Rangers meet Hibernian in the Scottish League Cup final on 13 December. Manager Derek McInnes has not yet won a trophy at the club.
6 of 7Six of seven times Rangers or Celtic met a smaller club in this final with a new manager, they won, and once they lost.
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Three of nine champions who were level at the top after eight games won the league again, and six lost the title.
Two of ten times a top club drew a much lower side in the last eight, it won the cup, and eight times it went out.
Harry Kane won the Ballon d'Or on 26 October. Four British stars won their sport's top world prize before the BBC vote of the same year: two came first and two finished outside the top three.
Harry Kane won the Ballon d'Or and still plays for England. All five British stars who won their sport's top prize for the first time while still competing were not knighted in the next honours list.
Palace are 17th in the Premier League. Five of six new coaches whose club tied their future to one game were gone within five weeks, and the sixth after 37 days.
Carrick got the job for good in May after a spell in temporary charge. Of ten past coaches given the job for good after such a spell at a top European club, six were sacked during the next season.
Nine of ten times the much stronger team went through after playing the first game away, and once it went out.
In six of eight Nations League groups in 2024, the team top with two games left finished first.
Five of six British teams this far ahead went through. The one exit was Wales men, on penalties in 2026.
Four of the last seven academy players who forced an exit at 15 to 17 were registered with a new club within a month.
Seven of the last eight officials named in an admitted refereeing error were left out of the next Premier League round.
All four qualifying Premier League sellers since 2023 restocked before the same deadline. Forest have two days left to make it five.
Four of the last eight approaches by a Premier League club for a rival's forward ended in a sale before the window shut.
In three of four windows checked, the summer's biggest Premier League fee went to another Premier League club.
Three of the last four record fees agreed in the closing days of a window completed before it shut.
Three of the last eight Premier League seasons had a manager sacked by 30 September, four of nine counting 2017-18.
Few of these £100m sagas closed before August. Three ran into August or later, and one collapsed outright.
Two of the last five Championship play-off winners survived their first Premier League season, by opposite methods.
Only one successor to a nine-year reign lasted beyond two full seasons, and he was promoted from inside the club.
Sacking a title-winning manager won the league back inside two seasons twice, and buried Leicester.
None of Chelsea's last seven permanent head coaches began a third season. Four won a trophy and it made no difference.