With the new season about 5 hours away as I start to write this, we’re going to take the opportunity to have a look at the latest boots from our favorite manufacturers. Nike, Adidas and Umbro have all launched new boots in the runup to the new season, some more expensive than others.
After 8 years, almost 400 games, over 400 hours on the pitch, my faithful boots have quit on me, the stitching on the heal has gone, the inner front part of each boot has worn smooth and there’s no easy way to say this … they stink. This is the story of my hunt for a new pair of astroturf boots.
My current boots are made by Adidas, who knows what model they are though, that wore off years ago, but they are (were) half red and half black, and I’m looking for something similar, definitely nothing in pink or orange or stitched together from leftover bits left around the factory.
http://footy-boots.com and their sponsor Kitbag have launched the 2009 Football Boot Awards. Voting is open now and there are great prizes to be won, but voting only lasts for 2 weeks, so hurry.
This years categories include “Populist Football Boot of the Year”, “Outrageous Football Boot of the Year”, “Safest Football Boot of the Year”, “Most Innovative Feature”, “Panel Football Boot of the Year” which is decided by footy-boots.com panel of experts and finally, a non-boot related category “Football Shirt of the Year”
Hurry though, the voting ends on August 2nd.