Position numbers

[Kimbleman]

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?

[Deadcowboys]

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?

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.

[Southcoastffc]

Surely inside right was 8 and outside right (I.e. right winger) was 7

[Snibbo]

Surely 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

[Andrew]

Surely 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!

[Kimbleman]

Surely 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 😂🤣

[Kimbleman]

Surely 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!?

[alfie]

Surely 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.

[Southcoastffc]

Surely 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.

[Kimbleman]

Surely 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!

[the nutflush]

Surely 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.

[alfie]

Surely 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.

[Grassy Noel]

Surely 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.

[Zoppa77]

I wasn't allowed a number, but I was always
Left Right Out.

[akf]

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.

[Grassy Noel]

Are goalies not allowed to wear number one? I can think of many with the ego to match.

[AJW48361]

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.....

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?

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?

[AJW48361]

Wasn't the old system in my school days 2-3-5.

[Grassy Noel]

Wasn't the old system in my school days 2-3-5.

I can remember when 4-2-4 was a revolutionary idea.

[LittleErn]

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.