I've never understood this obsession with black boots.
Why are black boots considered less than say red boots? Why should a player have to start on black boots then work his way up for the right to wear a different colour?
Honestly when I was a lad growing up in the late 90s/early 00s, I sometimes had white boots, I sometimes had silver boots, black boots, red boots, blue boots. It never crossed my mind that they represented anything. It was purely down to what were the best offers in JJB at the time.