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Not a huge amount to be read into here, other than perhaps a sizeable gap between numbers 16 and 22, and Kamil Conteh making a stake for the highest squad number to have featured in a Town league game. Can anyone beat 42? Tweet 1687387904749010944 will appear here... |
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He must be a fan of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Squad numbers mean nothing these days do they? Players have their preferred numbers and that's it.
Clifton, for example. He would easily be a No 7, 8, 10 in old money. His homage to Terry Fleming continues and it's nice to see.
Does seem a bit weird having one of the 'keepers with No 12 though.
Julien Lamy was 42 in the ill-fated 20/21 season yet he wasn't even the highest number that season. That went to Joe Adams with 45.
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Squad numbers mean nothing these days do they? Players have their preferred numbers and that's it.
Clifton, for example. He would easily be a No 7, 8, 10 in old money. His homage to Terry Fleming continues and it's nice to see.
Does seem a bit weird having one of the 'keepers with No 12 though.
Julien Lamy was 42 in the ill-fated 20/21 season yet he wasn't even the highest number that season. That went to Joe Adams with 45.
I quite like to see keepers as a 12 or 16. Conteh is an odd one, I guess he's a modern 4 or old fashioned 6. A few decent numbers still up for grabs, 16-20 for example. |
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Might Conteh have wanted 6, been told he can't have it and so opted for 42 because 4+2=6?
Several players at other clubs have done similar. Somebody (I can't for the life of me remember who) even had a little plus sign on their shirt between the 2 numbers.
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16 vacated by Alex Hunt who goes for 29 occupied by Ryan Taylor for the last two years, again probably a personal preference.
I'm gonna guess with Conteh that it's a case of 4+2=6 in the Ivan Zamorano 1+8 style, easier than fighting Luke Waterfall for the No 6 I guess...
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I believe the number 12 shirt in local league football was retired in respect when I stopped playing.
But I did win the best ‘Lino’ and net putter upper’ three years running 😉
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Might Conteh have wanted 6, been told he can't have it and so opted for 42 because 4+2=6?
Several players at other clubs have done similar. Somebody (I can't for the life of me remember who) even had a little plus sign on their shirt between the 2 numbers.
Ade Akinbiyi had 5+5. |
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Do all clubs have The British Red Cross on the number or is that just us?
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Yeah. Official Charity Partner of the EFL last season and this season.
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16 vacated by Alex Hunt who goes for 29 occupied by Ryan Taylor for the last two years, again probably a personal preference.
I'm gonna guess with Conteh that it's a case of 4+2=6 in the Ivan Zamorano 1+8 style, easier than fighting Luke Waterfall for the No 6 I guess...
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God I miss the old 1-11 days!
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When Argentina hosted the world, they issued squad numbers in alphabetical order.Midfield player Ossie Ardilles was no 1.
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When Argentina hosted the world, they issued squad numbers in alphabetical order.Midfield player Ossie Ardilles was no 1.
Charlton did the same in the ‘90s. I’m fairly sure Stuart Balmer wore the number 1 shirt against Town in the Ivano era.  |
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Didn’t Scotland have an odd system based on number of appearances?
I remember Ally McCoist wearing something odd like number 4.
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Alex Hunt was number 29 at Sheffield Wednesday.
Re: Conteh. He was 45 at Watford, 10 at Braintree (loan), 37 at Middlesbrough & 42 at Gateshead (loan).
Hunt confirms it's his birthday and the number he made his debut with. Tweet 1687410550286737408 will appear here... Also the number of wispy hairs in his 'tache. |
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Conteh said 42 is the same number as his hero, Yaya Toure
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Against Rochdale (home) last season we had 10 players start with squad numbers between 1 & 11. Only 5 was missing, with Niall Maher (31) playing.
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16 vacated by Alex Hunt who goes for 29 occupied by Ryan Taylor for the last two years, again probably a personal preference.
I'm gonna guess with Conteh that it's a case of 4+2=6 in the Ivan Zamorano 1+8 style, easier than fighting Luke Waterfall for the No 6 I guess...
