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Soccer Player’s Shirt Number Draws Confusion On Twitter—And For Good Reason

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When the Doncaster Rovers Football Club— that’s soccer to all you— went up against Ebbsfleet United F.C. (aren’t the English quaint?) just over a week ago, Twitter did not pay attention to the riveting game or the foxy players. Instead, the jersey of Ebbsfleet central defender Yado Mambo was the topic of discussion. Can you figure out why?

Here’s a closer look:

If you’ve spotted the reason for Twitter’s ire, congratulations. You’ve probably heard music at some point in your life. Because as one Twitter user pointed out, imagine having a player with the last name ‘Mambo’ on your team, and giving him the number 18.

It’s not only a missed opportunity. It’s borderline blasphemous.

“It’s up there with Sp*rs not making Harry Winks No.40” added another Tweeter, which, in American, means Harry Winks of soccer team Tottenham Hotspur should’ve been given the number 40, because 40 winks. Millennials may not know this is an acronym for sleep. Also, no mate, it’s not right up there with that at all, Mambo’s wronging is way above that of Winks.

To this, Yado Mambo himself replied with a laughing emoji, to which Joe replied with an apology for blowing up his Twitter:

Ebbsfleet United had a joke of their own:

Now Mambo is appearing on BBC radio to discuss his jersey number and also hopefully announce a petition we can sign to have it changed.

To which we can only say…”I do ought to/Help change Yado’s number from 18 to something new/Cause you can’t run, you can’t hide/You’re gonna now be number 5.”