When did the "bucky"ball start being used in English football and start to be recognised or thought of as the "traditional" ball for soccer? Or is this jsut a US thing?
I did not remember seeing blacka dn white footballs as a child - the 66 world cup had a white one and I even remember leather footballs with laces as a child. However, I'd be interested to know if the "bucky" ball is now thought of as being the standard style ball, as many balls now imitate that styale or at least have a lot of pattern, like today's game's golden ball.
When did the "bucky"ball start being used in English football and start to be recognised or thought of as the "traditional" ball for soccer? Or is this jsut a US thing?
I did not remember seeing blacka dn white footballs as a child - the 66 world cup had a white one and I even remember leather footballs with laces as a child. However, I'd be interested to know if the "bucky" ball is now thought of as being the standard style ball, as many balls now imitate that styale or at least have a lot of pattern, like today's game's golden ball.
The black and white ball was actually called the Telstar (television star) and was made by Adidas I think, for the 1970 and 1974 World Cup Finals. I think it worked better on a black and white TV (which gives it its name) but obviously became obsolete after this period, when colour TVs were more common.
Anyway, once FIFA recognises something, the afilliated football associations are expected to adopt it so English clubs were probably using them around that period. They probably used them in USA before that though, as the Buckminster ball was invented here.
Supposedly, the black shapes on white help players to swerve the ball better (so they line up the correct part of the foot with the correct part of the ball) but as I can't remember playing with a Bucky Ball in the past, I have no idea if this is the case.
I've watched the game for 30 years and never heard the term "bucky ball".