ardwickboy
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When I was a lad I used to wear them brown boots, and if you played on a muddy pitch they used to weight a ton.Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
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Do you remember when footy boots were black?
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bluevengence
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Anyone remember these George best monstositys
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ALAN HINTON: I'M AMAZED CLOUGHIE LET ME WEAR MY WHITE BOOTS
ALAN HINTON received the princely sum of £1,000 when he put himself at the cutting edge of football fashion.
Alan Hinton can’t help smiling when he sees modern day stars wearing boots in a zillion shades of pink, yellow, blue, silver and green.
For Hinton, now 68, was one of the men who shocked soccer by having the nerve to smash a long-established mould and wear white boots.
England World Cup hero Alan Ball and Leeds full-back Terry Cooper were the other pioneers in days when you could have any colour of boot you wanted – as long as it was black!
It was 40 years ago when Brian Clough was about as shocking and daring as it got. Diamond-studded earrings? I think not. Proper blokes didn’t wear earrings back then – full stop.
The memories come flooding back as Forest prepare to entertain their arch-rivals on Saturday week.
In those days Clough and Hinton were on their way to winning the title with Derby and the winger reveals there might have been a reason why the outspoken boss didn’t lay into him for the white boots.
Hinton said: “Talk about different days and how times have changed. I was staggered he didn’t make a fuss about them.
“The background to me wearing them was simple. A company called Hummel approached me and offered me a grand.
“That was a fair bit of money back then. I thought Cloughie would crucify me, but he didn’t for some reason.”
Could it have been that Hinton knew one of Clough’s fashion secrets? He ran a clothing business on the markets as a sideline while skipper Dave Mackay had a tie company.
He added: “I was his supplier of Marks & Spencer quality seconds pullovers so maybe that’s why he kept quiet!
“It’s hard to imagine the likes of Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger going on TV wearing M&S seconds but it never bothered Brian. It certainly didn’t do his image any problem.
“In fact, my business sideline was something which led Cloughie to bend his rules for me. He was a stickler for saying: ‘You lot know the rules – no drinking after Wednesday.’
“I went to see him and told him that Thursday was a busy day for me.
“I used to have to get all my stuff, bring it back and unpack my vehicle and by the time I’d finished it would be eight o’clock.
“I told him that what I liked to do was nip to the pub after I’d finished, have just a couple of pints which allowed me to relax and I’d be asleep by 10.30pm. ‘OK, you can do that,’ he said.
“Cloughie would fine you and it would really hit you in the pocket. He once fined me when I failed to turn up for a club cricket match when my car broke down.
“Cloughie roared, ‘When I put a team on the board representing Derby County, be it dominoes, darts, football or cricket, I expect people to take it seriously because you are representing the club.’
“As I set about explaining he turned to me and said, ‘Alan, the simple fact is that you didn’t turn up. That’s a £5 fine.’
“‘You’ve got to be f****** joking,’ I replied.
‘Right, that’s £10 for swearing.’
“As I protested the fine kept increasing and we’d got to £25 by the time I decided I wasn’t getting anywhere.
“After we had finished training I went to see the gaffer and pleaded that a £25 fine was way over the top simply for not being at a cricket game.
“He said that if I signed a piece of paper agreeing to the fine then he would give me a fiver back each week. It was the last I saw of it.”
John McGovern, twice European Cup winning skipper with Forest, said: “The first time I met Clough was at a trial match at Hartlepool.
“I was a big Rolling Stones fan and I had long hair. Like many of the boys I wanted to be the next Mick Jagger.
“He barked at me, virtually his first ever words to me, ‘Stand up straight, get your shoulders back and get your hair cut. You look like a girl.’
“My face must have been an absolute picture. I was petrified.
“I plucked up the courage to say, ‘George Best has it styled like this.’ He said, ‘Well, when you can play like George Best, I’ll let you have it that way. Now get it cut.’
“So,what did I do? I had it cut short– just as he liked it!”
ALAN HINTON received the princely sum of £1,000 when he put himself at the cutting edge of football fashion.
Alan Hinton can’t help smiling when he sees modern day stars wearing boots in a zillion shades of pink, yellow, blue, silver and green.
For Hinton, now 68, was one of the men who shocked soccer by having the nerve to smash a long-established mould and wear white boots.
England World Cup hero Alan Ball and Leeds full-back Terry Cooper were the other pioneers in days when you could have any colour of boot you wanted – as long as it was black!
It was 40 years ago when Brian Clough was about as shocking and daring as it got. Diamond-studded earrings? I think not. Proper blokes didn’t wear earrings back then – full stop.
The memories come flooding back as Forest prepare to entertain their arch-rivals on Saturday week.
In those days Clough and Hinton were on their way to winning the title with Derby and the winger reveals there might have been a reason why the outspoken boss didn’t lay into him for the white boots.
Hinton said: “Talk about different days and how times have changed. I was staggered he didn’t make a fuss about them.
“The background to me wearing them was simple. A company called Hummel approached me and offered me a grand.
