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Poojah
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Not a huge amount to be read into here, other than perhaps a sizeable gap between numbers 16 and 22, and Kamil Conteh making a stake for the highest squad number to have featured in a Town league game. Can anyone beat 42?

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Squad numbers mean nothing these days do they?  Players have their preferred numbers and that's it.  

Clifton, for example. He would easily be a No 7, 8, 10 in old money.  His homage to Terry Fleming continues and it's nice to see.

Does seem a bit weird having one of the 'keepers with No 12 though.

Julien Lamy was 42 in the ill-fated 20/21 season yet he wasn't even the highest number that season.  That went to Joe Adams with 45.
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Squad numbers mean nothing these days do they?  Players have their preferred numbers and that's it.  

Clifton, for example. He would easily be a No 7, 8, 10 in old money.  His homage to Terry Fleming continues and it's nice to see.

Does seem a bit weird having one of the 'keepers with No 12 though.

Julien Lamy was 42 in the ill-fated 20/21 season yet he wasn't even the highest number that season.  That went to Joe Adams with 45.


I quite like to see keepers as a 12 or 16. Conteh is an odd one, I guess he's a modern 4 or old fashioned 6. A few decent numbers still up for grabs, 16-20 for example.
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Might Conteh have wanted 6, been told he can't have it and so opted for 42 because 4+2=6?

Several players at other clubs have done similar. Somebody (I can't for the life of me remember who) even had a little plus sign on their shirt between the 2 numbers.


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16 vacated by Alex Hunt who goes for 29 occupied by Ryan Taylor for the last two years, again probably a personal preference.

I'm gonna guess with Conteh that it's a case of 4+2=6 in the Ivan Zamorano 1+8 style, easier than fighting Luke Waterfall for the No 6 I guess...
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I believe the number 12 shirt in local league  football was retired in respect when I stopped playing.
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Might Conteh have wanted 6, been told he can't have it and so opted for 42 because 4+2=6?

Several players at other clubs have done similar. Somebody (I can't for the life of me remember who) even had a little plus sign on their shirt between the 2 numbers.


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Do all clubs have The British Red Cross on the number or is that just us?


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Yeah. Official Charity Partner of the EFL last season and this season.

Can't remember it last season though, but all clubs will have it on their numbers.
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