Also told they were numbered 1-22,don't know if that's true.gordondaviesmoustache said:I thought it was the first game where numbers were worn on shirts.
Sorry just watched the tape it was true.xgorton said:Also told they were numbered 1-22,don't know if that's true.gordondaviesmoustache said:I thought it was the first game where numbers were worn on shirts.
It is, although I'm not sure when the 1-11 system was adopted. Maybe a question for Gary James.xgorton said:Sorry just watched the tape it was true.xgorton said:Also told they were numbered 1-22,don't know if that's true.gordondaviesmoustache said:I thought it was the first game where numbers were worn on shirts.
gordondaviesmoustache said:It is, although I'm not sure when the 1-11 system was adopted. Maybe a question for Gary James.xgorton said:Sorry just watched the tape it was true.xgorton said:Also told they were numbered 1-22,don't know if that's true.
xgorton said:Sorry just watched the tape it was true.xgorton said:Also told they were numbered 1-22,don't know if that's true.gordondaviesmoustache said:I thought it was the first game where numbers were worn on shirts.
Yes spot on I once remembered reading about that somewhere.Ifwecouldjust....... said:xgorton said:Sorry just watched the tape it was true.xgorton said:Also told they were numbered 1-22,don't know if that's true.
Because when matches were first broadcast over the radio they tried to set up a system so that the listener could picture where the player was and who he was. You could get a 'map' of the pitch split into various zones which (I think) were numbered. You had this in front of you when listening to the match and the presenter would state the number of the player and the zone they were in when in possession.
Correct me if Im wrong.......Im not a historian
You are correct about the "map", apparently it was where "back to square one" comes from. City improving the language since 1933.Ifwecouldjust....... said:xgorton said:Sorry just watched the tape it was true.xgorton said:Also told they were numbered 1-22,don't know if that's true.
Because when matches were first broadcast over the radio they tried to set up a system so that the listener could picture where the player was and who he was. You could get a 'map' of the pitch split into various zones which (I think) were numbered. You had this in front of you when listening to the match and the presenter would state the number of the player and the zone they were in when in possession.
Correct me if Im wrong.......Im not a historian