Quote Originally Posted by deecom View Post
My grandson, who is in the academy , has an array of boots.
Most are theses sock boots, which are a struggle to get on and off, and not much ankle support.
Now you have boots for Astro turf, boots for soft ground, boots for firm ground etc, I remember I had one pair and you just changed the studs to suit the condtitions.
Also very few wear black boots now, all the colours of the day, although I remember Stevie Murray caused a sensation when he
Wore white boots at Dens in the sixties !
Remember the days when we had boots that were like training shoes with big suckers in them for hard ground (like sambas), Absolutely useless but better than screw-ins.That was in the days when football was played on frosty pitches.