buying football boots, shin pads etc for high school

davetrousers

For Goodness sake. What's with all this 'buy one size up' stuff? Take the boy into the sports shop (take his football socks as well) and try on different pairs of boots till you find a pair that fits (with a bit of room to spare if required).

Saying to buy one size up is far too vague for a child's footwear.

Woby_Tide

it's a pair of football boots though, not shoes they will wear all day. As long as they find them comfy then it's no big deal whether its the exact size or one above or below

Carmina_Piranha_3

the sports shop is upstairs with just an escalator. i can't take the baby's pram up there and having him loose just isn't an option. he's been in hospital for nearly 2 weeks which is why i am so late with getting his stuff. baby is still poorly and is vomiting several times a day so i don't want to take him into a clothes shop. spud needs the stuff soon, it's on the essential list. i doubt that he will wear it even once in year 7 but it's on the list so he has to have it. and no he's not sporty (not football or rugby, he wears trainers when he plays sport), if he does wear these boots it will be for the shortest amount of time possible!

i know the boots may not fit him if i buy without trying but his dad has to work away both weekends so i don't have any childcare. anyone on here offering to have vomiting baby while i take spud to the sports shop please shout out

SUESMITH_2

Carmina_Piranha wrote: »

the sports shop is upstairs with just an escalator. i can't take the baby's pram up there and having him loose just isn't an option. he's been in hospital for nearly 2 weeks which is why i am so late with getting his stuff. baby is still poorly and is vomiting several times a day so i don't want to take him into a clothes shop. spud needs the stuff soon, it's on the essential list. i doubt that he will wear it even once in year 7 but it's on the list so he has to have it. and no he's not sporty (not football or rugby, he wears trainers when he plays sport), if he does wear these boots it will be for the shortest amount of time possible!

i know the boots may not fit him if i buy without trying but his dad has to work away both weekends so i don't have any childcare. anyone on here offering to have vomiting baby while i take spud to the sports shop please shout out

where do you live? that sounds like one in york, if it is i will happily come and mind baby, vomit doesnt bother me lol, joking apart if you are local pm me and i will try and help, even if its only so you can get sorted - i work in education so have been police vetted

thriftmonster

Sorry to cause confusion, but boots have to be restudded for rugby - as rugby and football studs differ - but generally you can only buy football boots. The idea of rugby studs is that they seem to be smaller and flatter - and therefore do less damage in a pile up on the field to someone's head.

What I meant to come across is that we have had some good bargains in JJB.

Carmina_Piranha_3

hi, i'm not in yorkshire no but thanks for the offer!

i've ordered off ebay but if they're not right then my mum is coming back from her holiday just in time to take him to the sports shop. i should have sorted this stuff out at the beginning of the holiday i suppose

SUESMITH_2

nah - their feet grow if you do it too soon. my ds will be in yr 11 next year and i will buy as late as i can as i have done since he was 3. we had back to school ads this year before we had bloomin well broken up.

Savvy_Sue

I agree with suesmith, no point doing it at the start of the holiday because their feet will only grow.

and if it's any comfort, I've put three boys through secondary school doing rugby one term and footie another, with never a mention of re-studding their boots, which is just as well because we've been buying the cheapest pairs possible which tend to have moulded studs. Not that mine have ever distinguished themselves sufficiently to be considered for a school team, mind you! :rotfl:

hm71_2

ok, i've been reading this thread with interest, little bit of background- boys at high school round here in sunny essex do do footy a lot, its girls that don't really my dd wore her boots once. Ok you shouldn't really buy boots to big as they are designed to provide protection in the right areas, and for some (predators) are designed to help with tecnical passes. As someone whos son has played footy for 13 years and currently runs 2 youth teams, what i have found is, the more pricey doesn't necessarilly mean better, size wise Adidas always come up small, Nike are always a little bigger, Umbro should only be worn if really desperate and you never, ever buy gola or Diadora. The stud issue is moulded studs for dry ground (these are rubber and fixed to the boot) or screw in studs these are for soft ground as they sink into the ground. Shin pads usually come in either age or boy,large boy ,youth. what they must do is adequately cover the shin from just above the ankle to just below the knee. They really should be worn cos a break there is nasty!!!
hope that helps a little bit.:A

Glad

my son is going in to 4th yr at secondary school and he wears football boots at least once a week during the autumn and winter terms