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"Playing football barefoot"

Don't do it.

You'll end up with a big toe nail split completely down the middle squirting blood, like me. I type this with an ice pack over my foot.

It doesn't hurt like hell, but you could certainly do without it.

Heh, was playing at school... Nail got cracked in half... Not much fun.

However did get to walk around school for the rest of the time with only one shoe on.

Very cool.

Ashman wrote:
> Don't do it.

Okay. Thanks for the heads up :)

EDIT
.. and 'ouch' for the toenail :(

I was playing footy barefoot today too. It's fine until you decide to play heads and volleys. Chipping the ball up with your toes hurts a fair bit, and it's horrid when you hear the ball/toe nail scratchy sound.

Yeah I hate it when you manage to bend your big toe too far either way, bloody annoying.

So much barefoot footiness, maybe we should form a beach soccer team.

~Darling~ wrote:
> did u not realise that football barefoot might pose some injury?

I was just going to ask that Darling..Must be a womans way of thinking

Ashman wrote:
> You'll end up with a big toe nail split completely down the middle
> squirting blood, like me. I type this with an ice pack over my foot.

I was going to post a topic like this today after I did almost the same thing!

Before, I've managed to kick the ball so much that the whole top of my foot was red raw and stung for a week, today I managed to stump the floor before getting to the ball.

If hurt sooooo much, now I have half a toe-nail.

Suppose I should get ready for the guaranteed ingrowing toe-nail...

Ashman wrote:
> Don't do it.


oops! too late.. tried it. buy some shoes next time you play... they're not expensive.

~Darling~ wrote:
> did u not realise that football barefoot might pose some injury?

Especially if everyone else is wearing studded boots :P

When I say "Don't do it", I mean, "I'll be playing again in a week-ish".