On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 3:45:22 +0000, MH wrote:
On 2024-09-28 14:21, Mark wrote:
And for my 2nd random question of the day...
Back when each team only had 1 substitute, how did they decide what
position to make the substitute? If the substitute was a defender and a
forward got injured, that wouldn't be much good.
Players were comparatively much better all rounders in those days. A
lot more were two-footed, or so it seems.
My impression was there were two approaches
1) get a very good allrounder that was regularly used as a sub and could
fit in most places. Gary Mabutt was such a player for example.
2) have a super sub who was an attacking player (a la Fairclough) and
just be confident that some of your midfielders were comfortable enough moving back into defence
But the one-player bench was an English thing, right? I think Serie A in
the late 1970s allowed a three-player bench (typically one goalkeeper
and two outfield players, numbered 12, 13 and 14), with one substitution
allowed. 13 and 14 would then be an all-rounder-ish defensive player,
and an all-rounderish attacking player.
And multiple instances of outfield players having to pull on the
goalkeeper's shirt.
Oh yeah, lots of those.
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