Football

One of the most important pieces of football equipment is footwear. We have put together several pages of the big brands to help show what they do and how the products have advanced. The football boot industry is a multi-million pound business with several top manufacturers spending millions on developments trying to enhance their product.

Football Boots

Throughout many years football equipment hasn’t changed too much. The material which is used to make it has changed for sure and the design has changed a little, but all the other parts have stayed the same. This was done due to the fact that functionality is the most significant factor and should be impeccable.

The first record of football boots were in the days of Henry VIII in 1526 but in the past half a century or so things have moved on leaps and bounds. Studs are now generally considerable obsolete with most players wearing moulds or blades.

A problem with the new style of boots has been the lack of protection the boot gives to the top of the foot. The now unpopular metatarsal bone has been broken many times in recent years during football matches and a lot of the blame on that has gone on the new style of boots, which provide a ‘slipper-like’ feel but fails to protect the foot from serious injury.