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BallFact, Football History with an Audit Trail
An evidence-minded football archive that reconstructs rankings, excavates Football Manager ratings, and tests popular historical claims.
Why it surfaced
BallFact turns football nostalgia into a research format: its homepage promises archaeology across 47 Football Manager engines, a reconstructed 1996 Best XI, and a 2005 Ballon d'Or dossier built from 96 ballots across five confederations. The site's deliberately forensic voice—“Data over myth”—is unusually specific and gives the project real editorial stage presence.
An evidence-minded football archive that reconstructs rankings, excavates Football Manager ratings, and tests popular historical claims.
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