"First came the Adidas F50 boots in 2004 Adi's answer to Nike's Mercurial Vapor fronted by the likes of Ashley Cole and Djibril Cisse, and were a different kind of cool: minimal black-and-yellow efforts with a larger strike zone and no obvious inclusion of the iconic Three Stripes, unlike the Predator range. A year later, the manufacturer updated these boots to the Adidas F50+, with a broader appeal: the black-and-blue was cooler,"
"20 years on, the F50+ has been retrospectively renamed the F50 Spider for the netting pattern that surrounds the heel, as Adidas pay tribute to two decades of the boot featuring Cisse in an altogether less cinematic photoshoot. The beauty of these football boots were that they felt like Adidas letting loose: while the Preds followed a formula, there was no set idea of what the F50s could or should be, with this design incredibly creative for the time."
Adidas launched the F50 boots in 2004 as a response to Nike's Mercurial Vapor, worn by players such as Ashley Cole and Djibril Cisse. The original design was minimal black-and-yellow with a larger strike zone and lacked prominent Three Stripes branding. In 2005 the F50+ returned with black-and-blue colorways, reinstated Three Stripes, and a memorable magazine advert featuring Cisse. The F50+ has been renamed F50 Spider for its netting pattern around the heel. The 2025 remake mirrors original leather fronts and mesh backs while adding a modern heel plate for added support.
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