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Celebrating its 60th anniversary, the Euro 2020 tournament is almost underway with all the groups announced and line-ups from various countries also being announced left, right and centre.

Are you a huge soccer/football/futbol fan? Check out these 50 most shocking and crazy moments from World Cup history. What do you think is most shocking?

As a fan of the game, I have always found it intriguing how different Nations view the same Tournament or event through a different lens. A prime example is the romanticism the English hold with the 1990 World Cup in Italy.

Botham: The Legend of '81 tells the simply incredible story of how Ian Botham went from national zero to hero, not once but twice. It is the most remarkable comeback story in English sporting history.

Football or soccer is the most popular sport in the world with billions of fans dotted around the globe; some aren’t committed to a team and just simply enjoy the game, others dedicate their lives to following their teams all over to cheer them on – win or lose – but all of them have a passion and love for the game.

During the Depression, Jug music became a fashionable way to play traditional US folk and blues standards. Makeshift instruments including guitars made from a gallon can with a neck attached and strings or alternatively homemade banjos with a tanned hide stretched across a hoop and a fretted neck added with four strings were played.

A fun and quick football quiz on ZANI by Soccernostalgia

Alan Hudson burst onto the football scene aged 17 for Chelsea on 1st February 1969 at Stamford Bridge, for a home match against Southampton.

Gordon Banks, the England international goalkeeper who was one of the key players of the famous 1966 FIFA World Cup winning team has sadly passed away at the age of 81.