What is it with the modern game with grown men running around with pink football boots on? There are at least 4 players in this Man City game wearing them. What would the old football players of the past have to say if they saw this?
Which old footballers of the past? The homophobic ones? Who cares what colour their boots are
Quote from: rusty shackleford on August 16, 2015, 05:25:18 PM
Which old footballers of the past? The homophobic ones? Who cares what colour their boots are
Are you suggesting that footballers wearing pink boots are gay?
Why else would old footballers of the past single that particular colour out? What about the players with yellow, purple and orange boots that youve failed to mention?
Get a life.
Im not the lad making a thread about "grown men wearing pink boots" as if its something to actually give a sh1t about
Its a generation thing .Nothing to do with homophobia .Personally ,just not keen on coloured boots , Copa mundial rule !
It's probably a condition in the contract by their sponsor where they have to wear what they're sent for advertising reasons.
Life is multi coloured nowadays. Few years back football boots were black as they were just boots to kick a football with.
Nowadays like everything else, it's a way for people to express themselves , fashion conscious or just showing off their personality.
Quote from: Blanco on August 16, 2015, 05:29:36 PM
Quote from: rusty shackleford on August 16, 2015, 05:25:18 PM
Which old footballers of the past? The homophobic ones? Who cares what colour their boots are
Are you suggesting that footballers wearing pink boots are gay?
No you were the person who made a comment about grown men wearing pink boots, as if they are different from all the other colours, and infering that grown men shouldn't wear pink as if there is something wrong with that.
Words fail me
Quote from: colinwhite on August 16, 2015, 05:33:37 PM
Its a generation thing .Nothing to do with homophobia .Personally ,just not keen on coloured boots , Copa mundial rule !
The sensible post in this thread. Copas!!
In the old days of muddy pitches after ten minutes you would not have had any idea what colour boots a player was wearing. Nor yet whether the ball was green white or yellow. But I should guess the young players who had to clean them and put Dubbin on them would have had a thing to say. In the old days boots lasted the season and a knew pair of boots meant blisters. Now the players play in carpet slippers and probably have several pairs to chose from.
I must get a pair of pink boots to match my pink underpants!
Do they make pink Copas ?
Quote from: Blanco on August 16, 2015, 05:54:40 PM
Words fail me
Unbelievably over the top political correctness!! You can't say, do, comment, look or comment on anything these days without someone jumping down your throat, (not in a gay way either).
I know what you mean though, old school footballers who played for the love of the game wearing fluorescent Boots, (including pink ones)? Unheard of.
Quote from: Fulham76 on August 16, 2015, 06:43:20 PM
Quote from: Blanco on August 16, 2015, 05:54:40 PM
Words fail me
Unbelievably over the top political correctness!! You can't say, do, comment, look or comment on anything these days without someone jumping down your throat, (not in a gay way either).
I know what you mean though, old school footballers who played for the love of the game wearing fluorescent Boots, (including pink ones)? Unheard of.
Thanks mate. It was an innocent comment about how much times have changed.
Actually Blanco , do you remember those George Best boots in the sixties ? They laced down one side and were a sort of dark purple colour ! Alan Ball wore those white boots for a while and looked really stupid (we thought ) and it then took years to catch on . It was like he was playing matches in his plimsoles ! My PE teacher would never have put up with that !!
You young boys have probably no idea what I'm talking about .
Sorry the 60's are before my lifetime :005: I'll take your word for it though. I noticed during the Arsenal game today Mertesackers boot came off and he just slipped it back on like a slipper. Boots definitely weren't like that back then.
What a minefield these pages have become !
Next thing will be to have Rhona Cameron* watching every word so she can shout "Homophobic!" at the earliest opportunity !
* Writer and broadcaster who can find the "H" word lurking in every human endeavour **
**imho of course.
we didn't think Allan Ball was gay by the way despite his voice ,and those white boots .
Roger Cross wore white boots on his Fulham debut @ CC
It stunned most of the crowd @ the time & then caused much comment (not all flattering it has to be said)
Actually Kit could do worse than get Hutch to paint his boots pink
He would then be more aware of where his feet were & also the point @ which he makes his attempt @ tackling - outside the box next time of course!
I was never a fan of white boots ,and not that keen on Roger Cross either . But I remember he had the white boots , they slowed hi m down a bit I reckon .
Quote from: colinwhite on August 16, 2015, 06:35:15 PM
Do they make pink Copas ?
Sadly yes!! Adidas bought out a range of about 5 different colours for the last World Cup. Pink, Orange, blue, yellow and maybe another blue. Can't remember as I don't care for them. Even with the white ones they murdered the classic design. Pink? Well!!
It's a little known fact that Maurice Cook wore a pair of pink Simlam boots at Turf Moor in the early sixties. He might have expected a considerable amount of abuse from the native Lancastrians, but, what with the thick industrial smog and the smoke from 38,000 Woodbines, nobody noticed. By the time he had taken a few steps on the field the thick mud made it impossible to tell what colour boots he was wearing. When he returned to the dressing-room after the match he washed the mud off in the tin bath provided and found that the high acid content of the Burnley mud had completely dissolved his new boots so he had to revert to his traditional cast iron ones, hand forged for him by a blacksmith (or should that be colouredsmith?) in Berkhampstead.
