Football Boots | 2007 January

Nike Offers Germany 6 Times Adidas Offer

31st January 2007
in: Adidas Football Boots, Football News

Nike have offered the German football association (DFB) over £300 million to be the official sponsor of the German national side. The eight year deal would see the German side switch from the German brand Adidas, to the American brand Nike (see Adidas Won’t Compete With Nike For Germany Deal). Adidas has sponsored the German [...]

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FA Cup Bore Draw

30th January 2007
in: Football News

The FA Cup fifth round draw, didn’t pitch any of the ‘Big Guns’ together or away from home. With the FA Cup being a major part of the BBC’s live football broadcasting schedule, they were disappointed with the Fifth Round Draw. None of the favourites were drawn together and the favourites were also selected to [...]

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Rooney’s Boots – FA Cup Heroes

29th January 2007
in: Football Boots, Football News, Nike Football Boots, Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney scored twice after being unleashed from the bench, as Manchester United beat Portsmouth 2 – 1. Wayne Rooney’s opening strike against Portsmouth in the FA Cup, was crucial, his second was sublime. In a game where the referee attempted to take centre stage by cancelling out two perfectly good goals for Manchester United, [...]

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Platini Elected as UEFA President

26th January 2007
in: Football News

Michel Platini has been elected as President of UEFA. OK, it may not be football boot news, but it’s important news none the less. Michel Platini has been handed UEFA’s biggest job as the president of UEFA. The former France captain and manager, was elected to replace Lennart Johansson after a vote that took place [...]

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Julio Baptista Football Boots – Carling Cup Heroes

25th January 2007
in: Football Boots, Football News, Nike Football Boots

Julio Baptista scored three times as Arsenal stormed back to draw 2-2 with north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Arsenal worked back from 2-0 down at White Hart Lane on Wednesday, to come away with a 2-2 draw in the first leg of the Carling Cup semi final against rivals Tottenham. Tottenham went one up with [...]

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Andriy Shevchenko Football Boots – Carling Cup Heroes

24th January 2007
in: Football Boots, Football News, Reebok Football Boots

Andriy Shevchenko scored two and made one assist to fire Chelsea into the Carling Cup final. Andriy Shevchenko, Chelsea’s record signing ended his 10 match scoring drought, as the Premiership Champions won 4-0 in their semi final with Wycombe, sealing a 5-1 aggregate scoreline. Shevchenko, netted in the 22nd and 43rd minutes in the second [...]

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Nike Row With Umbro Over England Shirt

24th January 2007
in: Football Boots, Nike Football Boots, Umbro Football Boots, Wayne Rooney

Nike complains about Umbro’s use of England players in the England Kit promotions. Nike complained about the way Umbro had planned to use Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand and Paul Robinson, who are all on Nike contracts, in promotional material to promote the new England shirt. The FA were called upon to step in and resolve [...]

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Metatarsal – Football Boots

23rd January 2007
in: Football Boots, Football News, Metatarsal

Van Persie is the latest in a long line of professional footballers to break a metatarsal. It is time for the football boots to be examined. Robin Van Persie has been confirmed as breaking a metatarsal in his right foot and is forecast to be out for at least six weeks. Arsene Wenger said the [...]

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Lampard TechFit

19th January 2007
in: Football Boots, Football News

Frank Lampard, the England and Chelsea midfielder was working with his sponsor Adidas on Wednesday at Stamford Bridge. Lampard said of the new Adidas TechFit range: “Well, it’s a new range which I’ve been wearing quite a lot in training and in certain games. It helps… it’s new I think to me the difference from [...]

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Football Boots Talk With Andy Hunt

18th January 2007
in: Football Boots, Interviews

Andy Hunt was a Professional footballer for 10 years in England, we spoke football with Andy. Andy Hunt played for Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion and finally for Charlton Athletic Football Club, scoring 135 goals in 361 appearances for his respective teams. Including scoring at Wembley Stadium in West Bromwich Albion’s promotion season (1992/1993), plus [...]