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From the archive – Part 1: adidas Leeds
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From the archive – Part 4: Puma Dalglish Silver
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The original Nike Tiempo (1983/4)
After long absence of updates to this blog I thought I’d better come back with something a bit special and here it is… the first incarnation of the ever popular Nike Tiempo. This boot was released during the 1983/84 season and adorned the feet of many players including Andy Gray, Graeme Sharp, Ian Rush and even Ian Botham!
I managed to pick up a pair of these top-of-the-range boots from a Sportsshoes Unlimited advert in either Shoot or Match in about 1986 when they were heavily reduced. Alongside the Tiempo Nike also offered a slight take-down version of this boot called the Finalle. The Finalle was pretty similar but had silver trim rather than the gold of the Tiempo.
These pictures were grabbed from an eBay auction and are possibly the best example of this boot I’ve ever seen. Although very tempted at the time I never placed a bid for these (they’re not my size) but I had to grab the images. There’s also a scan from a Nike catalogue ffrom 1985 that feature both the screw-in and moulded version of this great boot.
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6 of the best vintage football boots on eBay right now
Once again I’m having to start a new post with an apology about the lack of recent updates to the blog but sometimes the day job and family life conspire to prevent me from updating this site as much as I would like. So apologies to the regular readers for the lack of recent updates hopefully it won’t be so long until the next one…
Anyway, lets get on with this post. Like many of you I’m sure, I regularly scour the numerous listings on eBay to see whats out there and a recent trawl through the current listings has thrown up the following 6 gems that are up there for sale at the moment.
1. Puma Ranger moulded - £29.99 Buy It Now
2. Puma SPA King – £70.00 Buy It Now
3. adidas Stratos SL screw-in – £69.99 Buy It Now
4. Puma Pele moulded – £57.00 Buy It Now
5. Nike Striker moulded FG – £119.99 Buy It Now
6. Nike Mercurial FG – starting bid £9.99
Best of luck bidding!
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From the archive – Part 6: Puma Bonhof Volley
Well it’s now 2013 and the New Year traditionally requires us to set down a New Years Resolution. These new promises tend to be pretty hard to maintain and usually end up being broken within a couple of weeks or if you’re made of sterner stuff possibly until the end of January. So rather than promise you a new blog post everyday or every week all we will do here at The Boot Room is promise to try and update this site a little more regularly than in the past.
To that end today’s post features some images that we thought were long gone when the company that used to host our old site went belly up. Thankfully just before Christmas we received a message out of the blue saying that all was not lost and that we could retrieve our images from the old site. So first up from our archives is these Puma Bonhof Volley beauties from the mid to late 1970′s. These boots feature a plain toe box, screw in sole unit and hi-viz orange formstripe and tongue. Silhouette’s similar to this boot served Puma well for many years.
Puma Bonhof Volley
Puma Bonhof Volley
Puma Bonhof Volley
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6 of the best vintage football boots on eBay right now – Part 2
With this weekend being a free insertion weekend on eBay we thought that today would be a good time to take a trawl through the popular auction site. Whenever these free listing promotions are featured on the eBay the number of items listed always shoots up. A quick scan of the site has delivered these fine examples of bygone boots! Enjoy, click through to the auction and place a bid if you like them enough. A quick disclaimer though – none of these boots are anything to do with us here at The Boot Room.
1. Puma Maradona Hero – UK10 £150 Buy It Now
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2. adidas Leeds – UK6.5 £69.95 Buy It Now
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3. adidas Everton – UK10 starting bid £89.00
4. Converse Cons – UK6.5 £35.00 Buy It Now
5. Nike Hotspur – UK11.5 starting bid £39.00
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6. Puma Kempes Rosario – UK5.5 £79.99 Buy It Now (Best Offer available)
Best of luck bidding!
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Vintage Nike football boot ads
Whilst clearing out the loft recently we found a box full of old (mostly mid 1980′s) Shoot and Match magazines. The task of sorting out the loft was soon replaced with the task of browsing through each and every one! We soon found ourselves reminiscing over adverts for old boots, trainers, kits and even goalkeepers gloves!
Obviously we’re not going to keep all these goodies to ourselves – we want to share them with you guys and over the coming days or weeks we’ll be featuring some of them on here. Unfortunately our scanner was playing up so you’ll have to make do with these photo’s instead. Anyway, first up is this collection of Nike adverts – enjoy!
