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Jeez, are we really at the stage were younger fans don't know what position wears what number?

1 GK

2 RB

3 LB

5,6 CB

4,8 CM

7 RW

11 LW

9.10 CF

The no.6 and no.4 are okay in either position IMO

Liverpool's Ray Kennedy, centre midfiled "5", Steve Heighway left wing "9" and  John Toshack centre forward "11", and some little bloke up front "7" another reason I started to hate them early!
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You can go back further and 4 and 6 were wing-halves, 8 and 10 inside-forwards traditionally, but people were experimenting anyway, so the positions weren't fixed except in the public understanding. I remember watching a doc about Swindon, of all teams, from the early 60s, and they were pretty much playing a 4-5-1/4-3-3 50 years ago. Mike Summerbee and Ernie Hunt included, oldsters. :lol: Some arse wrote a whole book about the history of numbering shirts in different countries, but I'd rather watch Big fucking Brother than read that, at least I wouldn't have to try to stay awake.

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Some rugby union team used to have letters. A to M or something, whatever the 15th letter of the alphabet is I can't be arsed counting.

 

Leicester were the most recent to change to numbers I think.

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Jeez, are we really at the stage were younger fans don't know what position wears what number?

1 GK

2 RB

3 LB

5,6 CB

4,8 CM

7 RW

11 LW

9.10 CF

The no.6 and no.4 are okay in either position IMO

Liverpool's Ray Kennedy, centre midfiled "5", Steve Heighway left wing "9" and  John Toshack centre forward "11", and some little bloke up front "7" another reason I started to hate them early!

Toshack wore 10 , Ian Callaghan was 11.

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Whatever happened to that legends 5 a side competition that Pedro and Berestford et al used to play in? That still going?

It's not been going on for a few years.

Not people were turning up, we used to have one of the biggest turnouts and at most it only used to be half full. Combined with the fact that players these don't often stay at clubs to be legends and generally go elsewhere to live they couldn't get that many players to join anymore to keep the interest up. Arena's can have another event on instead which will fill up and bring them more money.

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Watching Kilmarnock v Celtic it occurred to me there's at least two artificial pitches in the top flight in Scotland. Plus God knows how many in the lower divisions.

 

I thought we'd seen the back of them but iirc the women's world was mostly played on artificial grass. Are the new ones that good? The ones I played on years ago were downright dangerous, full of sand which ripped your skin off. Could we really see one in the premier league at some point?

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Watching Kilmarnock v Celtic it occurred to me there's at least two artificial pitches in the top flight in Scotland. Plus God knows how many in the lower divisions.

 

I thought we'd seen the back of them but iirc the women's world was mostly played on artificial grass. Are the new ones that good? The ones I played on years ago were downright dangerous, full of sand which ripped your skin off. Could we really see one in the premier league at some point?

 

The newer ones are a world apart from the old astroturf, still never be used in the Premier League though.

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Can anyone explain the parked cars behind the goal at Stamford Bridge in the 70's and 80's?

 

Advertising? Still see it occasionally in South America if the ground has a running track.

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Can anyone explain the parked cars behind the goal at Stamford Bridge in the 70's and 80's?

 

Advertising? Still see it occasionally in South America if the ground has a running track.

 

I don't think it is advertising. There was a shot on soccer am today where it looked as though you could pay a few quid extra and watch the game from your car, like me and my dad used to do at local Sunday league games.

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Can anyone explain the parked cars behind the goal at Stamford Bridge in the 70's and 80's?

 

Advertising? Still see it occasionally in South America if the ground has a running track.

 

I don't think it is advertising. There was a shot on soccer am today where it looked as though you could pay a few quid extra and watch the game from your car, like me and my dad used to do at local Sunday league games.

 

Haha, beats getting cut up by Chelsea's firm I guess.

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