Same with me. There's realy no good reason why I should care, but I just do. Agree that that Koren one seems a bit funny if true. It's not like anyone else would want the number 10 either if Fryatt wants to keep 12.
It just wouldn't make sense that Koren's number would be 7 because that means Stewart is changing his number, and if Proschwitz is 9, that means maybe McLean is 10...
They are the numbers the players put on their autographs when they signed them when I was at the traibing ground
From memory, John Eyre said that when Mannone joined he wanted 60 something in honour of his father but he wasn't allowed as Football League restricted the numbers from 1-49.
Well someone asked McLean what number he is and he said 9 Aaron Mclean ‏@A9Mac “@hullcitygirlX: @A9Mac What number are you again? Ha” 9
McLean is 9, he said on Twitter earlier. Also, some players may want 'rude' numbers such as 69, I'd imagine people like Giggs and Rooney would like that by the amount of shags they've had over the years.
Ah, fair enough. Maybe this means Koren 7, Proschwitz 10 and Stewart 11, with Simpson to possibly... who knows? 17, or 23 like I said earlier.
Historically its been a goalkeeper number. Third choice keepers in world cups etc would almost always be number 22. I cite the England '86 world cup squad as proper usage of squad numbers; 1 GK Peter Shilton 2 DF Gary Stevens 3 DF Kenny Sansom 4 MF Glenn Hoddle 5 DF Alvin Martin 6 DF Terry Butcher 7 MF Bryan Robson (c) 8 MF Ray Wilkins 9 FW Mark Hateley 10 FW Gary Lineker 11 MF Chris Waddle 12 DF Viv Anderson 13 GK Chris Woods 14 DF Terry Fenwick 15 DF Gary A. Stevens 16 MF Peter Reid 17 MF Trevor Steven 18 MF Steve Hodge 19 MF John Barnes 20 FW Peter Beardsley 21 FW Kerry Dixon 22 GK Gary Bailey Note also 4 as midfielder and 5-6 as central defenders. That's proper.
I love this post. Sqaud numbers, even though they mean **** all in reality, have always interested me and I agree with what you're saying.
You're right they mean **** all, especially these days. It's a shame really and I think little traditions like this are worth holding on to. There's an article on wiki about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squad_number_(association_football)
Squad numbers courtesy of Theo: http://img.viame-cdn.com/photos/6c850f50-c2eb-012f-3278-123138154bd1/r600x600.jpg
Seems weird that number 18 has been left free? Who is that for? Why not just give it to Bruce who is 28?
