Munster’s tribute to dearly departed coach Foley
It promises to be an emotional day at Thomond Park in Limerick as Munster take on Glasgow Warriors in the European Rugby Champions Cup. Last Sunday, as Munster were in …
Manchester United players quizzed on historical squad numbers
Find out how the @ManUtd first team got on when we asked them how well they knew their #MUFC history by shirt number! #LegendaryMoments pic.twitter.com/MUE8tKI0aO — DHL Man Utd (@DHLManUtd) …
Stupid numbers at centre-back – not only Shane Duffy’s circus
When the Republic of Ireland hosted Georgia on Thursday tonight, Shane Duffy was named named in the team and we were a bit uneasy. Now, it’s nothing to do with the …
Wearing 10 for his coin-try means a lot to Robbie Brady
We’ve already mentioned that Robbie Brady has inherited the Republic of Ireland number 10 shirt in the wake of Robbie Keane’s retirement, fearing that he might wear it at left-back. An …
A graph charting Dani Alves’ number changes
We’ve covered Daniel Alves in the past, when he decided that it was appropriate for a right-back to wear 6. That was his fourth number for Barcelona, with the progression …
Mark Flatts’ many numbers at Arsenal
From time to time, we run squad number quizzes on Twitter, asking followers to guess the player by the digits he carried: Another guess-the-player quiz by his numbers at the …
1-11 at international level; vacant Premier League numbers
At the time of writing (lunchtime on Tuesday), there are still nine internationals to be played in what are now being referred to as the European Qualifiers for the 2018 …
The guillotine for de Guzman; bravo Balotelli
It was a day of contrasts for those of us cursed with the affliction of thinking too much about shirt numbers. We’ll start with the bad news. By and large, …
News of Andros Townsend’s switch – and proof of Chris Sutton’s
While changing numbers during the season is not uncommon in Spain, it remains a rarity in England. We did devote a previous post to the practice, and the conclusion was …
The sometimes inconsistent squad numbers of Melchester Rovers
As part of a cross-blog series on Melchester Rovers, we decided to delve back 23 years to the beginning of the ill-fated relaunch of Roy Of The Rovers as a monthly …