[Football] A number 6 is...

[Berty23]

I have a good mate who plays national league north. He is a centre back and has always played in 6.

 

[fruitnveg]

8. Striker
10. Central midfield

A mistake, surely?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Bit tricky this one.

Back in the day as kids, 4 & 5 were the central defenders and 6 was our 'star' player.

It just became routine that we'd grab those shirts.

 

[Frankworthington]

Bobby Moore

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Dunk wears 4.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Downs Park to Brighton Station

 

[Greg Bobkin]

A large spring roll.

Edit: Bugger! Beaten to it by @SeagullinExile

Instead, I'll go for: three behind a false nine.

 

[HangletonGull]

At school and pub teams the no 6 was always the midfield terrier

 

[dolphins]

...not a number, but a free man.

 

[CheeseRolls]

Number 2 is big jobs!
by 6 I am starting to run out of answers, so will have to say central defender.

Cheeserolls age 4 3/4

 

[Audax]

Surely the correct answer is "it depends on the formation"?

I didn't grow up as a football follower, for me it's a more recent interest (from Gus Poyet era Brighton onwards) and shirt numbers don't mean a huge amount to me beyond the 9 and 10 roles. So for me, I'd look at it logically. If we looked at a basic 4-4-2 and assume that the GK is #1 at the top of the team sheet, then working down and left-to-right:

GK - 1

LB - 2
CB - 3
CB - 4
RB - 5

LW - 6
CM - 7
CM - 8
RW - 9

FW - 10
FW - 11

But that's clearly not how it was all set up back in the days when the shirt number did mean something, given the FW's are 9 and 10 and what everyone is saying so far about the 6 etc.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

I will always class the DM 4. 5 and 6 CBs.

This

1 goalkeeper
2 right back
3 left back
4 & 8 Centre midfield
5 & 6 Central defenders
7 & 11 wingers
9 & 10 forwards

12 sub.

 

[Badger Boy]

I wonder if Igor Julio will be given the number 6 shirt or whether Caicedo will move from 25. Otherwise I'm not sure who would be candidates for the shirt, maybe Ayari? Maybe Gilmour but I can't see it.

 

[Monkey Man]

When I first became aware of these things Alan Hansen at Liverpool was a number 6 and he was very definitely a centre back. So there you go.

 

[Bakero]

If you're discussing football and a Number 6 is mentioned, it's fairly certain a deep-lying centre mid is the player in mind.

The number on a player's back is often meaningless these days.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Can’t vote as it doesn’t give me the option to choose both!

Kit number wise - 4 is a CM and 5 and 6 are centre backs.

BUT when talking about positions, 6 is a holding mid.

Not confusing at all!

Exactly this. Your centre backs should wear 5 and 6, but nobody ever REFERRED to a centre as 'a six'.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

1. Goalkeeper
2. Right back
3. Left back
4. Central midfield
5. Centre back
6. Centre back
7. Right wing
8. Striker
9. Striker
10. Central midfield
11. Left wing

Madness!

 

[KZNSeagull]

5: Man
6: Devil
7: God

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Dunk wears 4.

He wears 5.

(Webster is 4)

 

[Farehamseagull]

1. GK
2. RB
3. LB
4. CM - holding
5. CB
6. CB
7. RM/LW
8. CM - box to box/pushing on
9. STR
10. STR/CF
11. LM/LW

Anything else is wrong.