retired_cassandrasue

Yes it has, a lot of times. Though a lot of these have been due to tragic death of a player.

retired_candycorncats

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retired...ation_football

JasonMA

Milan have said they will retire maldini's number 3 shirt when he retires and it will only ever come back into action if his son plays for them....

maybe if a player has served for 10-15 years or something then it could become an active feature for a club. obviously you wouldnt do it for a player who has played like 3-4 seasons

retired_sjpower2

I'd like to see certain shirt numbers having special effects, maybe fan reaction to giving a certain number to a player, or player reaction to getting said number. For instance, when I manage Southampton, I always make sure the legendary number 7 goes to a really good player.

retired_halfshell69

...which makes its inclusion in FM mostly pointless as players don't die in FM.

"a lot of times" is quite a stretch as well. Considering numbered shirts have been around quite a while there is still an insignificant number of retired shirts.

retired_cassandrasue

The concept in the game is a fairly recent one however.

train

Definitely something I would like to see included. Sure you can just "not use" the number, but thats easy to forget.

Me personally in one save, had a regen by the name of Paul Wallace. His shirt number was 17 from day 1, to the day he retired 23 seasons later. He scored 1069 Club goals for my squad, and to retire his number would have been a great way to sign him off.

As someone mentioned, I think only after a certain milestone should the option be avaliable (I.E - 20 consecutive seasons, 700+ Appearances, 1,000+ Goals) - but definitely something I'd like to see.

retired_mssa007

Shirt numbers don't play a big part for me anyway. I was at Spurs for 10 years, and I couldn't tell you what number my star man wore for those 10 years. Could have been 9, could have been 99.

train

Probably wasn't 99 though, right

retired_mssa007

Yeah that's quite a memorable one

I've recently bought a Turkish goalkeeper and felt the urge to give him the number 88. Thats the only squad number I can think of, off the top of my head. Doubt there would be much point in retiring the number 88!