adizero F50 Messi: Introducing Messi's Signature Collection

Lionel Messi ( FC Barcelona and Argentina) is set to release his own range of football boots . The player helped with the design and testing process for his custom-made studs. The Adidas F50 boots will be available later this year. The boots sport the Messi logo and feature a single red stud surrounded by 10 white ones. At 165g, they are one of the lightest soccer slippers

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Winnicott Foundation: Zlatan Ibrahimović's boots

Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden) has given his turquoise boots to charity. Zlatan scored an amazing goal against England which has made his boot hot property. He agreed to give his boots to team-mate Jonas Olsson for a novel idea of raising funds for the Winnicott Foundation, a charity for premature and critically ill newborn babies. Olsson is allowing people to donate a five pounds Sterling to the charity in order to be in with a chance to win the boots. Once the figure reaches ₤10,000 he will pick a winner at random. The generous defender has also pledged to donate ₤5,000 once it reaches that figure.

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2013 adidas "Power" Predator Black-Out Football Boots Tested

Old Heads dislike soccer slippers

Martin O'Neill (manager of Sunderland ) spoke recently about his dislike of modern soccer slippers and the potential dangers they may bring to professional players. O'Neill's comments are a direct result of the influx of colourful and lightweight football boots and his opinion is shared by Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United). The latter refuses to allow academy graduates to wear anything other than black boots with studs and no blades. Under new rules Manchester United's junior players have been banned from wearing anything other than old-school black while on club business. Once in the reserve or first-team squad there are no restrictions but the old heads do caution against wearing highly coloured boots for moderately talented players. The eyecatching hues may attract more skilful attention.

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Nike Clash Collection football bootsL Colour is key

Nike have released the Nike Clash Collection football boots consisting of four of the best soccer shoes available from their range. Each boot sports a white toe with contrasting bright tone around the ankle, and each color representing the shoe’s strengths. The Mercurial Vapor VIII sports red for speed, CTR360 Maestri II features blue for the “assured midfielder,” T90 Laser IV is in electric green for the “deadly striker,” and the Tiempo Legend IV opts for black to reiterate the shoe’s classic style. All four models in the Clash Collection are now available, ranging in price from $150 to $220.

Season for new football boots

Perhaps it is the imminent London Olympics which has inspired shoe companies to release their new season football boots. Adidas unvailed their new generation of adidas Predator recently. The adidas Predator Lethal Zone ‘Pass’ was seen at the UCL semi-final match between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich . Boots have memory foam on the medial side of the to help with consistency in passing. The 3-D sticky print also provides a large surface area to increase ball contact.



The colourway of the new Umbro St George collection of football boots comes from the flag of St George (England’s Patron Saint).

According to the manufacturer the Geometra Pro is useful on a firm pitch and best suited to midfield players. St George Geometra Pro , features a special circular cleat configuration to increase grip and acceleration. The Umbro St. George Speciali 3 Pro is an evergreen with Umbro’s signature A-frame to keep feet safe and comfortable and the lightweight HG sole plate for perfect balance between flexibility and protection. The Umbro GT 2 is crafted from a lightweight micro-fibre, offering great touch and feel to the wearer. These are Umbro’s lightest boots and feature an anatomically-contured outsole and internal Poron sock-liner. The St George Collection will be on sale from 4th May.

Reebok (subsiduary of adidias) have launched their new football boots with concealed laces. Apparently the concealed laces improves the size of the sweet spot as well as reducing the number of injuries caused to other players in the contact sport.

Lotto’s Fuerzapura range offers water-repellent kanagaroo leather uppers. The boot features Twist'ngo and ReactiveArch technology with conical fixed polyurethane studs soles which ensure stability and traction. For added comfort the boot have a removable insock.

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The adizero f50: The smart new kicks

The adizero f50 has been dubbed the intelligent football boot and is powered by adidas miCoach . According to adidas the electronic soccer shoe tracks and uploads performance data to help improve the players performance. The boots have a cavity in the outsole unit which houses the miCoach SPEED_CELL™, which in turn captures 360° movement and measures key performance metrics including speed, average speed (recorded every second), maximum speed (recorded every five seconds), number of sprints, distance, distance at high intensity levels, steps and stride rates. On-board memory stores all the measurements during your game or training for up to seven hours and then wirelessly transmits the on pitch performance data to a tablet, PC or MAC. Other adidas technologies built in to the new shoe include the Sprintweb, which provides stability during high speed movements, Sprintskin, a synthetic lightweight layer to reduce the weight of the shie and Sprintframe, which uses geometrics and a new stud construction to balance between lightweight and stability.

The adizero f50 boots come with a Speed Cell™ and a smart device dongle miCoach CONNECT for iPod and iPhone as well as the miCoach CONNECT for PC / MAC. The boots weighs 165g and costs €245 ($330) and will be available at adidas retail outlets and specialist stores worldwide from November.

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Bobby Robson's boot fail to sell at auction

Recently an old pair of  Bobby Robson’s football boots  failed to sell when they went under the hammer. The unworn pair of size two boots, believed to have been owned by the England, Barcelona and Newcastle United manager when he was a schoolcboy, did not reach the reserve price of £300 during the auction at Thomas Watson’s in Darlington.  The boots were put up for sale by Sir Bobby’s childhood friend, Thomas Robson.

