Football has everything analysed by players. pundits and now with the new referee watch alike but it's still prone to its spooky moments from time to time. Some moments happen and are never explained even with all the eyes on it there is.

Whether it be a controversial referee decision making no sense, a player suddenly losing their ability on the pitch or a result which smells fishy but has never proven.

These are the 10 mysteries in football history which have never been solved till this day.

10. The Stolen 1895 FA Cup

Before the modern FA Cup trophy existed, the original "little tin idol" was awarded to the victors. In 1895, Aston Villa won the cup and loaned it to a local Birmingham football equipment shop to display in the window. Overnight, the shop was broken into, and the trophy was stolen. Despite a massive police hunt and a hefty reward, the cup was never seen again. While an elderly man claimed 60 years later that it was melted down to make counterfeit coins, no physical proof or culprit has come forward to ever claim responsibility for the stolen trophy.

9. The Identity of 'The Secret Footballer'

There has been mysteries around secret alter egos of footballers even for them to whistleblow on information and also sometimes in the more modern case of a masked rapper. In 2011, a column launched in The Guardian written by an anonymous, active Premier League player. Over the next few years, "The Secret Footballer" released several bestselling books exposing the toxic dressing room culture, financial irresponsibility, and rampant infidelity within the English top flight. While internet sleuths have heavily suspected former Reading striker Dave Kitson based on highly specific timeline overlaps, the author has never officially unmasked themselves, making them the most successful unknown modern sports writer ever.

8. Spurs and "Lasagna-Gate"

On the final day of the 2005/06 Premier League season, Tottenham Hotspur only needed to match Arsenal's result to secure Champions League football. However, the night before the game, the squad ate a buffet lasagna at their London hotel. By morning, ten first-team players were violently ill with suspected food poisoning. Spurs lost to West Ham, and Arsenal snatched fourth place. While the hotel was cleared of any hygiene breaches by the local health authority, Spurs fans might still suspect some chef sabotage to cost them top 4.

7. The Ghost of Ali Dia

The most famous football hoax job was Ali Dia being able to talk his way to play for Southampton saying he was George Weah's cousin. After 53 minutes on the pitch he was pulled off by manager Graham Souness and released. But the mystery is what happened next. After brief stints in non-league football, Dia vanished off the face of the earth.Despite searchs by journalists and documentary filmmakers over the last three decades to track him down, Dia has completely disappeared from public record.

6. The 1954 "Miracle of Bern" Syringes

West Germany's shocking 3-2 victory over the seemingly invincible Hungarian "Mighty Magyars" in the 1954 World Cup final remains one of football's greatest upsets. But a dark cloud of suspicion has hung over the match ever since. Following the tournament, several German players fell severely ill with jaundice, and abandoned syringes were found in the team's locker room. The German team doctor claimed he was merely injecting the players with Vitamin C. However, modern historians and a 2010 university study strongly suspect the players were unknowingly injected with Pervitin (methamphetamine), a stimulant heavily used during WWII. Sport science wasn't what it is now so we'll never know what those players ended up taking.

5. The 2006 World Cup Slush Fund

The 2006 World Cup in Germany was a spectacular success on the pitch, but a massive financial black hole off it. In 2015,investigations revealed a mysterious €6.7 million payment made by the German bidding committee (headed by Franz Beckenbauer) to FIFA. Allegations swirled that this was a slush fund used to buy the votes of four Asian FIFA executive committee members. However, key documents vanished, investigations stalled due to the statute of limitations, and the true destination and purpose of that specific money remains unproven in a court of law. This mystery seems even more underhand from the fact that multiple countries were found out for doing the same things years later.

4. The Stolen Jules Rimet Trophy

The original World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet, was awarded permanently to Brazil after they won it for a third time in 1970. In 1983, it was stolen from a supposedly bulletproof display case at the Brazilian Football Confederation headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. While four men were eventually convicted of the theft, the trophy itself vanished. The common theory is that is was melted down for gold but there is also rumours that he might be in the possession of an underground collector.

3. The 1978 "Gran Goleada" Conspiracy

In the tournament exclusive second group stage of the 1978 World Cup, hosts Argentina needed to beat Peru by four goals to reach the final at the expense of fierce rivals Brazil. Somehow they were able to win 6-0 against a previously solid Peruvian side. For decades,allegations of state-sponsored match-fixing have surrounded the game. Rumors point to the Argentine military junta (led by dictator Jorge Videla) offering massive grain shipments, unfreezing Peruvian bank accounts, and even dealing in political prisoners in exchange for a thrown match. While some Peruvian players later claimed they were pressured, leaving Argentina's first World Cup win with a massive Asterix on it.

2. The 1966 "Phantom Goal"

Prior to 2022, this was probably the most exciting World Cup final there had been with last minute goals and a heated rivalry between England and West Germany. To seal the game and his hat trick, Geoff Hurst smashed his shot in off the underside of the crossbar which bounced and then was cleared. Referee Gottfried Dienst consulted his linesman, Tofiq Bahramov, who signaled a goal. 

Did it cross the line? For years scientists and historians have tried to work out if it officially had crossed the line but because of the camera angles it's been hard to solve. Germany were able to get their revenge nearly 50 years later with the Frank Lampard being not given causing the creation of goal line technology to be installed.

1. Ronaldo's 1998 World Cup Final Seizure

The amount of conspiracies around Ronaldo's performance in the 1998 World Cup final alone has to make it number one. Just hours before the final against France, Brazil’s 21-year-old superstar suffered a terrifying medical episode in his hotel room, reported as a convulsion or seizure. He was initially removed from the starting lineup,only to be dramatically put back in 45 minutes before kickoff, going missing in a 3-0 loss. To this day, the true cause is completely unknown. Was it the crushing weight of global pressure? An allergic reaction to a painkilling injection? A genuine cardiac event? Some have even claimed it was the player being part of an Alien sighting which affected him so much.