Why are the numbers '1986' written on the Middlesbrough team badge?
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According to the official history on the club webpage:\n\nIn 1986, "a last day defeat at Shrewsbury sees Boro relegated to Division Three and the club goes into liquidation in July, suffering from massive debts.  A consortium consisting of ICI, Scottish and Newcastle Breweries, Bulkhaul, and Henry Moszkowicz saves the club and forms Middlesbrough Football Club and Athletic Company (1986) Ltd."
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I would say 1982 in Spain when some teams (W.Germany, Belgium etc.) overrode from 4-3-3 to more defensive 4-4-2. In the beginning of 80' some club teams such as Liverpool or Bayern also played in the 4-4-2 system.
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Its actually the arabic number 7. the same numbers we get ours from. it represents the coilition of nations of the first gulf war to represent the allies. if it points up its designating headquarters platoon. to the right 1st platoon. to tthe ground 2nd. and left is 3rd. since a line is the most recognized form it identifies friendly right away.
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Gehrig wore number four for the New York Yankees. I think that the Yankees started the custom of wearing numbers around 1931 or so. I presume the major leagues followed suit around a couple of years later.
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Four in total\n\nCeltic in 1967\nAjax in 1972\nPSV in 1988\nManchester United in 1999
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Nope can't say they are.  Maybe they used to be good.  They haven't ever been in the Champions league and Middlesbrough have qualifed for Europe more times than them in the last 10 Years.   The last thing they won was the league cup and haven't won the league since 1961 and last won the Fa cup 15 years ago.  Is that the record of a Big club.
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It's the old battle insignia that the English FA decided to use as the national team's synmbol.
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It's a throw back to the days before yellow and red cards. To record bad fouls or other offensive behaviour, the referee used to just write the offending player's name in a book (he still does) but not show a card - hence the term "booking". Now we have the card system (introduced in 1976) so a booking is accompanied by a yellow card.
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86'd came about in 1987. it's just a way to describe that which is done, over, in the past. Example....."You still w/ Amy?"....."no I 86'd her".
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Numbers 0 and 00 are no longer used, though they were issued in the NFL before the number standardization in 1973. George Plimpton famously wore 0 during a brief stint at quarterback for the Detroit Lions. Jim Otto wore number "00" ("aught-oh") during most of his career with the Oakland Raiders
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It is stamped on the inside with a number and the Coach emblem. I'm a Coach bag junkie. :)
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8 times (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998)
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These are very British I think....\n\n24 W on an AC = 24 windows on an advent calendar\n15 RB in a G of S = 15 red balls in a game of snooker\n3 W in M by WS = 3 witches in MacBeth by William Shakespeare\n99 ICC with a F = 99 ice cream cone with a flake\n10 E in a D = 10 events in a decathlon\n20 T in the PL = 20 teams in the premier league
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the number in (...) represents the score at half time
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As far as I can understand, not in Britain. The first time I'm aware of is when Jesper Olsen (Ajax, later Man Utd.) passed the ball to Johan Cruyff in a game against Helmond Sport, sometime in the late 70's
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From the Steelers:\n\n At first, this was a temporary measure because the Steelers weren't sure they would like the look of the logo on an all-gold helmet. They wanted to test them before going all-out.\n\nEquipment manager Jack Hart was instructed to put the logo only on one side of the helmet - the right side. The 1962 Steelers finished 9-5 and became the winningest team in franchise history to date. The team finished second in the Eastern Conference and qualified for the Playoff Bowl. They wanted to do something special for their first postseason game, so they changed the color of their helmets from gold to black, which helped to highlight the new logo.\n\nBecause of the interest generated by having the logo on only one side of their helmets and because of their team's new success, the Steelers decided to leave it that way permanently.
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1966 against West Germany. The score is 4-2 AET