•  If all the Creme Eggs made each year were stacked one on top of each other they would stretch from the Bournville factory in Birmingham to Australia - around 12,000 miles.

•  Spain's loss to Turkey in the qualifying games for the 1954 finals was determined by the referee's pick after the teams drew in an additional game.

•  The youngest player to win the World Cup championship was Pelé (Brasil). He won the title in 1958, when he was 17.

•  Over 1,300,000,000 Cadbury Roses chocolates are sold every year in the UK - enough for 25 per person.

•  The current FIFA World Cup was created in 1971 by Silvio Gazzanigi of Italy.  It is made of 18-carat gold and malachite, the cup is 36 cm tall and weighs 5 kg. The sculpture depicts two triumphant football players holding a globe in their raised hands.

•  If you placed each Cadbury Roses chocolate sold in a year end to end, the line would stretch round the British coastline over three times.

•  The first world cup substitution was made during the game between USSR and Belgium, and the first yellow card in the world cup was El Salvador's goalkeeper during a match with Mexico.

•  The total weight of Cadbury Dairy Milk produced in one year is equivalent to 51,641 minis or 7,230 Indian elephants.

•  When mixed with half a cup of water, half a can of 7 UP keeps Roses blooming for 7 to 10 days.

 

 

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