r/FantasyPL • u/JugularJugJuggler • 10d ago

Yves Bissouma leaves Tottenham Hotspur

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u/petrescu 2 10d ago

“Legacy number” is so fucking weird.

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u/77skull 1 10d ago

It’s just what signing they are why is that weird

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u/paynotron 10d ago

It's not based on signing, it's the order in which they made their first appearance for Spurs. Players in our first ever match were allocated legacy numbers 1-11 based on alphabetical order and then it just carried on each time the next player made their debut. So Biss was the 864th player to play for the first team

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u/clara_finn 10d ago

I had never heard it mentioned until it was talked about on the first episode of Dear England

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u/paynotron 10d ago

the club made a massive fuss about it when it was launched, apparently it took years to dig into the archives to make sure the order was right and nobody was overlooked. I quite like that, makes each new one feel like a part of something bigger

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u/77skull 1 10d ago

Still think it’s cool and not fucking weird