The numbering of Johan Cruyff’s Barcelona
By Pablo Veroli Barcelona under Cruyff: The ‘false 9’, the infinite number and Pep looking for his destiny In 1988, Johan Cruyff would return to Barcelona, this time as …
When things turned out differently for Cruyff
It’s not a trick question – in which major finals did Johan Cruyff wear something other than 14 for the Netherlands? Certain numbers tend to carry heavy legacies – Manchester …
Monday 11s – Captains squad numbers quiz
Welcome to the latest edition of Monday 11s, our weekly squad number quiz! Today’s quiz is all about players who have captained their club or country. Let us know how …
Monday 11s – Number 9s squad number quiz
Welcome back – here’s the fourth Monday 11s quiz! Monday 11s is a brand new squad number-related quiz that will be hosted at SquadNumbers.com every single Monday. The concept is …
David Moyes’ Ajax number 14 shirt
David Moyes has – or at least had, according to this 2001 article – an Ajax shirt at home. When it comes to the Dutch club, one number stands above …
Our new favourite Dutch team
As regular readers of the blog will know, the Netherlands have featured heavily here. The country was at the vanguard of the alphabetical numbering movement, it fielded 1-11 in two consecutive …
Johan Cruyff and the number 14
We’re snobs, we’ll admit that. In creating this blog, we wanted to provide something fresh and avoid looking at what every other article on the subject does, the obvious things. …