Football News : Premier League, f50

SoccerBible Exclusive - Ashley Young to debut Silver adidas F50i

Editor — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT

SoccerBible has received some exciting news for all fans of the adidas F50i football boots. Ahead of the release of the new Silver/Red colourway, we've got some insider info that Ashley Young will be the player to debut the new F50i boots in the Premier League...

The silver/red adidas F50i football boots are the next release from the speed range. Due to be released on 10th October, so adidas were keen to get a top player to debut the new boots.

Our friends at adidas have exclusively told the SoccerBible to keep an eye on Aston Villa's Ashley Young. As the flying forward has been selected to exclusively unveil the new adidas football boots in either of Aston Villa's two upcoming Premier League games against Manchester City or Chelsea.

Ashley Young is the ideal candidate as he is fast, skillful and can fully utilise the advantages the adidas F50i football boots offer.

Champions League Football Boots - Star Performers - 15/09/09

Editor — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:45:00 GMT

This week Europe's premier competition the Champions League returns, bringing together the most talented footballers from around the continent. With so many top players and top football boots on show, we want to know what players and boots you think will be this season's Champions League by storm?

Last season Lionel Messi was the top goalscorer in the Champions League, and also scored a crucial goal in the final wearing the adidas F50 range of football boots. Star performers also included Steven Gerrard and Miroslav Klose who both scored seven goals from adidas Predator football boots and Nike Legend football boots, respectively. We also wonder whether the Nike Mercurial range can have more of an impact with such wearers as Ribery, Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic? Here are our contenders for 2009/10 Champions League star performers...

NIKE MERCURIAL VAPOR FOOTBALL BOOTS

Key Players: Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery

The Nike Mercurial Vapor Superfly and Nike Mercurial Vapor V football boots have revolutionised the world of football boots, with Nike implementing their unique Flywire technology. Designed for speed, the Mercurial range is strong, extremely lightweight and aerodynamic.

ADIDAS F50i TUNIT FOOTBALL BOOTS

Key Players: Lionel Messi, Arjen Robben

The adidas F50i TUNiT football boots will be making their full tournament bow, following Messi's debut in last season's final. Continuing the evolution of adidas' speed component series, the F50i utilises the inter-changeable stud and chassis system.

NIKE T90 LASER II FOOTBALL BOOTS

Key Players: Wayne Rooney, Fernando Torres

Designed to strike the ball, the Nike T90 Laser football boots have been engineered with innovative Nike ShotShield technology. Made from a dense material to generate more power when the the ball is struck, the ribbed surface and precision rings emanating from the 'sweet spot' increase accuracy through the unique boot-to-ball contact.

PUMA V1.08 FOOTBALL BOOTS

Key Players: Samuel Eto'o, Nicolas Anelka

Samuel Eto'o scored the first goal in last season's Champions League final wearing the Puma v1.08 football boots. The Puma v1 range are quality lightweight speed boots, with a two-piece outsole to improve acceleration and movement, and a unique design, stitch pattern and off-centre lacing to increases the contact and kicking area.

ADIDAS PREDATOR FOOTBALL BOOTS

Key Players: Steven Gerrard, Diego

The adidas Predator football boots have been involved with the Champions League since it first began. Their design brief is to deliver more power, more swerve and more control. The current Predator football boots incorporate SmartFoam vamps and a PowerPulse chamber, to give additional power and accuracy to every pass and shot.

NIKE TIEMPO LEGEND III FOOTBALL BOOTS

Key Players: Sergio Aguero, Cesc Fabregas

Nike Legend III football boots were born out of the Nike Tiempo range, which has been striving to deliver the ultimate in ball touch for over 25 years. The upper is made from a soft kangaroo leather combined with unique stitching to hold the leathers shape.

ADIDAS ADIPURE II FOOTBALL BOOTS

Key Players: Kaka, Frank Lampard

Inspired by some classic cup competition football boots, like the Copa Mundial and World Cup boots, the adidas adiPure II football boots will be a feature of the Real Madrid side in this years competition. With Kaka, Benzema and Xabi Alonso all wearing the k-leather boot, which gives great ball touch and feel from a boot that is flexible, supple and robust.

WHICH PLAYERS, TEAMS AND FOOTBALL BOOTS DO YOU THINK WILL IMPRESS DURING THE 2009/10 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE?

Football Stats - Premier League Top Goalscorer - 15/09/09

Editor — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:32:00 GMT

We're only a few weeks into the 2009/10 Premier League football season, and already the football boot heavyweights are making their presence known!

Our exclusive SoccerBible statistics generate boot stats throughout the Premier League season, to show how the various football boots are performing. Goals have been flying in left, right and centre, but the SoccerBible has recorded them all, and can tell you the football boots causing the damage!

As you can see the Nike Mercurial Vapor range has currently scored the most goals in the Premier League with a total of 29 strikes finding the back of the net. Closely following the Vapor range are the adidas Predator football boots, which can boast 22 goals after just five rounds of Premier League matches.

If we take a look at the brands in general, we can see Nike football boots are the early pace setters with a total of 55 goals. This means Nike football boots are averaging 11 goals per weekend, an impressive stat indeed, but there is plenty of time for the competing brands to make their impression.

Looking closely at how the individual boots have been performing, we'd expect to see the Vapor and Predator leading the way because of their majority share of players in the Premier League. But it's good to see the Puma v1 range and the new Umbro Speciali football boots getting in on the action.

The top goalscorers chart tells a slightly different story to the overall stats. Because the players catching the headlines and leading the charts are Jermain Defoe and Emmanuel Adebayor wearing the new adidas F50i football boots, along with Wayne Rooney flourishing in front of goal in Ronaldo's absence and wearing Nike T90 Laser II football boots.

Be sure to stay tuned to the SoccerBible's statistics page, as we assess throughout the season how different football boots and players are performing, plus finding out which brands are winning in the goalscoring charts...