Football Boots | 2006 April

Nike Total 90 Supremacy – Rooneys New Football Boots

25th April 2006
in: New Football Boots, Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney has launched a pair of new Nike Football Boots – Total 90 Supremacy. The football boots gimmick this time is a set of personalisation stickers, where you can add a squad number and international flag to the football boots. Rooney will be wearing the football boots at this summers World Cup 2006. Blue [...]

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Adidas V Puma, the Old Enemies

24th April 2006
in: Football News

The World Cup is perhaps the biggest media event in the world. With 28 million people watching the last World Cup and more forecast this time (32 million), its not surprising that the big sportswear companies have already begun warming up for the big tournament. I recently wrote about Nike and Adidas going head to [...]

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New Balance – Animal Friendly

21st April 2006
in: Football News

Football Boots brand New Balance has won an award for producing the most ‘animal friendly’ shoe. New Balance were made famous in the 1980′s by former England football skipper Bryan Robson. Robson assisted design a series of high-performance soccer boots and was a regular visitor to West Cumbria. Animal rights group PETA named the firm [...]

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Ban Bladed Football Boots, for England’s Sake

21st April 2006
in: Football News, Metatarsal

Ledley King is the latest high profile English footballer who has broken a metatarsal in his foot. This season England stars, Ledley King, Michael Owen and Ashley Cole have all fallen foul to the same injury. Reminding me of the 2002 World Cup preparation, where David Beckham, Danny Murphy, Gary Neville and Trevor Sinclair all [...]

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Adidas V Nike – World Cup 2006

18th April 2006
in: Football News, Thierry Henry

52 days and counting. The 2006 World Cup kicks off on June 9. Most football fans are already becoming anxious. The media are already on England team watch, the hype is just starting. But one World Cup match is already underway – America versus Germany, also billed in some regions as Nike versus Adidas. These [...]

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The Six Thousand Pound Football Boots

13th April 2006
in: New Football Boots, Nomis Football Boots

Â£6,000 for a pair of football boots – that’s the starting price for the all new “Assassin” football boot from Prior 2 Level (P2L) as documented earlier this week “The First Bespoke Boot“.P2L’s Creative Director, Greg Lever-O’Keefe, confirmed that the new bespoke football boots are now publicly available to order, via apoointment at their London [...]

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Football Boots – Nike Mercurial Vapor II

12th April 2006
in: Football Boot Review

For two weeks now, I have been testing the Nike Mercurial Vapor II FG football boot. At around £120 it’s the most expensive pair of football boots I have owned. When I first received the boot, I couldn’t wait to try it in a competitive match. The football boots came with a nice boot bag [...]

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Thierry Henry Boots Nike Into Touch

11th April 2006
in: Football News, Reebok Football Boots, Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry is booting Nike into touch, instead he will be wearing Reebok’s football boots from August the 1st this year. The Arsenal captain and French international is said to be signing a 5 year agreement with Reebok. With Henry being one of the most sought after marketing stars in world football, this really is [...]

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Football Boots Launched – The First Bespoke Boot

11th April 2006
in: Nomis Football Boots

Prior 2 Lever (P2L) has this week unveiled its new leading edge football boot “The Assassin“, which claims to be the world’s first bespoke football boot.Although other football boots on the market allow you to personailse your boots with colour or by adding a name to your boot “The Assassin“ football boot is built to [...]