I grew up watching teams play with the original jersey numbering of one through eleven on the backs of whichever players trotted out for each game the goal keeper was number one, and the remaining numbers were designated from the back line, through the midfield to the forwards. I knew, roughly, that it referred to a midfielder, probably of the attacking variety, but that was based on a distant (and therefore fuzzy) memory of old-fashioned shirt numbers. His quote prompted a fellow season ticket holder to ask me about the origin of the phrase “classic number ten”. It’s the first time we’ve got who looks to do what number tens do”. In the article, Frank Yallop was quoted as saying “Simon Dawkins is a good soccer player, but more of a forward. In actual fact, Dawkins, is returning to the Quakes, so if he keeps his jersey number (ten), there may be a conundrum when the Quakes will venture forth an ‘actual’ number ten and a ‘classic’ number ten (who’s actually wearing #27). The San Jose Earthquakes spent their off season searching for a midfield replacement in the event that Simon Dawkins wouldn’t return to the squad in 2012. Geoff Lepper recently wrote that the Quakes have finally found their ‘first legitimate number ten’ with their new signing Colombian Tressor Moreno - let’s welcome Tressor. Fuzzy math ensues and fuels speculation that two tens might be key to a successful starting eleven. A friend’s simple question sent Nerdy Gales down to the soccer archives to uncover the origin of the ‘classic number ten’.
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