Monday 11s – France national team squad number quiz
Welcome to the 83rd edition of our weekly squad number quiz, Monday 11s. In honour of France’s victory in Russia, this Monday 11s squad number quiz is all about the …
Monday 11s – World Cup squad number quiz
It’s our weekly quiz – a little bit late but hopefully all the better for that.
Monday 11s – World Cup number journeys squad number quiz
This Monday 11s gives you a look at some World Cup squad number journeys.
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. …
Monday 11s – World Cup squad number quiz
Welcome to the latest edition of Monday 11s, our weekly squad number quiz! This week, we have a World Cup general knowledge quiz for you.
The History of Numbers: Uruguay
There are many different historical numbering systems, based on how formations evolved in each country, and it could be argued that Uruguay’s is one of the most logical. Uruguay won two of …
Scotland cap it all off
Alphabetical numbering is the most well-known ‘quirky’ style, but it’s not the only one. In the 1990 World Cup, and the European Championship in Sweden two years later, Scotland employed a …
Monday 11s – World Cup formations squad number quiz
Welcome to the latest edition of Monday 11s, our weekly squad number quiz! This week, you must guess the World Cup team from the formations we display.
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 …
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 …