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Evolution of the boot
1912 "The outfits changed, the boots remain standard"
Depicted here is a successful West Australian team (circa 1912), sporting
the latest fashions in soccer kit. The outfits ore more streamline
than the previous decade, which may indicate a faster game, but players
still are wearing standard soccer boots (circa 1900).
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Boots were made by local bootmakers to suit the players' feet >> |
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Association Rules were established >> |
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The English game gained popularity and spread across the World >> |
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The outfits ore more streamline than the previous decade, which may indicate a faster game, but players still are wearing standard soccer boots >> |
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Players were now able to wear screw in studs >> |
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English and Continental styles of soccer had developed to such a degree as to have distinctive qualities which supporters were eager to see incorporated with their domestic games >> |
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Although the soccer boot was still worn above the ankle and tightly bound to the foot by laces, it was recognised the pattern of studs could cause injury. >> |
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By now players had accepted the lower soccer shoe in preference to the traditional soccer boot. >> |
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Soccer shoe manufacturers began incorporating greater efforts at research and development >> |
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Soccer boots and football paraphernalia were now big business. >> |
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New cleat systems were devised to help distribute pressure across the boot >> |
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