Ok, I’m probably showing my age but in my youth you knew you had made the big time when you could afford to by what was thought of as a decent pair of boots.

My first pair of real boots were Adidas Santiago with screw in studs and the long tongue, you swapped out the nylon studs for the aluminum ones for good effect, often using the longer heal studs at the front too.

I had mates who had the famous Puma Pele Rio with the yellow stripe.

The best pair I had were the Adidas Penarol. Sadly my budget never stretched to the World Cup boots.

What did you have?