Career in Numbers – Kingsley Coman
Titles, trophies and personal accolades have always been the key sources of inspiration for young players all over the world, but what do you do if you simply can’t lose? …
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 …
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 …
Ander Herrera on why he wears number 21 for Manchester United
In a video interview today, Manchester United spoke with Spanish midfielder Ander Herrera and had him answer a number of fan questions. Luckily for us, one user – Freddie Vlogs – …
Posthumously retiring squad numbers – an ode to Davide Astori
The footballing world was hit with some devastating news this week with the passing of Fiorentina captain and Italy international Davide Astori. On the 4th of March, Astori died in …
Sampdoria 1995-96 – a chip off the old block
In one of the site’s early articles, we looked at the mode of numbering which Italy favoured at major finals until the 1998 World Cup – apart from goalkeepers, who …
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 Pep Guardiola was a false 9
Number 4 is the the one most commonly associated with Josep Guardiola. When La Liga introduced squad numbers in 1995, he was assigned 4 at Barcelona and kept it until …