What’s in a shoe?

Izichwe thanks Viking Stavanger FC (Photo by Peter Alegi)

From black high-cut steel-toe boots with leather studs to light, laceless pink boots with titanium studs, the history of football shoes is a journey from pain to pleasure.

Outside Europe and North America, however, millions of young players from working poor families cannot experience that special feeling of slipping on a fine pair of 'real' football boots.

Read the full article at Football Is Coming Home.

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