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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The makers of Actua Soccer Club Edition may have been high
Or else they just had no respect for squad numbers. Take a look at the Manchester United team here – if you were picking the numbers out of a hat …
Baba Rahman installs himself on our list of enemies
Long-time fans of this blog – those who preferred the earlier stuff, as opposed to all the rest of you Johnny Come Latelies – will recall that the first entry …
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, …