Monday 11s – Serie A squad number quiz
Welcome to the latest edition of Monday 11s, our weekly quiz. This week, we’re looking at the Serie A and the squad numbers worn in that league. Let us know …
Monday 11s – FC Barcelona squad number quiz
Welcome to the latest edition of Monday 11s, our weekly quiz. This week, we’re looking at European giants FC Barcelona and the squad numbers their players have worn. Let us …
David Moyes’ Ajax number 14 shirt
David Moyes has – or at least had, according to this 2001 article – an Ajax shirt at home. When it comes to the Dutch club, one number stands above …
Our new favourite Dutch team
As regular readers of the blog will know, the Netherlands have featured heavily here. The country was at the vanguard of the alphabetical numbering movement, it fielded 1-11 in two consecutive …
A bid to cheer up Deportivo La Coruña
Things aren’t great for them right now, what having lost 8-0 at home to Barcelona on Wednesday night. Two decades ago, they were this close to winning La Liga – read …
Christian Abbiati wishes you a happy new year
New Year’s Day is 01/01, so perhaps it should be made a special day for goalkeepers. One netminder who never seemed to carry 1 on his back, however, was the …
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. …