I suspect of Waterfall says he’s having something, you just let him.., |
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Conteh said 42 is the same number as his hero, Yaya Toure
If Yaya Koure is his hero someone at the club needs to be super organised and get him a birthday cake sorted for his 21st on Boxing Day. We don't want him throwing his toys out of the pram just before the January transfer window opens if the club forgets. |
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I believe the number 12 shirt in local league football was retired in respect when I stopped playing.
But I did win the best ‘Lino’ and net putter upper’ three years running 😉
When you put said nets up who's shoulders where you perched on?All the best fella hope to catch you at a game |
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Might Conteh have wanted 6, been told he can't have it and so opted for 42 because 4+2=6?
Several players at other clubs have done similar. Somebody (I can't for the life of me remember who) even had a little plus sign on their shirt between the 2 numbers.
I think that was Ivan Zamorano at Inter when Ronaldo took the 9. |
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When Argentina hosted the world, they issued squad numbers in alphabetical order.Midfield player Ossie Ardilles was no 1.
England did the same (more or less) at the World Cup in Spain. The goalkeepers wore 1, 13 & 22. The rest of the squad were in alphabetic order apart from Kevin Keegan who was given number 7 (he would have been 9 with alphabetic order). It meant midfielder Trevor Brooking wore 3, winger Steve Coppell wore 5 and midfielder Glenn Hoddle wore 9. Italy took it to another level for their Italia 90 squad numbers. Similar to England in 1982 the goalkeepers were given 1, 12 & 22. The defenders were given numbers 2 to 8 in alphabetic order meaning a young Paolo Maldini wore 7 & Pietro Vierchowod wore 8. The midfielders wore 9 to 14 (minus 12) in alphabetic order including Carlo Ancelotti wearing 9. The forwards, number 10's and the one attack minded winger in the squad wore numbers 15 to 21 in alphabetic order with Roberto Baggio (15) & Toto Schillaci (19) coming from no where to star at the tournament. |
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Gigi Buffon's decision to wear 88 was an interesting one, especially after already wearing a t-shirt with a phrase used my Mussolini. His explanation was even more interesting...
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"I have chosen 88 because it reminds me of four balls and in Italy we all know what it means to have balls: strength and determination," he said. "And this season I will have to have balls to get back my place in the Italy team."
It gets better though, to the point where you just think he probably is/was thick.
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"At first I didn't choose 88," he explained. "I wanted 00 but the league told me that was impossible. I also considered 01 but that was not considered a proper number. I liked 01 because it was the number on the General Lee car in the TV series the Dukes of Hazzard."
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Didn’t Scotland have an odd system based on number of appearances?
I remember Ally McCoist wearing something odd like number 4.
At Italia 90, but the system gave Ally McCoist the number 9 shirt... 1 Jim Leighton (55) 2 Alex McLeish (69) 3 Roy Aitken (53) 4 Richard Gough (49) 5 Paul McStay (46) 6 Maurice Malpas (34) 7 Mo Johnston (33) 8 Jim Bett (24) 9 Ally McCoist (23) 10 Murdo MacLeod (14) 11 Gary Gillespie (11) 12 Andy Goram (9) 13 Gordon Durie (6) 14 Alan McInally (7) 15 Craig Levein (5) 16 Stuart McCall (5) 17 Stewart McKimmie (4) 18 John Collins (4) 19 David McPherson (4) 20 Gary McAllister (3) 21 Robert Fleck (3) 22 Bryan Gunn (1) *Presumably Alan McInally played in Scotland's final warm up match away in Malta after the squad was announced and Gordon Durie didn't. |
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And Scotland did the same at Euro 92 and Ally McCoist wore number 5.
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Gigi Buffon's decision to wear 88 was an interesting one, especially after already wearing a t-shirt with a phrase used my Mussolini.
His explanation was even more interesting...
It gets better though, to the point where you just think he probably is/was thick.
He must be thick if he wears 88 and doesn't think people will know exactly why he's chosen it. |
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Can't say I'm overly bothered who wears what shirt number.
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As any of the double digit numbers are not the most readily identifiable on the stripey back then I think players should have squad hair colours or boot colours to make them easily recognisable from a distance 😀
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