A bid to cheer up Deportivo La Coruña
Things aren’t great for them right now, what having lost 8-0 at home to Barcelona on Wednesday night. Two decades ago, they were this close to winning La Liga – read …
‘Mark no. 6!’ ‘Which one?’
Friend of the site Jay from Design Football – the brains behind the excellent podcast of the same name – asked us an intriguing question recently: have there been instances, apart …
Dele Alli’s possibilities
Bambidele ‘Dele’ Alli’s first three England caps were as a substitute and on each occasion he wore 20, which is his number for Tottenham Hotspur. His first start came against …
Sum-thing different from Romania
Well, anything’s better than wearing 17, isn’t it? (That was a joke, btw – but, as Twitter user (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ points out, the answer could be 3 or 13, depending on whether it’s …
Unlucky for some sub goalkeepers
(Thanks to Mark Schueler for asking us the question and prompting this post; Bjorn and Andrew Rockall). The number of substitutes allowed in top-level English football has grown exponentially in …
Stephen Folan’s tribute
The 2016 League of Ireland season began last Friday, with Galway United taking the early lead in the table as they beat St Patrick’s Athletic 3-1 away from home. Making …
Manchester City – a new low
Well, technically a new high. A picture paints a thousand words, or 447 numbers, anyway. We don’t have any great affinity for Chelsea but a 5-1 win was the least …
Celtic’s hoop dreams are dashed
It’s rare that we focus on the visuals of shirt numbers, in the way that the excellent book Football Type did. For what it’s worth, the style used by adidas in World …
Not called ‘Mad Jens’ for nothing
Let’s be honest, few goalkeepers could pull it off, or would even attempt it, but for some reason it doesn’t look horrific. It certainly sits better with us than Emiliano …
Marko Grujic, conservative or coward?
The Serbian midfielder, who will join Liverpool in the summer, has expressed reservations about taking the number 8 shirt, last worn by Steven Gerrard. Of his other suggestions, we’d certainly …