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From the archive – Part 8: Brooks Vicenza
Once again we’re having to start a new post with an apology… Sorry for the lack of updates recently but unfortunately real life and work have got in the way. Hopefully now though things have settled down a tad and we’ll be back to updating this site a little more regularly.
Anyway enough of lame excuses and apologies let’s get on with this post. These boots were meant to offer Brooks a real breakthrough into the lucrative football market. Brooks had been and continue to be a serious player in the running shoe market. In an attempt to really grab the attention of the boot buying public Brooks signed up the then Spurs and England star Paul Gascoigne to be the face of Brooks football boots. Gazza was hot property at the time and signing him up to wear Brooks was a major coup. The top of the range boot worn and endorsed by Gazza was the Vicenza (and not the Vincenza as suggested by the Sportsshoes Unlimited ad below). A predominantly black boot it featured orange and purple accents. As can be seen in the Gazza boots competition clipping from an old Shoot magazine these splashes of colour were considered wild and eye-catching but they look pretty tame compared to some of todays colourways. The Brooks boots also featured an unusual stud configuration on their screw-in versions. Many screw-in boots of the time had the traditional 6 stud configuration (2 rear, 4 forefoot) – indeed many boots still do today – but These Brooks boots featured 8 studs (3 rear, 5 forefoot). We’ve tried to track down images of the moulded version of these boots but so far our search has proved fruitless.
We’re also pretty sure that Brooks had other players on their books at this time and for some reason Lee Dixon and Perry Groves spring to mind but we can’t find any pics to back this up.
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A to Z of adidas football boot models: Part 1 A – L
A = Azteca
B = Burnley
C = Chile
D = Diego
E = Equipment SI
F = FX 100
G = Goal
H = Hansi Muller
I = Inter
J = Junior
K = Klaus Fischer Copa 78
L = Liverpool S
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A to Z of adidas football boot models: Part 2 M – Z
Here’s Part 2 of our adidas A-Z – as you can see we’re missing model names for O, X, Y and Z. If you can help us fill the gaps that would be great – just add a comment with a link to a picture and we’ll get the list updated.
If you haven’t seen it yet, Part 1 A-L can be found here
Cheers!
M = Milano
N = NASL
O = ???
P = Paul Breitner
Q = Questra Liga
R = Rotterdam
S = Saragossa
T = Tango
U = Uwe SL
V = Valencia
W = World Cup 74
X = ???
Y = ???
Z = ???
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We’re back! 6 of the best vintage boots on eBay right now
So after an 18 month hiatus we’re back in the blogosphere! Apologies for the long absence but hopefully now we’ll be posting a lot more regularly. I know, I know, you’ve that before but this time we really mean it…
Anyway here’s a quick post highlighting some of the great boots that are up on eBay at the moment. Take a look and click through to the auction and place a bid if you like them enough. A quick disclaimer though – none of these boots are anything to do with us here at The Boot Room.
2. Hummel Soren Lerby Munchen – UK11.5 – €15.00 Buy It Now
3. Diadora Van Basten – UK7 – €40.00 Buy It Now
4. adidas Etrusco Unico – UK7 – Starting bid £60.00
5. Nike Air Rio D – UK5 / UK5.5 / UK6 / UK7 / UK7.5 – $50 Buy It Now
6. Lotto In Squadra Milan – UK7 – Starting bid £5.00
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6 of the best vintage boots on eBay right now!
Hopefully this won’t be another false dawn and we will return with more regular postings. We know that you’ve heard it before from us but hopefully this time we’ll deliver…
Since this blog started there seems to have been a noticeable increase in the interest of vintage boots and some are now commanding some staggering prices. As such the prices being asked on eBay have gradually been creeping up. There are still some bargains to be had but they are definitely getting harder to find. We regularly browse through the listings, even though a distinct lack of storage space prevents us making many purchases, and here, in our opinion, are 6 of the best boots available boots on eBay right now. As an fyi none of these listings are anything to do with us here at The Boot Room.
Not seen metal tipped studs like those before ^^
2. adidas Questra Finale – UK10.5 – £89 Buy It Now or Best Offer
3. adidas Supernova TRX SG – UK7 – £199.99 Buy It Now or Best Offer
4. diadora Napoli Pro – UK7.5 – €149.00 Buy It Now or Best Offer
5. Patrick XL90 SG – UK8 – £34.99 Buy It Now
6. diadora Flamengo – UK10.5 – Starting bid £20
Best of luck and happy bidding!
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