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 …
Rotherham endear themselves to us
Tell ya what, football’s back – and we have a new outside-the-Premier-League favourite team. We only happened upon the tweet by chance this afternoon, but it sealed the deal for …
Any Owl number will do
In the same way that St Andrews holds a special place in the hearts of those who love golf, the announcement of the Sheffield Wednesday squad numbers should be a …
Rebran9ing exercise for Antony Martia11?
When the Manchester United numbers for the coming season were announced, Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s inheritance of number 9 seemed to tick a couple of logical boxes. The Swedish striker had been 10 …
Cymru, we love you
Our last blog post finished with the words, “Wales represent the best best chance of seeing 1-11 on the pitch together in the latter stages”, but we’ll be honest and …
Euro 2016 group-stage review
We promised you this after the preview piece that no doubt everyone is still talking about, and hopefully the wait since the group stages ended on Wednesday night hasn’t affected …
Examining the Euro 2016 squad numbers
Every so often, we hear phrases about how numbers mean little these days in terms of positions, while articles on the subject will generally focus on egregious offences. We felt …
Arsenal simultaneously please and frustrate
There have been plenty of changes afoot at Arsenal of late. They have almost done things really well, only to be tripped up at the last. The departures of Tomas …
Nicklas Bendtner, we hardly knew ye
Nicklas Bendtner is looking for a new club after Wolfsburg decided to terminate his contract more than a year early. Whether we like it or not (we don’t), the Danish …