What a ridiculous thing to complain about, it's not a fashion show?
Quote from: colinwhite on August 16, 2015, 06:35:15 PM
Do they make pink Copas ?
If the demand is there I am sure they will.
Quote from: Blanco on August 16, 2015, 07:05:18 PM
Quote from: Fulham76 on August 16, 2015, 06:43:20 PM
Quote from: Blanco on August 16, 2015, 05:54:40 PM
Words fail me
Unbelievably over the top political correctness!! You can't say, do, comment, look or comment on anything these days without someone jumping down your throat, (not in a gay way either).
I know what you mean though, old school footballers who played for the love of the game wearing fluorescent Boots, (including pink ones)? Unheard of.
Thanks mate. It was an innocent comment about how much times have changed.
I know it was meant as an innocent post and I'm sorry if I came across aggressive but I was just trying to stick up for Rusty when he was being accused of something when he was saying the complete opposite.
Quote from: leonffc on August 16, 2015, 06:09:36 PM
Quote from: colinwhite on August 16, 2015, 05:33:37 PM
Its a generation thing .Nothing to do with homophobia .Personally ,just not keen on coloured boots , Copa mundial rule !
The sensible post in this thread. Copas!!
Agree that this is the most sensible thing. Though now a days I prefer my old Puma Kings.
Quote from: rusty shackleford on August 16, 2015, 05:25:18 PM
Which old footballers of the past? The homophobic ones? Who cares what colour their boots are
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Quote from: colinwhite on August 16, 2015, 07:22:12 PM
Actually Blanco , do you remember those George Best boots in the sixties ? They laced down one side and were a sort of dark purple colour ! Alan Ball wore those white boots for a while and looked really stupid (we thought ) and it then took years to catch on . It was like he was playing matches in his plimsoles ! My PE teacher would never have put up with that !!
You young boys have probably no idea what I'm talking about .
George's boots were Stylo Matchmakers which you could have in 3 different lacing designs. I think that they were black.
The first FFC player (I think) to wear coloured boots was Roger Cross who wore a white pair which were made by Patrick. This inspired me to buy a pair which I have to admit was a mistake as it made my inadequacies on a football pitch stand out even more!
its a valid question based on attitudes of the past, attitudes are different these days but some of the older generation haven't moved on, I wear pink running trainers and also a pink running top on a certain run in memory of my Nan who liked the colour.
As a 43 year old, I think I remember the Keegan boots that had a flourescent orange stripe on them, very first boot I recall not having just black and white detail. Saying that, I I were to play today (thinking about it) I'd have to plump for Puma King - black and white.
Plus I also think if you have a fancy pair of boots, you;d better be a decent player!
sadly the same applied to Roger Cross. Skilful ,but a bit slow if I recall . Signings from brentford have never impressed me .
I don't care what colour boots anyone wears. I only like to wear black but last time I bought boots they didn't have ANY black. I saw the ref in one of the PL games yesterday wearing lovely all black boots. I don't know if all refs wear the same but I'd buy a pair.
Quote from: colinwhite on August 17, 2015, 10:12:02 AM
sadly the same applied to Roger Cross. Skilful ,but a bit slow if I recall . Signings from brentford have never impressed me .
Yes but-Fulham 2 (Cross 2) QPR 1 (FA Cup 3rd Round Replay 1971-72). Headline in local paper - "Fulham Cross Out Rangers". 43 years ago but a couple of matches that I'll never forget I think that we were 1-0 down at HT (Tony Hazell) only for Roger's brace to win the game for us. We took the lead in the first game (my first away game) at Loftus Road with a Jimmy Conway 20 yard volley at the School End only for Terry "Henry" Mancini to equalise as Malcolm Webster flapped at a corner. Fantastic memories!
Roger Cross also hit a screamer in a 4-3 win against Cardiff at The Cottage.
He also had a very long throw.
But that is about all I can remember regarding Roger's career at FFC. As regards other players signed from Brentford, we also had Alan Mansley on loan in 1970 who, as I remember, only played one game in a 4-1 defeat at Swansea.
They were different times. I saw an article a couple of years back in BT's internal mag that showed Tony Hazel working for Openreach as an engineer. Footballers today will never have to work to supplement their income. And the song from the Roger Cross era "Roger Cross super star He scored two against QPR" to the tune of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Remember that cup tie against QPR. Wasn't that the game that Rodney Marsh kept throwing himself in the box attempting to get them a penalty ? He was like a pregnant dolphin as some bright spark near where I was standing was all to keen to point out !
If they had had pink boots then Rodney would have been wearing them !
This thread is absolutely meaningless, they wear these boots because they get paid to do it, nothing to do with being gay/wimps or anything else.
I could not give a rats ar..e what colour they put on their feet, it is more important to me what they do with them when they are on.