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F50 adiZERO: The Green Machine

The colourful CR Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II

Football boots are becoming more of a fashion statement these days as marquee players make them a focal point for TV cameras. Designs and colourways which might previous have not been out of place on the dance floor are finding their way to the green blaze and all in the name of selling product. The minute you see visible high end footwear on sports persons the more likely the industry has nothing else to offer. Traditionally dark coloured boots were associated with soccer but Hummel changed all that in the 70s with the introduction of white boots for Alan Ball * (England and Arsenal). Took a brave player to wear anything other than black for fear of being picked on by rival fans. “Who's the poofter in the boots?” would ring out from the crowd and low be tide anyone who dared wear coloured boots and have a poor game. Two decades later and high colour became a bi-word for companies like Adidas and Puma who seemed to realise soccer moms like their offspring in visibly fashionable boots. What is good for the amateur must be good for business and endorsed players became fashion doyons. Televised events such as the FIFA World Cups with its millions of viewers have made the football pitch the macho catwalk where the models i.e. players, demonstrate the new look and functionality of the footwear range from the companies that pay them thousands of dollars just to be “seen.” Always good then to see the antics of rival companies outdoing the official sponsor as with the red heels of Nike at the recent World Cup. Being top does not always mean being the best and when the great David Backham wore golden boots for his 100th cap for England (against France), his team lost 1-0 and David did not excel in the game. Now it is the turn of Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) to wow the faithful with shoe and deed as he sports his new safari-themed black-and-white-spotted CR Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II Nikes. I wonder if he may have an Alan Ball moment ?

*After Ball heard a rumour Hummel, were prepared to pay £2,000 to a professional willing to their white boots he took them up on their offer. The boots were uncomfortable and Ball substituted his own adidas boots after painting them white. All went well until the white washed away in the rain during the game and Hummel withdrew their £2,000.

Pink Dominate Pro

Under Armour have released a limited edition pink (magenta) version of the Dominate Pro for women, in order to raise awareness towards breast cancer research. Moreover, 100 % of the proceeds from the sales of the boot will go to the 'Kicks Against Breast Cancer’ programme Imprinted along the sole of the boot is the slogan ‘Power in pink’, and the boot also has ‘She’s a fighter’ printed along the heel. The latter is a tribute to all women who struggle each day with the disease.

Umar Akmal wears football boots

Recent match fixing controversy regarding Pakistan Cricket Team has taken its toll with many of the professional watching where they tred. Umar Akmal has taken it a step further and sports lime green football boots on the Green.

Soccer slippers: Pay more for less?

This season’s lightest football boots are produced by two German brands, Puma (150g) and Adidas (164g) , one American brand in Nike (210g), and the British brand, Umbro M(236g). Fashion for speed boots started with the adiZero boot (adidas) but when Puma developed lightweight footwear for sprinter, Usain Bolt (Jamaica) they transferred the same technology to soccer slippers. The Puma v1.10 Lightning SL is the lightest football boot ever made.
Currently the top seller is the Nike Mercurial Vapor Superfly II ($427 US). These boots are heavily promoted and endorsed by many of the Nike sponsored players including: Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Robinho, Nani, Arshavin, Robin Van Persie, Zlatan Ibrahimovic , Theo Walcott , Gabriel Agbonlahor <.a>, Aaron Lennon ,and Adam Johnson .
Next on the price scale is the Puma v1.10 SL lightning (@ $288 US). These are the lightest shoes and have the classic Puma which are most suited to speed players like Samuel Eto’o who currently endorses them.
Adidas F50 adiZero (@ $194 US) are generally thought to be the perfect combination of affordability and weight. These lightweight boots feature state of the art technology (according to the manufacturers) but one well reported flaw is brittle studs which break easily. Players who are paid to wear Adidas F50 adiZero include: Lionel Messi, David Villa, Diego Forlan, Goran Pandev, Arjen Robben, Lukas Podolski, Samir Nasri , Salomon Kalou, Shunsukie Nakamura, Steven Pienaar, and Jermain Defoe.
The Umbro GT (@ $132 US) is bargain basement for speed shoes but at a fraction of the cost of the most expensive soccer slipper many more are likely to join Darren Bent, who currently plays in Umbro GTs.

Remote controlled football boots: Letter to Santa

Dear Santa

The vuvuzela is much cheaper than bagpipes and makes equally as much din. So in my stocking this year I want a vuvuzela. One with all the customised decals would be best. If I am really a good boy and eat my crusts I would like remote controlled football boots (read soccer for football Santa since you are American and drink Coca Cola). The kit comes with a ball, 2 boots, a couple of nets and remote controls. Each boot has an electric motor with 4 hidden wheels which allow them to move: forwards, backwards, to the left and right. Each boot transmits a different frequency which allows them to be remote controlled. The boots are colour coded in red or blue with orange. I want to amaze my friends with trick back-heel shots and expert scoring skill. Eventually I can join a team and play Thunderboots Remote controlled football in competition with others. If there are no remote controlled football boots left then can I please have R/C Robot Soccer . The set contains a mini soccer field, one soccer ball and two miniature soccer playing remote control robots. These are fitted with four wheels and move just like the boots.

Thank you in anticipation, and who is you most favourite player by the way? Mine is Jim Baxter.

PS
Santa can you please include 10 AA batteries, because they do not come with the kit.

PPS I am over three years of age.