Wigan Athletic desperately short of numbers with new season looming large
With the new season less than two weeks away, Wigan Athletic are available at odds of 20/1 with bet365 bookmakers to win League One next term. That looks to be …
Second-season syndrome
A year ago, to mark the 25th anniversary of the introduction of squad numbering to the Premier League, we examined how sides allocated their numbers and how they lined up …
Monday 11s – General knowledge squad number quiz
Welcome to the 112th edition of our weekly squad number quiz, Monday 11s. It’s the third Monday of the month, this week is a general knowledge squad number quiz. As …
Career in Numbers – Jermain Defoe
Jermain Defoe is set to make his competitive debut for Rangers away to Kilmarnock tonight, January 23 (last Friday’s Scottish Cup game against Cowdenbeath, which should have been his first …
Gers-ey numbers
Jay Mansfield has been compiling a comprehensive history of Rangers’ kits on his blog, but he took time out to take a thorough look at the club’s numbering foibles: I’ve recently …
Monday 11s – Left back squad number quiz
Welcome to the latest edition of Monday 11s, our weekly squad number quiz. This week’s quiz is all about left backs – let us know how many you get correct …
Celtic’s hoop dreams are dashed
It’s rare that we focus on the visuals of shirt numbers, in the way that the excellent book Football Type did. For what it’s worth, the style used by adidas in World …