Quote from: PeterFFC on August 17, 2015, 12:41:05 AM
Quote from: Blanco on August 16, 2015, 07:05:18 PM
Quote from: Fulham76 on August 16, 2015, 06:43:20 PM
Quote from: Blanco on August 16, 2015, 05:54:40 PM
Words fail me
Unbelievably over the top political correctness!! You can't say, do, comment, look or comment on anything these days without someone jumping down your throat, (not in a gay way either).
I know what you mean though, old school footballers who played for the love of the game wearing fluorescent Boots, (including pink ones)? Unheard of.
Thanks mate. It was an innocent comment about how much times have changed.
I know it was meant as an innocent post and I'm sorry if I came across aggressive but I was just trying to stick up for Rusty when he was being accused of something when he was saying the complete opposite.
I was being ironic when I said that to Rusty. I know what the thread looks to infer. You're gay if you wear pink. That's not what I'm saying. Pink was traditionally a womens color though and it adds to the general perception of a modern day footballer caring more about what they look like than the football they are playing. They aren't models after all!
Quote from: Jonaldiniho 88 on August 17, 2015, 10:27:36 AM
I don't care what colour boots anyone wears. I only like to wear black but last time I bought boots they didn't have ANY black. I saw the ref in one of the PL games yesterday wearing lovely all black boots. I don't know if all refs wear the same but I'd buy a pair.
Adidas make an all black Copa Mundial now, a boot that a lot of officials wear, so it could have been them. Im not a fan of the all black Copa personally, they haven't got the same appeal as the original. Pantafola do some really stylish all black ones but I cant see a ref being cool enough for 'folas.
Not all refs wear the same, a lino in front of the JH/H1,H2 last season had the funniest pair of clown shoes I've ever seen. I think he heard us laughing at them because he came out with some adidas in the 2nd half
Quote from: HatterDon on August 17, 2015, 01:08:54 AM
Quote from: rusty shackleford on August 16, 2015, 05:25:18 PM
Which old footballers of the past? The homophobic ones? Who cares what colour their boots are
:clap_hands: :clap_hands: :clap_hands:
I personally do not wear pink because I find it to be a feminine color and it does not suit my taste. I do not dislike pink, quite fond of it on my wife or a pretty gal. That said it is not for me. Political correctness be damned, I also do not care to wear any shades of pastel purple, unless it is an Easter dress shirt with a dark suit. I am unsure why an apology needs to come from the original poster, or why homophobia has to be injected. Why must men apologize for being men these days? The gay brothers and sisters in my family and friend circles will always have my love. That said, we like a different kind of prawn and have very different fashion taste. I will not apologize for those differences, nor is their cause my cause. More power to them, I just don't care enough to pick a sign or put a rainbow on my car and go advocate with them. While I am at it, I do not care about that lion, whatever his name was. Nor the polar bears...although they would make a nice throw rug in my man cave. May the political correctness police now show up and stone me for being a knuckle dragging cave man.
You know exactly what that lions name was
I never apologised. It bugs be when people jump to the accusations of homophopia when a comment like this is made. It makes me sick how people can't say what they think anymore without being lynched by the PC brigade.
Quote from: rusty shackleford on August 17, 2015, 12:58:12 PM
You know exactly what that lions name was
Bill, or bob, or larry, or something....
When the same folks post about genocide, or women and children killed this past month in Iraq and Syria....at that time I may bother to learn the name of the lion and perhaps take them more seriously.
You dont need to learn its name, you already know it
I wear black boots but every year that goes by I find it increasingly difficult to buy a new pair due to the limited choice. Nowadays it's all flashy colours and I hate it.
Quote from: Blanco on August 16, 2015, 07:28:09 PM
Sorry the 60's are before my lifetime :005: I'll take your word for it though. I noticed during the Arsenal game today Mertesackers boot came off and he just slipped it back on like a slipper. Boots definitely weren't like that back then.
I guess the ones that used to come up to the ankle were before your time as well then! I recall my first pair were like super thick leather, with what felt like a steel toe-cap in them! Having to dub those things every week was a pain, but they looked after your feet if any miscreant decided to stamp on them.
As for pink? Well, perhaps we should have stuck to the plain black, with three white stripes down the outside like 'real' footballers used to wear (OK, so they were kicking a real leather ball that was like a bloody medicine ball in the thick of winter).
Its got nothing to do with sexuality.
I'm not sure what is drunk with or accompanies humble pie but it seems to have escaped a few people that Pink is to do with Breast Cancer awareness and not what some automatically assumed as gay. Hang your heads in shame.
as stated on the link below
Note that adidas will be encouraging fans to add a splash of pink to their MiAdidas football boots, whether pink laces, a pink tongue or a signature pink three stripes, to show support for breast cancer survivors as well as patients.
http://www.footballboots.co.uk/1219-pink-adidas-f50-adizeros-breast-cancer-awareness.html (http://www.footballboots.co.uk/1219-pink-adidas-f50-adizeros-breast-cancer-awareness.html)
Somebody please find the training picture where Clint Dempsey was jogging in the heels up to the butt drill in his new pink boots, proud as a peacock and you could see Danny Murphy laughing at him from behind... it was rather funny.
i know it was posted on here many years ago.