cardiff.

Irina Mikitenko

In spite of her age she remained one the best international runners and took third place at the 2013 Tokyo Marathon (a new addition to the World Marathon Majors circuit).

Jamie Heaslip

In 2004, he starred in the U-21 World Cup, held in Scotland, where Ireland finished as runners-up to New Zealand.

Jason Dunford

His success in 2006 earned him second place in the Kenyan Sportsman of the Year award, behind Alex Kipchirchir, one of Kenya's many world-class runners.

Jessica Cecchini

No Italian woman has ever won the Miss Universe crown, but the number of semifinalists and finalists (including 1st runners-up Daniela Bianchi in 1960 and Roberta Capua in 1987) makes Italy statistically the most successful country never to have won the pageant.

Josphat Kiprono Menjo

At Moi Airbase, he worked with world-class runners Paul Tergat and Wilson Boit Kipketer and, despite his disinterest in sport as a child, the two convinced Menjo to try his hand at running.

Ken Burkhart

With one out in the sixth inning and two Cincinnati Reds runners on base – Tommy Helms at first and Bernie Carbo at third – pinch-hitter Ty Cline batted a pitch off Jim Palmer in front of the plate.

Longueuil Chevaliers

The Chevaliers finished runners-up both times losing to greater Montreal rival teams, the Verdun Juniors in 1983, and the Laval Voisins in 1984.

Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's singles

After three runs, there were three East German racers Ortrun Enderlein, Anna-Maria Müller and Angela Knösel in the top 4, but were disqualified when the FIL determined that they had been heating their runners, a banned practice.

Luís Oliveira Gonçalves

Perceived by many as one of the weaker nations in the World Cup, Angola were paired with former colonial masters and Euro 2004 runners-up Portugal, then FIFA World Ranked 4th nation and seeds Mexico, and previous qualifier Iran in Group D.

Lupu Bridge

An inauguration ceremony was held on June 27, 2003, featuring a group of runners, including Yao Ming, who were the first to cross the bridge.

Lycian Way Ultramarathon

The fourth edition of the event in 2013 was cancelled because many foreign ultra runners stayed away or annulled their entry pretending some risk in connection with the 2013 protests in Turkey and 2012 Syrian–Turkish border clashes.

Maida Vale tube station

The station surface building and the distinctive staircase mosaics feature in Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 film Downhill, as well as the 1983 film Runners, written by Stephen Poliakoff.

Maratona di Sant'Antonio

The success of African runners at the marathon drew the ire of Pietro Giovannoni, a local politician and Lega Nord member, who said public funds should not be used to support a race won by foreigners.

Marcus O'Sullivan

In addition to his ties to American record holder Bob Kennedy, O'Sullivan has coached elite professional runners such as Canadian indoor world silver medalist Carmen Douma-Hussar, and New Zealander Adrian Blincoe.

Minarti Timur

They were runners-up at the 1997 All-Englands and bronze medalists at the 1997 IBF World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

No Nay Never

Ridden again by Rosario, No Nay Never started the 4/1 second favourite behind the Aiden O'Brien-trained Coach House in a field of fourteen runners.

Peter McLeod

Like all Commodore runners, McLeod upgraded to the newly homologated Holden VK Commodore SS Group A for 1986.

Rugby league in Serbia

Impressive youngsters Dalibor Vukanović and Soni Radovanović had stints with English National League Two side London Skolars in 2005, National League Three side Warrington Wizards and Russian 2nd runners-up Vereya in 2006.

Saipa Alborz VC

:Runners-Up (1): 2005

San Vittore Olona

The race runs through five of the town's water mills and some of the world's most distinguished runners have competed there, including Haile Gebrselassie, Sebastian Coe and Kenenisa Bekele.

Super League Dream Team

The team consisted of six players from league leaders Wigan Warriors, three from league runners-up Warrington Wolves, two from Catalans Dragons and one each from St Helens RLFC and Super League XVI winners Leeds Rhinos.

The Gun Runners

The Gun Runners, a 1958 film directed by Don Siegel, is the third adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's novel To Have and Have Not, starring Audie Murphy and Patricia Owens.

The Runners Four

The Runners Four is the seventh album by the band Deerhoof, released on October 11, 2005 by Kill Rock Stars, ATP Recordings and 5 Rue Christine.

Tirfi Tsegaye

Born in Bekoji in Ethiopia's Oromia Region, she comes from a town renowned for producing world class runners such as Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba.

Wallingford Town F.C.

In 2001–02, AFC Wallingford won the Combined Counties League championship, and they were runners-up to Withdean 2000 and AFC Wimbledon in the succeeding two years.

Wolverhampton Wanderers W.F.C.

In 2004–05 Wolves Women were runners-up to Sunderland but star players Emily Westwood and Amy McCann left for Everton during the summer and the club finished sixth in 2005–06.

Yuko Nakazawa

After the contest, musician and producer Tsunku offered Nakazawa and the four other runners-up (Natsumi Abe, Kaori Iida, Aya Ishiguro, and Asuka Fukuda) the chance to be taken under his wing under one condition: they must sell 50,000 CDs of their debut song "Ai no Tane" with five days of live promotion.


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