Do you remember when footy boots were black?

[kippaxchris]

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[eddiemarin09]

What is this the 80's who cares what color..only the old farts think they should wear black ..god forbid there is a little flair on the pitch there doesn't have to be one color for everyone this isn't the military..football is expression and nobody can tell a footballer which way he wants to express himself that's what makes each person there own man

 

[silverback]

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!

The boots themselves were also above the ankle, I remember an Uncle of mine always was of the opinion that your boots should always be a size too small. He never knew why.
Then in the mid fifties there came along the so called "continental" boots, made popular by the Hungarian team. Again my Uncle came out with " never catch on, I have slippers not as soft as them"........never wore slippers in his life.

 

[stimo]

when i was younger i loved going into jjb and staring at the boots, for the younger generation they absolutely love it. they see their favourite player wearing them, they want them.

''you seen ronaldos new boots'' stuff like that, they'r paid to basically advertise their product.

 

[2bluegp]

Anyone remember these George best monstositys

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I prefered the Stylo Matchmaker myself. black with 2 white stripe down the front.
like playing football wearing badgers heads :)

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[bluke]

Apart form those brightly-coloured abominations, the football boots market is totally dominated by three companies nowadays - I would be difficult to spot just a few PL players who don't wear Nike/Adidas/Puma boots.
The only exception at City is Joe Hart who still wears Umbro boots/gloves and he will probably go to Nike next season. Vince wears some blacked-out boots - he used to wear Nike, but was allegedly negotiating with Warrior Sports (the ones who pay Liverpool 25 million quid a season).

As for Puma Kings - legends. I used to have a pair of them back in the 90s when Matt Le Tissier (one of my favourite non-City players ever) was the poster boy for Puma.

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

My father owned a couple of successful sports shops around Manchester in the early sixties onwards and I grew up surrounded by hundreds of the things.

The early ones were Tommy Docherty Bulldogs with solid brown toecaps and knock in studs.

Also Pentagon Pocock "continental"..........

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The first "proper" modern football boots were Adidas Santiago...named after the founder Adi Dazzler...

He fell out with his brother Horstz Dazzler, who went on to start the "Puma" Brand.........

Also the first training shoes emerged the white Adidas Gym, used by all City's first team, and later black trainers Kick, Mamba, Bamba and Samba.

A popular football boot at the time was the Puma Pele Rio.....with a yellow Puma stripe.

Then in the mid seventies French firm Patrick dominated with boots such as the "Keegan" Top....and later Umbro came into prominence.

I think boots today are rubbish, cheap plastic things probably made in China for £6, sold for anything up to £120.....Just my 2p.....:)

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

The world's first proper "training shoe" The Adidas gym from around 1967/8

 

[MSP]

The world's first proper "training shoe" The Adidas gym from around 1967/8

still look nice and modern

 

[dcj]

My first pair were Puma King. Loved those fuckers.
Back in 1991 during one P.E. lesson, some fucking idiot at school forgot his boots and tried to get away with playing in cricket spikes. 'What harm are they gonna do', he asked.

these beauties (but with proper metal capped studs!)

Im still waiting for the City Puma kit....

I had a pair of Puma Kings,£90 way back in about 92(iirc) but christ they were comfy boots.