Thanks Riff, never knew that and its sounds a wee bit poo also.
In Great Britain persistent squad numbers were introduced in 1993, up to then players in starting XI had to have numbers 1-11 like this:
1 GK
2 RB 4 CB 5 CB 3 LB
6 CM 8 CM 10 AM/CF
7 RW 11 LW
9 ST
Actually if you look at it, numbers are still mostly handed out on somewhat similar basis. At Spurs we have Lennon (RW) with number 7, Bale (LW) with 11, Parker and Huddlestone (CM) with 8 and 6 respectively, Kaboul and Vertonghen (CB) with 4 and 5 respectively, Rose (LB/LW) with 3. We have no 9 since Pavlyuchenko (ST) left, Dempsey (2) is not a RB and Adebayor is out and out ST, not AM/CF.
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