Boot Room Weekly Round Up – Issue 3

With this being our 3rd post in as many weeks we must be closing in on some kind of consistent posting record for us… long may it continue! All we need now are a few more readers

Anyway, enough of our self congratulatory ‘pat on the back’ nonsense here’s this weeks round up. Enjoy!

New boot of the week: adidas COPA 18.1 – £170

adidas has just launched their latest incarnation of the new Copa. As the name suggests these are inspired/influenced by the best selling boot of all time – the Copa Mundial.

Vintage boot of the week: 

Vintage shirt of the week –  HUMMEL SOUTHAMPTON AWAY SHIRT – 1987 – MEDIUM – £79.99 Buy It Now

Southampton seem to be a club that either have stunning shirts or downright disasters. Alongside the mid 1970’s Admiral shirts and their early 80’s Patrick efforts, this Hummel away effort they sported from 1987-89 is, in our opinion, a thing of beauty.  This template (or very similar) was also worn by Linfield FC as their home kit and also by Real Madrid as an away kit.

Bargain of the week – adidas ace 17+ Pure Control FG – Was £230 Now £120

These represent a 48% saving on the RRP for this top level boot from adidas’ recent Turbocharge pack. Lovell currently have a good size run of these but at this price we expect sizes to start selling out soon… so you might have to be quick! Our size is already gone …

Video of the week – Ronaldinho’s amazing touch and nutmeg

Since the news broke about Ronaldinho hanging up his golden boots we’ve been watching this clip almost continuously… what a touch and then a cheeky nutmeg – class!

Image of the week:

On Monday of this week we were shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of West Bromwich Albion legend Cyrille Regis at the age of just 59. Regis was a true trail blazer and plied his trade at a time when racism in football was probably at its peak. Just before he made his England debut in 1982 he received a bullet in the post but he never let it faze him and he later said “I kept it as a reminder of the evil some people had inside them. For the rest of my playing days, it was a motivation that they weren’t going to stop me”. Quite how this powerhouse of a centre forward only won 5 England caps and never played a full 90 minutes for the national side is beyond us. Rest in Peace Cyrille.

Liam Rosenior penned a very moving letter to Cyrille Regis – we highly recommend that you take a few minutes out of your day to have a read and see just what Cyrille Regis meant to the generations of black footballers who have followed in his footsteps.

And the inimitable David Squires commemorated the big man in his own perfect style here

eBay finds of the week

• CUSB Rimini shirt – love the sponsor logo

• Original adidas NASL ball – including printed Phil Woosnam signature – only £2,500 Buy it Now or Best Offer!!!!

• LeRoy Neiman Tampa Bay Rowdies NASl print – £74.50 Buy It Now (50% off!)

Pick-ups of the week – Another light week for pick ups…

• Sampdoria and Lazio pin badges from the good folk at Hallyink

This weeks other worthy mentions:

• Thanks to the guys at SoccerBible for bringing Italian tattoo artist Alberto Marzari to our attention. He’s been inking folk across Rome with stunning depictions of boots and trainers – you can see his work here and his Instagram feed here

• This film from the guys at COPA90 shows how former Norwich City striker Leon McKenzie literally fought his way back from his hidden depression even attempting suicide. We learnt that suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK – 16 people take their lives every day – that’s one man every 90 minutes… If you are affected by depression, anxiety or any mental health issues, either personally or maybe via a friend or loved one please talk to someone or reach out to those who you think may be suffering. It may not be easy but please give it a try.
  

Finally, a little more self promotion to finish up with… we now have 993 twitter followers! It would be great if we could get over the 1000 follower barrier. Little did we know all those years ago when we started this project, pretty much just for ourselves, on the now defunct fotopic.net website that we’d be reaching so many folk – thank you!

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