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LlcoolJ

Mama said knock you out.
Oct 14, 2009
12,982
Sheffield
Didn't the idea of a number 10 come around the time people starting asking wtf (that's where, not what, btw) should we play Rooney?
Yeah, nobody had thought of a number 10 before then. Oh ....

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GT49er

Well-known member
Feb 1, 2009
46,843
Gloucester
Yeah, nobody had thought of a number 10 before then. Oh ....
Yes, actually in the days when football teams wore numbers 1 to 11 to indicate in which position they played, it usually transpired that one of them wore a shirt with number 10 on the back. They were called 'inside lefts' in those days.
At some point though, 'number 10' seemed to become a position in its own right, called ..... number 10 (as opposed to a player wearing a shirt with 10 on the back).
 


LlcoolJ

Mama said knock you out.
Oct 14, 2009
12,982
Sheffield
Yes, actually in the days when football teams wore numbers 1 to 11 to indicate in which position they played, it usually transpired that one of them wore a shirt with number 10 on the back. They were called 'inside lefts' in those days.
At some point though, 'number 10' seemed to become a position in its own right, called ..... number 10 (as opposed to a player wearing a shirt with 10 on the back).
Which is exactly what that book is about. The position rather than just the number. Point being, it's not a new invention.
 








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