4 Days To Go To Colwyn Bay Staff vs. Fans Match – Little Black Boots
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After training last Wednesday, I decided – I need boots. The trainers which I have aren’t up for the serious kicking for 90 minutes. Couple that with the shit weather we are having at the moment means that the ground on Wednesday could be as wet and slippery that night in a hotel with me, the Ladies Brazilian Beach Volleyball Team, and gallon of baby oil. But I digress. I need boots.
My first port of call was online. It’s cheap, easy and I could order them anytime. A quick search of a few sites my brother gave me lead me to one site, that has football boots for £20. Brilliant. They arrived last Friday. Excitedly, I opened it up and stared in horror with what lay before me.
You see, there’s an annoying trend at the moment regarding football boots. You can get every shade under the sun, except black. My shorts and socks for the day (unless I hear otherwise) are black. I knew they were going to be blue (“Electric Blue” the listing said, it was that or “Royal Red”, and – whilst I’m neither Trini nor Suzannah, I thought the blue of the boots would kinda go with the blue of the Colwyn Bay FC Shirt), just not that blue. Could you imagine these bad boys on my feet? The crowd’ll be in fits of hysterics (they will be anyway seeing the worst footballer to grace the pitch ever in myself, but I digress). I just couldn’t wear them.
Luckily, they didn’t fit. So, like all shoes that don’t fit. I sent the buggers back. I then toddled off to my local sports superstore (clue: it’s name rhymes with Gay Gay Tee), and after a discussion with the amicable fellow who helped me choose (“Buy these”, he said, “because they’re exactly the same as these, £2 cheaper, and I get commission”), I plumped for these.
There we go. Good honest pair of boots. Of course, the cynical amongst you would say, that as it’s Nike, they were stitched together by a 6 year old Cambodian AIDS orphan, and you’d probably be right. Still, a good pair of boots, that fit me and I can run around the hallowed turf at Llanelian Road on Saturday with only my inept ability to blame, rather than my footwear.
I’m breaking them in tonight in the final training session before the big game. I’ll be honest, I’m not going to be going all guns blazing, as I don’t want to get injured before the big game. Nevertheless, it should be a good run out.
Comments: 8 Comments
Rhys Wynne, the author of this blog, is a 20 something web designer from Colwyn Bay. 
I imagine the difference between all guns blazing and not all guns blazing is very subtle… like when I play. All guns blazing just means you get knackered out quicker and play worse.
I say use those blue boots… you would look like blue lightning flashing around the field.
Just don’t play football in converse allstars, that is a mistake I won’t be making again.
I don’t have a pair of boots right now. My wife accidently threw them away when we moved to our new house. I have been using my dad’s boots when I need them.
I dunno, I like the blue. But I’m not playing footie, and I’m a girl, so perhaps your taste is different..
But yes, internet shoes never fit. Most shoes never fit me, I have weird feet, but there we go.
Came over here from Ally’s blog. ‘Cause she said to pay you a visit. Isn’t she awesome?
Happy football! Kick some ass in those new boots.
Dude, “Electric Blue” sort of gives it away ever so slightly… I like them anyway though, shame they don’t fit.
LOLOLOLOLOL shorts! hehe
I like the blue shoes! I’d wear em!
and anythings better than your hideous white trainers! eugh their horrible!
Dude, i never realised how small your feet are! I mean, in that second photo, your whole hand is bigger than the boots. Or maybe you have massive hands?? No, no that cant be it. I’ve shaken hands with you. No, you must have tiny feet.
As a central defender, I would make it my mission to pummel the bloke in electric blue boots, purely on principle.
Saying that, my touch rugby boots are a glorious WHITE! My proper rugby and footy boots are black tho.
Seen as a I tend to go for the white boots approach, I would say go with the Electric Blue boots. They are flair! Football needs flair players.
However, like Tilesey mentioned, such boots open you up to extra hard tackles from no nonsense players, but I tend to get away with it as a keeper cos the ref’s look out for us!
Change back to the blue boots!