Roy Keane, Manchester United’s number 7?
For Ireland, Roy Keane was always number 6 (except for one game against Lithuania in 1997, when he wore 4). This was a good fit as he had worn it …
Emiliano Viviano is a philistine
This is Emiliano Viviano. Arsenal fans may remember him, last year he spent what the excellent Arseblog referred to as a “gap year” on loan with the club from Palermo. …
Anyone can be a centre-back
George Graham enjoyed his centre-backs while he was Arsenal manager. Tony Adams, David O’Leary and Gus Caesar were there before he arrived as manager, but Steve Bould, Colin Pates and …
My squad-number beefs
As this blog will (hopefully) have a long lifespan, with admirers waiting eagerly for updates, it’s important at this early stage to lay out what we like and don’t like, …
This one had to be called Number 1
Welcome to A Numbers Game, a study, critique and lament of football shirt numbers. To set our stall out from the start, we favour an adherence to the traditional numbering …