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Just 22 people, a patch of land, a ball and some dreams.In this largely apocryphal but narratively useful age, there were no such things as fixed squad numbers; players took to the field in jerseys numbered 1 11 and that was that.(Photo: Getty Images)For many decades it was thus, until clubs clocked that tying their biggest star to, say, the number nine shirt was a good commercial move. It started relatively innocently, but we now live in an age in which it has become acceptable to have players wearing 77, 99, 44.5 and, in some minor Greek amateur leagues,.This, for reasons I can't actually enumerate, is morally abominable, and so I propose the following restriction on all Premier League sides for the remainder of the season: only players wearing shirts 1 11 may take the field.(Photo: Tom Purslow)Obviously, this is impossible in many cases, for clubs have become slack in their efforts to fill gaps in their squad lists. I will therefore allow those each empty place to be filled with...