For those of us old enough to remember the number on your back said where on the pitch (or your role on the pitch) was dictated by the number on your back, here's a handy read for those too young to remember.....
https://guidetofootball.com/positions/shirt-numbers/
I seem to remember Ivor was not a striker (No9) but an inside right (No7)
Maybe Garcia would be better as a No.7?
Quote from: Kimbleman on October 25, 2026, 08:03:14 AMFor those of us old enough to remember the number on your back said where on the pitch (or your role on the pitch) was dictated by the number on your back, here's a handy read for those too young to remember.....
https://guidetofootball.com/positions/shirt-numbers/
I seem to remember Ivor was not a striker (No9) but an inside right (No7)
Maybe Garcia would be better as a No.7?
Being very old myself, I preferred teams wearing 1 to 11. It certainly meant you had worked hard for the right to wear the shirt for that game. Squad numbers don't have the same effect for me.
Surely inside right was 8 and outside right (I.e. right winger) was 7
Quote from: Southcoastffc on October 25, 2026, 08:21:57 AMSurely inside right was 8 and outside right (I.e. right winger) was 7
Yes that's my recollection too: 7 right wing, 11 left wing Conway and Barrett
Quote from: Southcoastffc on October 25, 2026, 08:21:57 AMSurely inside right was 8 and outside right (I.e. right winger) was 7
I was going to mention that AND that I never really understood the role of a half back.
I did know what the numbers meant in 4 3 3 and 4 4 2 but now they mean very little. I hate it when pundits talk about a number ten role or a false nine because neither of these mean anything to me.
I do prefer squad numbers because at least you know for sure who everyone is!
Quote from: Andrew on October 25, 2026, 08:30:44 AMQuote from: Southcoastffc on October 25, 2026, 08:21:57 AMSurely inside right was 8 and outside right (I.e. right winger) was 7
I was going to mention that AND that I never really understood the role of a half back.
I did know what the numbers meant in 4 3 3 and 4 4 2 but now they mean very little. I hate it when pundits talk about a number ten role or a false nine because neither of these mean anything to me.
I do prefer squad numbers because at least you know for sure who everyone is!
Hear hear.... False 9, number 10, it's all Greek to me too 😂🤣
Quote from: Southcoastffc on October 25, 2026, 08:21:57 AMSurely inside right was 8 and outside right (I.e. right winger) was 7
Well either way Gordon Davis definitely wore the number 7 shirt.
Given his 'wand' was his right foot, I guess that 7 on his back made him an inside right!?
Quote from: Andrew on October 25, 2026, 08:30:44 AMQuote from: Southcoastffc on October 25, 2026, 08:21:57 AMSurely inside right was 8 and outside right (I.e. right winger) was 7
I was going to mention that AND that I never really understood the role of a half back.
I did know what the numbers meant in 4 3 3 and 4 4 2 but now they mean very little. I hate it when pundits talk about a number ten role or a false nine because neither of these mean anything to me.
I do prefer squad numbers because at least you know for sure who everyone is!
I think "false 9" is a ridiculous saying.
Quote from: Kimbleman on October 25, 2026, 08:38:17 AMQuote from: Southcoastffc on October 25, 2026, 08:21:57 AMSurely inside right was 8 and outside right (I.e. right winger) was 7
Well either way Gordon Davis definitely wore the number 7 shirt.
Given his 'wand' was his right foot, I guess that 7 on his back made him an inside right!?
Well the now very old fashioned line up was, for all clubs:
1 keeper
2 right back (full back)
3 left back
4 right side wing half
5 centre half
6 left side wing half
7 right wing
8 right side inside half
9 centre forward
10 left side inside half
11 left wing
It was simpler then! Maybe better in some ways.
Quote from: Southcoastffc on October 25, 2026, 10:28:56 AMQuote from: Kimbleman on October 25, 2026, 08:38:17 AMQuote from: Southcoastffc on October 25, 2026, 08:21:57 AMSurely inside right was 8 and outside right (I.e. right winger) was 7
Well either way Gordon Davis definitely wore the number 7 shirt.
Given his 'wand' was his right foot, I guess that 7 on his back made him an inside right!?
Well the now very old fashioned line up was, for all clubs:
1 keeper
2 right back (full back)
3 left back
4 right side wing half
5 centre half
6 left side wing half
7 right wing
8 right side inside half
9 centre forward
10 left side inside half
11 left wing
It was simpler then! Maybe better in some ways.
So Gordon Davis was a right winger!? Fox in the box!
Quote from: Southcoastffc on October 25, 2026, 10:28:56 AMQuote from: Kimbleman on October 25, 2026, 08:38:17 AMQuote from: Southcoastffc on October 25, 2026, 08:21:57 AMSurely inside right was 8 and outside right (I.e. right winger) was 7
Well either way Gordon Davis definitely wore the number 7 shirt.
Given his 'wand' was his right foot, I guess that 7 on his back made him an inside right!?
Well the now very old fashioned line up was, for all clubs:
1 keeper
2 right back (full back)
3 left back
4 right side wing half
5 centre half
6 left side wing half
7 right wing
8 right side inside half
9 centre forward
10 left side inside half
11 left wing
It was simpler then! Maybe better in some ways.
Those were the days. I was a 6... Until I got demoted to the bench and became a 13.
