football boots

[CANV]

we are having a discussion/row/full blown scrap in the office here about football boots from our primary schooldays..  (so in this case the late 70's)  ..  can anyone remember a football boot where the front studs where on a kind of circular base that could spin round.. the idea being it helped you turn quicker..  i dont remember these myself but one of chaps here is adament they existed..  though they lasted about as long as that tyrell formula one car that had 4  wheels at the front

 

[Napster]

ive not heard of them

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Me neither.

Wasn't 70s football boot technology mastered by Woolworths though?

 

[perth shrimper]

Quote[/b] (glasgowsufc @ April 27 2005,17:02)]Me neither.

Wasn't 70s football boot technology mastered by Woolworths though?  

Indeed it was.

I remember going there with my mum aged 12 and purchasing an adidas lookalike boot ( 4 stripes instead of 3, a classic in football boot and trainer mimicry ).
The bottoms were pearly white with moulded studs and the tongue had a dimpled texture, but that didn't matter because it broke and fell off within 10 games.

I played about 6 seasons with the same tongueless pair and played for Hertfordshire so they obviously worked wonders for my game.

 

[CANV]

dont forget the 400 feet of shoe laces that you could wrap around the boot and the ankle..
we are starting to track down some evidence of the existance of these boots..
the intial contempt here of the existance of these cutting edge items has waned.. odds of finding concrete proof have come in from 50's to 5's ..

 

[CANV]

a fleeting mention here

 

[Firestorm]

Endorsed by Steve Perryman IIRC

 

[Firestorm]

Remember Powerpoints ?

Number 1,2 and 3 in strategic places on the boot showing the best places on the foot to get "power"

 

[Leeboy]

ahhh.... memories. My first pair were moulded Patricks with the logo in bright orange on the side

 

[Guest]

Quote[/b] (Leeboy @ April 29 2005,14:51)]ahhh.... memories. My first pair were moulded Patricks with the logo in bright orange on the side

I had a pair of the flourescent yellow Diadora boots once upon a time

 

[Firestorm]

Reply from Steve Perryman

Further to your recent email, I am very sorry but cannot help other than to tell you that I used the boot on an advert for the Daily Mirror but I am almost sure that the idea was not ever put into production because of injury doubts.

Regards

Steve Perryman

 

[CANV]

outstanding research!