Football Players: Shirt numbers, Internet grumblers and a bunch of big-money crying babies

The truth is, most football fans loving the very refined game weren't present at the time of these untold stories. Legend, however, has it that the game hasn't always been this glamorous.

There are stories of when players used to play with blood literally oozing down their noses. The football field was a battle field. Nothing like what is seen these days. Not even close if the stories of things unseen are to be believed. Faith, right?

Things are different now, obviously. There is Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and a whole lot of an internet sensation called social media. Don't get it wrong, for coverage of the game, social media has sparked significant improvement.

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