Whose shirt is it anyway?

[tombrown]

13 will always be Riedle. I also associate the 4 with Steve McMahon but I think he only wore that for england.

11 for Liverpool. No way he was getting 4

 

[Mamma Mia]

36 - Yesil
27 - Lord Divock
21 - Wonderman (Unluckeeeee Gary Mac)

 

[Whaddapie]

LFC: 5 - Ronnie, 6 - Jockey, 7 - The King, 8 - Stevie, 9 - Rushie, 10 - Digger, 11 - Macca (the original), 12 - Super Sub.

Non LFC: Buffon, Maldini, Baresi, Big Paul McGrath, Hagi, Stoichkov, Diego, (real) Ronaldo, Zico, Eder, Zizou, Platini, Henry, Bergkamp, Van Basten, etc...

 

[Basankayis]

66 springs to mind....
What was his name again? 😆

 

[darkstarexodus]

66 springs to mind....
What was his name again? 😆

Mario Lemieux

 

[peterhague]

A lot of mine are weird. Some of the ones I pictured instantly:

3 Burrows
11 Giggs
12 Aurelio
14 Alonso
16 Keane
17 Arbeloa
24 Sinama-Pongolle

I'm not sure about the major numbers cos it feels like I'm being influenced by the first few posts. 10 was defo Messi though.

 

[tombrown]

The one everyone is missing, that I hinted a couple of times, is

4 - Nicol

 

[Whaddapie]

The one everyone is missing, that I hinted a couple of times, is

4 - Nicol

I left him out only because it could be argued that Virgil will be more memorable in that shirt than he was...

 

[Woland]

And I remember him in loads of numbers. 2 as much as 4. But I think I remember Molby in a 9 once. Maybe not I dunno.

 

[Best Believe It]

Houghton wore 9 didn't he? With Aldo in the 8

 

[Woland]

8 and 10 in my head. Same as Johnstone. Can't both be right...

 

[Woland]

Actually they can, cos they didn't have fixed numbers then and just wore what was available week to week.

 

[tombrown]

And I remember him in loads of numbers. 2 as much as 4. But I think I remember Molby in a 9 once. Maybe not I dunno.

Yeah, back then there was no fixed numbers for a lot of players, so he probably did shift around, at least until he became a consistent starter, but he was predominantly 4. I know this as my default password for years included 4 for that very reason. It was set when i started work for Plessey in 1988 at the height of my man love for him.

Of course now I am cyber-savvy and I don't use the same password for every fucking account ever.

 

[tombrown]

I left him out only because it could be argued that Virgil will be more memorable in that shirt than he was...

Not to me

 

[Holle]

I can't decide on whether it's Rickie Lambert or Aspas for No 9.

 

[jan]

I can't decide on whether it's Rickie Lambert or Aspas for No 9.

I often think of Khalid Boulahrouz at Chelsea just because of how mad that was

 

[Brizzle]

Outside of Liverpool I see 4 as Makelele, which is also why I consider 5 & 6 as CB numbers and 4 as a DM. I still struggle to use "double 6" "he's not a 6 etc" although trying to teach myself.

 

[Whaddapie]

Funny that... BECAUSE of Liverpool, I see 5 as a MF number, with 4 & 6 being the CB numbers.

 

[Judge Jules]

We were the first to do that, but most clubs haven't followed that example since.

 

[tombrown]

Pretty sure Gillespie & Hansen were 2 & 6, respectively