Arsenal defenders debate numerical preferences
Earlier this week, Arsenal posted a video where captain Per Mertesacker, Hector Bellerín and Rob Holding read out questions from fans and then answered them. One of the posers was …
How Pedro nearly ended up wearing 2 for Spain at the 2010 World Cup
Like most squad-number incidents, it was the fault of Álvaro Arbeloa. As we mentioned in the piece explaining how Josep Guardiola wore 9 for Spain at the 1992 Olympics and …
Happy Luke Shaw Day – a look at players who’ve moved higher
It’s somewhat fitting that, given he has been in the news lately, today is Luke Shaw Day. If you’re wondering why you hadn’t already heard that, it’s because we’ve only …
Delving into Chelsea’s chequered past
Not so long ago, we looked at an occurrence from 1991, where Diego Maradona gave up his favoured Napoli number 10 shirt for 9, so that his anointed successor Gianfranco …
January 2018 transfer roundup – Premier League
Yet another transfer window has passed us, and this January has treated us to one of the most active and exciting winter windows we’ve seen in years. Here’s a roundup …
Different numbers in Europe – Henry and Berbatov Monaco special
Thanks to @a_75_fr and Brian Donnelly on Twitter for pointing us in the way of these Last week, in the wake of Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s transfer to Arsenal, we ran a piece …
In honour of Henrikh Mkhitaryan – a look at other players who have had to change numbers in Europe
Yes, it’s conceited to draw attention to this, but we were the first to flag the possibility of Henrikh Mkhitaryan wearing two different shirt numbers for Arsenal this season: Unless …
When Maradona anointed his Napoli number 10 successor
Following the scoreless draw between Juventus and Internazionale last night, Napoli can go top of Serie A today if they win at home to Fiorentina (edit: they didn’t, as that …
All of the confirmed Premier League squad numbers for 2017/18
Another season, another set of confirmed squad numbers. We have compiled all of the official squad number lists released by all 20 of the FA Premier League teams for the …
1994 – Liverpool’s aborted re-numbering attempt
It’s always frustrating when you have a clear memory of something, but can’t corroborate it. I could recall reading a piece on the coming season’s squad numbers in Match magazine …