Stepping back into the past with a new pair of boots

A new pair of football boots are sitting on a rack in a shop in the midlands.

Stepping back into the past with a new pair of boots

They’re heavily discounted in the post-Christmas sales — discounted so far that you’re drawn to wonder what must be wrong with them.

You don’t play anymore, undone by age, so you wander on and leave them sitting snugly beside each other, a perfect pair.

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