More recently, I was a big fan of these Pacman SB Dunks and was very sad when the heel got knackered and I had to retire them.
Yup definitely had a pair of them
Yes to the pumas. Kind of amazing to think these were fashionable.
Had a pair of all white air force ones that i wore with drainpipe jeans. Thought i was the man.
love some of the innovations in football boot/astro turf technology during the 2000s. the offset laces here to “improve your strike”. and you’d get ones with special grippy bits to “put more curl on it”.
I had a pair of these which I think were based on a similar theory to the total 90s (i.e. that it was somehow your laces that were stopping you from scoring a screamer every time you had a shot) (I was a centre back - unforgivable in hindsight):
total bollocks, surely?
Aye. I was a big fan of pulling the tongue as far down as possible like Beckham and using elastic bands to hold it in place that would inevitably snap.
I wanted these for ages cos Pires wore them and eventually got a pair for Christmas. Wore them for the first time on a wet ash pitch and they were pretty much ruined from that point. God knows what I was thinking.
Got a pair of these Ryan Giggs football boots for my 11th birthday. Woke up the next day to find our dog, then a puppy, had eaten them. For years I thought it was just teething but now I realise he knew about Giggs all along
ah yeah the classic massive predator tongues with elastic band were probably the high point of this technology from an aesthetic perspective weren’t they.
I miss the period of my life when I only ever wore astro turfs in case I needed to have a kickabout at a moment’s notice: school? hanging out at the park? going to someone’s birthday party? going to my cousin’s christening? better wear my astros - if necessary, with a pair of jeans/trousers.
I like to think I wasn’t too high maintenance as a child but I definitely cost my parents a fortune in shoes either through buying unsuitable ones like your Pires specials or just from outgrowing them instantly.
Used to have quite the converse hi top collection back when it didn’t cost the same as a car to buy a pair. These were my favourites
comfortably winning the thread great selection!
In the mid 90s I had some green Dr. Martens 1461s…took a while to find some pics online of the right green, as most are the shiny brighter green. These were a soft leather, not quite suede but close. I was living in Texas at the time and my grandfather, on a visit from Belgium, really liked them so we took him to the store to get a pair of Docs. I think he got brown ones. That was a cool moment.
I also had some of these Oxford docs with a padded collar, apparently called 8053, but they were a grayish blue. Can’t find a pic so here are some brown ones. I really liked these, super comfortable, but I basically ruined them working at McDonald’s.
Had the classic black 1460s too, of course. Also took a beating at McDonald’s.
In 2005 I got these weird Adidas shoes for the gym. The internet tells me they’re called ClimaCool Revolution and I can’t find any better pics than these. Similar to the Agassi shoes I had in the late 80s, they were weird and I couldn’t get my mind off them. Super breathable, only problem is there were also vents on the bottom, center of the soles, so if I walked outside in the rain, it wasn’t good. Still wore them for a few years at the gym.