Alan Shearer

When it comes to numbers, this year’s European Championship is already askew, with UEFA opting to uphold its title as ‘Euro 2020’ despite it now taking place in 2021. Call …

Welcome to the 150th edition of Monday 11s! As it’s the second Monday of the month, as usual today’s quiz asks you to identify teams by the numbers their players …

Alan Shearer (centre) won the golden boot award for three consecutive seasons Squad numbers can often tell a story. In this case, they tell the story of the greatest goalscorers …

Welcome to the 131st edition of Monday 11s! As it’s the first of the month, this quiz this week is general knowledge. Best of luck as always – let us …

Welcome to the 99th edition of our weekly squad number quiz, Monday 11s. It’s the first Monday of the month, so this week is general knowledge. As always, best of …

Welcome to the latest edition of Monday 11s, our weekly squad number quiz! This week’s quiz is a little different – we’ll give you a set of numbers, and you …

Welcome to the latest edition of Monday 11s, our weekly squad number quiz! This week, we’re looking at record transfers from around the world, and the squad numbers worn by …

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 …

Martin Hardy has a new book, Tunnel of Love, about the goings-on at Newcastle United over the past 20 years or so. Today’s edition of The Sunday Times featured a number …

Note: We revisited this topic in 2016. In Spain, as far as we can see, players are allowed to change numbers during the mid-season break. In 2004-05, Henrik Larsson switched …