Monday 11s – World Cup number journeys squad number quiz
This Monday 11s gives you a look at some World Cup squad number journeys.
The players to wear the most numbers for England at major finals
The 1954 World Cup was the first to utilise squad numbers and, since then, including European Championships, there have been 466 English squad places up for grabs at major finals. …
The History of Numbers: Uruguay
There are many different historical numbering systems, based on how formations evolved in each country, and it could be argued that Uruguay’s is one of the most logical. Uruguay won two of …
Scotland cap it all off
Alphabetical numbering is the most well-known ‘quirky’ style, but it’s not the only one. In the 1990 World Cup, and the European Championship in Sweden two years later, Scotland employed a …
Arsenal defenders debate numerical preferences
Earlier this week, Arsenal posted a video where captain Per Mertesacker, Hector Bellerín and Rob Holding read out questions from fans and then answered them. One of the posers was …
Litmanen a perfect 37 at Liverpool
Have you ever wondered why Jari Litmanen wore number 37 when he joined Liverpool during the 2001-02 season? Did you think that perhaps it was because the two digits added …
How Pedro nearly ended up wearing 2 for Spain at the 2010 World Cup
Like most squad-number incidents, it was the fault of Álvaro Arbeloa. As we mentioned in the piece explaining how Josep Guardiola wore 9 for Spain at the 1992 Olympics and …
Happy Luke Shaw Day – a look at players who’ve moved higher
It’s somewhat fitting that, given he has been in the news lately, today is Luke Shaw Day. If you’re wondering why you hadn’t already heard that, it’s because we’ve only …