Quote Originally Posted by Dode craigie View Post
John Duncan like a lot of boys at the Morgan wore Rugby boots to play both Rugby and Football, in the early 60s a lot of boys parents couldn’t afford to buy 2 different pairs of boots , and the Morgan was a mainly Rugby playing school and at that time they never had a first year school football team , they didn’t play football matches till 2nd year ,
Interesting point, makes sense. Duncan continued to wear such footwear even in senior football presumably to guard against injury.

In the 60s I remember having and playing in Tommy Docherty boots. A real substantial boot with a solid toe cap. Not much use for silky soccer skills but defenders could do some damage with them. Even taking such 'weapons' i.e. boots into consideration there still didn't seem to me as many injuries back then.