Shirt retired. A joke surely ? 

1 hour ago, Sweep said:

I always thought it was 

       1

2  5  6  3

7  4  8  11

  9  10

 

With 5 & 6 being centre-back, 2 and 3 being full-back, and 7 and 11 being the wingers....

That's where I'm at. And would suit our non-squad number years in the 90's.

its to do with the old formations morphing into 442

full backs dont play further back than centre halves , and other stuff nowadays, but they did back then..

EG..

Edited July 24, 20205 yr by e2e4
typo

IIRC AC Milan retired number 3 for maldini, that makes sense club legend and amongst the best LB in the world for years.

Not a kid who has potential but as yet has achieved the square root of fuck all.

53 minutes ago, e2e4 said:

its to do with the old formations morphing into 442

full backs dont play further back than centre halves , and other stuff nowadays, but they did back then..

EG..

The 235 is wrong. It was

11     9     7

    10     8

    4       6

3      5      2

 

It was known as WM formation.....

4 was Right Half, 5 Centre Half and 6 Left Half.

11 minutes ago, MalcolmW said:

4 was Right Half, 5 Centre Half and 6 Left Half.

You're right. But you agree about WM formation Malcy?

30 minutes ago, MalcolmW said:

4 was Right Half, 5 Centre Half and 6 Left Half.

Where did rimmer play, malc

Pretty sure he was 6 but theres a motd away at preston where he looks like a midfielder

3 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

That's where I'm at. And would suit our non-squad number years in the 90's.

Agree. What number was Robbie Savage when bagging the promotion goal at Wrexham?

I've got 4 in my mind and he played wide left, but not so sure.

2 hours ago, jeep said:

The 235 is wrong. It was

11     9     7

    10     8

    4       6

3      5      2

 

It was known as WM formation.....

its not, theyre comparing that old 2-3-5 formation with 442 , think WM evolved from that one i posted by inverting the shape of the defence due to the offside rule changing

the earlier (earliest ?) pyramid one with the flat forward line of five players looks crazy nowadays. 

:lol:. 

1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Agree. What number was Robbie Savage when bagging the promotion goal at Wrexham?

I've got 4 in my mind and he played wide left, but not so sure.

looks like 4. 

 

2 hours ago, Casino said:

Where did rimmer play, malc

Pretty sure he was 6 but theres a motd away at preston where he looks like a midfielder

No 6 deffo. John Hulme, or slightly before that Charlie Hurley was centre half.

Edited July 24, 20205 yr by woolli

3 hours ago, frank_spencer said:

IIRC AC Milan retired number 3 for maldini, that makes sense club legend and amongst the best LB in the world for years.

Not a kid who has potential but as yet has achieved the square root of fuck all.

Him and Baresi conceded 23 goals in 196 games and he bloody gorgeous so that’s fair enough 😁

2 hours ago, Casino said:

Where did rimmer play, malc

Pretty sure he was 6 but theres a motd away at preston where he looks like a midfielder

Just had a rummage through some old  (70-71) programmes & remember now that players didn't have a squad number then but could switch between 2 & 11, though some stuck mostly to the same number.

Rimmer variously played at 6,8 &10 (at 6 i'd guess he was playing in defence ),   Hurley & Hulme were mostly 5 & 6, & Gareth Williams seemed to be 4 every game.

Warwick Rimmer was a more defensive midfielder who usually played number 4 or 6. He gave 100% effort every game.
 

Brian Bromley or Freddie Hill were usually the more attacking midfielders in the same team.

He had a car repair business next to Bobby Heywood’s park - Warwick Rimmer Autos.
 

I wish more of today’s players had his attitude. Fuckin big girls most of them.

 

7 hours ago, Sweep said:

I always thought it was 

       1

2  5  6  3

7  4  8  11

  9  10

 

With 5 & 6 being centre-back, 2 and 3 being full-back, and 7 and 11 being the wingers....

That's a Bruce Rioch side!

1 hour ago, Rudy said:

Him and Baresi conceded 23 goals in 196 games and he bloody gorgeous so that’s fair enough 😁

Ey up- the BN's Bolty!

I recall Roberto Baggio caused a bit of a stir at Milan when he went there. He insisted on the N0 9 shirt so poor old Zamorano the precious 9 changed his number to an eye catching 1+8

To own up, I remembered the incident, but had to look up how the drama unfolded.

34 minutes ago, Francis Fogarty said:

I recall Roberto Baggio caused a bit of a stir at Milan when he went there. He insisted on the N0 9 shirt so poor old Zamorano the precious 9 changed his number to an eye catching 1+8

To own up, I remembered the incident, but had to look up how the drama unfolded.

It was (the original) Ronaldo who wanted number 9, wasn’t it? Baggio was number 10

This is as I found it. Yes, Bobby Baggio was indeed 10, but because the real Ronaldo already had the 9 Zamorano got bumped out to 18. Who'd ever think an Italian, Chilean and Brazilian could resolve something without diving and writhing in agony?

 

You may remember Ivan Zamorano’s eye-catching ‘1+8’ Inter shirt. Baggio was partially responsible for the unusual digit.

When he arrived at the Nerazzurri he requested his trademark No.10, which Ronaldo owned. The Brazilian agreed, but asked for Zamorano’s No.9. That prompted the Chilean to choose a stylised No.18.

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