[Albion] Legacy Numbers

[dejavuatbtn]

Just spotted that England are giving legacy numbers out to players. Good idea? Could the History Man do the business? Personally it would be good to see what number my great grandad got - Tommy White 1904/6 who played in the season we first wore the stripes.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Rooney would be 666, as a sign of the devil, in the sack!

 

[Gazwag]

What's a legacy number

 

[dejavuatbtn]

What's a legacy number

Numbering of all England players from the year dot, as they do in Cricket etc.

 

[Gazwag]

Numbering of all England players from the year dot, as they do in Cricket etc.

 

[zefarelly]

What's a legacy number

I'd have to check the specifics, but my Subaru has a unique chassis code?

 

[MattBackHome]

Yeah come on Carder pull your finger out

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Weren't all players given 1-11 depending on their position for quite a few decades?
How would anyone know the exact order that contracts were signed?

 

[Gazwag]

Weren't all players given 1-11 depending on their position for quite a few decades?
How would anyone know the exact order that contracts were signed?

It would be done on the date of debuts for the club

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Weren't all players given 1-11 depending on their position for quite a few decades?

If memory serves...

1 Goalkeeper
2 Right Back
3 Left Back
4 Right Half
5 Centre Half
6 Left Half
7 Right Wing
8 Inside Right
9 Centre Forward
10 Inside Left
11 Left Wing

12 Substitute

Life was so much simpler then

Tho on the down side you only got to know the halftime scores if you bought a programme with the secret code letters in

 

[zefarelly]

If memory serves...

1 Goalkeeper
2 Right Back
3 Left Back
4 Right Half
5 Centre Half
6 Left Half
7 Right Wing
8 Inside Right
9 Centre Forward
10 Inside Left
11 Left Wing

12 Substitute

Life was so much simpler then

Tho on the down side you only got to know the halftime scores if you bought a programme with the secret code letters in

proper. I was No11 at Steyning Strikers, and Shoreham boys club under Mel Hopkins. We were crap, but happy days!

 

[Nottseagull]

Was 2:3:5 still in use at the time substitutes were introduced?

 

[AnotherArch]

Tho on the down side you only got to know the halftime scores if you bought a programme with the secret code letters in

Or stood close enough to the bloke with the transistor radio on his shoulder. No earphones then.

 

[nickbrighton]

I think a lot of posters have the wrong idea here. Its not positional numbers, but the order in which they were awarded their first cap. So with the exception of the first starting 11and subs it would follow on from there. So as each new player was capped they would receive the next number

 

[Easy 10]

Another pointless gimmick.