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The only other F1 World Champ I know that is Italian is the man I always get mixed up with Pininfarina, Nino Farina.
 
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Oh balls. I genuinely think you wont find anyone here least into football than me, my understanding of the offside rule is questionable :oops::D.
I Thank Google (does that mean I cheated and you need to go again lol)
 
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GeoffCapes said:
Ok. On the subject of shirt numbers, what year did shirt numbering start on the back of football shirts?
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Do you mean the first time there was a match played where the players had numbers on the back of their shirt, or the year when it became more normal / accepted?

I may be completely wrong, but I have been told that the first time it ever happened was on my birthday, 25th August**, in the late 1920’s but I don’t think it became normal, or compulsory, until quite a bit later...

** Random fact I remember being included in a quiz about what historical events occurred on various family member’s birthdays....
 
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We've got some half priced cracked ice
And miles and miles of carpet tiles
TV's, deep freeze and David Bowie LP's
Pool games, gold chains, wosnames
And at a push some Trevor Francis track-suites
From a mush in Shepherds Bush
 
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MarkMas said:
Is that Ossie in yellow in this picture then?
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I can only just work out that that’s a keeper :D. Found an article on google somewhere where they were asking him why he had the No1 shirt that year, hence my answer (from google I admit,didt realise it was a no no) something to do with stopping players arguing and numbers allocated by name in alphabetical order.
 
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JonW said:
Do you mean the first time there was a match played where the players had numbers on the back of their shirt, or the year when it became more normal / accepted?

I may be completely wrong, but I have been told that the first time it ever happened was on my birthday, 25th August**, in the late 1920’s but I don’t think it became normal, or compulsory, until quite a bit later...

** Random fact I remember being included in a quiz about what historical events occurred on various family member’s birthdays....
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Correct with the 25th August. But what was the year?

One of Herbert Chapmans ideas.
 
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zagatoes30 said:
Well maybe a number of ideas are reputed to have been his but most weren't Spotlights, renaming The Arsenal to Arsenal etc. Arsenal fans are keen to spout a lot of these myths but numbered shirts may well be his.
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It's also reported that Chelsea vs Swansea had numbered shirts on a game the same day. Except that goalkeepers didn't have a number. Something which continued into the 30's.
 
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