England's squad numbers
Rogins Drift wrote:
Holland did that first, in 1974. Except for Cruyff, who got his favourite number 14, the others were alphabetical - hence the glorious sight of Jongbloed the goalie wearing number 8.
Not everyone noticed this though, as happy accident meant a lot of the players ended up with numbers close to what you'd expect - midfielders wearing 7, forwards wearing 9 etc. I don't think Ruud Geels the sub striker got a game (might be wrong), so we never got to see his lovely number 1 shirt.
Rogins Drift wrote:
Wasn't it Argentina in 1982 who started with doing away with "traditional" shirt numbers, when they had them assigned alphabetically so Ossie Ardiles improbably had number 1 on his back?
Not everyone noticed this though, as happy accident meant a lot of the players ended up with numbers close to what you'd expect - midfielders wearing 7, forwards wearing 9 etc. I don't think Ruud Geels the sub striker got a game (might be wrong), so we never got to see his lovely number 1 shirt.
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