Squad Numbers

[Forbury Lion]

Anyone seen the numbers the cricketers get given ? Broad is 638 and Root is 655 and they hardly seem to be suffering a numerically induced crisis of confidence.....

They might when they get to 666 appearances

[dogzbollox]

Hate squad numbers, 1 to 11 then subs up to how ever many are allowed this season.

5 should be enough imho

You're either very old (like me) and remember those days. ..or very young and don't realise the sense you have just spoken (from the mouth of babes et al)

I say bring back outside right inside right etc. ...oh and a throw in?? ...should be called a shy again in my book #oldfart

[Forbury Lion]

In a 4-4-2 formation, I would prefer to see the first choice 11 lined up in position with the numbers below, I'm not sure this is the original/traditional lineup but it's the one I grew up knowing.

1
2 5 6 3
7 4 8 11
9 10

[JC]

In a 4-4-2 formation, I would prefer to see the first choice 11 lined up in position with the numbers below, I'm not sure this is the original/traditional lineup but it's the one I grew up knowing.

1
2 5 6 3
7 4 8 11
9 10

Well if you are talking about original/traditional lineups then this ia how it was

1
2 5 3
4 6
7 8 9 10 11

In fact I think we should go back to the old 3-2-5

[Hoop Blah]

I think you mean 2-3-5 there JC, with the 2 being two fullbacks wearing 2 and 3, the 3 being three half backs wearing 4 5 and 6 and then the 5 being the five forwards, 2 outside forwards (wingers) wearing 7 and 11, 2 inside forwards wearing 8 and 10 (creative midfielders in this day and age) and a centre forward wearing the 9.

Pretty sure 3-2-5 came after 2-3-5, at least from a number point of view, as the middle of the three half backs was moved back alongside the fullbacks. That's probably why 5 is always thought of as the centre back in more modern days with 4 and 6 a little bit interchangeable as a centre back or midfielder.

[Kingsley Junior]

Anyone seen the numbers the cricketers get given ? Broad is 638 and Root is 655 and they hardly seem to be suffering a numerically induced crisis of confidence.....

They might when they get to 666 appearances

They already have - Adam Lyth is number 666 and so far it isn't going particularly swimmingly for him!

[Fox Talbot]

I think you mean 2-3-5 there JC, with the 2 being two fullbacks wearing 2 and 3, the 3 being three half backs wearing 4 5 and 6 and then the 5 being the five forwards, 2 outside forwards (wingers) wearing 7 and 11, 2 inside forwards wearing 8 and 10 (creative midfielders in this day and age) and a centre forward wearing the 9.

Pretty sure 3-2-5 came after 2-3-5, at least from a number point of view, as the middle of the three half backs was moved back alongside the fullbacks. That's probably why 5 is always thought of as the centre back in more modern days with 4 and 6 a little bit interchangeable as a centre back or midfielder.

I think the 3-2-5 formation came in (early 1930s) before shirt numbers (1938?). In fact it was more of a 3-2-2-3. Go back far enough and you'll find 1-2-7 formations - AND very low-scoring games!

[Hoop Blah]

Wikipedia tells me shirt numbers were first used in England in 1928.