TIL that in 2006, a British football fan placed a £200 bet that Liverpool player Xabi Alonso would have scored a goal from behind the halfway line of the pitch at some point during the season, after he saw it in a dream. Xabi Alonso did score from behind the halfway line and the man won £25,000
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/4598198.stm
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1jyg47f/til_that_in_2006_a_british_football_fan_placed_a/
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