By Jim Hearson And so we reach the final stretch of our re-imagining of Champions League winners with 1-to-11 instead of squad numbers. Understandably, this...
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By Jim Hearson We’re back to 1-to-11-ify more Champions League finals now and while our starting point of 2006 may seem like only yesterday to...
By Jim Hearson Following our thought exercise into what if winning teams were numbered 1-11 in the finals of the FA Cup and World Cup,...
A break away from the usual Monday slot for this series but we’re sure you’ll agree that it’s justified. It might surprise you to learn...
While Real Madrid won the first five European Cups and another when the competition was a decade old, even if those wins were expunged from...
While the 2003-04 season didn’t provide as many unique adidas goalkeeper styles as 2002-03, there was nevertheless a good level of variation – perhaps for...
Something different for the latest edition of this series, and not just because a nasty bug prevented publication on Friday. This week, adidas and the...
Previous instalments in the series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10,...
In November 2020, Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno created Premier League history in the Gunners’ game against Wolverhampton Wanderers as he wore the club’s change shirt...
Thanks to Jim Hearson for his assistance With the old W-M formation having numbers 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 as the defensive players in...