“That was a fair bit of money back then. I thought Cloughie would crucify me, but he didn’t for some reason.”
Could it have been that Hinton knew one of Clough’s fashion secrets? He ran a clothing business on the markets as a sideline while skipper Dave Mackay had a tie company.
He added: “I was his supplier of Marks & Spencer quality seconds pullovers so maybe that’s why he kept quiet!
“It’s hard to imagine the likes of Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger going on TV wearing M&S seconds but it never bothered Brian. It certainly didn’t do his image any problem.
“In fact, my business sideline was something which led Cloughie to bend his rules for me. He was a stickler for saying: ‘You lot know the rules – no drinking after Wednesday.’
“I went to see him and told him that Thursday was a busy day for me.
“I used to have to get all my stuff, bring it back and unpack my vehicle and by the time I’d finished it would be eight o’clock.
“I told him that what I liked to do was nip to the pub after I’d finished, have just a couple of pints which allowed me to relax and I’d be asleep by 10.30pm. ‘OK, you can do that,’ he said.
“Cloughie would fine you and it would really hit you in the pocket. He once fined me when I failed to turn up for a club cricket match when my car broke down.
“Cloughie roared, ‘When I put a team on the board representing Derby County, be it dominoes, darts, football or cricket, I expect people to take it seriously because you are representing the club.’
“As I set about explaining he turned to me and said, ‘Alan, the simple fact is that you didn’t turn up. That’s a £5 fine.’
“‘You’ve got to be f****** joking,’ I replied.
‘Right, that’s £10 for swearing.’
“As I protested the fine kept increasing and we’d got to £25 by the time I decided I wasn’t getting anywhere.
“After we had finished training I went to see the gaffer and pleaded that a £25 fine was way over the top simply for not being at a cricket game.
“He said that if I signed a piece of paper agreeing to the fine then he would give me a fiver back each week. It was the last I saw of it.”
John McGovern, twice European Cup winning skipper with Forest, said: “The first time I met Clough was at a trial match at Hartlepool.
“I was a big Rolling Stones fan and I had long hair. Like many of the boys I wanted to be the next Mick Jagger.
“He barked at me, virtually his first ever words to me, ‘Stand up straight, get your shoulders back and get your hair cut. You look like a girl.’
“My face must have been an absolute picture. I was petrified.
“I plucked up the courage to say, ‘George Best has it styled like this.’ He said, ‘Well, when you can play like George Best, I’ll let you have it that way. Now get it cut.’
“So,what did I do? I had it cut short– just as he liked it!”
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:Do I remember them when they were black? Jeez, I remember them when they were brown and had to be dubbined and the studs came with nails sticking out of them and you had to hammer then in using a cobbler's last!
Then theres the balls.. they would quadruple their weight when wet.. heaven help you if you headed it.
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The introduction of coloured Football Boots at Sunday morning levels coincided with my last days as an Amateur Footballer in the early - mid nineties. Those who were brave enough to wear them became targets to the opposition for some well deserved thugery. Nancies, but all changed now I expect.
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bluevengence said:Anyone remember these George best monstositys
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Never seen those before. absolutely hideous, but ahead of their time. They must have been the equivalent to todays pink boots, back then. They even have the laces on the side, I thought the Adidas Predators were the first boots to try that.
Loving the stories from the old boys about the brown boots & heavy footballs.
ban-mcfc said:couldn't care less as long as those boots are putting the ball in the oppositions net.
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BOMBER7967 said:without a dream said:Puma Kings are incredible. I always liked the look of the Adidas Copa Mundials too but my feet are too wide for Adidas :(
Puma Kings are simply the greatest football boot ever made!
I've had both in the past and disagree about the Puma King. Copa Mundials are the best IMO.<br /><br />-- Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:42 pm --<br /><br />
ban-mcfc said:poyntonblue said:Matt the Giant said:The entire squad, as a part of their uniform wearing black boots (away) or white (home), would be awesome. It would visually unite 25 individuals into a group.
But commercial aspects unfortunately makes this an impossible scenario.
I remember when Kun first came to us and played with all black boots for a while, - looked cool as hell.
Wasn't that mostly to do with him not having a current deal and he was 'trying out' Puma?
he certainly didn't fall over as often.
i'm never buying puma unless it's puma kings.
Ha ha that's true.
MSP
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I never understood why boots are not part of kit in first place and why clubs and not players are not being paid to promote boot brands.
It's one of most not logical thing in football for me.
It doesn't make any sense at all - you're playing for club the club is the only reason you are able to show yourself to the world, you can't play football on your own, it's not tennis and yet you're allowed to wear your own boots and to be directly paid by companies to do so.
Proper bollocks.
It's one of most not logical thing in football for me.
It doesn't make any sense at all - you're playing for club the club is the only reason you are able to show yourself to the world, you can't play football on your own, it's not tennis and yet you're allowed to wear your own boots and to be directly paid by companies to do so.
Proper bollocks.