Football boots are too dangerous for playing football

Children on a football training course have been banned from wearing football boots - because they are deemed too dangerous.

Budding stars picked for the scheme, which is run by coaches from Championship side Charlton Athletic, have also had their trainers prohibited and are instead told to wear plimsolls during matches on grass pitches.

Bedonwell Primary School in South-East London, which hosts the course on behalf of the football club, sent a letter to parents stating: "Your child should have their school PE kit with plimsolls."



"For health and safety reasons, children will not be allowed to wear trainers or football boots."

Sir Bobby Robson, the Former England manager attacked the ban. He said: "The irony is that football boots are safer than plimsolls - they are designed to stop you slipping and sliding and turning on your ankle, which is a common injury."

A spokeswoman for Bedonwell Primary School said: "Our main concern was that the studs could cause injury to the children."