Monday 11s – Christmas squad number quiz
Welcome to the very first edition of “Monday 11s” at SquadNumbers.com! Monday 11s is a brand new squad number-related quiz that will be hosted at SquadNumbers.com every single Monday. The …
Baba Rahman installs himself on our list of enemies
Long-time fans of this blog – those who preferred the earlier stuff, as opposed to all the rest of you Johnny Come Latelies – will recall that the first entry …
Arsenal’s brief reversion to 1-11
It’s rare to hear TV commentators talk about squad numbers, but the BBC’s Steve Wilson (we think it was him anyway – post Motson and Davies, the Beeb’s commentators seem …
False alarm
Juan Cuadrado’s transfer from Fiorentina to Chelsea had been flagged in advance, and last weekend rumours began to circulate regarding which number he would wear. For those of us who …
A look into the future?
@Jay29ers from Design Football got in touch again with another article suggestion. We’re not sure we fully agree with the execution of an interesting concept but we’ll put it to the floor. Take …
1-11 in the Premier League redux, Part 1
We’ve already looked at the instances of Premier League sides fielding sides made up of players numbered from 1-11. Given that the last time that that phenomenon was properly witnessed …
This one had to be called Number 1
Welcome to A Numbers Game, a study, critique and lament of football shirt numbers. To set our stall out from the start, we favour an adherence to the traditional numbering …