Why does andy carroll wear number 29

Have your say. Upcoming Fixtures. Match Reports. Premier League Table. Submit an Article. Get your daily update and weekly newsletter by signing up today! When Stewart returned from the loan he had the ignominy of not even having a squad number until he was eventually released in March Makes more sense that he was initially given another number.

Anthony Le Tallec was assigned number 20 for Liverpool at the start of season before he left on loan. During the season Preston decided to allocate number 12 to their fans and Gallacher switched to 27, which he wore until the left for Sheffield Wednesday later the same season. When he made the breakthrough at Sevilla in , he wore Technically, I reckon it must be possible as players like Francis Jeffers at Arsenal in and Nathan Ake at Chelsea last season have gone and loan and had their numbers given away.

If this happened and a player was recalled in an emergency…. I wonder if a player can have a squad number, get loaned out, and then take a vacant number when he comes back? When Pascal Chimbonda rejoined Spurs from Sunderland in January , his old number 2 shirt had gone to Alan Hutton and so he took the 21 vacated by Cesar Sanchez — but due to that number already being registered in the UEFA Cup, he too had to choose an alternative — and, bizarrely, went for 97!

Futre walked out. It is claimed, Futre offered him 2 weeks in his luxury villa to switch, which Moncur did and Futre made his debut 4 days later off the bench wearing no Ibrahimovic wore 18 for his first six months at PSG, before getting the number 10 that had evaded him his whole career after Nene left in January He had to keep wearing 18 in the Champions League, of course.

He still of course had to wear 33 for Europe while Vlad Chirches had 12 in Europe and 6 in the league. Looking at Villa pics from , the changes would seem to have taken place at the start of September too. Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.

Learn how your comment data is processed. Home About us The team Contact. You are not logged in. Topic Options. Rate This Topic. Originally Posted By: Sunit These rules suck , suarez cant play coz he is cup tied and he dsnt hav to play agnst his former club , We gave dem money for him , and not a small amt its 20mil , now hes our player he shld b able to play weneva kenny wants him to play , and dis carroll [oops] , TORRES is [oops] gone man , it feels as if hes stil fukn hauntig liverpool.

Let's give him a glass instead then! What's next? Previous Topic. Next Topic. Forster impressed during a loan stint with Norwich last season and Hughton could yet opt to keep him on Tyneside this term.

This article is more than 11 years old. Number previously worn by Jackie Milburn and Alan Shearer Manager didn't think anyone worthy of honour last season.