Firth-choice goalkeeper
By Jay Mansfield See here for Jay’s excellent blog and here for his comprehensive piece on Rangers numbering The concept of nominative determinism is that you find yourself in a …
The top number 1 for 2020
Football is one of the world’s most popular sports. Each player on the squad has their purpose to fulfil on the pitch to help their team to victory. Over time, each …
Monday 11s – Another goalkeeper squad number quiz
Welcome to the 92nd edition of our weekly squad number quiz, Monday 11s. This week, we’ve got another goalkeeper squad number quiz for you, and this one comes courtesy of …
Rui Patr11c11o the latest goalkeeper to wear an ‘outfield’ number
One of the best forum threads on squad numbers – not a heavily-contested title, admittedly, is on the When Saturday Comes messageboard. Entitled ‘Squad numbers I feel comfortable with’, it …
Monday 11s – Goalkeeper squad numbers quiz
Welcome to the latest edition of Monday 11s, our weekly squad number quiz! New Year’s Day is the first of the first, so it makes sense to make today’s quiz …
José Molina’s debut for Spain
As a goalkeeper earning his living in Spain, José Molina unsurprisingly either wore 1 or 13 at club level for Atlético Madrid, Deportivo La Coruña and Levante. An unused squad member …
Monday 11s – “Number 1s” squad number quiz
Welcome to the latest edition of Monday 11s, our weekly squad number quiz! This week’s squad number quiz is all about number 1s. Let us know how you get on …
O’Neills deal with Cork’s unusual request
When we wrote about the possibility of a number 9 England goalkeeper shirt a few days ago, little did we realise that a similar modern-day example was about to take …
An England goalkeeper shirt with 9 on the back?
Thanks to Lee Hermitage for the picture from Ted Croker’s book. We’ve mentioned England’s numbering at the 1982 World Cup in a previous post about sides who allocated digits alphabetically …
Monday 11s – Goalkeeper squad number quiz
Welcome to the latest edition of Monday 11s, our weekly quiz. This week, we’re taking a look at goalkeepers and the numbers they don for club and country. Let us …