Erling Haaland Reacts to 150-year-old Football Equipment

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Erling Haaland steps back in time to experience how football was played over 150 years ago! How do you think modern footballers would play with this kind of vintage gear?
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Explore the evolution of football gear by examining rare items from over a century ago. Discover how different the sport was through authentic antique balls, heavy leather boots, and unique protective equipment.
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Hey everyone, welcome back to my channel.
Today I will be looking at some really old football gear.
It wouldn't even roll. It wouldn't roll this thing.
Stuff players used over 150 years ago.
So it looks a bit like viking shin pads going to war.
Interesting.
That's a cartilage of the knee.
Really weird.
I've never seen most of this before, so let's see how different the game really was.
Okay, so this is the oldest item that we've got today.
This is a Harrow school ball.
It's not a ball.
Can I touch it, yeah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So it's a bit deflated.
It's a game that originates from Harrow school.
A sort of rugby football hybrid, you would call it maybe.
So it's pre-association football, pre-1863.
Look at this. This is incredible.
I can't believe it.
I swear, I can't believe how they played sports before.
Looking at this, it's so hard as well.
What's it made of?
Leather.
You know the box where you put the cakes in?
It's a bit of like a cake box.
I would expect it to look like a ball.
It wouldn't even roll.
It wouldn't roll this thing.
If I could score any goals with this ball, yeah, probably.
Probably a few.
What we've got here is a match ball.
It's a Home Nations game.
It's actually got like a sort of commemorative little plaque.
Wales versus England at Wrexham.
11th March, 1912.
Did they play you with a badge on?
No, no, no, no.
So that would have been...
You put it on after.
Oh, thank God.
I feel like tackling every time you shoot the ball.
This is a ball though.
Probably when it gets wet as well, it gets even harder as well.
Imagine heading this ball.
What I like about it is this though, the tying.
This is not bad.
It's not ideal, but it's not bad compared to this.
This is the pie.
The ball we play with, the Premier League ball.
More air in it, rounder, lighter.
I think it looks much better.
But the difference is crazy, as it should be.
With 100 years difference and 150 years.
It's an England cap from, again, a Home Nations tournament game.
So 1911, England played Ireland 1-2-1.
No, I'd love to have one of them.
I chose a different route.
I'm not getting any.
We don't do caps.
We do a gold watch for 25 games.
I remember I watched actually my father's gold watch when I was young.
10, 11 years old.
I remember seeing it for the first time.
I have it myself, which is special, of course.
And we get something at 50.
I managed to get 50 goals before 50 games.
So I got something special as well.
I like the cap.
But they give out though.
Early 20th century shin pads.
Bigger than my shin.
It's a good fit, actually.
How big are they though?
Incredible.
You know, it reminds me of when I was young.
Playing with the ankle protector and big shin pads.
I remember my mother bought them to me.
I like them though.
It's leather, no?
They are nice.
They have some kind of charm with them.
Might ask Nike for it, actually.
To make me some leather ones, half the size.
So it looks a bit like Viking shin pads going to war.
I prefer leather.
I prefer these, actually.
I like them.
Well, first of all, look at the size.
The size difference.
Yeah, I think this protects more.
It's harder.
This one.
Yeah, it's actually hard.
No, actually, these protect well as well.
In the end, I don't think it really matters, does it?
It's still going to be painful.
Football boots.
Early 20th century till 1950s-ish.
16 years old.
I went to welding school.
In Norway, I was going to teach and become a welder.
But I changed my mind.
I wanted to become a footballer.
Then I was using these shoes.
In Norwegian, it's called barneskoe.
And this is exactly how it is.
Because if something heavy dropped on your toes,
it wouldn't chop off your toes.
It would protect them.
A toe poke would be a really good shot with these shoes.
But incredible how they look.
Oh, they're so heavy.
You wouldn't be able to play with them, I think.
It would be impossible.
You'd probably slip all the time.
Look at the collar studs.
I don't know what you call it.
I think my ankles would be sore after using these.
But they have their charm.
I think they look good.
No, they are much lighter.
But I think it's because of the thing in the front.
The protection.
This is leather.
This is not leather.
I don't know what it is.
It's something that makes you hit the ball better.
The studs.
Look how different they are.
13 to 6.
Look at this.
I'm not doing that with them.
I'm not going to do that with them.
But look at this.
This, I don't think you can do with these.
I think I'd break them.
So the difference is huge.
Look at the laces as well.
I think my toes wouldn't be as blue if I were using them.
But no, no chance.
You couldn't.
There's no way you could play with these.
With these shoes, no.
Impossible.
Cleats.
I mean cleats.
Sorry for saying that wrong.
It's a piece of Willie Cunningham's knee cartilage
who played for Scotland and Preston North End.
What am I hearing?
Can I twist and turn?
Yes.
That's disgusting.
That's the cartilage of the knee?
Yeah.
Someone's taking care of their cartilage.
I don't blame them actually.
Like small things dingling off it as well.
Some excess skin or something.
Funny though that he actually saved it and that you guys have it now.
It's actually quite interesting.
Weird.
It's really weird.
Unlike the other items, this is actually a replica.
So this is Bert Troutman's neck brace.
Bert quite famously broke his neck during the 1956 FA Cup final
that City won Birmingham 3-1.
Bert played on for around 15, 17 odd minutes with his neck injured.
Incredible.
Look at this.
Wouldn't fit me though.
Would be a bit too tight I think.
Look at that.
In leather as well.
They were probably thinking of fashion you know in these times
rather than what's good for you.
Looks good though.
Full leather.
Interesting.
Interesting choice.
So guys that was really interesting to see these different things from the past.
It's crazy to see how big changes there's been with the boots, with the ball, with everything.
So thanks for watching guys.
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See you next time.
