@owlstalk Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 This formation is before my time Is it basically just displayed all skewed in the programme? was it like wingers? Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 It's called "the Keegan". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteener1867 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Its a simple 433..wivout yer overlappin' wingbacks....obviously with a man in the hole (roamin') and 2 holding underlapping wing halves... Happy to help 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookowl Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: This formation is before my time Is it basically just displayed all skewed in the programme? was it like wingers? Original 2 - 3 - 5 formation. Changed late 1960's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike312 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Aaaaah the old 2-3-5 formation. It'll be trendy again one day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theowlsman Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Gary Megson and John Pearson had long careers didn’t they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyboy66 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Springett's playing up front on his own 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striggy Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Its keeper Right back left back Right half. Centre half. left Half Right wing. Inside right. Centre forward. Inside left. Left wing "nobody told me there would be days like these!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLS Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Striggy said: Its keeper Right back left back Right half. Centre half. left Half Right wing. Inside right. Centre forward. Inside left. Left wing Yes all football teams lined up with this exact formation. And if you were playing in a match you would know which one of these eleven positions you would be playing....and therefore you would know which number shirt you would be wearing because the numbers were fixed to a position (i.e. 11 was left wing, 7 was right wing, 9 Centre forward, 8 and 10 the inside forwards, 2 was right back, 3 was left back. 5 centre half, 4 and 6 were right and left half. It all seemed to make sense at the time - but I was only a kid, and I can't remember if they actualy played in this formation. Certainly when I played in a School match, we lined up like this at the start and had these positions in mind when we played - only two at the back. Anyone else remember that or am I making it up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookowl Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 1 minute ago, WOLS said: Yes all football teams lined up with this exact formation. And if you were playing in a match you would know which one of these eleven positions you would be playing....and therefore you would know which number shirt you would be wearing because the numbers were fixed to a position (i.e. 11 was left wing, 7 was right wing, 9 Centre forward, 8 and 10 the inside forwards, 2 was right back, 3 was left back. 5 centre half, 4 and 6 were right and left half. It all seemed to make sense at the time - but I was only a kid, and I can't remember if they actualy played in this formation. Certainly when I played in a School match, we lined up like this at the start and had these positions in mind when we played - only two at the back. Anyone else remember that or am I making it up? Yes that's how it was all positions had fixed numbers as you say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striggy Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 31 minutes ago, WOLS said: Yes all football teams lined up with this exact formation. And if you were playing in a match you would know which one of these eleven positions you would be playing....and therefore you would know which number shirt you would be wearing because the numbers were fixed to a position (i.e. 11 was left wing, 7 was right wing, 9 Centre forward, 8 and 10 the inside forwards, 2 was right back, 3 was left back. 5 centre half, 4 and 6 were right and left half. It all seemed to make sense at the time - but I was only a kid, and I can't remember if they actualy played in this formation. Certainly when I played in a School match, we lined up like this at the start and had these positions in mind when we played - only two at the back. Anyone else remember that or am I making it up? Thats exactly as I remember it at school. I started as a number 7, but switched to left wing cos there were too many right foot only players, I was two footed and less competition for a left wing spot. "nobody told me there would be days like these!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatter Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 27 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: T ) This formation is before my time Is it basically just displayed all skewed in the programme? was it like wingers? Although lining up 2-3-5, in effect the way Wednesday played, was more a very attack minded 3-4-3. In this team Mobley stayed pretty deep between Hill and Megson. The half backs McAnearny and Young had the job of breaking up opponents attacks and breaking forward at pace or getting the ball out to wingers Wilkinson and Dobson who were both pretty direct and tricky, especially Dobson.They would drop off the forward line to cooect the ball before haring forward Rarely for the Owls that team had no big centre forward to feed off wingers crosses, so must have been one of the last to line up that way. Pearson by the way was the bad boy'Pancho' Pearson who got himself into a few scapes at Man U and finished up at Hillsborough. Was a tidy player though but not as good as our home grown 'inside forwards' Fantham and Quinn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 57 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: This formation is before my time Is it basically just displayed all skewed in the programme? was it like wingers? 2-3-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 56 minutes ago, theowlsman said: Gary Megson and John Pearson had long careers didn’t they? As well as Alan Quinn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie irvine Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 55 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: This formation is before my time Is it basically just displayed all skewed in the programme? was it like wingers? 7and 11 were wingers, 1goalkeeper, 2full backs 3 half backs 5 forwards, it was all left and right, left back, right back left half, centre halt, right half, left wing or outside left, inside left, centre forward, inside right, right wing or outside right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOTIE AND THE SHIT TU Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Striggy said: Its keeper Right back left back Right half. Centre half. left Half Right wing. Inside right. Centre forward. Inside left. Left wing This^^^^^^^^^ We used to call the right half and left half, half backs And the inside right and inside left were the inside forwards @trevdi9 will be able to explain it more because he's a lot older than me 3 Just a bloke, who used up all his luck in one go when he met his wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike312 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I was always number 2. Both on my shirt and in my performances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastleigh Owl Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 It's a 3-4-3 with 2 attacking midfielders (inside men) and 2 defending midfielders (half backs) so can swiftly go 5 at the back and 5 up front. Or you could say 5 at the back and 5 up front with 2 coming out of defence and 2 dropping back from attack to make a 4 man midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildowl Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Just now, HOOTIE AND THE poo TU said: This^^^^^^^^^ We used to call the right half and left half, half backs And the inside right and inside left were the inside forwards @trevdi9 will be able to explain it more because he's a lot older than me The inside forwards were usually expected to move between attack and defence, as circumstances warranted. The"traditional" formation was, imo, more attacking. It wasn't until Alf Ramsey introduced the wingless England team that won the 1966 world cup that team formations began to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cognacbarnowl Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I think it used to be called the "W" formation. Scarily I remember every one of that team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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