Quote from: the nutflush on October 25, 2026, 01:56:16 PMQuote from: Southcoastffc on October 25, 2026, 10:28:56 AMQuote from: Kimbleman on October 25, 2026, 08:38:17 AMQuote from: Southcoastffc on October 25, 2026, 08:21:57 AMSurely inside right was 8 and outside right (I.e. right winger) was 7
Well either way Gordon Davis definitely wore the number 7 shirt.
Given his 'wand' was his right foot, I guess that 7 on his back made him an inside right!?
Well the now very old fashioned line up was, for all clubs:
1 keeper
2 right back (full back)
3 left back
4 right side wing half
5 centre half
6 left side wing half
7 right wing
8 right side inside half
9 centre forward
10 left side inside half
11 left wing
It was simpler then! Maybe better in some ways.
Those were the days. I was a 6... Until I got demoted to the bench and became a 13.
I was left back in the changing room.
Quote from: Kimbleman on October 25, 2026, 08:33:14 AMQuote from: Andrew on October 25, 2026, 08:30:44 AMQuote from: Southcoastffc on October 25, 2026, 08:21:57 AMSurely inside right was 8 and outside right (I.e. right winger) was 7
I was going to mention that AND that I never really understood the role of a half back.
I did know what the numbers meant in 4 3 3 and 4 4 2 but now they mean very little. I hate it when pundits talk about a number ten role or a false nine because neither of these mean anything to me.
I do prefer squad numbers because at least you know for sure who everyone is!
Hear hear.... False 9, number 10, it's all Greek to me too 😂🤣
According to this board we have any number of false number nines. They used to be the guys who scored you goals.
I wasn't allowed a number, but I was always
Left Right Out.
As an aside - I, too prefer the 1-11, AND I wish we'd take names off the backs of shirts. The only name on the shirt should be Fulham.
Are goalies not allowed to wear number one? I can think of many with the ego to match.
Quote from: Kimbleman on October 25, 2026, 08:03:14 AMFor those of us old enough to remember the number on your back said where on the pitch (or your role on the pitch) was dictated by the number on your back, here's a handy read for those too young to remember.....
Quote from: Kimbleman on October 25, 2026, 08:03:14 AMFor those of us old enough to remember the number on your back said where on the pitch (or your role on the pitch) was dictated by the number on your back, here's a handy read for those too young to remember.....
https://guidetofootball.com/positions/shirt-numbers/
I seem to remember Ivor was not a striker (No9) but an inside right (No7)
Maybe Garcia would be better as a No.7?
https://guidetofootball.com/positions/shirt-numbers/
I seem to remember Ivor was not a striker (No9) but an inside right (No7)
Maybe Garcia would be better as a No.7?
Showing my age wasn't a No 7 a outside right No 8 inside right?
Wasn't the old system in my school days 2-3-5.
Quote from: AJW48361 on October 27, 2026, 06:53:47 PMWasn't the old system in my school days 2-3-5.
I can remember when 4-2-4 was a revolutionary idea.
In my day it was 3-4-3 Centre half and two full-backs, two half backs and two inside forwards, right winger centre forward and left winger. The half backs were mainly defenders that played a bit further foward and linked the defence with the attack, mainly by using the inside forwards.
The formation was 2 3 2 3
2 Full backs
3 Centre half and wing halves
2 Inside forwards
3 Centre forward and 2 wingers
Then people started mucking about! ::wink::
My Recollection of the 1982-82 Team was
1. Peyton
2.Hopkins 5.Brown 6.Gale 3.Lock
11.Lewington
4. O'Driscoll 8. Wilson 10. Houghton
7.Davis 9. Coney
With Parker, Carr, Strong, Thomas and Tempest making some appearances.
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Typically positions for these numbers and the formation would be
1. Peyton
2.Hopkins 5.Brown 6.Gale 3.Lock
4. O'Driscoll
7.Davis 8. Wilson 11.Lewington
9. Coney 10. Houghton
which is not the formation that they played.
Quote from: AJW48361 on October 27, 2026, 06:53:47 PMWasn't the old system in my school days 2-3-5.
Yes. And if you were a fullback, you stayed back. None of this bombing down the wing and delivering crosses. You were an out and out defender.
Quote from: Southcoastffc on October 25, 2026, 08:21:57 AMSurely inside right was 8 and outside right (I.e. right winger) was 7
Rightly pointed out, JC & LB were our famous pairing.
Quote from: the nutflush on October 28, 2026, 06:48:54 AMQuote from: AJW48361 on October 27, 2026, 06:53:47 PMWasn't the old system in my school days 2-3-5.
Yes. And if you were a fullback, you stayed back. None of this bombing down the wing and delivering crosses. You were an out and out defender.
.. and the biggest/hardest lad in the team was the #5.
Think of Jackie Charlton, Dave Watson (his stare scared your lunch out of you), Frank McLintock was another, though average height, he was hard as nails, as was Tommy "Quarried" Smith.
Quote from: Logicalman on October 28, 2026, 05:42:41 PMQuote from: the nutflush on October 28, 2026, 06:48:54 AMQuote from: AJW48361 on October 27, 2026, 06:53:47 PMWasn't the old system in my school days 2-3-5.
Yes. And if you were a fullback, you stayed back. None of this bombing down the wing and delivering crosses. You were an out and out defender.
.. and the biggest/hardest lad in the team was the #5.
Think of Jackie Charlton, Dave Watson (his stare scared your lunch out of you), Frank McLintock was another, though average height, he was hard as nails, as was Tommy "Quarried" Smith.
Bobby hard as nails Keetch