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Er, yeah, I think you might be right...:blush::whistle:

Wasn't Peter Ward numbers 1-11? You're right, it's not the most pressing of matters but seeing as it's becoming increasingly popular to describe a player by a positional number I thought I'd try and find out what position those numbers correlate to. The alternative is talking about Trump or...

Now this throws the cat back amongst the pigeons. We should bin the numbers and just say positions. Slightly longer but clearer.

Was 4 not central midfield? I could have sworn Dean Wilkins was no.4. If 4 and 5 are the centre halves then 6 and 8 become a lot clearer.

I think those positions are from further back in the day than my back in the day. I only go back to the 80's. I reckon right/left halfs and inside forwards were gone by then.

Back in the day players were numbered from 1-11. To the best of my knowledge the numbers(in the 80's and 90's - I can't comment on before then) corresponded to the following positions within a(n English) 4-4-2 formation. 1: GK 2: RB 3: LB 4: CM 5: CH 6: CH 7: W 8: CM 9: CF 10: CF 11: W Now...