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unusual facts about home team



1975 NBA Finals

A Sports Illustrated article about the series reported that Washington, which held home court advantage, was given the option of a 1-2-2-1-1 scheduling format due to Golden State's problems or, if they wished, opening on the road and then having Games 2, 3, and 4 at home.


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1973 NFL season

Because all home games were blacked-out, politicians — including devout football fan President Richard Nixon — were not able to watch their home team win.

2014 Heritage Classic

It is scheduled to take place on March 2, 2014, in BC Place, with the Ottawa Senators facing off against home team Vancouver Canucks.

AFAS Stadion

The first Eredivisie game against NAC Breda was won 8–1 by the home team with the German midfielder Simon Cziommer scoring a hat-trick.

Apple Cup

Since 1946, it has been held in odd years at Husky Stadium in Seattle (except 2011 at CenturyLink Field), and WSU has been the home team during even years, with games played in Pullman at Rogers Field (1946, 1948, 1954) and Martin Stadium (since 1982), with the other fifteen contests in Spokane at Joe Albi Stadium.

Callix Crabbe

In 2007, while playing for the Nashville Sounds, he was named the Applebee's "Home Team Hero Of The Year."

Gottfried Dienst

In that game, a 1–1 draw between Italy and Yugoslavia which was played in Rome, Dienst came to be accused of favouring the home team.

HooGee

HooGee M1 faced fellow Nelonen outfit Lahden Pojat JS with the team from Lahti progressing to the 3rd round after beating the home team 4-0.

Marion, North Carolina

The Marion Marauders, a Tar Heel League baseball club, were a favorite local attraction in the 1940s and 50s, and was the home team of star pitcher Kelly Jack Swift, who in 1953 became the last minor league pitcher to ever win 30 games in a season, going 30-7 with a 2.54 ERA.

Masrezwan Masturi

He was then substituted by Fazrul Nawaz, making his international debut, which ended in a 2-0 victory for the home team.

Mihalis Filopoulos

Two days later, after an amateur football match at Lykovrysi between the home team and Pangrati, 20 persons wearing hoods, attacked with crowbars and clubs 3 players of the away team, among them Nikos Stylianesis, who was one of those charged but later released for Filopoulos murder.

MK Lions Arena

Lions' first game at the new venue was played on November 28, 2010, with the home team winning 79-73 against BBL rookies Essex Pirates with the game televised live on SkySports.

Philip Berry

In the home team's first innings of 366 he dismissed the first seven batsmen in the order, including Desmond Haynes and Mike Gatting, at a cost of 113 and then scored 76 out of Durham's reply of 232, more than twice as much as any other batsman.

State Farm Lone Star Showdown

Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, State Farm began honoring a member of the home team at each Showdown event as a State Farm Scholar-Athlete, for their achievements both in competition and in the classroom.

Vaughn Street Park

Among the notable players to play at Vaughn Street, either for the home team or for the visitors, are Satchel Paige, Joe Tinker, Jim Thorpe, and Ted Williams.

Waqar Younis

The world's fastest sprinter and runner Usain Bolt, who is from Jamaica (in the West Indies), once famously replied while being asked about who were his heroes when he was a child: "When I was really small I loved the Pakistan cricket team. Waqar Younis was one of the greatest bowlers ever, and I was a bowler so I really enjoyed watching him. I was a big Pakistan fan until I got older, when I noticed that I should actually support my home team."