Career in Numbers – Kevin-Prince Boateng
In January, FC Barcelona shocked the football world by going into the transfer market and coming out with US Sassuolo’s Kevin-Prince Boateng – the odds you would have got on that! The …
Career in Numbers – Jermain Defoe
Jermain Defoe is set to make his competitive debut for Rangers away to Kilmarnock tonight, January 23 (last Friday’s Scottish Cup game against Cowdenbeath, which should have been his first …
Roma’s refreshing approach to retiring numbers
I’m just going to say it – by and large, I consider the retirement of shirt numbers to be mawkish. This piece from The Guardian last week by The Gentleman …
Career in numbers – Ronaldo
Welcome to the first of a new series, where we look at a notable player and the squad numbers he wore during his career. First up is legendary Brazilian striker …
Gers-ey numbers
Jay Mansfield has been compiling a comprehensive history of Rangers’ kits on his blog, but he took time out to take a thorough look at the club’s numbering foibles: I’ve recently …
Re-numbering Nottingham Forest for the new season
We put out the call on Twitter to see if anyone wanted to write a piece on re-numbering their club for the coming campaign: Pre-season means number changes – would …
When Ryan Giggs didn’t take it up to 11
Soon, we will publish an article on the 1-11 shirts worn by the most and fewest players in the Premier League era. It won’t come as a surprise to anyone …
A tribute to Paul Madeley, the patron saint of shirt numbers
The Leeds United History site was invaluable for checking line-ups On February 7, 1970, Leeds United beat Mansfield Town 2-0 at Elland Road in the fourth round of the FA …
Monday 11s – 2017/18 season squad number changes quiz
Welcome to the 82nd edition of our weekly squad number quiz, Monday 11s. It’s the time for number changes, so today’s is all about the players who switched a year …
The players to wear the most numbers for England at major finals
The 1954 World Cup was the first to utilise squad numbers and, since then, including European Championships, there have been 466 English squad places up for grabs at major finals. …