90's City Trainers Catalogue

[aussie-fox]

For you all to reminisce this 90s fashion icon.

 

 

 

[FLAN]

Isn’t that the girl who played Ruth in hollyoaks?

[sdb]

soft porn + poem by 8 year old 

[Footballwipe]

There's so much to unpack here:

• The man and woman in a romantic comedy style forehead-to-forehead embrace, as if the trainers have bought them together
• The little poem that reads like it's been written by a middle-aged marketing man. Or Barrie Pierpoint himself
• That the shoes would provide "a sense of purpose, security and intrinsic value"
• Inflation calculator has these down at £125 in today's money

Genuinely feel anyone with a pair of these in good condition would be quids in now with a collector or something. Probably rarer than hen's teeth.

[Saxondale]

8 hours ago, FLAN said:

Isn’t that the girl who played Ruth in hollyoaks?

I can't actually see the images for some reason, but this would make sense because she's from Syston.

[totbl]

can't see the images

[Raw Dykes]

Images aren't showing up for me, either.

[Vacamion]

 

The images weren't showing up for me, either.


I think this may be a reference to saucy adverts featuring Fox Leisure trainers.


I was sorting out some old paperwork and found my programme from the play off semi final at the City ground, and there was a card insert with images which I thought I might post in here:

 

 

 

 

[Vacamion]

[Vacamion]

[Vacamion]

 

What's going on here  then, eh ?

 

 

Edited 11 August 2020 by Vacamion

[Vacamion]

 

 

Madders and Chilwell, 1993 version:

 

 

[Finnegan]

Philpott the pinup

[Vacamion]

 

Personally, I'd have had Mike Whitlow and Colin Hill wrapping themselves around the model, but there you go...

[Russell sprout]

29 minutes ago, Vacamion said:

How gay

[Guest Electric Yetis]

Philpott, better at modelling than playing.

[rico]

Kama Sutra for footballers

[rico]

12 hours ago, Rain King said:

Philpott, better at modelling than playing.

And nicking handbags ...😂

[Mickyblueeyes]

It was probably something that occurred before I really started getting into football but Lee Philpott (especially in 93/94 season) whenever he played always got booed. I couldnt work out as a young kid if that was us booing him or the opposition. Does anyone know why ?

[Nick]

The should re-release those boots - they’d sell a shitload.

[HighPeakFox]

22 minutes ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

It was probably something that occurred before I really started getting into football but Lee Philpott (especially in 93/94 season) whenever he played always got booed. I couldnt work out as a young kid if that was us booing him or the opposition. Does anyone know why ?

Do you recall our own fans booing players and manager in the not-too-distant past? That should answer your question.

[Guest Markyblue]

55 minutes ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

It was probably something that occurred before I really started getting into football but Lee Philpott (especially in 93/94 season) whenever he played always got booed. I couldnt work out as a young kid if that was us booing him or the opposition. Does anyone know why ?

It was probably the family and friends of the girl whos handbag he forgot wasn't his in the Palais,  or alternatively because he was shit.

[Vacamion]

 

I remember our fans angrily shouting “Pisspot” at him when he fluffed a cross and thinking that it won’t have done his confidence any good.

 

Plus ça change.

 

 

[snoopy87]

On 11/08/2020 at 08:25, FLAN said:

Isn’t that the girl who played Ruth in hollyoaks?

Terri Dwyer I think it is

[Babylon]

Anyone got the contact details for Operation Yewtree?