Crackpot ideas to beat the freeze #1

[Pete’s Picture Palace]

I know they were desperate in the winter of 1947 but this really takes the biscuit.

Narrative reads as follows:-

"Soccer fans believe this to be the answer to the ice-bound football pitch problem that has caused the cancellation of many matches in recent weeks. Football boots fitted with small metal chains instead of studs were experimented with by Doncaster Rovers Football Club yesterday. They were said the be successful". Photo dated 22.2.1947.

Which soccer fans did they ask I wonder? Can you imagine a player sliding towards you with his foot up and colliding with your thigh?

And is this chap with the boot a Doncaster player?

[nozer]

Never seamed to catch on for some reason ...i wonder why ?.