What does it take for a shirt number to be retired?
What does a shirt number really mean? To some it doesn’t mean a great deal, which is why you sometimes see centre-backs wearing the number 26. To others though, a …
A history of squad numbers: which ones are the most significant?
From football players themselves to fans, everyone involved in the beautiful game feels some sort of affinity to squad numbers. There’s something undeniably fascinating about those seemingly simple numbers that are found on …
Monday 11s – General knowledge squad number quiz
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 …
Posthumously retiring squad numbers – an ode to Davide Astori
The footballing world was hit with some devastating news this week with the passing of Fiorentina captain and Italy international Davide Astori. On the 4th of March, Astori died in …