Vittorio Pozzo’s Metodo system from the 1930s was one of the many variants of 2-3-5 formation which featured attacking wingers

Outside forward is a position in football which refers to a footballer who plays as an advanced forward on the right or left wing - as an outside right or outside left. Vittorio Pozzo ( March 2 1886 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy &ndash Ponderano ( Biella) December 21 Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Typically as part of a 2-3-5 formation or one of its variants. In Association football, the formation describes how the players in a team are positioned on the pitch. As football tactics have developed, and wingers have dropped back to become midfielders, the terminology has changed and "outside forward" has become a historical term. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules.

Famous players who played outside right include Jimmy Johnstone, Stanley Matthews, Eddie Chapman, Tom Finney, while famous outside lefts include Eric Brook and Cliff Bastin. James Connolly 'Jimmy' Johnstone ( 30 September, 1944 &ndash 13 March, 2006) was a Scottish footballer. Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE ( 1 February 1915 — February 23 2000) was an English football player Eddie Chapman (b 1923 East Ham, London, UK. d 2002 was a Football (soccer player and chaiman closely associated with West Ham United Sir Thomas Finney, OBE (born 5 April 1922, Preston, Lancashire) is a former English footballer famous for his Eric Fred Brook ( 27 November, 1907 - 29 March, 1965) was an English footballer who is the all time record goalscorer for Clifford Sydney Bastin ( March 14, 1912 – December 4, 1991) was an English football player