Help with football boots needed

I haven't bought football boots since the days of junior football, which is all a blur to me now anyway.

I need a descent pair of black football boots that I can use for playing football on grass and perhaps astro-turf, but also for refereeing matches. A bit of colour is fine, as long as it is mostly black for the refereeing. What boots should I be looking at?

I can't remember how boots should fit, should they be snug and tight, or comfortably loose? Which studs are best for multi surface use?

Please help me.

I haven't bought football boots since the days of junior football, which is all a blur to me now anyway.

I need a descent pair of black football boots that I can use for playing football on grass and perhaps astro-turf, but also for refereeing matches. A bit of colour is fine, as long as it is mostly black for the refereeing. What boots should I be looking at?

I can't remember how boots should fit, should they be snug and tight, or comfortably loose? Which studs are best for multi surface use?

Please help me.

You're best buying 2 different pairs. One for grass pitches and another rubber studded pair for all weather surfaces.

Football boots should be a relatively close fir for good touch and ball control, but not that tight that they are uncomfortable after 120 minutes of playing.

I recommend the Adidas Adipure range of boots that are black leather, and for the all weather surface boots I recommend Adidas copa mundial.

Both great boots that last a long while if looked after correctly

You're best buying 2 different pairs. One for grass pitches and another rubber studded pair for all weather surfaces.

Football boots should be a relatively close fir for good touch and ball control, but not that tight that they are uncomfortable after 120 minutes of playing.

I recommend the Adidas Adipure range of boots that are black leather, and for the all weather surface boots I recommend Adidas copa mundial.

Both great boots that last a long while if looked after correctly

Agreed. I played in Adipures for the last year or so, and they were definitely my favourites, far more so than Total 90's. I have Predators now which definitely aren't as good...

For multi-surface use, moulded studs are the best, but not too long (I think, personally). I prefer mine to be fairly tight, so that there's no movement whilst I'm running. As for make of boots, it's really a personal decision. These sites may help:

http://www.prodirectsoccer.com/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00314O3V4/ref=asc_df_B00314O3V45956517/?tag=googlecouk06-21&creative=22134&creativeASIN=B00314O3V4&linkCode=asn

The Adidas Heritage range have always been the best boots.

Take your T90s, CRT360s and everything.

A good kangaroo leather boot will always be superior!

That's a great site, I can't believe I hadn't heard of it before. And some good advice there, thank you.

I haven't bought football boots since the days of junior football, which is all a blur to me now anyway.

I need a descent pair of black football boots that I can use for playing football on grass and perhaps astro-turf, but also for refereeing matches. A bit of colour is fine, as long as it is mostly black for the refereeing. What boots should I be looking at?

I can't remember how boots should fit, should they be snug and tight, or comfortably loose? Which studs are best for multi surface use?

Please help me.

Are the Adipures part of the Addidas Heritage range? I'm sorry if I appear dense; it's not a range I'm familiar with. Agreed about the kangaroo leathers being superior, though.

Yes they are, a bit more of a modern streak in the new range compared to the previous versions. The slightly cheaper alternative to the AdiNovas.

Dude, I'm a referee too (as the name suggest!) whoop whoop!

I have the Adidas World Cup Range, the astos, the Copa Mundial Mouldee's and the World Cup studs. this doesn't exactly keep the bank balance happy but they sure do the job.

A cheaper alternative would be the Kaizer range, basically the same as World Cup but the leather isn't quite as 'good quality'.

If your not interested in more than one pair, than the Adidas Copa Mundial Mouldee's, or the Kaizer mouldee's. The little black plastic studs are just enough grip for a wet day (if not, you can easily take them out to swap with metal studs), but also small enough not to cause any discomfort on a hard pitch.

In general, Adidas are fairly snug and breathable, although the Copa Mundials are much more breathable than the Kaizers.

Synthetic shoes are more than fine. You don't need expensive shoes if you haven't played for years.

Hoorah! Cool! Well, I'll look into those. I'm interested, do you simple pull out the plastic studs and screw in the metal ones?
I suppose I can justify paying a bit more for the copa mundials/world cup pair, since I'll probably use them for the next couple of years at least.

Thank you for your help!

I suppose, but I plan on playing for the next 4 years or so at uni so it'll probably be worth the while, or rather the money.