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 …
Sheffield Wednesday re-impose some numbering order
Sheffield Wednesday have announced their squad numbers for the coming season. You’ll recall that, a year ago, the Owls’ numbers for 2016-17 were a topic of conversation for their unconventionality, …
Monday 11s – Oddities and rarities squad number quiz
Welcome to the latest edition of Monday 11s, our weekly squad number quiz! This week, we’re looking at strange and rare squad number occurrences. Let us know how you get …
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 …
Alan Shearer a perfect 10 on his England debut
Alan Shearer was the archetypal British centre-forward, a true all-rounder – while he was good in the air, it didn’t always have to be with his head, his penalties were …
Cantona was twice the player at Leeds
This post had been intended to be about just one thing – a kind-of example of squad numbers in the Football League in the 1-11 days – but further digging brought …
Ayew joking? 3 up front strikes again
Not so long ago, we marked Morgan Schneiderlin’s arrival at Everton by citing the other hooligans to have worn full-backs’ numbers in midfield. It should of course go without saying …
How to deal squad numbering at Sunday league level
Jim Hearson is a very engaging follow on Twitter, and he made contact to suggest a post on how Sunday league teams deal with the issue of assigning squad numbers, …
Morgan Schneiderlin joins a rogues’ gallery of midfielders to have worn full-backs’ numbers
There had been rumours over the past week. You try to prepare yourself, but still, it’s something of a surprise when it happens. 👕 | @SchneiderlinMo4 will wear the number …