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The mystery of the No. 18 shirt in the 1998 play-off final

Henry IrvingHenry Irving
in General Charlton
So,

We're going through stuff we have at the museum and one of the items is a framed signed play-off final shirt.

It's slipping inside the frame so we need to take it out.

When we do we realise that this is match issued shirt with the embroidered "Wembley 1998"

They were never put on sale and it is the same short sleeve shirt as the two others we have (Mendonca's and Brown's).

But it has "18" on the back.

There was no number 18 that day. I even checked with the expert on all matters Charlton, Shirty5, and he was as stumped as us.

So why is there a number 18 play-off final shirt?

Over to you.

Comments

  • aliwibblealiwibble
    edited November 2014
    It was a spare one in case someone ruined their shirt by getting blood all over it from a cut head, or the Sunderland defenders were a bit too vigorous with the shirt-pulling?
  • Addick AddictAddick Addict
    Perhaps in case one of the players got injured in the warm up and we had to call on someone there but not actually in the team/bench?
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    aliwibble said:

    It was a spare one in case someone ruined their shirt by getting blood all over it from a cut head?

    Steve Brown's shirt still has some blood on the collar but as he said "it isn't mine".

    Could be but why 18 not 15, the next available number or just left blank?
  • cafc999cafc999
    Having had a look at the back of the programme yesterday I noticed it named more players than the 3 subs that we had that day (One of them was a certain Kevin Lisbie!!)

    So maybe the club got made enough shirts for a squad size of, say 22 players (This now leads to a question of just how many shirts were there..??)
  • AddickforlifeAddickforlife
    A club will have a few players who aren't subs on the day in a larger matchday squad, in case someone gets injured in the warm up etc.
  • AddickforlifeAddickforlife
    A club will have a few players who aren't subs on the day in a larger matchday squad, in case someone gets injured in the warm up etc.
  • redlaneredredlanered
    But if someone got injured in the warm up, the sub would start the match wearing a number 1-11 (e.g. if Sasa had got injured warming up, presumably Petterson or Salmon would have started the game, but wearing #1)
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    Talal said:

    It was done to cause confusion 16 years on.

    It worked then

    Damn you Curbs
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  • cafcfancafcfan
    Someone put No 81 on upside down?
  • cafcdave123cafcdave123
    Perhaps they just gave the entire squad a shirt to mark the occasion
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    cafcdave123 said:

    Perhaps they just gave the entire squad a shirt to mark the occasion

    Could well be but that then leaves the question of who was number 18?
  • PL54PL54
    Henry Irving said:

    cafcdave123 said:

    Perhaps they just gave the entire squad a shirt to mark the occasion

    Could well be but that then leaves the question of who was number 18?
    Andy Delort
  • The Red RobinThe Red Robin
    18 you say? That can only be one man.

    image
  • golfaddickgolfaddick
    it was Lee Harvey Oswald's......
  • FiiiiiishFiiiiiish
    It was the guess of how many times the ball would hit the back of the net that afternoon, not a bad guess.
  • Big WilliamBig William
    Kanu
  • Kap10Kap10
    Henry Irving said:

    cafcdave123 said:

    Perhaps they just gave the entire squad a shirt to mark the occasion

    Could well be but that then leaves the question of who was number 18?
    Did we have squad numbers for the season then?
  • shirty5shirty5
    Kap10 said:

    Henry Irving said:

    cafcdave123 said:

    Perhaps they just gave the entire squad a shirt to mark the occasion

    Could well be but that then leaves the question of who was number 18?
    Did we have squad numbers for the season then?
    No
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  • AddicksAddictAddicksAddict
    Addickforlife said:

    A club will have a few players who aren't subs on the day in a larger matchday squad, in case someone gets injured in the warm up etc.

    Addickforlife said:

    A club will have a few players who aren't subs on the day in a larger matchday squad, in case someone gets injured in the warm up etc.

    You can say that again.
  • cafctomcafctom
    Henry Irving said:

    cafcdave123 said:

    Perhaps they just gave the entire squad a shirt to mark the occasion

    Could well be but that then leaves the question of who was number 18?
    I remember a young Paul Konchesky had the number 18 shirt for a few years.
  • thai malaysia addickthai malaysia addick
    Perhaps the kit supplier charged £50 per shirt or 18 for £700. Someone thought "aha, we can get four free shirts here and if there's a museum one day there'll be a few spare".
  • _MrDick_MrDick
    Just thinking about the players who bundled Ilic after the penalty save ...

    Barness
    Chappell
    Mortimer

    I reckon it was Phil 'Bambi' Chappell
  • Fanny FanackapanFanny Fanackapan
    The Red Robin said:

    18 you say? That can only be one man.

    image

    That's got to be a still from Les Miserables !

    (Oh, and " Bring him home" !)



  • StigStig
    I think it probably belonged to Golfie and referred to his desire to play 18 holes.
  • ricky_ottoricky_otto
    Stig said:

    I think it probably belonged to Golfie and referred to his desire to play 18 holes.

    Going by his relationship issues, I think he would settle for one hole at the moment.
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