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Football Boots - Not of the black variety ... when did it start?


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5 minutes ago, The Original OTIB said:

Another Hummel innovation, very odd, I even thought so at the time:

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As a young player, I was given a pair of those to try out and keep in return for a favourable review/quote.

They were crap and I didn't do a review, they said to keep them anyway, but they went in the bin. 

Not sure if they were Hummel or some other make but they were just a gimmick really.

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Seem to recall Alan Hinton of Derby Co being the first (or the first at pro level) to wear white boots in the early 70s and being on MotD for it.

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Before that, of course, boots came in one regulation colour - tan! My old man used to wear his new boots and stand in the brook on Hartcliffe Way for half an hour before the kick-off to soften them.

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I had a pair of Co-op boots in the mid 1950's with Stan Matthews signature on them and they were mid grey.

I believe that Matthews boots were sponsored by Co-op, the first such player in UK, and as part of the deal, he visited the major Co-op shops in cities/towns on the Saturday morning where Blackpool were playing a First Division away game.

Dad took me three times to Cardiff City in the hope that I'd get an autograph but each time he was injured so didn't travel. Cardiff fans said it was because he didn't want another kicking from the Welsh captain, Alf Sherwood, who played left back!

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1 hour ago, Erithacus said:

Seem to recall Alan Hinton of Derby Co being the first (or the first at pro level) to wear white boots in the early 70s and being on MotD for it.

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Before that, of course, boots came in one regulation colour - tan! My old man used to wear his new boots and stand in the brook on Hartcliffe Way for half an hour before the kick-off to soften them.

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Real boots which prevented many of the foot injuries of today

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3 hours ago, Ivorguy said:

Real boots which prevented many of the foot injuries of today

Aye, but caused many players to suffer shins with divots. Skinned or took lumps out on a regular basis. #mensgame

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47 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

I remember my first pair of footy boots, circa 61 they were called BBC "Continental" as they were shoes, nothing above the ankle, very swish ! Then later on a pair of St Crispins Wings (I think they were sold by Woolworths ).

They were Winfield Wings IIRC..

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36 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

No, I just looked it up , I was wrong, they were sold by Co-op .

Woolworths made football boots under the Winfield badge, I got confused as well thinking they made Winfield Wings boots. Bloody memory 🙄

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